Missouri University of Science and Technology#Curtis Laws Wilson Library

{{Short description|Public university in Rolla, Missouri, US}}

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| name = Missouri University of
Science and Technology

| image = Missouri University of Science and Technology emblem.png

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| motto = Salus populi suprema lex esto (Latin)

| mottoeng = {{nowrap|Let the welfare of the people}} be the supreme law{{cite news |url=https://www.umsystem.edu/about-us/history |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326211739/https://www.umsystem.edu/about-us/history |archive-date=March 26, 2019 |url-status=live |title=About Us |work=University of Missouri System }}{{cite web| title=UM Seal Guidelines and History| publisher= Curators of the University of Missouri |url=http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/departments/ur/resources/index.shtml| access-date=November 19, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129112506/http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/departments/ur/resources/index.shtml |archive-date=November 29, 2010 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=University of Missouri System Style Guide |publisher=Curators of the University of Missouri |date=September 7, 2018 |url=https://www.umsystem.edu/media/ur/UMSYSStyleGuide-Digital.pdf |access-date=February 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228191831/https://www.umsystem.edu/media/ur/UMSYSStyleGuide-Digital.pdf |archive-date=February 28, 2019 |url-status=live }}

| established = {{start date and age|1870}}

| type = Public research university

| academic_affiliations = {{hlist|ORAU|space-grant}}

| endowment = $604,010,199 (2024){{cite web |url=https://giving.mst.edu |title=University Advancement |date=June 30, 2024 |website=Missouri S&T |access-date=November 10, 2024}}

| chancellor = Mohammad Dehghani

| provost = Colin Potts{{cite news |url=https://provost.mst.edu/provost/ |title=Office of the Provost |website=Missouri University of Science and Technology |access-date=May 17, 2022 }}

| students = 6,456 (2023){{cite web |url=https://registrar.mst.edu/media/administrative/registrar/documents/enrollment/gridtotal2013-2023bycollege.pdf#220921092629 |title=Missouri University of Science and Technology Enrollment Grid–Undergraduate/Graduate Totals by College 2013–2023 |publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology |access-date=January 31, 2024}}

| undergrad = 5,324 (2023)

| postgrad = 1,132 (2023)

| faculty = 327 (full-time, fall 2021){{cite web |url=https://data.mst.edu/faculty-staff-data/ |title=Faculty and Staff Data, Faculty and Staff Headcount Demographics |publisher=University of Missouri System |access-date=January 12, 2023}}

| administrative_staff = 742 (full-time, fall 2021)

| city = Rolla

| state = Missouri

| country = United States

| campus = Rural/College Town, {{convert|284|acre|km2}}[http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/missouri-university-of-science-%26-technology-2517 Missouri University of Science & Technology], U.S. News & World Report

| former_names = Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (1870–1964)
University of Missouri at Rolla (1964–1968)
University of Missouri–Rolla (1968–2008)

| colors = Silver, gold and green{{cite web|url=https://brand.mst.edu/color/ |title=Missouri S&T – Color |access-date=May 29, 2023}}
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| sporting_affiliations = NCAA Division II – GLVC

| nickname = Miners

| mascot = Joe Miner{{cite web|url=http://communications.mst.edu/media/universityadvancement/communications/images/logos/joeminer/FullJoe.jpg|title=Joe Miner|website=mst.edu|access-date=April 3, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016015458/http://communications.mst.edu/media/universityadvancement/communications/images/logos/joeminer/FullJoe.jpg|archive-date=October 16, 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://brand.mst.edu/logos/miner-athletics-logos/ |title=Miner Athletics Logos: Joe Miner Mascot |website=Missouri S&T |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}

| website = {{URL|https://www.mst.edu/|mst.edu}}

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| logo_size = 250

| parent = University of Missouri System

| accreditation = HLC

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Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T or S&T) is a public research university in Rolla, Missouri. It is a member institution of the University of Missouri System. Most of its 6,456 students (2023) study engineering, business, sciences, and mathematics. Known primarily for its engineering school, Missouri S&T offers degree programs in business and management systems, information science and technology, sciences, social sciences, humanities, and arts. It is classified as a "STEM-dominant", R1 university with "very high research spending and doctorate production".{{cite news |title= Carnegie Foundation gives top research nod to 11 universities in Missouri and Illinois |url=https://www.stlpr.org/education/2025-02-14/carnegie-foundation-r1-research-11-universities-missouri-illinois |date=February 14, 2025 |website=St. Louis Public Radio |first=Jessica |last=Rogen |access-date=February 23, 2025}}

History

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Engineering and agricultural education was a rarity in American higher education in 1860, but that changed dramatically in 1862, when the Morrill Land-Grant Acts passed Congress. The law gave generous deeds of public land to states that created schools with programs in engineering and scientific agriculture. Debates over the Civil War and reconstruction slowed progress in Missouri, but finally in 1870 the obvious importance of mining in the state, as well as agriculture, forced the legislature to create the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy in Rolla as part of the state system, and a new agricultural program at the University of Missouri in Columbia.Harry J. Eisenman, "Origins of engineering education in Missouri", Missouri Historical Review (1969) 63#4 pp 451–460.

It became the first technological learning institution west of the Mississippi River. Early in its history, the School of Mines was focused primarily on mining and metallurgy. Rolla is located close to the Southeast Missouri Lead District which produces about 70% of the U.S.' primary supply of lead, as well as significant amounts of the nation's zinc.{{cite web|url= http://www.doerun.com/SEMO/tabid/94/language/en-US/Default.aspx|title= Southeast Missouri Mining and Milling|publisher= Doe Run Company|year= 2004|access-date= April 5, 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100302193311/http://www.doerun.com/SEMO/tabid/94/language/en-US/Default.aspx|archive-date= March 2, 2010|url-status= dead}}

The school was founded under the auspices of the University of Missouri in Columbia in order to take advantage of the Morrill Land-Grant Acts to "teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life."{{USC|7|304}} The act endowed Missouri a federal land grant of 30,000 acres for each of the state's two senators and nine representatives at the time—or {{convert|330,000|acre|ha sqmi|2|lk=on}}. The endowment said that the land could not be sold for less than $1.25/acre and as such was a minimum endowment of $412,500 for Missouri. There was an intense debate in the state over the location and number of schools before it was finally decided to have one school in Columbia and a branch in the mining area of southeast Missouri.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyoftheuniv009393mbp/historyoftheuniv009393mbp_djvu.txt |title=Full text of "History Of The University Of Missouri School Of Mines And Metallurgy 1871 1946" |access-date=December 27, 2011}}

Iron County (Ironton) and Phelps County (Rolla) made bids for the school, with Phelps County winning in 1870. Classes began on November 23, 1871, in a new building that the city of Rolla had just built. The college had an enrollment of 28 undergraduates and three graduates in 1874. The college bought what is now called the "Rolla Building" for $25,000 in January 1875. Following a $2 million renovation in 1995, that building is now used as the Mathematics and Statistics Department's library, chair's office, part of the main office, and other faculty offices.{{cite web|url=http://web.mst.edu/~lmhall/RollaBldHist.html |title=Rolla Building History |publisher=Web.mst.edu |access-date=December 27, 2011}}

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Initially, the school only offered degrees in civil engineering, metallurgy, and mining engineering. However, by the late 1920s, the school had added degrees in ceramic engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering.Gragg, Larry Dale, Forged in Gold: Missouri S&T’s First 150 Years (Marceline, MO, 2020), 2, 13. The school became home to Missouri's first operational nuclear reactor in 1961.{{cite web |url=http://reactor.mst.edu/facts/ |title=General Facts and Information About Missouri S&TR, Nuclear Reactor |publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology |access-date=December 17, 2017}}

In 2018, the school was approved by the state's Coordinating Board for Higher Education for designation as "highly selective" in its undergraduate admission criteria, joining only Truman State University among the state's public universities at that level. As such, first-time, full-time students seeking degrees are generally only admitted if they have a "percentile score" of 140 points or greater, a combination of their high school class and college testing (ACT or SAT) percentile ranks.{{cite news |url=https://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20180608/missouri-sampt-designated-as-highly-selective |title=Missouri S&T designated as highly selective |date=June 8, 2018 |newspaper=Columbia Daily Tribune |access-date=December 29, 2018 }} Missouri Department of Higher Education guidelines state that schools in this category may admit up to ten percent of students with lower percentile scores, and will automatically admit those with an ACT (or equivalent SAT) score of 27 or better.{{cite news |url=https://news.mst.edu/2018/06/missouri-st-moves-to-highly-selective-admissions-status/ |publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology |date=June 7, 2018 |title=Missouri S&T moves to 'highly selective' admissions status |first=Andrew |last=Careaga |access-date=December 29, 2018 }}

=Chancellors=

The naming structure for the head of the university has changed reflecting its changes through the years. The head currently reports to the University of Missouri System.{{cite web|title=Missouri School of Mines & Metallurgy University of Missouri – Rolla Directors, Deans and Chancellors|url=http://ira.mst.edu/documents/10.pdf|publisher=University of Missouri–Rolla|access-date=September 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609051918/http://ira.mst.edu/documents/10.pdf|archive-date=June 9, 2010}}{{cite web |url=https://chancellor.mst.edu/history/leadership/ |title=A History of Leadership |publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology |access-date=September 23, 2019 }}

