Erica Budler: Never a doubt

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 … [Continue reading]

#ThankfulMiners share their attitude of gratitude

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. … [Continue reading]

Examining the JFK news leak controversy

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 … [Continue reading]

Commanding the ‘boom’

Jordan Verslues hasn’t missed a single home football game at Missouri S&T during the past three years, and he’s on track for perfect attendance again this season. … [Continue reading]

Intramurals: it’s everybody’s game

Missouri S&T’s intramurals program offers a wide array of competitive sports, including (okay, take a deep breath) badminton, basketball, billiards, bowling, cross country, darts, disc golf, dodge ball, flag football, golf, inner tube water polo, … [Continue reading]

Married … with dissertations

Krista Kalac met Matt Limmer in the summer of 2008, while the two were working as interns for Owens Corning’s research and development facility in Granville, Ohio. She was studying materials science and mathematics at Alfred University in Alfred, … [Continue reading]

A spooky tradition continues …

Watch this to get a feel for the Haunted Mine experience:  … [Continue reading]

A one-stop success shop

Missouri S&T offers a lot of student services. But with so many options, it can be hard for students to know exactly what kind of help they need and where to find it. That’s why the Burns & McDonnell Student Success Center was created last … [Continue reading]

Big-picture thinker

As a child, Katelyn Denby loved being outdoors and surrounded by nature near her hometown of Edwardsville, Ill. … [Continue reading]

Practice makes perfect

Watch the video: http://youtu.be/RLPXQBc6Pb0 It’s not a football field. It’s a marching field that the band lets the football team use sometimes.” That is the perspective of Elyse Carter, trombone section leader for the Missouri S&T Marching … [Continue reading]

Defying gravity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bg25oy_hiQ Miners in Space team members were flying high this past summer during a weeklong trip to Houston that included flights aboard NASA’s Weightless Wonder aircraft, part of the agency’s Reduced Gravity … [Continue reading]