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Cleared for takeoff: Weber’s flight path includes two S&T degrees, position with Boeing

By Greg Edwards | May 8, 2023 | 1 Comment

For Joseph Weber, the aviation industry is a family business.

Weber, of St. Louis, finished a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in December 2022 from Missouri S&T, and he will finish his MBA from S&T in the coming days.

Right after graduation, he will start working for Boeing as a systems engineer in a position he’s had lined up since November of last year.

December 2022 commencement

Missouri S&T commencement speakers announced

By Velvet Hasner | May 4, 2023 | 2 Comments

More than 1,000 Missouri S&T graduates will be awarded degrees during three upcoming commencement ceremonies. Dr. Oscar Barton will speak at the May 12 ceremony for Ph.D. graduates. Susan M. Simmons will speak at both May 13 ceremonies.

‘MacGyver’ Miner: From maintenance worker to middle school math teacher to mechanical engineer

By Greg Edwards | May 3, 2023 | 1 Comment

In 2004, Chad Abernathy graduated from high school in Newtown, Missouri, and began his collegiate studies at Missouri S&T. Not long after, he started working as a part-time maintenance worker for S&T’s student affairs and auxiliary services.

Four years later, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences and earned magna cum laude honors.

Fast-forward another 15 years, and Abernathy is now in the final days of his second bachelor’s degree from S&T, and this time, it is in mechanical engineering.