Today marks the final day of this university's first year as Missouri University of Science and Technology, or Missouri S&T. By most accounts, it's been a great first year. Yes, we ran into a few snags along the way, but as we reported in September, the early successes were very noteworthy.
And now our name is reaching for the stars, so to speak. In the photo at left, S&T alumna Sandra Magnus shows off the new university logo while aboard the International Space Station, where she is living until March 2009.
(While living in zero gravity, she's also chronicling her experience and answering questions on her spacebook blog. If you haven't visited yet, you should check it out.)
Sandy is one of three graduates who went on to successful careers as NASA astronauts. (The others are Janet Sellers Kavandi, MS Chem'80, and Tom Akers, AMth'73, MS AMth'75, who retired from NASA and the Air Force in the 1990s and returned to campus to teach mathematics.)
What lies ahead for 2009? We enter a year of uncertainty, with the economy struggling and a transition of power in Washington, D.C. But we also know that this university's success at preparing students to solve the problems of a technological world puts us on firm footing, no matter what the future holds. Throughout our history -- as MSM and UMR in the past, and as Missouri S&T today -- we have continued a legacy of excellence in education.
From all of us at S&T, we wish you a Happy New Year and all the best for 2009.
(While living in zero gravity, she's also chronicling her experience and answering questions on her spacebook blog. If you haven't visited yet, you should check it out.)
Sandy is one of three graduates who went on to successful careers as NASA astronauts. (The others are Janet Sellers Kavandi, MS Chem'80, and Tom Akers, AMth'73, MS AMth'75, who retired from NASA and the Air Force in the 1990s and returned to campus to teach mathematics.)
What lies ahead for 2009? We enter a year of uncertainty, with the economy struggling and a transition of power in Washington, D.C. But we also know that this university's success at preparing students to solve the problems of a technological world puts us on firm footing, no matter what the future holds. Throughout our history -- as MSM and UMR in the past, and as Missouri S&T today -- we have continued a legacy of excellence in education.
From all of us at S&T, we wish you a Happy New Year and all the best for 2009.
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