Creating a Missouri S&T outpost on Twitter

As part of the University of Missouri-Rolla’s fast-approaching name change to Missouri University of Science and Technology, we’ve been trying to get the new name out into the social mediasphere. We’ve done this in a couple of ways:

We’ve created a Missouri S&T outpost on Twitter just to see if any alumni or students who use Twitter will join us. We plan to offer news updates from time to time on Twitter, if there is a demand for the service.

Also, we’ve created a Missouri S&T photo-sharing site on Flickr. There, people may view and download images from campus. That isn’t anything new, as several colleges and universities do the same thing.

After Jan. 1, we’ll probably be doing more with social media. Any ideas? I’d love to hear from you. Just don’t ask me to create an island in Second Life.

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The new University of Missouri president is a UMR graduate

Meet the new boss: Gary Forsee, a 1972 graduate of my employer, the University of Missouri-Rolla, will become the University of Missouri’s new president next February. I’m looking forward to having Gary Forsee at the helm. He’s worked closely with our campus for the past few years as we launched our $200 million campaign.

Oh, yeah. We also launched a new look for our website today in anticipation of our Jan. 1 name change to Missouri University of Science and Technology. Karine Joly noticed and scooped me on the news.

It’s been a busy day at UMR/Missouri S&T.

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