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It’s in his blood: UMR soccer goalie Mike McNamee
Mike McNamee, a senior in civil and architectural engineering, has soccer in his blood.
Read More »Miner cross country team makes national rankings
The Miner cross country team’s strong start to the 2007 season earned the team a spot in the Top 25 for NCAA Division II in the poll released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Read More »UMR ranks 13th in NCSA power rankings for 2007
UMR’s athletics program ranks 13th among NCAA Division II institutions in the 2007 National Collegiate Scouting Association rankings.
Read More »Swimming update: UMR named an NCAA championship host
UMR has been selected as a host institution for the 2008 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships, which will take place March 12-15 at the Mizzou Aquatics Center on the campus of the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Read More »Miners inducted into Hall of Fame
Three UMR athletes who finished their careers at the top of the charts in their respective sports and the only UMR track and field team to win a conference championship were inducted into the MSM-UMR Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 27. This year’s class of inductees includes: Kristy (Weber) Meyers, EMgt’91: Meyers was one […]
Read More »Fast bike
Human-powered vehicle racer Jerrod Bouchard, a senior in mechanical engineering at UMR, recorded the third-fastest time ever by a college student this week in the World Human Power Speed Challenge at Battle Mountain, Nev.
Read More »Happy campers (with eager young minds)
Jennifer Babb was introduced to science and technology at UMR in 2005 when she attended Summer Solutions Camp for girls who are freshmen and sophomores in high school. Babb then attended the Jackling Introduction to Engineering camp the following year. During one of those visits to campus, she heard about a new UMR camp that […]
Read More »Imagination stations
Finding shelter from the acid rain is the first order of business after crashing on Planet Zak.
They’re material girls
Gathered around the small stone furnace in Room 142 of McNutt Hall, a group of middle school girls watched in awe as Nathan Wyckoff, a graduate student in materials science and engineering at UMR, poured hot, yellow liquid glass into a ceramic mold to cool. While pouring the liquid, he explained to them that glass […]
Read More »Shock & awe
Even when things got a little boring, the students seemed eager to soak up most of the information — probably because they knew they would soon have another opportunity to see, hear and feel another blast.