Grace Ella Harper

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Grace Ella Harper, Missouri S&T student, laying pipe in Honduras with Engineers Without Borders. Photo submitted

Grace Ella Harper, graduate student in environmental engineering

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Brice Curtin

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Brice Curtin, Missouri S&T student. Photo by B.A. Rupert

Brice Curtin, senior in chemistry

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Christopher Allen

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Christopher Allen (center front) with fellow military personnel. Photo submitted

Christopher Allen, senior in civil engineering

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Students build hybrid go-kart

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Andrew Jabrani drives the vehicle. Photos by B.A. Rupert

While General Motors recently came out with its Chevrolet Volt, four electrical engineering students at Missouri University of Science and Technology recently completed their own vehicle, a hybrid go-kart.

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Courtside lifesavers

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Athletic trainers Samantha Welter (left) and Elizabeth Sisemore with the automated external defibrillator. Photo by B.A. Rupert

When athletic trainers go through certification to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation or use an automated external defibrillator (AED), they rarely think they will actually have to use that training in real life.

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Students get medieval

Loud echoes of “thud” and “whap” reverberate across the lawn in the shadow of the oldest building on Missouri S&T’s campus. A dozen members of the Boffer Club don medieval costumes and swing foam-padded weapons at each other during meetings.

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100 memories … 1,000 games

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Photo by B.A.Rupert

On Homecoming, Oct. 8, the Missouri S&T Miner football team will take the field for a game for the 1,000th time. (The game begins at 1 p.m. at Allgood-Bailey Stadium.) During this era of Miner football — which dates back to the first game in 1893 — fans have witnessed many memorable moments.

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The world really is a small (and awesome) place

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Chinese dragon carried by students in last year’s parade. Photos by B.A. Rupert

Rolla is a small city in the Missouri Ozarks that just happens to be home to a world-class technological research institution, Missouri S&T. It’s also home to a unique event called Celebration of Nations. [Read more…]

PRO leaders ease transitions during Opening Week and beyond

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Missouri S&T PRO leaders with Project X vehicles (left to right): Seth Marton, Doris Ditter and Tim Clemon. Photo by B.A. Rupert

Missouri S&T attracts some of the best and brightest students, but even these high achievers get anxious when heading off to college. That’s where Missouri S&T PRO (preview, registration and orientation) leaders come in. They combine friendly faces with sage advice that can really help get new students off on the right track during Opening Week orientation, the week before classes begin on Aug. 22.

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Pulling pork – The BBQ Club story

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The Missouri S&T BBQ Club serves pulled pork sandwiches to campus. Photos by B.A. Rupert

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The Missouri S&T BBQ Club recognizes all styles of barbecue, but their specialty is pulled pork. “There are as many styles and opinions about good barbecue as there are people,” says Kevin Brady, the club’s advisor. “Pulled pork is made from shoulder roasts, sauced with tangy southern sauce, and served on the bun with slaw.”

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Introducing the Kummer Student Design Center

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Kummer Student Design Center – located on the corner of U.S. Highway 63 (Bishop Avenue) and 10th Street. Photos by B.A. Rupert and Bob Phelan

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Fred and June Kummer with Chancellor Carney. Photo by B.A. Rupert

A former bread factory’s transformation into a home for Missouri University of Science and Technology’s award-winning design teams is now complete.

Missouri S&T’s Kummer Student Design Center is a 23,000-square-foot facility with retail space and room for the majority of the university’s design teams.

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