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Kummer Vanguard Scholars – News and Events https://news.mst.edu Your source for the latest from Rolla Fri, 17 Oct 2025 17:08:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.7 50666640 Entrepreneurs inspire Kummer Vanguard Scholars: Advice from 3 innovators https://news.mst.edu/2025/10/entrepreneurs-inspire-kummer-vanguard-scholars-advice-from-3-innovators/ https://news.mst.edu/2025/10/entrepreneurs-inspire-kummer-vanguard-scholars-advice-from-3-innovators/#respond Fri, 17 Oct 2025 17:08:29 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=54478 https://news.mst.edu/2025/10/entrepreneurs-inspire-kummer-vanguard-scholars-advice-from-3-innovators/feed/ 0 Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T Kummer Vanguard Scholars recently heard from three entrepreneurs who shared their startup experiences. From left: Lindsay Chappell, Caleb McCleary and Kaitlyn Dunahee. Photo by Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T. 54478 Steering success: Meet the student leaders of Kummer Vanguard Scholars https://news.mst.edu/2025/10/steering-success-meet-the-student-leaders-of-kummer-vanguard-scholars/ https://news.mst.edu/2025/10/steering-success-meet-the-student-leaders-of-kummer-vanguard-scholars/#respond Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:19:32 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=54420 https://news.mst.edu/2025/10/steering-success-meet-the-student-leaders-of-kummer-vanguard-scholars/feed/ 0 Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T The Student Steering Committee is a student-led organization to help guide over a thousand Kummer Vanguard Scholars while impacting the campus community. From left: Caleb McCleary, Kaitlyn Dunahee, Hossein Libre and Auston Obsuth. Photo by Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T. 54420 Kummer Vanguard Scholars discuss program’s lasting impact https://news.mst.edu/2025/10/kummer-vanguard-scholars-discuss-programs-lasting-impact/ https://news.mst.edu/2025/10/kummer-vanguard-scholars-discuss-programs-lasting-impact/#respond Mon, 13 Oct 2025 18:11:40 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=54428 https://news.mst.edu/2025/10/kummer-vanguard-scholars-discuss-programs-lasting-impact/feed/ 0 Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T Six Kummer Vanguard Scholars pose for a photo on the Missouri S&T campus. From left, Lindsay Chappell, Kaitlyn Dunahee, Caleb McCleary, Aaron Dubale, Alise Howell and Christy Johnson. Photo by Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T 54428 How a St. Louis couple’s $300 million gift has transformed Missouri S&T   https://news.mst.edu/2025/10/how-a-st-louis-couples-300-million-gift-has-transformed-missouri-st/ https://news.mst.edu/2025/10/how-a-st-louis-couples-300-million-gift-has-transformed-missouri-st/#respond Fri, 10 Oct 2025 19:02:26 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=54380 https://news.mst.edu/2025/10/how-a-st-louis-couples-300-million-gift-has-transformed-missouri-st/feed/ 0 News and Events Fred and June Kummer at their home in 2020. Photo by Terry Barner/Missouri S&T 54380 Remington R. Williams Award recipient announced https://news.mst.edu/2025/07/remington-r-williams-award-recipient-announced-3/ https://news.mst.edu/2025/07/remington-r-williams-award-recipient-announced-3/#respond Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:18:04 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=53823 https://news.mst.edu/2025/07/remington-r-williams-award-recipient-announced-3/feed/ 0 53823 Legendary records, unbreakable focus: Owen Fraser  https://news.mst.edu/2025/05/legendary-records-unbreakable-focus-owen-fraser/ https://news.mst.edu/2025/05/legendary-records-unbreakable-focus-owen-fraser/#respond Tue, 20 May 2025 13:17:10 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=53322 https://news.mst.edu/2025/05/legendary-records-unbreakable-focus-owen-fraser/feed/ 0 Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T Owen Fraser, junior mechanical engineering major and record-setting Miner. Photo by Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T. 53322 Ivy league bound: S&T alumnus advances