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Mizzou experiences at the core of preparing Jackson for job at Apple

When she first came to Mizzou, Riley Jackson had never met an engineer. After she graduates on Friday, she’s headed to Apple where she’ll lead a team of engineers as a project manager in new product introduction. What a difference four years make.

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Space to learn: Merkel prepared for aerospace engineering industry

University of Missouri graduate Anna Merkel is headed to the aerospace engineering industry where she hopes to help further space exploration.

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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.

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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.