For months, this blog has served as a source for sharing information about the university's name change. Now that we're just two months out from becoming Missouri S&T, it's time to introduce you to another website we've been working on to introduce the new name -- and the people of Missouri S&T -- to the online world.

Say hello to Missouri S&T at hello.mst.edu, a video site designed to help the public get to know the people of this wonderful university. Please visit, rate the videos, share your thoughts and even upload your own to let the world know that you, too, are Missouri S&T.

Official press release.

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Among the items on the agenda during the MSM-UMR Alumni Association Board of Directors meeting over Homecoming Weekend was a recommendation to change the association's name. This name change came about as a result of the university name change from UMR to Missouri S&T. The board approved the executive committee's earlier recommendation to rename the association the Miner Alumni Association, effective Jan. 1. The board agreed with the executive committee's reasoning that, regardless of when alumni graduated or what the university's name was at that time, all alumni share one thing in common: they are all Miners.

The decision was also based on input from alumni who responded to a survey in the Summer 2007 issue of UMR Magazine.

Speaking of the magazine, the board also approved changing the magazine's name to UMR Magazine to Missouri S&T Magazine. That name change will take effect with the Spring 2008 issue.

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Name Change News: Oct. 2, 2007

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

In this issue:

Contact Enrollment Management for table banners
Missouri S&T in the news
Got a question? Check the FAQ

Contact Enrollment Management for table banners

To help coordinate the purchase of new display headers, table runners and standing banners, Shannon Stites in Enrollment Management is compiling a list of departments needing to replace these items. These items will be ordered in bulk. If your department plans to order new display headers, table runners or standing banners to integrate the new campus brand identity into your marketing materials, please contact Shannon Stites at 341-4378 or by email at sstites@umr.edu to get on the list. This will ensure that the university will receive a better price for the replacement of these items.

Missouri S&T in the news

Want to see what the new Missouri S&T word mark looks like on television? Check out the news story that aired Monday night on KOLR 10, the CBS affiliate in Springfield, Mo. KOLR 10 was on campus last week to do a story about some UMR students attempting to break the collegiate land-speed record. The team’s human-powered vehicle’s paint job proudly displays the Missouri S&T word mark. See for yourself by logging on to http://ozarksfirst.com/content/fulltext/?cid=12382 and clicking the “watch” button.

You can also see some still photos of the vehicle and the team in their Missouri S&T uniforms on UMR’s “Experience This” blog (http://experiencethis.mst.edu/). Scroll down to the headline “Speed challenge team is Missouri S&T’s public debut,” or click http://experiencethis.mst.edu/2007/10/speed_challenge_team_is_missou.html

Got a question? Check the FAQ

For the latest information about the name change, please visit the latest version of the FAQ (frequently asked questions) document at http://namechange.mst.edu/faq/. FAQ Version 4 is the latest update.

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