The chancellor lives on campus at the Chancellor's Residence. It was constructed in 1889 as the "Club House" dormitory, then converted to a room house before becoming the Missouri State Geological Survey headquarters and finally the residence for the then-director in 1905.{{cite web|url=http://archives.mst.edu/recordsmanagement/throughTheYears.html |title=Through the Years: MSM/UMR/Missouri S&T History Facts |publisher=Archives.mst.edu |access-date=December 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426054222/http://archives.mst.edu/recordsmanagement/throughTheYears.html |archive-date=April 26, 2012 }}

Mohammad Dehghani of Stevens Institute of Technology began his service as chancellor in 2019.{{cite news |url=https://news.mst.edu/2019/05/nationally-regarded-engineer-and-academic-leader-chosen-for-chancellor-at-missouri-st/ |title=Nationally regarded engineer and academic leader chosen for chancellor at Missouri S&T |date=May 16, 2019 |first=Andrew |last=Careaga |publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology |access-date=May 17, 2019 }} Dehghani had previously held leadership positions at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Applied Physics Laboratory, and the Johns Hopkins University Systems Institute, at which he was a founding director.{{cite news |url=https://news.mst.edu/2019/11/in-inaugural-state-of-the-university-address-chancellor-dehghani-promotes-st-as-destination-of-choice/ |title=In inaugural State of the University address, Chancellor Dehghani promotes S&T as "destination of choice" |date= November 6, 2019 |first=Sarah |last=Potter |publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology |access-date=December 6, 2019 }}

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  1. Charles Penrose Williams, director, 1871–77
  2. Charles Edmund Wait, director, 1877–88
  3. William Holding Echols, director, 1888–91
  4. Elmo Golightly Harris, director, 1891–93
  5. Walter Buck Richards, director, 1893–97
  6. George E. Ladd, director, 1897–07
  7. Lewis Emmanuel Young, director, 1907–13
  8. Leon Ellis Garrett, acting director, 1913–15
  9. Durward Copeland, director, 1915
  10. Austin Lee McRae, director, 1915–20
  11. Charles Herman Fulton, director, 1920–37
  12. William Reuel Chedsey, director, 1937–41
  13. Curtis L. Wilson, dean, 1941–63
  14. Merl Baker, Dean 1963–1964, chancellor 1964–73
    Dudley Thompson, acting chancellor, 1973–74
  15. Raymond L. Bisplinghoff, chancellor, 1974–76
    Jim C. Pogue, interim chancellor, 1977–78
  16. Joseph M. Marchello, chancellor, 1978–85
    John T. Park, interim chancellor, 1985–86
  17. Martin C. Jischke, chancellor, 1986–91
  18. John T. Park, chancellor (initially interim), 1991–2000
  19. Gary Thomas, chancellor, 2000–05
  20. John F. Carney III, chancellor, 2005 – August 2011
    Warren K. Wray, interim chancellor, September 2011 – March 2012{{cite news |url=http://www.komu.com/news/missouri-sandt-announces-new-chancellor/ |title=Missouri S&T Announces New Chancellor |last=James |first=Kristen |date=January 19, 2012 |publisher=KOMU-TV |access-date=January 20, 2012 |quote=Wray was named interim chancellor back in August 2011 [and] began serving his term on September 1, 2011, the day after Carney retired}}
  21. Cheryl B. Schrader, chancellor, April 2012 – May 2017{{cite news |url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/missouri-s-t-names-new-chancellor/article_51966e5a-42d4-11e1-8a16-001a4bcf6878.html |title=Missouri S&T names new chancellor |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=January 19, 2012 |access-date=January 20, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://discover.mst.edu/2012/03/qa-with-chancellor-schrader.html |title=Schrader takes the helm |access-date=April 4, 2012 |quote=Schrader joined Missouri S&T on April 2, 2012 |work=Discover Missouri S&T |publisher=Missouri S&T |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409011822/http://discover.mst.edu/2012/03/qa-with-chancellor-schrader.html |archive-date=April 9, 2012 }}{{cite news |url=https://news.mst.edu/2017/03/missouri-st-chancellor-accepts-wright-state-presidency/ |title=Missouri S&T chancellor accepts Wright State presidency |publisher=Missouri S&T |date=March 6, 2017 |last=Careaga |first=Andrew |access-date=March 9, 2017 }}
    Christopher G. Maples, interim chancellor, May 2017 – July 2019{{cite news |url=http://news.mst.edu/2017/04/christopher-maples-named-interim-chancellor/ |title=Christopher Maples named interim chancellor-designate |first=Andrew |last=Careaga |date=April 28, 2017 |access-date=June 8, 2017 |publisher=Missouri S&T }}
  22. Mohammad Dehghani, chancellor, August 2019 – present{{cite news |url=https://news.mst.edu/2019/08/dr-mohammad-dehghani-joins-missouri-st-as-chancellor/ |title=Dr. Mohammad Dehghani joins Missouri S&T as chancellor |date=August 1, 2019 |first=Andrew |last=Careaga |publisher=Missouri S&T |access-date=August 2, 2019 }}

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= Military service =

Military service has long been a tradition at the college. Beginning with the American Civil War, students and faculty have served in all major American conflicts.{{Cite book|last=Gragg|first=Larry Dale|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1202414459|title=Forged in gold : Missouri S&T's first 150 years|others=Missouri University of Science and Technology, University of Missouri--Rolla, University of Missouri at Rolla, University of Missouri. School of Mines and Metallurgy|year=2020|isbn=978-1-7349627-0-3|location=[Marceline, Mo.?]|pages=148|oclc=1202414459}}

== Civil War ==

Three individuals, James Abert, George D. Emerson, and Robert W. Douthat, served in the American Civil War and as faculty.

== World War I ==

When the United States entered World War I in April, 1917, a total of 65 members of the university, students and faculty, entered into the service for First Officers Training Camp.Ebmeyer, Ernest (1920). War Records. Rolla, Mo: University of Missouri. School of Mines and Metallurgy. p. 3. Almost half of the enrolled student population was involved in The Great War in some capacity, as the total enrollment was 186, down from 301 students. In total, nine men from the university sacrificed their lives. Two men received the Distinguished Service Cross from General John J. Pershing.{{cite journal |last1=Christensen |first1=Lawrence O. |last2=Ridley |first2=Jack B. |year=1983 |title=UM-Rolla: A History of MSM/UMR |journal=History of the University |publisher=University of Missouri Printing Services |place=Columbia, Missouri |lccn=83-080194 |url=https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/university_history/3/ }} One man, H. F. Allison, is credited with the first shot fired in France from a member of the American Expeditionary Force.

== Inter-war years ==

In 1920, the college started its Reserve Officer Training Corps.Gragg, Larry Dale (2020). Forged in gold : Missouri S&T's first 150 years. Missouri University of Science and Technology, University of Missouri--Rolla, University of Missouri at Rolla, University of Missouri. School of Mines and Metallurgy. [Marceline, Mo.?]. p. 158. {{ISBN|978-1-7349627-0-3}}. OCLC 1202414459 An integral part of university life, at least half of all students made ROTC a part of their curriculum from 1924 to 1940. Of the 931 students enrolled in 1940, 534 were also ROTC Cadets.

== WWII ==

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, students sought to immediately enlist.{{Cite web|title=History of the University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, 1871–1946|url=https://issuu.com/clwilsonlibrary/docs/history_of_msm_compressed_/120|access-date=2021-04-16|website=Issuu|date=August 10, 2017 |language=en}} The 1941–42 administration, including Curtis Laws Wilson, instead encouraged the student body to finish their training as that would make them more useful to the military.

=Changes in hierarchy and name=

Until 1964, the school was considered an offsite department of MU's School of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, reporting to the main campus in Columbia (although it began fielding sports teams in 1935 in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association). As such, its presiding officer was originally called a director (1871–1941), then a dean (1941–1964).{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HblYAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Charles+P.+Williams%22+Rolla&pg=PA265 |title=James Sidney Rollins, memoir – William Benjamin Smith – Google Books |access-date=December 27, 2011|year=1891 |last1=Smith |first1=William Benjamin }} In 1963 the University of Missouri System was created with the additions of standalone campuses in Kansas City and St. Louis. A year later, MSM was upgraded to an autonomous standalone campus as the University of Missouri at Rolla and its presiding officer, like that of its sister schools, was granted the title of chancellor. The curriculum was expanded to include most of the science and engineering disciplines, as well as social sciences and liberal arts such as psychology and history. In 1968, the campus name was slightly altered to the University of Missouri–Rolla, thus conforming to the naming scheme of the other three campuses. Business and management programs were gradually added in the following years. On January 1, 2008, UMR became known as Missouri University of Science and Technology or Missouri S&T for short.{{cite web|url=http://news.mst.edu/2007/04/curators_approve_umr_name_chan.html|title=Curators approve UMR name change|date=April 6, 2007|work=news.mst.edu|publisher=Missouri S&T Office of Public Relations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817044925/http://news.mst.edu/2007/04/curators_approve_umr_name_chan.html|archive-date=August 17, 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=January 14, 2009}}

In making the case for changing the name, then Chancellor John F. Carney III noted that Rolla in 2007 was "one of the few technological research universities in the nation. A technological research university (polytechnic university or institute of technology) may be defined as one in which a majority of students are enrolled in engineering, the sciences, business or mathematics; the graduate and research programs in those fields are robust; and exceptional academic programs in the liberal arts, humanities and social sciences complement and provide context to the technological strengths of the institution."

