Summer 2014
Steinhart tells grads: ‘Listen and learn from your mistakes’
Be a team player, earn respect, and learn from your peers and mentors. That’s the advice Jeff Steinhart, EMgt’79, gave to more than 1,000 new Missouri S&T graduates during May 2014 commencement ceremonies. Steinhart, retired vice president of engineering and environmental affairs for Anheuser-Busch Inc., talked about his career with A-B and offered advice to […]
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Rubber cement?
Landfills across the country are teeming with discarded tires. But Mohamed A. ElGawady, an associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, says he can solve that problem by turning them into an ingredient for construction materials.
Read More »S&T awards its first BA in MS
Eddie A. Rascon, MStu’14, is the first Missouri S&T student to complete an individually designed program through the new multidisciplinary studies program. He earned a bachelor of arts during the May 2014 commencement ceremonies. Rascon’s program combined business, marketing and psychology.
Read More »What advice would you share with a new S&T student?
To welcome new students to campus during Opening Week at the start of the school year, we asked upperclassmen and alumni to share advice for new S&T students. Here is what they told us.
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50 years a Miner
Forty-four members of the class of 1964 — the last class to graduate from the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy — returned to their alma mater 50 years after graduation for the 2014 Golden Alumni Reunion May 20–21.
Read More »Tell us. Did you think of that?
We’ve all seen an invention that’s made us stop and say, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Help us find Rolla alumni who have demonstrated their ingenuity and innovation through their inventions. In an effort to identify the diverse, distinguished and successful careers of our alumni, we are compiling a list of those who saw […]
Read More »By the numbers
5 – Missouri S&T’s rank among public universities for return on investment as determined by the 2014 PayScale College ROI Report. Among all universities, public and private, Missouri S&T ranks 20th. 81 – Missouri S&T’s rank among graduate engineering programs, according to U.S. News & World Report. 217 – Employers registered at Missouri S&T’s Spring 2014 Career Fair. 603 – Recruiters at […]
Read More »Miners give back
Missouri S&T and the Miner Alumni Association hosted the second annual Battle of the Brains Scholarship Banquet and Trivia Night on April 25 as part of Philanthropy Month. The evening was filled with recognition and fellowship as donors dined with the students who benefit from their generosity. More than 200 students attended to thank our […]
Read More »In print
The Continental League, A Personal History, by Russell D. Buhite, professor emeritus of history and political science, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in May. The Hank Williams Reader, co-edited by Patrick Huber, professor of history and political science, was published in February by Oxford University Press. The Dead and Those About to […]
Read More »Meet our honorees
ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT Dr. Robert R. Holmes Jr., CE’87, national flood hazard specialist and coordinator, U. S. Geological Survey, adjunct professor of civil engineering, Missouri S&T Daniel A. Reed, CSci’78, vice president for research and economic development, computational science and bioinformatics chair, and professor of computer science, electrical and computer engineering and medicine, University of Iowa.
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