Tag: University of Missouri
Enrollment up again at UMR
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 […]
Read More »UMR‘S Bogan to present lecture on teaching experience
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.
Read More »City dedicates tree in honor of retiring chancellor
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.
Read More »UM System President Elson S. Floyd to talk tuition at UMR Aug. 25
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.
Read More »MSPE and MSM-UMR Alumni Association to sponsor annual Shrimp Feed
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.
Read More »250 UMR students will be first to move into new Residential College this fall
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.
Read More »UMR group to sponsor 5K race for breast cancer awareness
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.
Read More »UMR to welcome freshmen with week-long orientation
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?
Read More »Stampede to Calgary: Stampede to Calgary: UMR solar racers start title defense in Austin
On a quest to soak up more solar glory, a team of University of Missouri-Rolla students is preparing to leave for Austin, Texas, where the North American Solar Challenge starts July 17.
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