He noted that more than 70 percent of its enrollment was in engineering and more than 90 percent was in engineering, business, science and math—significantly higher than engineering schools such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He noted "The university's name, however, does not reflect the distinctive nature of the campus. Often, UMR is viewed as a 'satellite' or 'branch' campus due to its name or as a 'feeder' campus for the University of Missouri-Columbia (commonly referred to as the University of Missouri). This branch-campus designation hinders many of our efforts to achieve national recognition and a strong reputation as a technological research university."{{cite web|url=http://chancellor.mst.edu/namechange/index.html |title=Missouri S&T, Index |publisher=Chancellor.mst.edu |access-date=December 27, 2011}}{{cite web|last=Carney III|first=John F.|title=The Case for a Name Change|url=http://chancellor.mst.edu/documents/namechange.ppt|publisher=University of Missouri–Rolla|access-date=May 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725164019/http://chancellor.mst.edu/documents/namechange.ppt|archive-date=July 25, 2011|format=ppt|date=November 2006}}

He noted, "Of the 1.1 million seniors in the nation who took the ACT in 2006, only 551 non-Missouri seniors – or .05 percent – sent their scores to UMR." He also noted that the school's acronym of UMR got it confused with the University of Minnesota Rochester.

Among the other names that were considered were Missouri University of Science and Engineering, Missouri Technological University, and Missouri Science and Engineering University.

=Historic $300 million gift=

In October 2020, the university received the largest single gift to any university, public or private, in the state of Missouri. The $300 million gift from June and Fred Kummer established a new foundation to establish the Kummer Institute for Student Success, Research and Economic Development. The gift also will establish a new college of innovation and entrepreneurship at Missouri S&T, develop new areas for research, provide scholarships and fellowships for students, and bolster the Rolla region's economy.{{cite news |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/missouri-s-t-in-rolla-receives-300-million-donation-largest-in-state-history-for-a/article_5adfb9fd-c54b-5755-9151-6ff9918ce766.html | title=Missouri S&T in Rolla receives $300 million donation, largest in state history for a university |first=Blythe |last=Bernard |date=October 13, 2020 |access-date=December 18, 2020}}

Campus

= Altman Hall =

Originally a dormitory building, Altman Hall now houses student and university organizations including the KMNR radio station, the Missouri Miner student newspaper, the Rollamo yearbook, the SPECTRUM campus organization in support of sexual orientations and gender identities, and a ResLife residential life downtown campus office.{{cite web |url=https://calendar.mst.edu/altman_hall_629 |title=Altman Hall Events Calendar |website=Missouri S&T |access-date=September 25, 2023 }} The building is named after William Altman, an alumnus killed in World War II.

= Bertelsmeyer Hall =

Bertelsmeyer Hall is located at the intersection of 11th street and State Street.{{cite news |url=https://news.mst.edu/2014/10/bertelsmeyer-hall-dedication-to-be-held-oct-17/ |title=Bertelsmeyer Hall dedication to be held Oct. 17 |date=October 9, 2014 |work=Missouri S&T |first=Peter |last=Ehrhard |access-date=August 9, 2021 }} It was named after James E. Bertelsmeyer (BS ChemE 1966), who contributed $5 million towards its construction.{{cite magazine |last=Allinder |first=Maridel |date=November 26, 2014 |title=Bertelsmeyer Hall: A bright future. A bold vision. |url=https://magazine.mst.edu/2014/11/bertelsmeyer-hall/ |magazine=Missouri S&T Magazine |access-date=April 30, 2021}} The building was dedicated in 2014 and is the current home of the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department.

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= Castleman Hall =

Castleman Hall, completed in 1991, is a {{convert|55,000|sqft|adj=on}} home for the alumni and development offices, and the music and theater departments. Featuring a 660-seat performing arts center, the building occupies the city block between Main and State Streets, and Tenth and Eleventh Streets.{{cite magazine |url=https://issuu.com/clwilsonlibrary/docs/msma_1991_08_ |title=Castleman Hall |magazine=MSM Alumnus |date=August 1991 |pages=14–15, 26 |first=Andrew |last=Careaga |access-date=December 5, 2021 |via=Issuu }} The alumni and music offices had been in Harris Hall since the 1970s.{{cite magazine |url=https://issuu.com/clwilsonlibrary/docs/msma_1978_08 |title=Homecoming Alumni Band / Alumni Services Expanded |date=August 1978 |magazine=MSM Alumnus |pages=8, 27 |access-date=December 5, 2021 |via=Issuu }}

= Curtis Laws Wilson Library =

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The Curtis Laws Wilson Library is the main academic library on campus.{{cite web|title=Curtis Laws Wilson Library|url=http://library.mst.edu|access-date=April 4, 2007|publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology}} Wilson served as dean of the school from 1941 to 1963.

The basement of the library is home to several campus organizations, including:

  • Video Communications Center, which provides video services to the university and produces distance education courses.{{cite web|title=Video Communications Center|url=https://vcc.mst.edu|access-date=March 2, 2017|publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology}}
  • State Historical Society of Missouri, Research Center – Rolla, which provides access to records and papers relating to area individuals, families, and organizations{{cite web|title=Rolla Research Center|url=http://shsmo.org/about/rolla/|access-date=February 8, 2018|website=The State Historical Society of Missouri|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402114027/https://shsmo.org/about/rolla/|url-status=dead}}
  • University Archives, which houses the historical, legal and cultural records of the university{{cite web|title=Archives|url=http://archives.mst.edu/|access-date=February 8, 2018|publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology}}

= Farrar Hall =

Farrar Hall served for decades as a dormitory building and was used as quarantine housing during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |url=https://coronavirus.mst.edu/quarantine-and-isolation/ |title=Quarantine and Isolation: Quarantine Spaces |website=Missouri S&T Coronavirus Information |access-date=September 27, 2023 }} In June 2022, the marketing and communications office reported its relocation to Farrar Hall.{{cite news |url=https://econnection.mst.edu/2022/06/relocation-of-offices/ |title=Relocation of offices |date=June 1, 2022 |website=Missouri S&T eConnection |first=Kimber |last=Crull |access-date=September 27, 2023 }} In July 2023, the building became a temporary home for the graduate education office.{{cite news |url=https://econnection.mst.edu/2023/07/graduate-education-closes-temporarily-for-move-to-farrar-hall/ |title=Graduate education moves to Farrar Hall |date=July 26, 2023 |website=Missouri S&T eConnection |first=Kimber |last=Crull |access-date=September 27, 2023 }} Farrar Hall is named after university alumnus William Farrar who was killed in World War II.

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= Harris Hall =

Harris Hall opened in 1940 after Director William Chedsey was able to secure $80,000 from the Works Progress Administration and $50,000 in state funding.{{Cite book|last=Gragg|first=Larry Dale|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1202414459|title=Forged in gold : Missouri S&T's first 150 years|year=2020|others=Missouri University of Science and Technology, University of Missouri—Rolla, University of Missouri at Rolla, University of Missouri. School of Mines and Metallurgy|isbn=978-1-7349627-0-3|publisher=Walsworth Publishing|location=[Marceline, Mo.?]|oclc=1202414459}} Harris Hall housed the Civil degree program for nearly two decades. As of April 2021, parts of the building are used by the Army ROTC Stonehenge Battalion, and Air Force ROTC Detachment 442.{{Cite web|website=Missouri University of Science and Technology|title=Army ROTC Stonehenge Battalion|url=https://armyrotc.mst.edu/|access-date=April 9, 2021|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |url=https://afrotc.mst.edu/recruitment/contacts/ |title=Air Force ROTC |website=Missouri University of Science and Technology |access-date=April 9, 2021 }} The building is named after Elmo Golightly Harris, one of the university's first directors, and the first chair of the department of civil engineering. Harris also led the first class held in the building.{{cite web |url=https://discover.mst.edu/2013/08/16/name-that-building/ |title=Name that building |date=August 16, 2013 |website=Missouri S&T |first=Mindy |last=Limback |access-date=April 12, 2021 }}File:Havener Student Center at Missouri S&T.jpg

= Innovation Lab =

Opened in 2024, the Innovation Lab is a dynamic space designed to encourage creativity, collaboration and discovery among students. It includes a Makers Studio, the Student Success Center, an outdoor terrace, active learning classrooms, a spacious atrium, and spaces for students to meet, think and create.{{cite web|title=Look Inside S&T's new Innovation Lab|url=https://news.mst.edu/2024/02/look-inside-sts-new-innovation-lab/|access-date=February 14, 2024|website=innovationlab.mst.edu/|publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology}}

= Leach Theatre =

Leach Theatre is located in Castleman Hall and has a maximum seating capacity of 650 audience members. The theatre was opened in 1991 and hosts approximately 100 events each academic year, including touring performances of groups such as the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Russian National Ballet, Stomp, as well as off-Broadway shows such as Cats, Evita, and 42nd Street.{{cite web|title=About Leach Theater|url=http://leachtheatre.mst.edu/about/|access-date=April 12, 2021|website=leachtheatre.mst.edu|publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology}}

= Millennium Arch =

The university developed a new way to make deep cuts in granite and worked with artist Edwina Sandys who used the method to create the Millennium Arch sculpture. The Arch is a single trilithon with the stylized silhouettes of a man and a woman cut from the two uprights. The figures cut from the uprights stand nearby as freestanding statues. The work, which is located on 10th Street facing Castleman Hall, was developed as a project of the High Pressure Waterjet Laboratory of the Rock Mechanics & Explosive Research Center at Missouri S&T.File:umr stonehenge.jpg

