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July 25, 2008

The final countdown: umr.edu domain expires July 31

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 appreciate the patience of all students, alumni, faculty and staff during this process of renaming our institution. If you have questions about any of these issues or need further assistance, please call the IT Help Desk at 573-341-HELP or visit IT's name change resource site for access to sample notification letters to email contacts, list of frequently used links, IT name change timeline, etc.

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July 23, 2008

We won a major award!

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.

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July 22, 2008

Greentree Gazette discusses Missouri S&T name change

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).

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July 01, 2008

umr.edu domain down to its final days

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.

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