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Ahead of the class

Posted by on March 17, 2008

S&T ranked among top 20 for faculty research Missouri S&T has one of the most productive research levels among universities that specialize in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, according to a recent study by Academic Analytics of Stony Brook, N.Y.

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Kandi Wieberg: A dream come true

Posted by on March 17, 2008

Since she was a little girl, Kandi Wieberg dreamed of being a college softball player. Playing as second baseman for Missouri S&T’s softball team, she’s achieved her dream and much more.

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Holcombe earns all-region honors in cross country

Posted by on March 17, 2008

Joffroi Holcombe’s, performance at the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional earned him all-region honors from the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

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Call him Mr. Touchdown

Posted by on March 17, 2008

Miner wide receiver Ashton Gronewold was named to a pair of All-America teams for his play during the 2007 season, making him the first player in the university football program’s 115-year history to earn All-America honors in three different seasons.

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Miner swimmers win NSISC – again

Posted by on March 17, 2008

The Missouri S&T swimming team won a second straight New South Intercollegiate Swimming Championship title in February in Cleveland, Miss., gaining several high finishes and their 12th and 13th national qualifiers in the process. The Miners finished the meet with 830 1⁄2 points, well ahead of the 733 posted by runner-up Ouachita Baptist.

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A century of St. Pats

Posted by on November 23, 2007

The more things change, the more they stay the Best Ever. St. Patrick lived roughly 1,600 years ago and historians will tell you he wasn’t really Irish – he was probably Welsh. Legend has it that he was kidnapped as a teenager by pirates and taken to Ireland, where he was enslaved. He escaped and […]

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A tradition of love and beauties

Posted by on November 23, 2007

“I have nothing to do with it. You’ll have to ask Mary.” That was Sarah McCrae’s response in 1916 when a caller asked if her daughter would serve as the first Queen of Love and Beauty elected by the junior class at MSM. (Technically, the first queen, Helen Baysinger, the daughter of a Board of […]

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Schedule of Events: 100th Best Ever

Posted by on November 23, 2007

Get on your green and join UMR for an event 100 years in the making at this year’s Best Ever St. Pat’s, starting Monday, March 3.

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No. 4: He loves to tell the story

Posted by on November 23, 2007

On Lance Haynes’ first day as an assistant professor of speech and media studies back in 1984, his colleagues took him to lunch in the old University Center-East cafeteria. As they walked across campus, Haynes noticed students walking around in green jackets, which seemed unusual in such warm weather.

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The street painting gang

Posted by on November 23, 2007

Every year at dawn on this special day, a procession of figures wearing g make their way down Pine Street. This is a gang of street painters. Their bellies are full of biscuits and gravy by now, and they are on a mission.

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