Celebrating 150 Years
Missouri S&T was chartered on Feb. 24, 1870, as the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy. Classes were first called to order on Nov. 6, 1871. In 2020-21, we commemorate our 150-year legacy of discovery, creativity and innovation. Please join us as we honor the university’s past, celebrate its present and envision its future.
Watch the 150th Anniversary Kickoff Celebration Streamed on Oct. 15
From banker to ‘Bachelor’
Aaron Buerge, a 1997 mechanical engineering graduate and president of the First National Bank in Springfield, Missouri, was the…
First impressions: UM System President Mun Choi
Mun Choi, who has served as president of the University of Missouri System since 2017…
Sudha Sneha Devarakonda and Karthik Kumar
After Sudha Sneha Devarakonda and Karthik Kumar met through a mutual friend, they kept running into each other on…
George Mueller: ensuring the ‘moonshot’
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things,” President John F. Kennedy…
Rebecca and Joe Hawkes-Cates
Rebecca and Joe Hawkes-Cates met in 2009 while volunteering at a Miner football game. “We handed out fruit and…
Raíssa Sousa and Welenton Webler
Raíssa Sousa and Welenton Webler were both exchange students from Brazil when they met in August 2015. “We didn’t…
150th Anniversary Time Capsule
Sealed on Nov. 5, 2021, to be opened in 2071
Time Capsule Project
As part of Missouri S&T's 150th anniversary celebration, a time capsule was ceremoniously closed on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, and will be installed in the campus's new arrival district. The time capsule will be opened during S&T’s bicentennial in 2071.
