Summer 2008

Greek mythology

Posted by on June 16, 2008

With 23 members, Beta Sigma Psi was one of Missouri S&T’s smaller fraternities when Elliot Gross (pictured at right) joined the chapter in 2005. Just a year earlier, the fraternity had dwindled to a small band of 11 brothers, far below the “70 or 80” members Beta Sig boasted in the early ‘80s, Gross says. […]

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Step into ΑΦΑ culture

Posted by on June 16, 2008

When Lawrence George was growing up in New Orleans, he was curious about the fraternity antics of young college students in his community. “I used to see them on Canal Street sitting on blocks of ice,” George says. “And when I became a pledge, things that are now considered ‘hazing’ were accepted.”

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First Ladies: ΚΔ

Posted by on June 16, 2008

On the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 28, 1972, 12 young women gathered at Christ Episcopal Church in Rolla, Mo., dressed in white. The occasion was one of ceremony and celebration, marking the beginning of a new opportunity for the female student body at the male-dominated Missouri S&T campus.

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Halls of honor

Posted by on June 16, 2008

Missouri S&T residence hall students and staff brought home six of 10 awards – more than any other school – from March’s annual business meeting of the Midwest Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls (MACURH).

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Dale and Patricia Ruma Spence: You don’t have to retire with a million dollars to make a difference

Posted by on June 16, 2008

Going Greek has made a big difference in the lives of two young alumni who are giving back to Missouri S&T and encouraging other recent grads to do the same.

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Humanities take center stage

Posted by on June 16, 2008

At a campus so focused on engineering, science and technology, it might be easy to overlook the importance of the liberal arts and humanities in providing a well-rounded education. That is not the case at Missouri S&T. In February, the campus turned the spotlight on six humanities faculty members who regularly publish their research and […]

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Getting in the game

Posted by on June 16, 2008

Some Missouri S&T undergraduates hope to squash the nerd stereotype commonly associated with computer science by getting elementary school kids – especially girls – interested in the field. They’re doing so by developing fun recruitment software called Computer Science Recruitment for the 21st Century, or CSRecruit21.

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S&T makes the grade with U.S. News

Posted by on June 16, 2008

Missouri S&T is once again one of the top-ranked graduate engineering schools in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. The magazine’s annual rankings of graduate schools, released in March, listed Missouri S&T 67th among the nation’s best graduate engineering schools and 39th among public graduate engineering schools. The rankings are included in […]

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What a trooper

Posted by on June 16, 2008

While most Missouri S&T students were returning to classes after winter break, sophomore Jacob Brakeman was learning how to fall.

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$3 million plan earns top hydrogen prize

Posted by on June 16, 2008

Using $3 million in imaginary funds, an interdisciplinary group of Missouri S&T students garnered the top spot in an international hydrogen student design contest in March.

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