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The first rule of Fight Club is …
According to Olivia Burgess, assistant teaching professor of English and technical communication, the first rule of Fight Club is that we are driven by our own personal utopian ideas, regardless if they end up creating dystopia.
Read More »Farm living is the life for them
Every day millions of Facebook users log onto their computers to plow land, plant and harvest crops, and raise livestock. Most play the farming simulation game Farmville purely for entertainment, but for a group of engineering students at S&T, it was all for a grade — and the chance to learn new approaches to solving […]
Read More »Clearing the air
Mixing alternative fuels with conventional jet fuel can cut aircraft emissions by nearly 40 percent, says Prem Lobo, MS ChE’03, MS EMgt’05. And it doesn’t affect engine performance.
Read More »Professional degrees
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 […]
Read More »Congrats graduates
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.
Read More »Scholarship Banquet
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.
Read More »Back to school, pursuing a dream
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.
Read More »Welcome, Mr. President
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.
Read More »Fall 2011 Career Fair
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.
Read More »Taylor Keal: in the game
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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