A collection of the student, alumni, faculty and staff experiences
Krista Rybacki is a graduate student in geochemistry and environmental geology from Nashville, Ill. Photo by B.A. Rupert.
Krista Rybacki was an exceptional student in high school and continued the tradition with a 4.0 GPA in her undergraduate years as a geology and geophysics major. Now, as a graduate student in geochemistry and environmental geology and a Chancellor’s Fellow, she is conducting research on soil contamination near a lead recycling smelter for her master’s thesis.
Steve Parks, a 1982 engineering management graduate, is director of diversity for Ameren Corp. in St. Louis. Photo by B.A. Rupert.
Steve Parks knows how hard it is to challenge and change the culture of a workplace. “You have to be patient,” he says. “Sometimes you have to go back and look at how things used to be so you can see the progress.”
Marisa Zelip is a senior in mechanical engineering from Belleville, Ill. Photo by B.A. Rupert.
Marisa Zelip is always willing to head out on a new adventure. Whether she’s taking an out-of-state road trip to see a college football game, or hopping a flight to a place she’s never been to before, Zelip seems to keep her suitcases ready to go.
Jon Silberhorn II and his wife, Hollie, and their children. Photo by B.A. Rupert.
Jon Silberhorn II is usually up before the sun. Every day, he says goodbye to his wife and four young children to be on the Missouri S&T campus early for his 8 a.m. lectures. But he’s not teaching the classes. He is taking them.
Kylie Croft is a senior in applied mathematics from Rolla. Photo by B.A. Rupert.
Kylie Croft, a senior in applied mathematics, wants to teach high school math. She’s getting some practice by tutoring local high school students in the subject.
Photo of Seth Burgett courtesy of yurbuds.
Six-hour workouts can take a toll on the fittest of athletes. But when Seth Burgett, a 1994 mechanical engineering graduate, was training for a triathlon in 2007, it wasn’t his legs or back that caused him the most pain.
Graduate student Anan Takroori enjoys building planes, rockets and satellites. Photo by B.A. Rupert.
Anan Takroori appears in a video about S&T’s summer camps:
Seven years ago, Anan Takroori left his home in Palestine with his eyes set on earning an aerospace engineering degree. He landed at St. Louis Community College for a few years before transferring to Missouri S&T in 2010.
Jordan Wengler started a record label and has a new job with Perceptive Software. Photo by B.A. Rupert and Jake Otto.
Work hard, play hard. It’s a popular adage and one that Jordan Wengler has subscribed to throughout his time at Missouri S&T. Now that he’s graduating with his bachelor’s degree in business and management systems, Wengler is getting ready to work and play harder than ever before.
Erica Budler is a senior majoring in engineering management. Photo by B.A. Rupert.
Erica Budler has known since eighth grade that she wanted to be an engineer. Admiration for her brother, Nick Budler, a 2009 mechanical engineering graduate, was encouragement enough for her to choose Missouri S&T for her degree. Since starting classes, Budler says, “I have never had any doubt about my decision to come to Missouri S&T or my choice of major, engineering management.”
From left: Byron Erard, Vicki McKinney, Grace Deitzler and Mario Ceron. Photo by B.A. Rupert.
There’s something in air this time of year. It’s not just the cooler nights or the leaves falling on the upper quad. Close your eyes and you can feel it. Thankfulness.
Patrick Huber shows a picture of Father Huber from his latest book, “He’s Dead All Right: Father Oscar L. Huber, the Kennedy Assassination, and the News Leak Controversy.” Photo by B.A. Rupert.
On the day President John F. Kennedy was shot, Time magazine Washington correspondent Hugh Sidey, one of a group of reporters who had gathered outside Parkland Hospital in Dallas, claimed two priests left the building and one of them leaked the news of Kennedy’s death before the White House could make an official statement.
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