= Missouri S&T Stonehenge =

Missouri S&T Stonehenge is a partial reconstruction of the original Stonehenge monument located on Salisbury Plain, in southern England. Missouri S&T's version of the ancient structure is located on the northwest corner of campus, and was dedicated on June 20, 1984, during the summer solstice. It features a {{Convert|50|ft|m|adj=on}} diameter ring of 30 stones around a horseshoe of five trilithons through which various sightings of sunrise and sunset can be made. About 160 tons of granite were used to construct the monument. The rock was cut by Missouri S&T's water jet cutter equipment, which used two waterjets cutting at a pressure of 15,000 pounds of force per square inch (103 MPa), slicing across the surface just like a conventional saw. The cutter moved at a speed of about 10 feet per minute (50 mm/s) and cut between one-quarter and one-half inch (6 and 13 mm) on each pass.[http://rockmech.mst.edu/stonehenge/ Missouri S&T Stonehenge Website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012013507/http://rockmech.mst.edu/stonehenge/ |date=October 12, 2008 }}

After completion, Missouri S&T Stonehenge received an award from the National Society of Professional Engineers for being one of 1985's Ten Outstanding Engineering Achievements.[http://rockmech.mst.edu/stonehenge/answerspage4.html Missouri S&T Stonehenge FAQ page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412152348/http://rockmech.mst.edu/stonehenge/answerspage4.html |date=April 12, 2009 }}

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= Nuclear reactor =

{{main|Missouri University of Science and Technology Nuclear Reactor}}

The school operates the 200 kW Missouri S&T nuclear reactor on-campus for educational, training, and research purposes.{{Cite web|title=Missouri S&T Nuclear Reactor|url=https://nuclear.mst.edu/research/reactor/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Missouri S&T|language=en-US|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414013724/https://nuclear.mst.edu/research/reactor/|url-status=dead}} It became the first nuclear reactor to have become operational in Missouri, and first achieved criticality in 1961.{{Cite web|title=General Facts and Information about Missouri S&T Reactor|url=https://reactor.mst.edu/facts/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Missouri S&T|language=en-US}}

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= Parker Hall =

The construction of Parker Hall was completed in 1912. The building housed the campus library until the opening of the Curtis Laws Wilson Library. Parker Hall is one of three buildings (the Rolla Building and Norwood Hall being the other two) that are from the school's first 50 years.{{Cite web|date=2020-08-26|title=S&T's first building: the Rolla Building|url=https://150.mst.edu/stories/campus-history/sts-first-building-the-rolla-building/|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Missouri S&T 150|language=en-US}} As of April 2021, Parker Hall holds the Visitor Center, Admissions Office, Registrar, Student Financial Assistance, Accounting and Cashier's Office, and administrative offices.{{Cite web|title=Parker Hall – Events Calendar|url=https://calendar.mst.edu/parker_hall_373#.YE5_vmhKiUk|access-date=April 9, 2021|website=Missouri S&T|language=en-US}}

= Jack Carney Puck and Plaza =

The Jack Carney Puck and Plaza is a small, circular stage in the center of the campus.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mst.edu/media/universityadvancement/www/images/map/vistormap07104.pdf|title=Visitor Map|access-date=January 16, 2016|website=Missouri University of Science and Technology|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501031525/http://www.mst.edu/media/universityadvancement/www/images/map/vistormap07104.pdf|archive-date=May 1, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all|at=marker 56 }} It is used for many student events, and is particularly active during St. Patrick's Day festivities. Reconstruction of the area around the Puck began in late 2020 to renovate the landmark in honor of former Chancellor John F. "Jack" Carney III.{{cite web |last1=Hasner |first1=Velvet |title=Puck and plaza construction underway |date=December 3, 2020 |url=https://econnection.mst.edu/2020/12/puck-and-plaza-construction-project-to-start-soon/ |access-date=April 16, 2021}}

= Schrenk Hall =

Built in 1938, Schrenk Hall is home to the Chemistry and Biological Sciences departments. The building's west wing was added in 1973.{{cite news |url=https://news.mst.edu/2015/06/missouri-st-to-renovate-schrenk-hall/ |last=Stoltz |first=Mary Helen |date=June 17, 2015 |title=Missouri S&T to renovate Schrenk Hall |website=Missouri S&T |access-date=July 14, 2024}} Walter T. Schrenk, after whom the building is named, was a chemistry professor from 1923 to 1961 and a former department chair.

= Solar Village =

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Officially opened in December 2010,{{cite news |url=http://www.therolladailynews.com/article/20101223/NEWS/312239902/ |title=Solar Village Tour |newspaper=Rolla Daily News |date=December 23, 2010 |access-date=July 30, 2016 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127003553/https://www.therolladailynews.com/article/20101223/NEWS/312239902/ |url-status=dead }} the Solar Village consists of four entries by Missouri S&T in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.{{cite web |url=http://www.architectmagazine.com/education-projects/the-decathlon-is-over-now-what.aspx |title=The Decathlon is Over. Now What? How much influence the Solar Decathlon has had on architecture or sustainable technology is difficult to gauge |publisher=Architect: The Magazine of the American Institute of Architects |date=December 31, 2002 |access-date=November 11, 2011}} Students, staff, faculty, and donors of Missouri S&T designed, constructed, and competed homes in each of the first four Decathlons including the Solar House in 2002,{{cite web |url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2002/where_is_rolla_now.html |title=University of Missouri–Rolla: Leading the Way |publisher=U.S. Department of Energy |date=December 31, 2002 |access-date=July 30, 2016}} the Prairie House in 2005,{{cite web |url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2005/where_is_rolla_now.html |title=University of Missouri–Rolla: Building on the Past |publisher=U.S. Department of Energy |date=December 31, 2005 |access-date=July 30, 2016}} the Solar House in 2007,{{cite web |url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2007/where_is_rolla_now.html |title=University of Missouri–Rolla: Returning to the Neighborhood |publisher=U.S. Department of Energy |date=December 31, 2007 |access-date=July 30, 2016}} and the Show-Me House in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2009/where_is_missouri_now.html |title=Team Missouri: Showing the World the Possibilities of Solar |publisher=U.S. Department of Energy |date=December 31, 2009 |access-date=July 30, 2016}} In 2012, the Solar Village was one of two highlights in a video short that won recognition from Second Nature and a Climate Leadership Award for the campus.{{cite news |url=http://www.therolladailynews.com/article/20130616/news/130619218/ |title=S and T Campus to Celebrate Climate Leadership Award with Ice Cream Social |newspaper=Rolla Daily News |date=June 16, 2013 |access-date=July 30, 2016 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127003652/https://www.therolladailynews.com/article/20130616/news/130619218/ |url-status=dead }} In 2014, the Solar Village was expanded to include a microgrid system and an electric car charging station.{{cite news |url=http://www.therolladailynews.com/article/20140718/NEWS/140718855/ |title=Microgrid Unveiled at Solar Village |newspaper=Rolla Daily News |date=July 18, 2014 |access-date=July 30, 2016 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127005733/https://www.therolladailynews.com/article/20140718/NEWS/140718855/ |url-status=dead }} In 2016, Missouri S&T announced a second, EcoVillage, composed of Decathlon entries including the 2013 Chameleon House and the 2015 Nest Home.{{cite news |url=http://www.therolladailynews.com/article/20160415/NEWS/160419221/ |title=S and T's second solar housing complex named EcoVillage |newspaper=Rolla Daily News |date=April 15, 2016 |access-date=July 30, 2016 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127015012/https://www.therolladailynews.com/article/20160415/NEWS/160419221/ |url-status=dead }}

= Straumanis-James Hall =

Straumanis-James Hall houses the Missouri S&T Materials Research Center. The building, which honors Martin E. Straumanis and William "Bill" James, includes about 30,000 square feet of laboratory and office space. Research conducted here led directly to the founding of two successful companies, Brewer Science and Mo-Sci. Patents for research conducted in Straumanis-James Hall produce more than 90% of the campus revenue from licensing.{{cite news |url=https://news.mst.edu/2023/07/dr-martin-e-straumanis-a-pioneer-of-materials-research |title=Dr. Martin E. Straumanis: a pioneer of materials research |date=July 18, 2023 |website=Missouri S&T |access-date=January 12, 2024}}

= Kummer Student Design Center =

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The Kummer Design Center was dedicated on May 20, 2011. A privately funded $2.75 million project, it was named after Fred and June Kummer who donated $1.25 million.{{cite web |url=https://discover.mst.edu/2011/05/24/a_former_bread_factorys_transformation/ |title=Introducing the Kummer Student Design Center |date=May 24, 2011 |website=Discover Missouri S&T |access-date=April 12, 2021 }} Fred Kummer is an alumnus of the university. The {{convert|23,000|sqfoot|m2|adj=on}} building was originally a Holsum Bread Bakery and afterward a Student Rec Center.

