Spring 2007

Where do you fit in?

Posted by on March 31, 2007

Assigning names to generations is nothing new. Look at the list below to see where you fit in.

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Talkin’ ’bout a new generation

Posted by on March 31, 2007

The year was 1982. E.T. phoned home. Cable News Network, more familiar to most as CNN, was launched. Time magazine’s Man of the Year was, for the first time, given to a non-human: a computer. And the elders of the millennial generation were learning to crawl.

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Ben Roodman: Text is what’s next

Posted by on March 13, 2007

To glimpse the future of social networking, don’t look to MySpace or Facebook. Turn on your cell phone instead. That’s the platform Ben Roodman is using to help on-the-go hipsters gather the latest information about concerts, movies and other forms of entertainment in their communities.

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Nucor: Motivated to make steel

Posted by on March 13, 2007

For years, one of the main philosophical goals of the leaders at UMR has been to create an environment where students have a real stake in the research that is going on at the university. In that way, UMR is similar to one of its largest corporate partners – Nucor Corp.

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Katie Mae Herington: prospective UMR student

Posted by on March 13, 2007

Vital stats hometown: Kalona, Iowa birthday: 2/1/89 current occupation: Mid-Prairie High School senior college plans: starts UMR in August, signed to play volleyball dream job: either a marine biologist studying manatees in Florida or being a photographer for National Geographic interests: reading, hanging out with friends, volleyball, watching movies and crocheting

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Karl Hachmuth: current UMR student

Posted by on March 13, 2007

Vital stats hometown: Bartlesville, Oklahoma age: 20 current occupation: senior majoring in NucE favorite superhero: The Flash his passion: shooting — he adamantly believes the ability to handle a firearm proficiently is a necessary skill that everyone most certainly should have tattoos: none and he doesn’t plan on getting any

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Talkin’ ’bout my generation

Posted by on March 13, 2007

Generation Xers’ lack optimism, Baby Boomers seek individual freedom, and members of the Silent Generation were cautious and, well, silent. Stereotypes were made to be broken. The UMR Magazine asked alumni during Homecoming to share thoughts about their generation. Here’s what they said.

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Jake Midkiff: recent UMR graduate

Posted by on March 13, 2007

Vital stats hometown: Farmington, Missouri degree: bachelor’s in GeoE’06 current occupation: staff engineering, Qore Property Science current location: recently moved from West Palm Beach, Florida, to Nashville, Tennessee college activities: Engineers Without Borders (EWB), Pi Kappa Alpha political views: liberal

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Nicole Dierkling: A work ethic that pays dividends

Posted by on March 12, 2007

Nicole Dierkling photo by Rod Lentz Walk into the Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building on any given day and you will probably find Nicole Dierking, all by herself with a basketball, taking shot after shot after shot. It is a work ethic that paid dividends for the senior guard on the UMR women’s basketball team.

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