Spring 2009
Diaper duty
When you think of college students, diapers don’t usually come to mind. But 18 project management students changed that this semester when they organized a diaper drive for a local charity.
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Mike Swoboda and I pledged Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity in Rolla in the fall of 1956. Mike was voted in as chapter president in his sophomore year: An unusual move at that time.
Read More »What’s all the flap about flappers?
American writers in the 1920s used the flapper as a sign of the times, says Kate Drowne, associate professor of English and technical communication.
Read More »Good old boys and Southern gentlemen
In his new book, White Masculinity in the Recent South, Trent Watts examines the way southern men have been represented in pop culture since World War II, from southern Protestant churches to the music of Lynyrd Skynyrd. The idea grew from Watts’ interest in the 20th century South.
Read More »Chemist honored
Yinfa Ma, Curators’ Teaching Professor of chemistry, received the 2008 J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education from the American Chemical Society’s division of analytical chemistry.
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Hirtz to lead design centerPaul Hirtz, EMgt’95, MS EMgt’97, PhD EMgt’02, assistant director of the Student Design and Experiential Learning Center, was named interim director of the center. He took over the new role on Nov. 26.
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STEP into the sun
Missouri S&T was awarded $10,000 in research grants from the Environmental Protection Agency for research into solar energy and residential energy use.
Read More »Welding in micro-gravity
Led by senior Michelle Rader, a team of S&T aerospace engineering students is trying to improve the speed of construction in space.
Read More »Commencement speaker: Science and technology solve problems
Don’t let barriers get in the way of future success, Joan Woodard, Math’73, told a group of nearly 600 graduating seniors during December 2008 commencement.
Read More »Faculty honored with Curators’ titles
David Van Aken, professor of metallurgical engineering, was named Curators’ Teaching Professor of materials science and engineering during commencement Dec. 20. He joined the Missouri S&T faculty in 1993.
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