Features
Into the next century and beyond
As we celebrate our milestone 150th anniversary and reflect on our inspiring history, we also look to the future at how S&T can continue to strive for a better world in the next 150 years. We have big plans.
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A new front door on the horizon
Reimagining S&T’s campus footprint “You have arrived at your destination,” says a chipper robotic voice when you use GPS. Soon the thousands of visitors who explore Missouri S&T each year will know when they’ve reached our campus, thanks to a new Arrival District.
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A look to the future
Missouri S&T Magazine staff asked alumni, students and faculty to fast-forward their minds to 150 years in the future and tell us which of today’s big ideas will become reality. Here are a few of their answers.
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Realizing the Kummer vision
For over a year, Chancellor Mo Dehghani met weekly with Fred Kummer, CE’55, to discuss his desire to make a transformative gift to the university. Some weeks, Dehghani’s visits with Kummer were even more frequent. But by October 2020, Kummer and his wife, June, were ready to announce their $300 million gift to the university […]
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Funding the future of higher education
As state funding for public universities continues to decline, institutions across the country are turning toward other sources of support. At Missouri S&T, donors have stepped in to address strategic needs. A more balanced approach to sustaining revenue, one that includes private support and enrollment growth, would also help S&T better navigate economic downturns or […]
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Celebrating 150 Years
From hardscrabble, “country academy” roots, how we became a global research university Rolla in 1871 was a rough-hewn, hardscrabble town. It had more taverns than churches, no paved streets, and seemingly “as many dogs, hogs, horses, ducks and geese as humans walking the dusty streets,” writes Larry Gragg, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor emeritus of history […]
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Innovation, the Rolla way
Since our founding, S&T and innovation have been tightly connected. From advances in materials, movies and microloans to wound-healing glass and the Hula-Hoop, Miners have created some of the world’s most significant innovations. Here are some notable achievements of our alumni and faculty.
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Keeping history alive
Several authors have written history books about S&T, but no tome can contain all the information researched or preserve any physical items.
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New book chronicles university’s history
Larry Gragg, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor emeritus of history and political science, tells the Missouri S&T story from its founding in 1870 to today in a commemorative history book that will be available by Homecoming 2020.
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What lies ahead for S&T’s next 150 years?
As Missouri S&T launches its 150th anniversary celebration, the world continues to recover from a devastating pandemic and the economic downturn that followed. Despite this environment, S&T leaders are optimistic about the university’s ability to deliver excellent instruction and become a world-class science and technology university.
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