The Kummer Design Center is at 1051 N Bishop Avenue in Rolla, and is home to the Student Design and Experiential Learning Center (SDELC),{{cite news |url=https://www.therolladailynews.com/news/20170831/sts-kummer-design-center-maker-hive-for-success |title=S&T's Kummer Design Center: maker hive for success |date=August 31, 2017 |newspaper=The Rolla Daily News |first=John |last=Buckner |access-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411232251/https://www.therolladailynews.com/news/20170831/sts-kummer-design-center-maker-hive-for-success |url-status=dead }} which contains offices, a conference room, a machine shop, and labs, including a computer lab, and an iGEM lab.{{cite web |title=Common Ground Newsletter Fall 2016 |url=https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=common-ground}} Approximately twelve hundred university students support twenty design teams at the SDELC,{{cite web |url=https://news.mst.edu/2019/04/missouri-st-breaks-ground-on-expansion-doubling-the-space-for-student-design-teams/ |title=Missouri S&T breaks ground on expansion, doubling the space for student design teams |date=April 29, 2019 |website=Missouri S&T |access-date=April 12, 2021 }}{{cite web |title=Common Ground Newsletter |url=https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=common-ground}} and have 24/7 access to the building.{{Cite web|title=Student Design and Experiential Learning Center|url=https://design.mst.edu/|access-date=2021-04-12|website=Missouri S&T|language=en-US}} These students may then apply their design team experiences toward university-required experiential learning.{{cite web |title=Common Ground |url=https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=common-ground}} The Kummer Design Center is also home to American Pie Company and Spoon Me (frozen yogurt) fast food restaurants.{{cite web |url=https://www.therolladailynews.com/story/business/2021/08/05/rolla-chamber-holds-ribbon-cutting-american-pie-company/5504313001/ |title=Rolla chamber holds ribbon cutting for American Pie Company |date=August 5, 2021 |newspaper=The Rolla Daily News |access-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901223038/https://www.therolladailynews.com/story/business/2021/08/05/rolla-chamber-holds-ribbon-cutting-american-pie-company/5504313001/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine |url=https://magazine.mst.edu/2010/03/grand_design_the_kummer_studen/ |title=Grand design: the Kummer Student Design Center |date=March 8, 2010 |magazine=Missouri S&T Magazine |access-date=April 12, 2021 }}

In April 2019, a Mars Rover designed by S&T's Mars Rover Team broke ground on an expansion for the Kummer Design Center. The expansion, by Brinkmann Constructors,{{cite web |title=Design-build construction of multi-tenant facility at Missouri S&T |date=November 2, 2018 |url=https://brinkmannconstructors.com/work/kummer-student-design-center |access-date=April 23, 2021 }} added {{convert|8,000|sqft}} of new labs, manufacturing, and fabrication bays{{cite magazine |url=https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=common-ground |title=Kummer Design Center Expands |date=Fall 2020 |magazine=Common Ground |page=9 |access-date=April 12, 2021 |publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology }} and expanded the waterjet, welding, and composites labs, doubling the size of the previous SDELC.{{cite web |title=Missouri S&T dedicates expansion of Kummer Student Design Center |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af7GaYDwbdY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/af7GaYDwbdY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|date=September 11, 2020 |website=YouTube |publisher=Missouri S&T |access-date=April 23, 2021 }}{{cbignore}} The expansion's highest-level donors were Richard and Nancy Arnold, Brinkmann Constructors, Roger and Karen LaBoube, and Fred and June Kummer. The expansion was dedicated on September 11, 2020, to a virtual audience.

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, students and staff used the design center to make PPE for Phelps Health and other surrounding medical facilities.{{cite web |url=https://news.mst.edu/2020/03/campus-rallies-to-3-d-print-protective-medical-gear/ |title=Campus rallies to 3-D print protective medical gear |date=March 23, 2020 |website=Missouri S&T |first=Andrew |last=Careaga |access-date=April 12, 2021 }} The design center used 3D printers to generate prototype face shield brackets and face masks, and some of the prototype files were released to the public for printing.