sustainable energy at Princeton https://news.mst.edu/2025/03/ivy-league-bound-st-alumnus-advances-sustainable-energy-at-princeton/ https://news.mst.edu/2025/03/ivy-league-bound-st-alumnus-advances-sustainable-energy-at-princeton/#respond Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:30:00 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=52939 https://news.mst.edu/2025/03/ivy-league-bound-st-alumnus-advances-sustainable-energy-at-princeton/feed/ 0 News and Events Recent S&T graduate Caleb Moellenhoff stands in front of the “Engineering Quadrangle” at Princeton University, which houses the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Moellenhoff is a Ph.D. student working in the Maravelias Lab. Photo submitted by Caleb Moellenhoff. 52939 Engineering meets business: S&T alumnus lands ideal career  https://news.mst.edu/2025/03/engineering-meets-business-st-alumnus-lands-ideal-career/ https://news.mst.edu/2025/03/engineering-meets-business-st-alumnus-lands-ideal-career/#respond Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:08:52 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=52924 https://news.mst.edu/2025/03/engineering-meets-business-st-alumnus-lands-ideal-career/feed/ 0 News and Events Missouri S&T recent graduate Duncan Bannon in front of the sign at the Timken Distribution Center in Duncan, South Carolina. Bannon works at Timken as a sales engineer. Photo submitted by Duncan Bannon. 52924 Rachel Kohman receives 2024 Women’s Advocate Award https://news.mst.edu/2024/04/rachel-kohman-receives-2024-womens-advocate-award/ https://news.mst.edu/2024/04/rachel-kohman-receives-2024-womens-advocate-award/#respond Thu, 04 Apr 2024 18:03:45 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=50367 https://news.mst.edu/2024/04/rachel-kohman-receives-2024-womens-advocate-award/feed/ 0 News and Events Dr. Elizabeth Cummins, left, with Dr. Rachel Kohman, the 2024 recipient of the Dr. Elizabeth Cummins Women’s Advocate Award. Cummins is a professor emerita of English and technical communication and Missouri S&T’s first Woman of the Year. Photo by Andrew Layton/Missouri S&T. 50367 First-day enrollment grows, tops 7,000 at Missouri S&T https://news.mst.edu/2023/08/first-day-enrollment-tops-7000-at-missouri-st/ https://news.mst.edu/2023/08/first-day-enrollment-tops-7000-at-missouri-st/#comments Mon, 21 Aug 2023 20:53:38 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=48805 https://news.mst.edu/2023/08/first-day-enrollment-tops-7000-at-missouri-st/feed/ 2 Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T 48805 Meet a few of Missouri S&T’s Kummer Vanguard Scholars https://news.mst.edu/2023/07/meet-a-few-of-missouri-sts-kummer-vanguard-scholars/ https://news.mst.edu/2023/07/meet-a-few-of-missouri-sts-kummer-vanguard-scholars/#respond Mon, 03 Jul 2023 13:59:04 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=48470 https://news.mst.edu/2023/07/meet-a-few-of-missouri-sts-kummer-vanguard-scholars/feed/ 0 Missouri S&T The Kummer Vanguard Scholars program is one of the many initiatives funded by the $300 million gift made to S&T by Fred and June Kummer in 2020. From left, Kummer Vanguard Scholars Christopher “Jack” Ryan, Destini Atkins, Emily Gurley and Joseph Nguyen. Photos by Michael Pierce, Missouri S&T. 48470 S&T graduate Kathy Walker urges students to seize opportunities https://news.mst.edu/2023/04/st-graduate-kathy-walker-urges-students-to-seize-opportunities/ https://news.mst.edu/2023/04/st-graduate-kathy-walker-urges-students-to-seize-opportunities/#respond Thu, 06 Apr 2023 14:32:54 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=47810 https://news.mst.edu/2023/04/st-graduate-kathy-walker-urges-students-to-seize-opportunities/feed/ 0 News and Events Kathy Walker, a Missouri S&T graduate and long-time member of S&T's Board of Trustees, recently shared lessons from her career with a group of Kummer Vanguard Scholars. Photo by Joseph Nguyen, Missouri S&T. 47810 ‘Weird culmination of hobbies and interests’ brings Dawson Jeffers to Missouri S&T https://news.mst.edu/2023/03/weird-culmination-of-hobbies-and-interests-brings-dawson-jeffers-to-missouri-st/ https://news.mst.edu/2023/03/weird-culmination-of-hobbies-and-interests-brings-dawson-jeffers-to-missouri-st/#comments Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:32:59 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=47638 https://news.mst.edu/2023/03/weird-culmination-of-hobbies-and-interests-brings-dawson-jeffers-to-missouri-st/feed/ 1 Andrew Layton/Missouri S&T “Success is possible, but it’s not easy, and that’s why you should come here,” says Dawson Jeffers, a sophomore in engineering management with an emphasis in mechanical engineering. “You can’t become exceptional without doing difficult things.” Photo by Andrew Layton, Missouri S&T. 47638 Missouri S&T students compete to define innovation https://news.mst.edu/2022/12/missouri-st-students-compete-to-define-innovation/ https://news.mst.edu/2022/12/missouri-st-students-compete-to-define-innovation/#respond Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:32:04 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=46498 https://news.mst.edu/2022/12/missouri-st-students-compete-to-define-innovation/feed/ 0 News and Events Members of the team that won the video category in a recent competition challenging S&T students to define innovation. From left, Carter Allen, Elizabeth Say and Joseph Nguyen. Photo by Joseph Nguyen, Missouri S&T. 46498 Missouri S&T starts school year with record percentage of women students, new college https://news.mst.edu/2022/08/missouri-st-starts-school-year-with-record-percentage-of-women-students-new-college/ https://news.mst.edu/2022/08/missouri-st-starts-school-year-with-record-percentage-of-women-students-new-college/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2022 18:27:50 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=44473 https://news.mst.edu/2022/08/missouri-st-starts-school-year-with-record-percentage-of-women-students-new-college/feed/ 1 News and Events A team of new students tests their remote controlled car for Project X on Aug. 17. Project X is a design competition that all new S&T students participate in during Opening Week before classes begin. Photo by Michael Pierce, Missouri S&T 44473 Space pioneer Sandra Magnus goes off script with S&T scholars https://news.mst.edu/2022/03/space-pioneer-sandra-magnus-goes-off-script-with-st-scholars/ https://news.mst.edu/2022/03/space-pioneer-sandra-magnus-goes-off-script-with-st-scholars/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2022 22:00:30 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=42215 https://news.mst.edu/2022/03/space-pioneer-sandra-magnus-goes-off-script-with-st-scholars/feed/ 1 Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T Niloofar Zendehdel (left) and Heath St. Denis (right) were among the S&T scholars who met with former NASA astronaut and S&T alumna Dr. Sandra Magnus during her recent visit to campus. Photo by Michael Pierce, Missouri S&T. 42215 Meet some of Missouri S&T’s 460 Kummer Vanguard Scholars https://news.mst.edu/2021/10/meet-some-of-missouri-sts-first-kummer-vanguard-scholars/ https://news.mst.edu/2021/10/meet-some-of-missouri-sts-first-kummer-vanguard-scholars/#respond Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:32:41 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=40494 https://news.mst.edu/2021/10/meet-some-of-missouri-sts-first-kummer-vanguard-scholars/feed/ 0 Michael Pierce/Missouri University of Science and Technology Four students in the inaugural class of Kummer Vanguard Scholars. From left, Catalina Ortega, Matt Minatra, Katherine Johnston and Tim Proffitt 40494 New Kummer Vanguard Scholarships designed to draw more STEM students to S&T https://news.mst.edu/2020/12/new-kummer-vanguard-scholarships-designed-to-draw-more-stem-students-to-st/ https://news.mst.edu/2020/12/new-kummer-vanguard-scholarships-designed-to-draw-more-stem-students-to-st/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2020 21:02:07 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=34821 https://news.mst.edu/2020/12/new-kummer-vanguard-scholarships-designed-to-draw-more-stem-students-to-st/feed/ 3 News and Events The Kummer Vanguard Scholars program will provide $1,000 to $3,000 in scholarship support to 350 to 400 qualified and deserving members of the 2021 freshman class. 34821