Tag: UMR

MSPE and MSM-UMR Alumni Association to sponsor annual Shrimp Feed

Posted by on August 12, 2005

UMR’s annual shrimp feed to benefit the Rolla Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers scholarship fund will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, at Lions’ Club Park on U.S. Highway 63 in Rolla. A social hour will begin at 4 p.m.

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250 UMR students will be first to move into new Residential College this fall

Posted by on August 12, 2005

Approximately 250 students at the University of Missouri-Rolla will learn about entrepreneurship, research, design and women in leadership this fall — but not in the classroom. These students will be part of four interactive “learning communities” where much of the learning will occur in non-traditional fashion.

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UMR group to sponsor 5K race for breast cancer awareness

Posted by on August 10, 2005

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Student Wellness Program at the University of Missouri-Rolla is co-sponsoring a 5-kilometer race to increase awareness of the disease.

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Big week on campus planned for UMR’s new freshmen

Posted by on August 10, 2005

The University of Missouri-Rolla is hosting a week-long orientation for new freshmen, Opening Week 2005, Aug. 13-20.

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UMR to welcome freshmen with week-long orientation

Posted by on August 8, 2005

More than 900 new freshmen enrolled in fall classes at the University of Missouri-Rolla will get their first tastes of college life on Saturday, Aug. 13. And what would be more appropriate to include in their welcoming packages as they prepare for college life than Ramen noodles?

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UMR, Rolla community to welcome solar racers home

Posted by on July 28, 2005

The general public is invited to welcome the University of Missouri-Rolla Solar Car Team home during a celebration planned for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, outside of the Havener Center on campus.

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UMR solar car completes 2,500-mile journey UMR solar car completes 2,500-mile journey

Posted by on July 26, 2005

In a bid to defend its solar car racing championship, the University of Missouri-Rolla Solar Car Team has finished fourth in the 2005 North American Solar Challenge. UMR’s Solar Miner V arrived in Calgary, Alberta, Wednesday, completing a 10-day, 2,500-mile journey that started July 17 in Austin, Texas.

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Microfossil hunters to meet in St. Louis

Posted by on July 20, 2005

Led by a University of Missouri-Rolla scientist, a group of fossil hunters will converge on St. Louis in September to discuss new developments in the field of palynology, a branch of paleontology that is focused on microscopic evidence dating back a billion years.

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Seminar to show how technology moves from universities to industries

Posted by on July 11, 2005

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach (CEO) at the University of Missouri-Rolla will kick-off a three-part series on the transfer of viable technologies from universities to industries with a seminar on Wednesday, August 10.

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Serious funny business

Posted by on July 1, 2005

There’s something funny going on inside Castleman Hall.

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