2015

Keeping the books

Posted by on July 29, 2015

In 2012, the Miner Alumni Association board of directors consolidated its committees into five groups with broad goals that focus on alumni engagement, finances, student engagement, marketing and communications, and strengthening campus relations.

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Kicking off college life in KC

Posted by on July 29, 2015

At the end of the summer, incoming Missouri S&T freshmen, current students and their families living in the Kansas City area will join alumni and members of some of S&T’s student design teams — complete with their creations — on Jim Foil’s front lawn. For years Foil, CE’74, MS CE’75, has hosted one of the […]

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Brewer Science named a top employer

Posted by on July 29, 2015

Minority Engineer magazine recently named Brewer Science No. 36 in its 2015 list of 50 top employers in the U.S., rising from number 39 in 2014. The company was featured along with tech giants Google, Apple, Amazon, Intel, Microsoft and Facebook.

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Galloway takes over as state auditor

Posted by on July 29, 2015

On April 14, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon named Nicole R. Galloway, Econ’04, Math’04, as Missouri State Auditor. Galloway, a certified public accountant and certified fraud examiner, had served as the Boone County Treasurer since April 2011.

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Gillis wins education award

Posted by on July 29, 2015

William Gillis, ME’99, PhD EMgt’13, adjunct instructor at Missouri S&T and managing engineer in the planning, design and construction department at the University of Missouri-Columbia, was named the 2015 Outstanding Professional Engineer in Education by the St. Louis Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers.

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History grad turned Twitter curator

Posted by on July 29, 2015

Jeff Schramm, Hist’92, associate professor of history and political science at Missouri S&T, served as curator of the @wethehumanities Twitter account April 6–12. The account offers a central platform for discussion and news of the humanities in any form.

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Making a splash

Posted by on July 29, 2015

Missouri S&T sophomore Garrett Wood braces himself as he enters the water while teammate Andy Naeger clears the hurdle during the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase at Allgood-Bailey Stadium on April 18, 2015. Wood would go on to finish in fourth place, Naeger in sixth.

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Miner specials

Posted by on April 2, 2015

The best buffets offer fresh options, delightful delicacies and a smorgasbord of choices. This issue of Missouri S&T Magazine is no different. On the following pages, we will fill your plate with stories about Miner alumni who are shaping the way we eat.

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Miner munchies

Posted by on April 2, 2015

Frito-Lay’s Topeka, Kan., plant operates 24 hours a day. So while most of us are sleeping, Catherine Swift, ME’10, is monitoring 10 production lines and the 59 automated packaging tubes that take raw ingredients like corn and potatoes and turn them into bagged snack foods, ready for supermarket shelves.

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Yogurt fix

Posted by on April 2, 2015

More than 18,000 servings of Yoplait dairy products are consumed around the world every minute. Many of those servings come from the Carson, Calif., General Mills plant, which sits right in the middle of metropolitan Los Angeles. Plant manager Mike Noble oversees the production facility, which helps the brand produce the more than 11 different […]

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