== Design teams ==

  • The Baja SAE design team designs, builds, and races an off-road vehicle each year.{{Cite web|title=Baja SAE|url=https://design.mst.edu/designteams/baja-sae/|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Missouri S&T|language=en-US}} The team competes against other universities at international events.
  • The Combat Robotics Design Team is one of the newest design teams, as it began in 2018, in the Student Design Center.{{Cite web|last=Madden|first=Levi|title=Looking Forward to a Real Season – Battlebots|url=https://battlebots.mst.edu/2020/07/21/looking-forward-to-a-real-season/|access-date=2021-03-14|language=en-US|date=July 21, 2020}} The team designed and built its first robot, Ankle Grinder, in 2020 and will compete for the first time on March 20, 2021, at the Norwalk Havoc Competition in Norwalk, Connecticut.{{Cite web|title=Ankle Grinder (2019–2020) – Battlebots|url=https://battlebots.mst.edu/robots/ankle-grinder-2019-2020/|access-date=2021-03-14|language=en-US}}
  • The Missouri S&T Chem E Car team designs and constructs small chemical-reaction-powered cars that are used in regional competitions. The designed car must be stopped by a timed chemical reaction and the goal of competitions is to see which car can be the most precise and stop at the given distance (15–30 m), solely using chemistry.{{Cite web|title=Chem E Car|url=https://design.mst.edu/designteams/chem-e-car/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Missouri S&T|language=en-US}}
  • The Missouri S&T Concrete Canoe team designs and constructs a concrete canoe and races it on a lake in regional and national competitions. The team has participated in concrete canoe competitions since the 1970s. The entire project, including fundraising and construction, is completed by the students. The team took third place in 2004.{{cite web|date=April 18, 2008|title=Concrete Canoe Archives|url=http://experiencethis.mst.edu/concrete_canoe/|access-date=July 9, 2008|work=Experience This|publisher=Missouri S&T}}
  • Missouri S&T's chapter of Engineers Without Borders has four ongoing international projects in Guatemala, Ecuador, and Bolivia. Over one hundred students are part of a team that works to develop sustainable solutions to engineering problems, such as lack of access to drinking water, in developing countries.{{cite web|title=Missouri S&T EWB Chapter|url=http://ewb.mst.org/|access-date=February 27, 2019|publisher=Engineers Without Borders USA Missouri S&T Chapter}}
  • Each year the Formula Electric team designs, builds, and races an electric formula-style race car.{{Cite web|title=Formula SAE Electric – Design. Build. Race. Repeat.|url=https://formulaelectric.mst.edu/|access-date=2021-03-14|language=en-US}} The team was founded in 2012 and started to compete in 2015.{{Cite web|title=About – Formula SAE Electric|url=https://formulaelectric.mst.edu/about/|access-date=2021-03-14|language=en-US}} In 2017, the team finished overall 4th, the best they have ever done. For the 2017–2018 season, the team lost its title sponsor.
  • The Missouri S&T Formula SAE team constructs a small formula-style race car every year, suitable for mass production and sale to weekend autocrossers. The team competes in Brooklyn, Michigan, against more than 100 other teams from universities around the world. The vehicle's cost, sales presentation, engineering design, acceleration, braking and racing performance all factor into its final score. The team has placed in the top ten in eight of the past twelve competitions,{{as of?|date=April 2021|reason=The source doesn't spell this out.}} including first-, second- and fourth-place finishes.{{cite web|title=SAE Collegiate Design Series|url=http://students.sae.org/competitions/formulaseries/results/|access-date=October 7, 2009|work=students.sae.org|publisher=SAE International}}
  • The Missouri S&T Human Powered Vehicle Team demonstrates its members' engineering excellence via a human-powered vehicle. The team promotes alternative energy technology while providing future engineers with hands-on experience in applying classroom knowledge. Through intercollegiate competition, this project hopes to foster leadership, teamwork, and the continuous advancement of technologies for the betterment of humanity. The team competes annually at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Human Powered Vehicle Challenge in both west and east coast competitions. The team has placed among the top two overall in 14 of 16 competitions,{{as of?|date=April 2021|reason=the source doesn't spell this out}} and holds the female sprint record of 41.8 mph and male sprint record of 48.6 mph.{{cite web|title=HPVC Results|url=http://www.asme.org/Events/Contests/HPV/HPV_Results_2.cfm/|access-date=February 5, 2010|work=asme.org|publisher=ASME}} In 2010, the team swept both the East and West Coast competitions and placed first in every event: Design, Male Drag Race, Female Drag Race and the Endurance Race, giving the team 1st Place Overall and National Speed Class Champions.{{cite web|title=Human Powered Vehicle Challenge: Results|url=https://community.asme.org/hpvc/w/wiki/11346.results.aspx|access-date=December 18, 2019|website=ASME Community}} In 2015, the team placed second overall in the ASME West Competition and first overall in the ASME East Competition, in the speed class.{{cite news|date=August 2015|title=Rose-Hulman and Missouri S&T win top Human Powered Vehicle honors|work=Mechanical Engineering-CIME|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Rose-Hulman+and+Missouri+S%26T+win+top+Human+Powered+Vehicle+honors-a0423500078|access-date=December 18, 2019|via=The Free Library}}{{cite news|last=Ehrhard|first=Peter|date=May 11, 2015|title=Missouri S&T's HPVC team wins national competition|website=Missouri University of Science and Technology|url=https://news.mst.edu/2015/05/missouri-sts-hpvc-team-wins-national-competition/|access-date=December 18, 2019}}
  • The S&T Mars Rover design team finished in first place at the 2017 international University Rover Challenge competition held June 1–3, 2017, in Hanksville, Utah. Missouri S&T's Mars Rover, named Gryphon, was designed and built by the students. The team developed custom circuitry for the rover, machined the aluminum and carbon-fiber support structure, developed durable wheels for terrain mobility, and 3-D printed gears used in the rover.{{cite web|last=Careaga|first=Andrew|date=June 4, 2017|title=Missouri S&T team wins international Mars rover competition|url=http://news.mst.edu/2017/06/missouri-st-team-wins-international-mars-rover-competition/|access-date=November 3, 2017|website=Missouri S&T News & Events|publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology}}
  • Every year the Miner Aviation team designs, builds, and flies a remote-controlled plane for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Design/Build/Fly competition (AIAA DBF).{{Cite web|title=Miner Aviation|url=https://design.mst.edu/designteams/miner-aviation/|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Missouri S&T|language=en-US}} The team was founded in 1999 and first competed in the 2000–2001 competition year.{{Cite web|title=Team History|url=https://mineraviation.mst.edu/team-history-new/|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Miner Aviation|language=en-US}} The team was originally named the Advanced Aero Vehicle Group and later changed their name to the Miner Aviation Student Design team during the 2016–2017 competition year. In their first year, they finished 2nd place overall in the Open Class. In the 2002–2003 competition year they finished 1st place overall in the Open Class. They started to compete in the Advanced Class in the 2009–2010 competition year.
  • Every two years the Motorcycle Design Team designs, builds, and races a motorbike, competing against universities across the world at the Motorland Aragon racetrack in Alcaniz, Spain.{{Cite web|title=Miner Motorcycle|url=https://design.mst.edu/designteams/miner-motorcycle/|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Missouri S&T|language=en-US}}
  • Every year the Multirotor Design Team competes in the International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC).{{Cite web|title=Hangar – Multirotor Robot Design Team|url=https://multirotor.mst.edu/hangar/|access-date=2021-03-14|language=en-US}} Competitions repeat each year until a team completes the competition. The team designs, builds, and programs drones.{{Cite web|title=Multirotor Robot|url=https://design.mst.edu/designteams/multirotor-robot/|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Missouri S&T|language=en-US}} The team has also partnered with the Rocket Design team to compete in the Argonia Cup.
  • The Rocket Design Team used to compete in the Spaceport America Cup which is designed around the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC).{{Cite web|title=Rocket Design|url=https://design.mst.edu/designteams/rocket-design/|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Missouri S&T|language=en-US}} The team designed and built a rocket each year for the competition.{{Cite web|title=About Us – Missouri S&T Rocket Design Team|url=https://rocket.mst.edu/about-us/|access-date=2021-03-14|language=en-US}} The team first started competing in 2015. 2019 was the first year they made two rockets. Since 2023, rather than compete in the Spaceport America Cup, the team has pursued their stated goal of launching a rocket to space. Since 2019, the team has had a liquid rocket project, focused on producing liquid engines. They successfully hot fired their Typhon engine in 2022, and produced their first liquid rocket in 2024.
  • The Missouri S&T Satellite Project (M-SAT) team began as an Aerospace engineering course (AE301 Spacecraft Design) when NASA held a contest for a two-year development and build project (Nanosat program) that had to accomplish its goals in the harsh environment of space. After taking third place in Nanosat-4, the team continued perfecting its twin satellites for spaceflight and entry into the Nanosat-6 competition. During this cycle, the team was awarded "Best Outreach"{{cite web|last=Callier|first=Maria|date=January 25, 2011|title=Nanosat-6 Flight Competition Review Winners Announced and Nanosat-7 Competition Begins|url=https://www.wpafb.af.mil/News/story/id/123239557/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114118/http://www.wpafb.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123239557|archive-date=March 4, 2016|access-date=October 11, 2015|publisher=Wright-Patterson Air Force Base|df=mdy-all}} for its work at encouraging an interest by local school students in STEM-related fields. The team placed second during Nanosat-7, beating rival MIT.{{cite web|last=Fulps|first=Linda|date=March 26, 2013|title=If it ain't broke ...|url=http://discover.mst.edu/2013/03/26/if_it_aint_broke/|access-date=October 11, 2015|publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology|quote=This is the best the team has done in the competition – we placed higher than MIT}} With their legacy twin-satellite design and feedback from the AFRL sponsors, the team went on to win Nanosat-8 in 2015.{{cite news|last=Ehrhard|first=Peter|date=January 30, 2015|title=Missouri S&T satellite team wins national Air Force competition|publisher=Missouri S&T|url=http://news.mst.edu/2015/01/missouri-st-satellite-team-wins-national-air-force-competition/|access-date=October 11, 2015}}
  • Missouri S&T's Solar Car team has met with much success. Every two years, the team constructs a single-passenger car, its top covered with solar cells, that runs exclusively on solar power. The car houses lithium ion batteries, which are much lighter than conventional lead-acid batteries. Every time the car is rebuilt, changes make it lighter and more efficient. The team regularly enters solar car races in the United States and occasionally enters international races. The car claimed first place in Sunrayce '99, first place in the 2000 Formula Sun Grand Prix, fourth place in the Australian World Solar Challenge in 2001, second place in the 2001 American Solar Challenge, and first place in the 2003 American Solar Challenge. In 2016, the team placed fourth in the American Solar Challenge after not participating for six years.
  • The Missouri S&T Solar House Team, designs and builds a house that is completely sustained by energy collected directly from the sun.{{cite web|title=S&T Solarhouse Team|url=http://solarhouse.mst.edu/|access-date=July 18, 2015|publisher=Solarhouse.mst.edu}} After the house is built on campus, it is disassembled and transported to Washington, D.C. for the Solar Decathlon, a month-long competition. The Solar House Team placed 11th overall in both 2007{{cite news|date=October 23, 2007|title=UMR's solar house is heading home|work=news.mst.edu|publisher=Missouri S&T Office of Public Relations|url=http://news.mst.edu/2007/10/umrs_solar_house_is_heading_ho.html|access-date=January 14, 2009}} and 2009{{cite web |url=https://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2009/scoring/index.html |title=2009 Current Standings |website=Solar Decathlon |access-date=July 8, 2024}} out of a total of 20 teams. The team is one of only three teams to compete in four decathlons, and one of two teams to compete in four consecutive decathlons. The 2011 Decathlon is the first in which Missouri S&T did not participate, but the Solar House Team was back in the 2013 Decathlon in Irvine, California. The team took first place in the Energy Balance category at the 2005 competition. At the 2002 competition the team took first place in Refrigeration, second place in Energy Balance and third in Hot Water. In 2002 and 2005, the Missouri S&T team took 9th place out of 14 teams and 7th place out of 18 teams respectively. After competition, the homes are returned to the Solar Village on the S&T campus where they are rented as student housing.
  • The Steel Bridge Design Team has competed since 2002.{{Cite web|title=2002–2020 Steel Bridges {{!}} Steel Bridge Design Team|url=https://steelbridge.mst.edu/2014-2012-steel-bridges/|access-date=2021-04-09|language=en-US}} The AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition Committee releases new rules at the beginning of each school year.{{Cite web|title=Steel Bridge Design Team|url=https://steelbridge.mst.edu/|access-date=2021-03-14|language=en-US}} Participating teams are required to design and build a 1:10 scale steel bridge every year. Due to COVID-19, the competition was canceled in 2020. The team has advanced to nationals in 2003, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023. Its best finish thus far was 12th in 2004.
  • The Underwater Robotics Team designs, builds, programs, and tests robots that are meant to operate underwater.{{Cite web|title=Underwater Robotics|url=https://design.mst.edu/designteams/underwater-robotics/|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Missouri S&T|language=en-US}} They compete in the Marine Advanced Technology Education remotely operated vehicles (MATE ROV) competition.

= Former buildings =

  • The Jackling Gymnasium opened in 1915 and was named after Daniel C. Jackling, a successful alumnus who previously gave $1500 to improve the athletic field that was also later named after him. The Jackling Gym was a two-story building; the first floor had a {{convert|20|by|60|foot|adj=on}} swimming pool and lockers, while the second floor had a {{convert|70|by|90|foot|adj=on}} gymnasium. A gallery above the gym had seats to watch basketball games and a running track. After the end of World War II, the gym also housed about two dozen student-athletes in rooms around the pool and basketball court. These students became known as the "Jackling Jocks" and were housed in the building over a period of 15 years. In August 1965, the gymnasium was to be destroyed due to safety concerns.{{Cite web|title=Missouri S&T Magazine, August 1965|url=https://issuu.com/clwilsonlibrary/docs/msma_1965_08/1|access-date=2021-03-14|website=issuu|date=September 18, 2020 }} The Jackling Gymnasium was the first building on campus to be demolished. The Curtis Laws Wilson Library was built on the Jackling Gymnasium's former site. The Gale Bulman Building was built in 1969 as a replacement for the Jackling Gymnasium.
  • Built in 1885, the Old Chemistry Building was the second building on campus after the Rolla Building.To Supreme Council and Chapters of Alpha Chi Sigma From Epsilon Pi Omicron. Rolla, Missouri: School of Mines and Metallurgy University of Missouri. 1936. p. 9. The Old Chemistry Building burned to the ground in 1969."MSM Alumnus". MSM Alumnus. University of Missouri – Rolla: 16–17. December 1974 – via ISSUU.
  • The Quadrangle dormitory buildings were built with a $500,000 allotment from a Missouri bond issue approved in the mid-1950s. The original four buildings and an accompanying cafeteria were named after university alumni who were killed in World War II, as was a fifth building added in the mid-1960s. As newer student housing was built, use of the Quadrangle was phased out. All but two of the buildings – now used by university offices and student organizations – were razed and replaced with a parking lot in the late 2010s.{{cite news |url=https://news.mst.edu/2016/08/sts-newest-living-learning-facility-opens-aug-22/ |title=S&T's newest living-learning facility opens Aug. 22 |date=August 16, 2016 |work=Missouri S&T |first=Mary Helen |last=Stoltz |access-date=May 30, 2021 |quote=Construction has recently begun on a new campus parking project on the site that formerly housed the Quad. }}

Off-campus

= Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory =

The Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Laboratory supports related research.{{cite web |url=https://emclab.mst.edu/ |title=Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory |website=Missouri S&T |access-date=2021-04-12 }}

