150 Years of Mizzou Engineering: 2000-2020

Our series exploring the history of Mizzou Engineering continues this month in the year 2000. As a new century dawned, the College experienced tremendous growth and expansion. Dean Jim Thompson worked to increase enrollment, creating a recruiting office and implementing statewide programs that promoted engineering opportunities to high school students and parents. Jim Thompson Thompson…

150 Years of Mizzou Engineering: 1990-1999

The history of Mizzou Engineering approaches the turn of the century with a new building, a new dean and new academic departments.

Mizzou Engineering announces new executive director of advancement

Katherine Goliver, a seasoned leader in philanthropy and development, will join Mizzou Engineering as the executive director of advancement on Nov. 1. In this role, she will work with alumni, friends and colleagues to build upon the College’s 150-year legacy of engineering excellence. “I am excited about the opportunity…

150 Years of Mizzou Engineering: 1980-1989

Our look back at Mizzou Engineering through the decades continues in 1980. After more than a decade of making a case for funding,…

150 Years of Mizzou Engineering: 1968-1979

Our series exploring the history of Mizzou Engineering continues in the year 1968, when William Kimel begins what would become a 17-year tenure as Dean of the College. Kimel became known for his collaborative style and had a keen interest in…

150 Years of Mizzou Engineering: 1946-1967

Our look back at Mizzou Engineering’s history continues this month during the 1946-47 school year. When we left off,…

150 Years of Mizzou Engineering: 1936-1945

Our series on the history of the College picks up in the mid-1930s.

150 Years of Mizzou Engineering: 1917-1935

Mizzou Engineering — like the rest of the country — was feeling the impact of world war in 1917

Daughter Day inspires young women to learn more about engineering

Women belong in engineering. That was one take-away from Mizzou Engineering Daughter Day, an event that invites Missouri middle and high school students to spend the day as a Mizzou Engineer.

150 Years of Mizzou Engineering: 1906 – 1916

As the nation was progressing at the turn of the century — with both rural Americans and millions of immigrants flocking to sprawling urban areas seeking opportunities — so, too, was the College of Engineering finding its identity in the early 1900s.