The new Missouri S&T signage started going up around campus last week. Above is a shot of the new sign going up outside the historic Rolla Building. Below is the sign outside Norwood Hall.

What do you think? More signage photos on our Missouri S&T Flickr site.

B.A. Rupert photos

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In preparation for the Jan. 1 launch, we're putting Missouri S&T out into the social mediasphere.

Any Twitter users out there? If so, sign up to follow Missouri S&T via that service. We plan to offer news updates from time to time on Twitter, if there's a demand for it.

Also, we've created a Missouri S&T photo-sharing site on Flickr. There, people may view and download images from campus.

Stay tuned for more social media experiments as UMR soon becomes Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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Employees who would like to order the standard green stationery suite (business cards, letterhead and envelopes) can do so by going online to printingmail.mst.edu/ordercards/standard.html.

Orders for recruitment and three-color stationery suites can be done through printing services, located in G-8 Campus Support Facility. Online ordering for these suites will be available soon as well.

The standard green stationery is also available as a download (in Microsoft Word and a PDF formats) online at standards.mst.edu/logosgraphicidentity/letterhead-envelopes.html.

For more information, contact printing services at 341-4264.

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We're celebrating New Year's a little bit early on campus with the launch of our revamped campus website. The site has a new look, using the Missouri S&T logo, the new name and the new domain, www.mst.edu.

The new look:

The previous UMR website:

Please take a few minutes to surf around the new site, then come back and tell us what you think -- either in the comments below or on this short survey (or both). Update: The survey closed on Feb. 14, 2008. Thank you for your input.

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Today is the big day UMR switches its web and email domains from umr.edu to mst.edu.

A piece of cake, you say? Not exactly.

Our friends over at the IT Press blog are "liveblogging" the process throughout the day, and perhaps into the evening. "IT will provide periodic updates today as we switch our web and email servers to mst.edu," IT Press blogger Matt Shaner explains. "There is a strong possibility that something might not go quite as we planned, so your patience is requested."

On our side of campus, the folks in electronic marketing communications are working with IT on the switcheroo and getting ready to launch the first-ever version of the Missouri S&T website.

So, tune in to IT Press for the latest on the switch from umr.edu to mst.edu. And check back here later today for a look at the "Missouri S&T" website.

(Cake photo courtesy of IT Press, and it probably doesn't look like that anymore.)

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Name Change News: Dec. 14, 2007

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 semester break
Missouri S&T is the new UMR
Signage swap-out
New ID cards available soon

Things to do before the semester break

If you’re leaving campus during the semester break and don’t plan on returning back to campus before Jan. 1 -- the date we officially become Missouri S&T -- please review this to-do list.

1. Update your voicemail to reflect the new name. If your voicemail currently references “University of Missouri-Rolla,” re-record the message with “Missouri University of Science and Technology.” In addition, replace any “UMR” reference in your voicemail with “Missouri S&T.”
2. Update your email signature to reflect the new email and web domains. For example, change your email from joeminer@umr.edu to joeminer@mst.edu and your website references from www.umr.edu to www.mst.edu.
3. Reach out to your most important contacts about your new email address and the university’s new name. Consider including a note about the name change in your holiday mailing. If you need assistance in wording an email or explaining the reasons for the change, download the following resources:
• The name change fact sheet (which can be used for websites, newsletters, recruiting visits, etc.), available at http://namechange.mst.edu/documents/name change fact sheet.doc.
• The sample letter (which can be used for memos, letters and email notices to notify colleagues, funding agencies and others about the name change), available at http://namechange.mst.edu/documents/sample letter.doc.
4. Order name tags. If you haven’t yet ordered Missouri S&T name tags, submit your orders to Kent Jewelry by Dec. 27 to take advantage of the bulk purchasing rate. Those tags will be ready to pick up on Dec. 28. Submit your orders via email at orders@kentjewelry.com, by fax at 573-364-4446, or by dropping by the store at 110 W. Eighth St. Departments are responsible for the costs of their name tags, and as with any purchase, university purchasing procedures must be followed when ordering.
5. Shut down your computers. All campus computers need to be powered off by 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 20, to accommodate the website migration. For more details on how the name change will affect campus computing and networks, visit the IT Press blog at http://itpress.mst.edu/.

Missouri S&T is the new UMR

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 will be characterized by mst.edu. These are the only exceptions. Please refrain from using MST or any other acronym to describe Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T).

Signage swap-out

As reported in Thursday’s entry on the name change blog (see http://namechange.mst.edu/2007/12/out_with_the_old.html), UMR staff members were busy removing UMR signage on Thursday, Dec. 14. Look for new signage to start appearing on campus next week.

New ID cards available soon

The “Miner Card” ID office is ready to introduce the new Missouri S&T Miner Card to students, faculty and staff beginning with the new year. For details, see the recent eConnection notice at http://econnection.mst.edu/2007/12/new_id_cards_available_soon.html.

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In preparation for the change from UMR to Missouri S&T, campus staff members are removing the UMR signage this week. Look for new signage to start appearing around campus next week.

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The Missouri S&T logo is getting out and about -- most recently on the side of one of our university's renowned solar cars, Solar Miner IV, in the vicinity of Graceland in Memphis, Tenn. Read more about the sun-powered car's recent tour of the south at the Experience This! blog .

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