= Experimental mine =

This limestone mine is located near the main campus and is used for the teaching and research activities of the Department of Mining Engineering. The facilities, which cover {{convert|25|acres|km2}}, include the mine and adjacent surface dolomite quarries. The mine supports student competition teams, such as the mine rescue team, and the annual "Haunted Mine" Halloween event. The mine has been used by the school since 1921.{{Cite web|title=Missouri S&T Experimental Mine|url=https://mining.mst.edu/facilities/experimentalmine/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Missouri S&T|language=en-US}}

Academics

{{Infobox US university ranking

| Forbes = 196

| USNWR_NU = 185 (tie)

| Wamo_NU = 145

| THE_WSJ = 69

| QS_W = 527 (tie)

| THES_W = 401–500

| USNWR_W = 832 (tie)

| ARWU_W = Unranked

}}

=Rankings=

Recent school rankings include:

  • Missouri S&T was ranked No. 5 in the country for "best colleges for engineering majors" by Money (2022).{{cite magazine |last=Mulhere |first=Kaitlin |date=June 7, 2022 |title=The 10 Best Colleges for Engineering Majors |url=https://money.com/best-engineering-colleges/ |magazine=Money |access-date=June 9, 2022}}
  • Missouri S&T was ranked No. 4 among public universities for "return on investment, career opportunities, and internship opportunities for students" by The Princeton Review (2021).{{cite web |title=Top 20 Best Career Placement (Public Schools) |publisher=The Princeton Review |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=top-20-best-career-placement-public-schools |access-date=September 3, 2021}}{{cite web |last=Careaga |first=Andrew |date=April 21, 2021 |title=Princeton Review Rates Missouri S&T High for ROI, Career Placement, Internships |publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology |url=https://news.mst.edu/2021/04/princeton-review-rates-missouri-st-high-for-roi-career-placement-internships/ |access-date=September 3, 2021}}
  • Missouri S&T was ranked No. 1 for Missouri's best value college by SmartAsset "with an average starting salary for new graduates of $67,300. Tuition at the University is $9,246 and students receive an average of $8,274 in scholarships and grants." (2020){{cite news |last=Rizvic |first=Veneta |date=September 8, 2020 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2020/09/08/smartasset-ranks-the-best-value-colleges.html |title=These are the Best Value Colleges in Missouri, Illinois |newspaper=St. Louis Business Journal |access-date=September 11, 2020}}
  • Missouri S&T was ranked No. 42 in the United States for "40-year return on investment, or net present value (NPV) with an average return of $1,548,000 for a bachelor's degree recipient" by the Center on Education and the Workforce (2019).{{cite news |last=RDN Reports |date=November 15, 2019 |title=The Million-dollar Degree: Missouri S&T Tops in State, Says Georgetown ROI Study |newspaper=The Rolla Daily News |url=https://www.therolladailynews.com/news/20191115/million-dollar-degree-missouri-st-tops-in-state-says-georgetown-roi-study |access-date=June 20, 2020}}
  • Missouri S&T was ranked No. 25 in the "top 25 STEM-centric schools" by Forbes (2018).{{cite magazine |first=Carter |last=Coudriet |date=August 21, 2018 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/cartercoudriet/2018/08/20/top-25-stem-colleges-2018/#564a32821f8b |title=Top 25 STEM Colleges 2018 |magazine=Forbes |access-date=September 2, 2018}}
  • Missouri S&T was ranked No. 3 in the "top 10 places to get an engineering degree in the U.S." by USA Today (2016).{{cite news |first=Carly |last=Stockwell |date=November 18, 2016 |url=http://college.usatoday.com/2016/11/18/top-engineering-colleges/ |title=The Top 10 Schools in the U.S. for an Engineering Degree |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=January 22, 2018}}
  • Business Insider ranked Missouri S&T No. 5 among the "most underrated colleges in America" (2015).{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/college/2015/02/10/ranking-the-50-most-underrated-colleges-in-the-us/37400551/ |title=Ranking the 50 most 'underrated' colleges in the U.S. |newspaper=USA Today |first=Calley |last=Hair |date=February 10, 2015 |access-date=December 29, 2018}}

=Organization=

The university is divided into three colleges, each of which contains multiple departments.{{cite web |url=https://www.mst.edu/about/academics/ |title=Academics |website=Missouri S&T |access-date=May 31, 2021 }}

The College of Arts, Sciences, and Education (CASE) has 11 departments:{{cite web |url=https://case.mst.edu/ |title=College of Arts, Sciences, and Education |website=Missouri S&T |access-date=January 30, 2023 }}

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  • Air Force ROTC
  • Arts, Languages, and Philosophy
  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemistry
  • English and Technical Communication
  • History and Political Science
  • Mathematics and Statistics
  • Military Science (Army ROTC)
  • Physics
  • Psychological Science
  • Teacher Education and Certification

}}

The College of Computing and Engineering (CEC) has 9 departments:{{cite web |url=https://cec.mst.edu/ |title=College of Computing and Engineering |website=Missouri S&T |access-date=January 30, 2023 }}

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  • Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
  • Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Geosciences, Geological, and Petroleum Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Mining and Explosives Engineering
  • Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science

}}

The Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (Kummer College) has 3 departments:{{cite web |url=https://kummercollege.mst.edu/ |title=Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development |website=Missouri S&T |access-date=January 30, 2023 }}

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  • Business and Information Systems
  • Economics
  • Engineering Management and Systems Engineering

}}

=Student engineering projects=

The Student Design & Experiential Learning Center (SDELC){{cite web |url=http://design.mst.edu/index.html |title=Student Design & Experiential Learning Center |work=design.mst.edu |publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology |access-date=July 21, 2011}} was established in 2000 to better support the various multi-disciplinary student design teams. In 2004, the center's mission expanded to provide experiential learning in academic courses, identify and support student service learning projects within the curriculum, and support ad hoc student teams in specialty academic events involving multi-disciplinary student research.

By 2006, the SDELC had expanded to ten student design teams. The center's expanded mission involved better funding and offering support and resources to multi-disciplinary project teams that had a research base to their activities. The SDELC provided academic credit opportunities in the form of three, one-hour classes on design, leadership and communication. The center also offers a half-credit course on experiential design through the Residential College (RC) program which has a per-semester enrollment of over 100 students engaged in hands-on learning projects. The SDELC's student design teams, research teams and projects, and academic courses are the foundation of experiential learning at Missouri S&T.

Athletics

{{Main|Missouri S&T Miners}}

The Missouri S&T athletic teams are named the Miners and Lady Miners. The university is a member of the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) for most of its sports since the 2005–06 academic year, while its men's swimming team competes in the New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference (NSISC)."Missouri S&T, Truman State Lead NSISC Championships". Collegeswimming.com. February 10, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2011, and Gragg, Larry Dale, Forged in Gold: Missouri S&T’s First 150 Years (Marceline, MO, 2020), 181. The Miners and Lady Miners previously competed in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) from 1935–36 to 2004–05; and in the Missouri College Athletic Union (MCAU) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1924–25 to 1932–33.

Missouri S&T competes in 17 intercollegiate varsity sports (10 for men, 7 for women): Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming, track & field (indoor and outdoor){{efn|group=s|name=TF|The NCAA classifies indoor and outdoor track & field, both sponsored by S&T for both men and women, as two separate sports. Indoor championships are held in the NCAA's winter season and outdoor championships in the spring season.}} and volleyball; women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, track & field (indoor and outdoor),{{efn|group=s|name=TF}} volleyball and spirit squad. Former sports included women's golf. As of July 2022, men's volleyball became the 17th varsity sport in the 2023 spring season (2022–23 school year).{{cite press release|url=https://minerathletics.com/news/2021/8/17/general-missouris-t-to-add-mens-volleyball-for-2022-23-athletic-season.aspx |title=Missouri S&T to add men's volleyball for 2022–23 athletic season |publisher=Missouri S&T Miners |date=August 17, 2021 |access-date=November 15, 2021}}

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=History=

The team name comes from the university's history as a mining school. Intercollegiate competition began with a baseball game in 1892, with the first football game in the following year.

=Club and intramural sports=

Club sports associated with Missouri S&T include ultimate frisbee,{{cite web |url=http://www.minerthreat.com/ |title=Miner Threat Ultimate |access-date=May 26, 2008 |publisher=Miner Threat }} lacrosse, rugby union, roller hockey, trap and skeet,{{cite web |url=http://web.mst.edu/~trpskt/ |title= Missouri S&T Trap and Skeet |access-date=September 3, 2009 |publisher=Missouri S&T Trap and Skeet}} tennis, baseball,{{cite web |url=http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/?t=c&u=MISSOURISANDTCLUBBASEBALL&s=baseball |title= Missouri S&T Club Baseball |access-date=April 16, 2014 |publisher=Missouri S&T Club Baseball}} and water polo.{{cite web |url=https://www.petersons.com/college-search/missouri-university-of-science-and-technology-000_10003997.aspx |title=Missouri University of Science and Technology: Athletics |access-date=March 14, 2016 |publisher=Peterson's }}

Intramural sports have a large following at the Missouri S&T. With over 60 men's teams and over 10 women's teams, sports are arranged into divisions. 30 different sports are contested each year: golf, softball, swimming, ultimate, flag football, billiards, badminton, volleyball, racquetball, bowling, basketball, table tennis, tennis, track, weightlifting, and soccer.

