Name change conversations

Looking for a downloadable version of the Missouri S&T logo? How about the PowerPoint templates? Confused on how to reference the new name in your presentation? Find this information and more on the Missouri S&T Standards website: standards.mst.edu. The site was recently updated to make it easier for you to access the information and resources you need.

Here are some helpful links from the standards website:

• Missouri S&T logos in all the official university colors
• PowerPoint templates -- plus tips on improving your PowerPoint presentations
• Campus photography for you to use in presentations, websites, brochures, etc.
• Writing guidelines to help you stay consistent with Missouri S&T's style

• The largest enrollment in 20 years, up to 6,355 students with a 4 percent increase over Fall 2007.
• A broader reach beyond the Midwest. This fall's freshman class comes from 34 states, up from 29 states in Fall 2007.
• A 41.5 percent increase in out-of-state inquiries -- to 4,977 in 2008 from 3,382 in 2007.
• A 14.2 percent increase in our academic pre-college summer programs -- to 1,308 in 2008 from 1,144 in 2007.
• A 5.6 percent increase in corporate recruiter interest, with a record 302 companies for this fall's Career Fair compared to 286 last fall.

July 31, 2008, was the final day that the old umr.edu domain worked. That domain is now history, and mst.edu is the only domain that will connect the outside world to this campus.

A final reminder: Starting on Thursday, July 31, emails sent to umr.edu will not be delivered and umr.edu websites will not be redirected to the mst.edu web domain.

Here’s what students, faculty and staff need to do (if you haven’t already) to ensure a seamless transition after July 31:

• Update your umr.edu bookmarks and email contacts to mst.edu. A list of commonly accessed Missouri S&T links is available on the IT department’s name change resource site.
• Let your friends, family, alumni, potential employers, potential research grant sources and other academic partners know about these upcoming changes. They won’t be able to email you at umr.edu or open umr.edu web links after July 31.

We're pleased to announce that this blog received the eduStyle award for Best Institutional Blog, as announced Tuesday at the eduWEB Conference in Atlantic City, N.J. We weren't on hand to receive the award, as it coincided with the end of the North American Solar Challenge. (Congrats to Missouri S&T's Solar Car Team, which finished the 2,400-mile trek in seventh place. If you missed the journey, play catch-up on the Solar42 Blog.)

We also tip our hat to William and Mary College's re:web blog, which won eduStyle's People's Choice Award.

In other news, there's just eight days left before the umr.edu domain name expires. If you haven't notified everyone who has your old email address, you'd better do it quickly. Visit http://helpdesk.mst.edu/namechange/ for more details and information.

Missouri S&T is one of three universities featured in today's edition of The Greentree Gazette, an onilne newsletter that covers higher education. The article -- What’s in a name? -- summarizes why we and two other campuses decided to go the name-change route. The other two campuses are Stevenson University of Maryland (formerly Villa Julie University) and Miami Dade College (formerly Miami Dade Community College).

As of this writing (July 1, 2008), we're just 30 days away from the retirement of the umr.edu domain. This means that after July 31, 2008, your umr.edu email address and all umr.edu websites will cease to function. If you haven't updated your email contacts and notified colleagues, friends, family, research partners, etc., of the switch to mst.edu, please do so now. Visit http://helpdesk.mst.edu/namechange/ for more details and information.

The University of Missouri System recently started a weekly podcast to share topics of interest throughout the entire university community. Jennifer Hollingshead, the UM System's interim director of communications, conducts the interviews and produces these podcasts. She recently chatted with Andrew Careaga, director of communications at Missouri S&T, to talk about the name change.

Name Change News: May 13, 2008

The latest news on the name change implementation. Also available on the Name Change Conversations weblog: http://namechange.mst.edu.

In this issue:

Things to do before the break
Using the logo with department names
Missouri S&T is the new UMR

Things to do before the break

As the academic year winds down, now is a good time for students, faculty and staff to revisit their end-of-year to-do list and add these items:

Notify your contacts that umr.edu is going away. As you’ve previously read, all umr.edu web and email addresses will no longer work after July 31. If you want your friends, loved ones, research contacts, prospective employers or others to find you, send them a note notifying them of your new email address. We’ve drafted a sample letter for you to use precisely for this purpose.

Update your email signature to reflect the new email and web domains, and to help reinforce the fact that umr.edu is going away. Here’s a sample you can use for your own email signature.

Joe Miner
Mascot
Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla)
Phone: 573-341-XXXX
Email: XXX@mst.edu
Visit Missouri S&T online: http://www.mst.edu
Please update your contact information! All umr.edu email and web addresses will disappear July 31, 2008. See http://helpdesk.mst.edu/namechange/ for more info.

Update your voicemail to reflect the new name. If your voicemail still references “University of Missouri-Rolla,” you’re out of the loop. Re-record the message using “Missouri University of Science and Technology.” In addition, replace any “UMR” reference in your voicemail with “Missouri S&T.”

Using the logo with department names

The graphic standards website (http://standards.mst.edu/) was recently updated with information on how to incorporate department and organization names with the Missouri S&T logo. See http://standards.mst.edu/logosgraphicidentity/brandelements.html and scroll down to the subhead, “Using the word mark with department names.” For assistance, contact the printing services office at 341-4264 or log on to http://printingmail.mst.edu/ .

Missouri S&T is the new UMR

Please, please, please use Missouri S&T as the short version of Missouri University of Science and Technology. KMST is the name of the public radio station on campus. Our web presence is mst.edu. These are the only exceptions to “Missouri S&T.” Please refrain from using MST or any other acronym to describe Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T).

Remember, we are Missouri S&T!