A collection of the student, alumni, faculty and staff experiences
Ph.D. student Casey Slaughter leads an all-student mine rescue team. Photo by B.A. Rupert
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The only sound in the darkened mine tunnel is water dripping off limestone walls. A lone injured miner lay motionless on the gravel floor. Five lights pierce the darkness as muffled voices announce the arrival of the rescue team.
Tonya Huskey recently completed her MBA at S&T. Photo by B.A. Rupert
Tonya Huskey has always been interested in lifelong learning, so working in continuing education at Missouri S&T was a great career fit. The opportunity to pursue her MBA from S&T, however, was “the perfect fit for me,” she says.
Devin Dixon has completed seven marathons and an ultramarathon. Photo by B.A. Rupert
Like any dedicated marathon runner, Devin Dixon knows how important it is to keep a steady pace. But judging from the way he’s speeding through three S&T degrees in just over six years, you’d think he was a sprinter.
Marquia Lewis with some of her favorite things. Photo by B.A. Rupert
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It’s no surprise that Marquia Lewis decided to study computer science in college. “I was around computers all the time growing up, and I really like them,” says Lewis, a junior whose mother, a software engineer for The Boeing Co. in St. Louis, also majored in computer science.
Ryan Beck’s hardhat from his USG internship came in handy when he went to New Jersey for Hurricane Sandy cleanup. Photo by Terry Barner.
Ryan Beck‘s first experience of leaving the comforts of home to help faraway strangers occurred when he was just a year old. That’s when his parents took him on a mission trip to Mexico.
Kayla Billadeau paraglided in Vancouver, Canada, while working as an intern for ConocoPhillips in Alaska. Photos submitted.
Kayla Billadeau has always had a bit of a “can-do” kind of personality, even before becoming salutatorian of her high school’s graduating class. But Billadeau has kept it up throughout her time at Missouri S&T, completing five internships at companies like ConocoPhillips and The Disney Co. When she graduates this year, the mechanical engineering major will join her sister in becoming first-generation college graduates.
Chemical engineering major Ahlam Issa moved to St. Louis from Tanzania when she was 10 years old. Photo by B.A. Rupert
Ahlam Issa isn’t the kind of person who lets opportunities slip by. Born in Tanzania, Issa left the country at the tender age of 10 years old to live in St. Louis. She didn’t speak any English when she arrived but overcame that and other obstacles to graduate as valedictorian from Hazelwood East High School.
Kathy Withrow in Bruges, Belgium. Photos submitted
Kathy Withrow: senior in business and management systems
Donald Hey believes wetlands are the answer to water quality management and flood control. Photo by Rebekah Raleigh
Crusade: Donald Hey, a 1963 civil engineering gradute, is executive director of Wetlands Research Inc. in Wadsworth, Ill. He is passionate about proving the effectiveness, sustainability and economic efficiency of using restored wetlands for water quality management and flood control. He believes wetlands are the answer because they’re good for conservation and the economy alike.
Dan Rewerts’ oldest son Harley holds a picture of his dad from his Army days. Also pictured, left to right: Son Jack, wife Emily, daughter Charlotte and Dan Rewerts. Photo by B.A. Rupert
After high school graduation, Dan Rewerts never thought he’d go to college.
A portion of Thomas Hart Benton’s mural from the walls of the House Lounge in the Missouri state capitol building in Jefferson City
Using tempera paint, muralist Thomas Hart Benton told the story of Missouri’s history on the walls of the House Lounge in the Missouri state capitol building. Missouri S&T’s Jim Bogan brought the mural, and its creator, to life in his video Tom Benton’s Missouri. This fall, the film was re-mastered in high definition and re-released to mark its 20th anniversary.
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