Student life

The Missouri S&T event calendar includes current campus events.{{cite web|url=http://calendar.mst.edu/|title=Calendar of Events|work=calendar.mst.edu|publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology|access-date=August 6, 2009}}

There are over 200 student organizations at Missouri S&T, including student government, professional societies, community service organizations, and religious and cultural groups.{{cite web |url= http://studentlife.mst.edu/organizations/stuorgsites/index.html |title= Listing of Recognized Student Organizations (RSOs) and Design Teams |access-date= February 16, 2016 }}

=Student media=

The student-run newspaper at Missouri S&T, The Missouri Miner, is published every Thursday during the school year and can be read online, with ongoing digitization of each issue since the first in 1915.{{cite web|url=https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/missouri_miner/ |title=The Missouri Miner |publisher=Missouri S&T |access-date=May 31, 2021}} In February 2007, the paper threatened to sue the school because the university cut funding.{{cite news |title=Student Newspaper at Missouri–Rolla Threatens to Sue Over Big Budget Cut |url=http://chronicle.com/news/article/1668/student-newspaper-at-missouri-rolla-threatens-to-sue-over-big-budget-cut |newspaper=The Chronicle of Higher Education |date=February 15, 2007 |access-date=January 28, 2008 }} After a one-school-year break for many reasons including a funding cut, The Missouri Miner continued publication in the fall semester of 2009.

Production of the university's RollaMo yearbook is handled by undergraduate students.{{cite web |url=http://web.mst.edu/~rollamo/Application.docx |format=MS Word |access-date=December 30, 2017 |title=RollaMO Application for Employment |quote=Note: Only undergraduates may apply }} File:Missouri S&T W0EEE QSL Card.jpgs for W0EEE amateur radio station]]Amateur radio station, WØEEE, founded in 1931 and run by the Amateur Radio Club, was the first campus club at MSM and is one of the oldest student/college amateur stations in the U.S.{{cite web|url=http://w0eee.mst.edu/|title=W0EEE Web Server|publisher=Missouri S&T Amateur Radio Club|access-date=May 26, 2008}} Since 1999, the club is located in Emerson Electrical Company Hall.{{cite web |url=https://w0eee.mst.edu/club-history/ |title=Club History |website=Missouri S&T Amateur Radio Club |access-date=September 27, 2023 }}

Two broadcast radio stations are associated with Missouri S&T: KMNR, previously known as KMSM, is a student-run, freeform radio station whose music playlist varies with the mood and inclination of the DJ, with some playing caller requests. Every year KMNR hosts two concerts – Freakers Ball in the fall and MasqueRave (formerly Glitter Ball) in the spring. KMST, previously known as KUMR, is a member-supported public radio station, typically playing classical, bluegrass and jazz and National Public Radio programs. On July 16, 2007, KUMR officially changed its call letters to KMST, in advance of the change of name from "University of Missouri–Rolla" to the "Missouri University of Science and Technology". In 2017, KMST's broadcast operations were transferred to the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

=Greek life=

Approximately 22% of the undergraduate student body are reported to belong to a social Greek organization.{{cite web |url=https://involvement.mst.edu/fraternityandsororitylife/#:~:text=Missouri%20S%26T%20is%20home%20to,of%20our%20undergraduate%20student%20population. |title=Fraternity and Sorority Life |access-date=June 20, 2020 |publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology}} There are a total of more than twenty fraternities and sororities.{{cite web |title=Fraternities |url=https://involvement.mst.edu/fraternityandsororitylife/greekfraternities/ |access-date=June 20, 2020 |publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology}}

The first fraternity established at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy – in 1903 – was the Gamma Xi chapter of Sigma Nu.{{Cite web |last=Technology |first=Missouri University of Science and |title=Interfraternity Council IFC History - Interfraternity Council |url=https://ifc.mst.edu/information/history/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Missouri S&T |language=en-US}} It is the fraternity's 62nd chapter,{{Cite web |title=About Us - Chapter Listing - Active Chapters & Colonies - Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc. |url=https://www.sigmanu.org/about-us/chapter-listing/active-chapters-and-colonies |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=www.sigmanu.org}}{{Cite web |title=About Us - Chapter Listing - Dormant Chapters - Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc. |url=https://www.sigmanu.org/about-us/chapter-listing/dormant-chapters |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=www.sigmanu.org}} and remains active at Missouri S&T.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=ΣΝ - ΓΞ |url=https://sigmanugx.org/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=ΣΝ - ΓΞ |language=en-US}}

The Beta-Eta chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon – the fraternity's 55th chapter – was founded at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy in 1947. It remains active at Missouri S&T and has a chartered alumni association.{{cite web |url=https://www.tke.org/alumni/155/beta-eta-alumni-association |title=Beta-Eta Alumni Association at Missouri University of Science and Technology |publisher=Tau Kappa Epsilon |access-date=July 27, 2017 }} As of fall 2022, the chapter had initiated 1,259 members and received 69 international awards.{{cite web |url=http://tke.org/chapter/155/beta-eta |title=Beta-Eta Chapter at Missouri University of Science and Technology |publisher=Tau Kappa Epsilon |access-date=September 5, 2022}}

=University housing=

The university offers several residence halls and apartment-style units for those who choose to live on campus. Most are to the north and northwest, along with a complex of efficiency suites near downtown Rolla.{{cite web |url=https://reslife.mst.edu/livingoptions/ |title=Living Options |website=Missouri S&T |access-date=May 30, 2021 }}

=Traditions=

St. Patrick's Day is the largest annual celebration since its namesake is the patron saint of engineers.{{cite web

|title=St. Patrick

|website=Alfred University

|date=April 3, 2007

|url=http://www.herr.alfred.edu/special/archives/traditions/patrick.shtml

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|archive-date=April 23, 2001

|access-date=April 3, 2007

}}{{cite web

|title=St. Patrick Was an Engineer

|website= University of Missouri Archives

|date=January 17, 2003

|url=https://muarchives.missouri.edu/St_Pats_Day.html

|access-date=April 14, 2007

}} In 1903 engineering students of the University of Missouri in Columbia claimed St. Patrick's Day to be a holiday for engineers.{{cite web|url=http://muarchives.missouri.edu/c-rg9-eng.html|title=A History of the College of Engineering at MU|access-date=August 31, 2007|last=Meade

|first=Mark C|publisher=University of Missouri Archives}} A bronze statue of St. Patrick, by St. Louis sculptor Rudolph Edward Torrini, is located on the Wilson Library Plaza.{{cite magazine |url=https://magazine.mst.edu/2008/09/bronzing_st_pat/ |title=Bronzing St. Pat |date=September 15, 2008 |magazine=Missouri S&T Magazine |access-date=July 8, 2022 }}{{cite magazine |url=https://news.mst.edu/2018/02/missouri-st-prepares-for-110th-st-pats-celebration/ |title=Missouri S&T prepares for 110th St. Pat's celebration |date=February 21, 2018 |magazine=Missouri S&T Magazine |first=Peter |last=Ehrhard |access-date=July 8, 2022 }} St. Patrick's Day 2008 marked the one hundredth consecutive year of the holiday's celebration at Missouri S&T.{{cite web|url=http://web.mst.edu/~stpats/history1.html|title=History: St. Pat's Celebration Committee|access-date=August 31, 2007|website=Missouri S&T|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110180523/http://web.mst.edu/~stpats/history1.html|archive-date=January 10, 2008}} As part of the celebration, a student is chosen to represent St. Patrick, along with others as "knights" of his court. For about 40 years, new knights were dumped into a trough of repugnant green liquid nicknamed "Alice". The particular event's popularity peaked in the 1980s, though the practice ended in the 1990s due to liability concerns by university administrators.{{cite magazine |url=https://magazine.mst.edu/2007/11/go_ask_alice_we_would_if_we_co/ |title=Go ask Alice? We would if we could |date=November 23, 2007 |magazine=Missouri S&T Magazine |first=Andrew |last=Careaga |access-date=July 7, 2024}}

Notable faculty

{{main|List of Missouri University of Science and Technology faculty}}

Notable alumni

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References

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Further reading

  • Christensen, Lawrence O. "Pains of Birth and Adolescence: The University of Missouri and Its Rolla Campus, 1871–1915." Missouri Historical Review 79 (April 1985): 357–372. [http://digital.shsmo.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/mhr/id/41812/rec/1?_gl=1*1alo9qn*_ga*MTkyNjAzOTc5My4xNjk4NDYxMDM0*_ga_B5NXL6MKLP*MTY5ODU3MjcxNy4yLjAuMTY5ODU3MjcxNy4wLjAuMA.. online]
  • Eisenman, Harry J. "Origins of engineering education in Missouri", Missouri Historical Review (1969) 63#4 pp 451–460. [http://digital.shsmo.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/mhr/id/32665/rec/20?_gl=1*1ykmtdf*_ga*MTkyNjAzOTc5My4xNjk4NDYxMDM0*_ga_B5NXL6MKLP*MTY5ODU3MjcxNy4yLjAuMTY5ODU3MjcxNy4wLjAuMA.. online]
  • Huber, Patrick, and Foster, Stephen "Making Boys into Miners: The Freshman Fight and Hazing at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, 1903–1945." Missouri Historical Review 102 (July 2008): 195–213. [https://digital.shsmo.org/digital/collection/mhr/id/55716/rec/414?_gl=1*gnp8f2*_ga*MTkyNjAzOTc5My4xNjk4NDYxMDM0*_ga_B5NXL6MKLP*MTY5ODU3MjcxNy4yLjAuMTY5ODU3MjcxNy4wLjAuMA.. online]