Giving Back Archives
Lafferre Hall addition: so much more than badly needed space
Faculty, staff and students of the University of Missouri College of Engineering hosted a dedication ceremony and open house on November 5 to officially launch the long-awaited and newly completed addition to Lafferre Hall.
Published On: 11/18/2009
Civil engineering student serves as English tutor in South Korea
Wyatt Jenkins, a senior in civil and environmental engineering, spent his summer as a volunteer, teaching English in South Korea.
Published On: 09/2/2009
Building foundations for future engineers
Youngsters at the Christian Chapel Academy science fair in Columbia who watched an advanced computer technique turn their antics into big-screen entertainment didn't know the name for the process that mixes two scenes together to form a single image.
Published On: 04/1/2009
Civil Engineers work together to assist community
University of Missouri civil engineering students and staff members of the Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (NFWR) are working on a mutually beneficial project.
Published On: 04/1/2009
For All We Call Mizzou Engineering
After rapidly exceeding an original $600 million fund-raising goal, in 2006 the University of Missouri's "For All We Call Mizzou" capital campaign steering committee extended the effort for three years and increased the overall goal to $1 billion.
Published On: 02/3/2009
Wind River donates more than $2 million in software to engineering
A California-based company has donated more than $2 million worth of computer software to Mizzou Engineering, paving the way for electrical and computer engineering students to practice classroom theory and compete more effectively for jobs upon graduation.
Published On: 02/3/2009
Garmin offers opportunities for young University of Missouri engineering students
Matt Milligan, a University of Missouri senior majoring in electrical and computer engineering, likes the direction things are headed in his second-year as a Garmin scholar.
Published On: 12/9/2008
Core experience at MU generates scholarship gift
Because Laird Technologies of St. Louis believes engineers are critical to the continued success of their company, CEO Marty Rapp has facilitated a $25,000 gift to endow the Laird Technologies Scholarship in Engineering at the University of Missouri.
Published On: 12/9/2008
Mary Carlson, establishes scholarship
"Tis better to give than to receive" - just ask Mary Carlson. A 1978 graduate of the University of Missouri, Carlson received her bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and has been working her way up the corporate ladder ever since. But one thing has remained constant-her need to give back.
Published On: 12/9/2008
Donor sponsors first endowed professorship in civil engineering
Anyone who knew Bill Davidson can tell you what an unpretentious and unfailingly generous man he was, qualities that are reflected in his gift to the University of Missouri's College of Engineering.
Published On: 12/9/2008
A goal in the campaign end zone
Published On: 12/1/2008
Mizzou Engineering benefactors
Published On: 12/1/2008
Update: Lafferre Hall Addition
Published On: 12/1/2008
Smithey gives Ida Wilson Lecture
Published On: 12/1/2008
Mizzou Engineering to help Peru recover from earthquake
A Mizzou Engineering geotechnical team will travel to Peru in October to help the earthquake-shattered nation rebuild its most devastated cities.
Published On: 12/NaN/2007
CoE research centers win additional federal funding
Two MU College of Engineering research centers probably will celebrate their one-year milestones with a $6 million shot in the arm from the federal government.
Published On: 08/4/2006
