Month: March 2012

Professional degrees

Posted by on March 6, 2012

During commencement in December, Missouri S&T conferred professional degrees on the following alumni: Nola Rebecca Johnson, CerE’83, MS EMgt’92, PhD EMgt’99, deputy to the commanding general, Maneuver Support Center of Excellence at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Dale M. Pitt, AE’72, MS AE’75, Boeing Technical Fellow in the field of aeroelasticity, unsteady aerodynamics and adaptive structures […]

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Congrats graduates

Posted by on March 6, 2012

A record number of students celebrated their graduation at the Grad Finale on Dec 8. At the event, hosted by the Miner Alumni Association, 136 grads enjoyed food, games and door prizes. Susan Watson-Hajjar, CSci’83, donated multiple gift cards and an LG 32-inch HDTV for the grand prize. Michael Pendergrass, ME’11, was the lucky winner.

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Scholarship Banquet

Posted by on March 6, 2012

Alumni association scholarship endowment donors and their scholarship recipients will meet during the association’s Scholarship Banquet on Friday, April 20. More than 400 students who receive scholarships will be honored at the banquet. Donors who provide named scholarships through the association will sit with the students who benefit directly from the donors’ generosity.

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Back to school, pursuing a dream

Posted by on March 6, 2012

In 2005, metallurgical engineering major Laura Warren was riding in a vehicle that got hit by a train. The driver, her friend’s father, was killed in the accident.

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Welcome, Mr. President

Posted by on March 6, 2012

Former computer software executive and University of Missouri-Columbia graduate Tim Wolfe was named the 23rd president of the University of Missouri System on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. He began his duties in February. He succeeds Gary Forsee, CE’72. For more information about Wolfe, visit umsystem.edu/president.

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Fall 2011 Career Fair

Posted by on March 6, 2012

Career opportunities and employer relations hosted the Fall Career Fair on Sept. 27 with 210 employers and about 135 alumni returning to recruit graduates of their alma mater. Prior to the career fair, the Miner Alumni Association, along with Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow (STAT) and Engineers Without Borders, hosted a continental breakfast for the recruiters.

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Taylor Keal: in the game

Posted by on March 6, 2012

Taylor Keal has been a softball pitcher since she was 10 years old. But she cannot remember being a part of anything like what she experienced on April 10, 2011.

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Rocky Mountain Section: Racing in the mountains

Posted by on March 6, 2012

Inside the 60,000-square-foot climate-controlled Speed Raceway in Englewood, Colo., Rocky Mountain Section alumni felt the wind in their hair and the thrill of flying past fellow alumni for the title of “King/Queen of the Road.”

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Hail to the (past) chiefs

Posted by on March 6, 2012

It’s pretty easy to pick out the past presidents at any meeting of the Miner Alumni Association board of directors. They’re the ones seated together in the back corner of the Havener Center meeting room, where the directors gather for their spring and fall meetings.

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LaBoube named to ‘Power List’

Posted by on March 6, 2012

Structural Engineering and Design magazine named Roger LaBoube, CE’70, MS CE’73, PhD CE’77, to its 2011 “Power List.” Each year, the magazine recognizes 10 leaders in the structural engineering sector for developing solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. LaBoube, an expert in cold-formed structural steel, is a Curators’ Teaching Professor emeritus at Missouri […]

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