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Faculty Senate 2010 Spring Career Fair John F. Carney III June 17, 2010. Commencement. Graduate Ceremony Friday, May 14 265 candidates Undergraduate Ceremony Saturday, May 15 675 candidates Governor Nixon Governor’s speech may be viewed at http://mst.edu/ Curator Carnahan
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Faculty Senate 2010 Spring Career Fair John F. Carney III June 17, 2010
Commencement • Graduate Ceremony • Friday, May 14 • 265 candidates • Undergraduate Ceremony • Saturday, May 15 • 675 candidates • Governor Nixon • Governor’s speech may be viewed at http://mst.edu/ • Curator Carnahan • 1,467 degrees in the 2009-2010 academic year
2010 UM System Awards • President’s Award for Research and Creativity • Richard Brow • President’s Award for Outstanding Teaching • Frances “Dee” Montgomery • C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship Award • Curt Elmore • Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award • Michael Orlando, Jr. • Colby Hall • R.J. Miller
FY2011 Budget Modifications 5.2% cut in state appropriations $2,657,166 • Increased recurring revenues $1,274,666 • Budget reductions $1,382,500
FY2011 Budget Modifications Academic Departments and all other areas were cut ~1.5%
Limiting Freshman Engineering Enrollment • Closing admission to Freshman Engineering Program for Fall 2010 • New students admitted after June 21 will be deferred to spring 2011 semester and encouraged to enroll in fall classes at one of S&T’s 52 transfer partner colleges
Limiting Freshman Engineering Enrollment • S&T will continue to accept applications for transfer, graduate, and online engineering programs • S&T will continue to accept freshman applications for other 12 academic programs
Project Lead the WaySummer 2010 • Train over 150 high school teachers and counselors from all over the country • Biomedical • Engineering • Only University in the U.S. selected to provide training in both biomedical and engineering • S&T is the PLTW National Affiliate Training Center in Missouri
FIRST Robotics Competition • S&T will host a Missouri State Championship weekend in Spring 2011 • The FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) is a multinational competition that teams professionals and high-school students to solve an engineering design problem in a competitive way. • Will attract 1,000 visitors to campus
Solar Car • June 20 – June 26, 2010 • Tulsa, OK – Naperville, IL • Stops and Checkpoints: Tulsa – Neosho – Topeka – Jefferson City – Rolla – Alton, IL – Normal – Naperville • Ceremonial run on June 27 to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago
Solar Cars Arrive in Rolla • Wednesday, June 23 • Teams arrive between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. • View cars and meet team members in the parking lot of the Multipurpose Building • All-you-can-eat BBQ from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. for $7.00 • Thursday, June 24 • 9:00 a.m. race resumes • Gale Bullman parking lot