Month: April 2015
40 years a TKE
Every year, members of Tau Kappa Epsilon’s 1974 pledge class gather at Homecoming to reminisce about their college days. Homecoming 2014 marked the 40th anniversary of the pledge class.
Read More »Forging new friendships
In 2012, the Miner Alumni Association board of directors consolidated its committees into five groups with broad goals. In this issue, we introduce you to the Strengthening Campus Relations Committee.
Read More »Alumni Alliance Award
Susan H. Rothschild, CSci’74, was awarded a 2015 Presidential Citation Award for outstanding service to Missouri S&T. Rothschild, a retired accountant with John R. Straub CPA, PC, has been a member of the Miner Alumni Association board of directors since 1998 and served as association president from 2010–12. She is a class coordinator, a member […]
Read More »S&T to train cybersecurity experts
Missouri S&T received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to reduce threats to cybersecurity by training the next generation of cybersleuths.
Read More »Save the date: Homecoming 2015
Make plans now to attend Homecoming 2015 Oct. 23–24. More details will be published in the Summer issue of Missouri S&T Magazine. For hotel information and other accommodations in the area, go to mineralumni.com/homecoming.
Read More »Chancellor encourages Ph.D. growth
With $4.5 million in strategic funding from the University of Missouri System, Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader plans to create 70 new Ph.D. research assistant, teaching assistant and fellowship positions and increase the number of doctoral students at S&T by 12 percent — from 583 to 653. The initiative also provides competitive funding for the equivalent […]
Read More »Alumni of Influence
Three years ago, Missouri S&T honored our first class of Alumni of Influence — alumni who, through their wisdom, discoveries, inventions and generosity, have made their mark on the world. This tradition will continue in 2016, when we gather to honor the next class of Alumni of Influence. We’re looking to you, our alumni, for […]
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Good riddance to soggy buns
The solution to the soggy bun epidemic may be the brainchild of Missouri S&T freshman Tyler Richards and his friend, Jonathan Thompson. And it all started as an assignment for their high school Project Lead the Way capstone course, Engineering Development and Design. That’s when the Liberty, Mo., teens decided to tackle a common problem: How to keep water from running out of the ketchup bottle when it’s squeezed.
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Max Tohline: film for thought
Max Tohline came to Missouri S&T from Madeira, Ohio, in 2002 with a plan to study aerospace engineering. But an elective course in film caused his true passion to take flight. “I always had an interest in film,” says Tohline, Engl’07. So he enrolled in Study of Film, a course taught at that time by […]
Read More »Spotlighting the champions of Miner Nation
Miner Nation is made up of alumni, friends, corporations, foundations, faculty, staff and students who care, connect and contribute. This year for the first time, our Honor Roll of Donors and Volunteers was published in an online format at honorroll.mst.edu. The listing encompasses two years of giving — both the 2013 and 2014 fiscal years, […]
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