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Alumnus interview: Gary Forsee, CE’72, CEO of Sprint

By news | January 28, 2004 | Comments Off on Alumnus interview: Gary Forsee, CE’72, CEO of Sprint

When they began the search for a new CEO last spring, the members of Sprint’s board of directors were looking for a proven leader in the telecommunications business. They found exactly what they were looking for in Gary D. Forsee, CE’72.

UMR Habitat chapter builds home for family

By news | January 27, 2004 | Comments Off on UMR Habitat chapter builds home for family

The day was cold and rainy, but Nancy Davis and her three children were moving into a warm home of their own at 62 Elm St. in St. James, Mo., thanks to the UMR and Phelps County chapters of Habitat for Humanity.

Miners in space

By news | January 27, 2004 | Comments Off on Miners in space

David Harris now knows why they call NASA’s KC-135 aircraft the "vomit comet." The UMR mechanical engineering senior led a team of seven other UMR students and two Rolla Senior High School students on a trip aboard the KC-135 last summer to conduct welding experiments in near-zero gravity. The plane flies in parabolic patterns to […]