New endowments established This spring the MSM-UMR Alumni Associatio n accepted several new scholarship endowments to provide fund s for today's students. - Heartland Section Scholarship - James Hoelscher Scholarship - Steve & Ern estine Mueller/Echo Bay Mines Scholarship - George Penzel Scholarship - Riley Family Scholarship - William Soper Scholarship - St. Louis Section Scholarsh ip - Edwin J. Werner Scholarship Th e Burns & McDonnell Scholarship Fund also was accepted. While not a n endowed fund , this agreement formalizes Burns & McDonnell's comm itment to provide at least $4 ,000 per year in scholarship funds through th e association. Th e association apprecia tes the commitment made by those individuals who established these endowed funds to support educational opportunities for UMR 's students.
If you have a personal account for our" First Person" feature (see Robe rt Spratt's articl e on page 29). we'd like to hear about it. It could be somethin g interesting that you did on th e job, or perhaps a personal experience you'd like to share. If you think your fellow alumni would find it interesting, send it in and we'll consider it for publi cation in a fu ture issue.
MEMBER BENEFITS MSM-UMR Alumni Association members are entitled to:
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Congratulations to the following alumni who are founding members: Eric Duden '96, Jennifer Suttmoeller '95, Clifford Statler '51 , M.G . Boren '62 , Robert M. Diel '62 , David Kroeter '73, Charles E. Miller '55, and Chuck Germer '55.
Travel Tours: Italy & The French Riviera (Fall '97) Switzerland & The Black Forest (Fall '97) Western Caribbean Cruise (Jan. '98) China & Yangtze River Cruise (Spring '98) Eastern Europe Excursion (Spring '98)
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The MSM-UMR Alumni Associa tion announces a new service for "wired " alumni. You can go to the association 's website at http://www.umr.edu/alumni and click o n "Buy a book, support your alum ni associa tion , through BookExpress Online! " to purchase books from one of th e largest web -based bookstores. When you enter the BookExpress site , you 'll receive an electronic "cookie " that identifi es you as one of our alumni. Every time you make a purchase, BookExpress will donate 10 percent of the purchase price back to you r alumni association. BookExpress offers good literature at discounts
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Buy a book, support your alumni association through BookExpress Online! 10 percent of purchase price is donated to the alumni association
of 30-90 percent off th e publisher 's suggested list price. Th eir warehouses hold tens of thousands of titles with more than 5 million books in stock. The categor ies are endless; the only books they won 't stoc k are pornography a nd hate literature. With a commitment to philanthropy, BookExpress provides quality reading material whi le helping others through donations to charitable orga nizations. We look forward to our association with them a nd we hope yo u 'll take a loo k at the electronic bookstore for your favor ites.
chairs, lamps, watches, rings, pendants, Platinum/Gold MasterCard, license plates (License plates are for Missouri residents only.!
Career Assistance: UMR's Career Opportunity Center will help you in your job search!
Alumni Association Services: Access to Alumni Office via e-mail (alumni@umr.edu). Alumni locator service to help you find lost friends . Address update service so you don't miss your MSM-UMR mail. To take advantage of these offers, contact the Alumni Office: by mail: MSM-UMR Alumni Association Castleman Hall 1870 Miner Circle Rolla MO 65409-0650 by phone: (573) 341-4145 bye-mail: alumni@umr.edu
