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BrandonFeature

Fulbright recipient heading to Germany to work for top fusion research center

Brandon Lee has received a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship that will send him to Germany after he graduates this month. There, he’ll work at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, one of Europe’s leading fusion research centers.

Graduates

Hoeferlin encourages students to seek new opportunities during commencement address

Craig Hoeferlin, ChE ’84, gave the December 2021 commencement address.

A student shows off a mortarboard decorated with the image of the three-leaf clover representing Mizzou Engineering.

Mizzou Engineering Celebrates Class of 2021

Mizzou Engineering’s Class of 2021 faced unprecedented challenges to get to Spring Commencement — and became engineers along the way.

Portrait: Adrian Atanasov

Atanasov Heading to Bulgaria to Work in Cloud Computing

Adrian Atanasov graduates this weekend after five years of juggling school and a full-time job. It was grueling at times, he said, but he wouldn’t change a thing.

Portrait: Samantha Sample

Graduate Samantha Sample off to NYC to Work as Software Engineer

With two internships at Google, research experience and a Mizzou Engineering education behind her, 2021 graduate Samantha Sample is headed to New York City to work as a software engineer.

University of Missouri historic columns

Kirkland Graduates with Bachelor’s in Information Technology, Thanks to Online Option

There were times James Kirkland wasn’t sure he’d graduate. A move out of state and subsequent transfer to Mizzou, work obligations and medical emergencies in his family caused a few bumps in the road along the way. But today, Kirkland receives a bachelor’s in information technology, thanks to the program’s 100% online option.

ITGraduates

Information Technology Degree Program Prepares Graduates for Success

Students graduating with an Information Technology degree this weekend say the program has prepared them not only for their first job out of college but also for future opportunities.

Mizzou Engineering graduates in their regalia smile at the camera from their seats in the Hearnes Center

Engineering Graduates Prepared to Make Their Mark

College of Engineering Dean Elizabeth Loboa told 272 graduating seniors that engineering lives on the frontiers of science and technology, and their mission—as engineers, as scientists and as researchers is to go into the world and extend the frontiers of knowledge.

Students wait eagerly in caps and gowns.

College honors next generation of engineering leaders

The University of Missouri College of Engineering recognized more than 500 graduate and undergraduate students for their academic success at the Spring 2019 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday at Mizzou Arena.

Craig Lalumandier

Commencement speaker’s Mizzou ties run deep

If there were a competition for Mr. Mizzou among alumni, Craig Lalumandier would have to be on a shortlist of finalists. So when he was asked to come home to Mizzou to give a commencement address for Mizzou Engineering, Lalumandier didn’t hesitate to say yes.