Tag: University of Missouri-Rolla

UMR program links international students with community families

Posted by on August 26, 2005

This fall, the international affairs office at the University of Missouri-Rolla is again sponsoring the International Friends Program to help match international students with individuals and families in the community.

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Public radio KUMR to host annual membership picnic

Posted by on August 26, 2005

University of Missouri-Rolla public radio station KUMR will host its annual membership picnic from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at Lions Club Park on U.S. Highway 63 South in Rolla.

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UMR receives $1.4 million to further study of aircraft/aerospace emissions

Posted by on August 26, 2005

The Center of Excellence for Aerospace Particulate Research at the University of Missouri-Rolla, a leader in the study of aerospace emissions and their effect on the environment, has received a $1.185 million grant from NASA and a $259,000 grant from the California Air Resources Board to further its research in this area.

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U.S. News ranks UMR among top engineering schools, No. 52 public university

Posted by on August 19, 2005

U.S. News and World Report has again ranked the University of Missouri-Rolla as one of the nation’s top engineering schools in the magazine’s annual guidebook, America’s Best Colleges 2006, which hits newsstands next week. UMR ranks No. 52 among the nation’s top doctoral-granting public universities.

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Enrollment up again at UMR

Posted by on August 19, 2005

Missouri’s technological research university is gearing up for fall semester classes to get underway on Monday. Enrollment on the first day of classes at the University of Missouri-Rolla is expected to be 5,429, an increase of 201 students over last year’s figure of 5,228, says Laura Stoll, UMR registrar. The total enrollment is now more […]

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UMR‘S Bogan to present lecture on teaching experience

Posted by on August 19, 2005

Dr. James Bogan, Curators’ Teaching Professor of art history and film at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will present a unique lecture titled Adventures in Pedagogy: Confessions of a Re-Habbed English Major during a reception to be held in his honor.

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UMR formula car offered on eBay

Posted by on August 18, 2005

Always wanted your own “Indy-style” racing car capable of going from zero to 60 mph in a little more than three seconds? Well, you can bid on the formula car built at the University of Missouri-Rolla for the 2002 Formula SAE competition on eBay.

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City dedicates tree in honor of retiring chancellor

Posted by on August 17, 2005

The City of Rolla honored retiring UMR Chancellor Gary Thomas "for his contributions to improving UMR and Rolla" with a red maple tree on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005.

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UM System President Elson S. Floyd to talk tuition at UMR Aug. 25

Posted by on August 12, 2005

University of Missouri System President Elson S. Floyd wants to hear what you think about tuition and he’s coming to the UMR campus to ask.

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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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