Ninth edition of Merit Badge Day largest ever

MU’s ninth-annual Merit Badge Day broke records as the largest in its history. Hosted by the College of Engineering, almost 800 scouts from six states came ready to learn and take on challenges.

MU’s Harmon seeks to pay research experience forward through new org

The ability to do engineering-related research in high school helped start Josh Harmon down the path toward becoming an engineer. Now a freshman at Mizzou Engineering, he’s working to pay it forward through a new student organization.

Robotics Design Challenge encourages young students to pursue STEM

About 400 fourth and fifth graders traveled from all around the state to compete Saturday in MU’s 14th annual Robotics Design Challenge, where students put their programming skills to the test to see if their robots could conquer the course.

Building skills by building a better tomorrow

Engineering majors joined the roughly 60 Mizzou students who participated in Veritas Mizzou’s Won by One to Jamaica mission trip over spring break. The group worked alongside the local community of Harmons, Jamaica, to aid the less fortunate with home construction and more.

19 Engineers serve those in need with Mizzou Alternative Breaks

For a photo album featuring Mizzou Engineering students on Mizzou Alternative Breaks, click here. During breaks, groups of Mizzou students volunteer in various places in need nationwide as part of Mizzou Alternative…

Army Ants march to FIRST Robotics Championship event

The Army Ants FIRST Robotics team has been busy collecting awards and accolades at competitions, and they’ll try to claim the biggest of all next month. The team recently qualified for the FIRST Championship in April in Houston by finishing in the semifinals of the Rocket City Regional in Huntsville, Ala.

Shelter provides support to computing, IT student orgs

Getting involved with student organizations not only helps companies recruit high-quality interns and full-time hires, but also helps faculty and students adjust to the needs of an ever-changing workforce. That’s why Shelter Insurance recently made a donation to support three Computer Science/Information Technology student organizations at Mizzou.

A different kind of winter break

Over winter break, 24 Engineering students traveled to a variety of destinations in the U.S. or the Dominican Republic to do work on volunteer service projects.