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Any other miners here? I flunked out my sophmore year. '99 I think? crazyeddie 05:36, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

BS CSci, `00 here. Member of the St. Pat's Board and Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. ENDelt260 21:00, 22 Aug 2005 (UTC)

There's a color version of the seal in the infobox here: http://web.umr.edu/~libplot/logos/UMR%20Seal%20(Gif).gif

But, what would be really nice is to get a good version of this one: http://www.umr.edu/images/gearWhite.jpg

Where did that worm drive garbage come from? ~~

I was told that St. Pat was the patron saint of engineers because he "engineered a solution to the snake problem" or some such

Speaking of curious edits.... is there a source for the enrollment numbers posted on 13 December? The previous numbers are still shown at http://www.umr.edu/about/index.html ENDelt260 23:13, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

anyone want to comment on the male/female ratio?

It's 50/50 by weight! :P

Is this university really one of the most depressing? I mean, it's fun to take shots at the school, but does anyone have hard numbers to back it up? Jrquinlisk 20:16, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I seem to recall one of the many publications that ranks colleges on a number of things slapping a depressing tag on UMR a few years ago. It was based on people calling the campus bland looking or some such horsepuckey. I have no idea why someone thought it was appropriate to list in a "Distinctions" section. 143.192.90.31 23:18, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Male/Female

Although UMR enrolls significantly more men than women this is changing rapidly. I take exception to the comment above concerning a 50/50 by weight male/female ratio. The women on the UMR campus are as attractive as any other group of women and on the whole are quite above average intellectually! I would point out that the women at UMR exceed the men in academic accomplishment. As for the social aspects, my students in Geology & Geophysics commonly told me that the competition from men in engineering was so pitiful (the nerd factor) that the men in science had little trouble meeting and getting dates with the women on campus. I have heard many UMR women comment that, “the odds are good but the goods are odd!”

All joking aside, anyone with a UMR degree has reason to be proud; it is among the finest technical universities in the world! I regretted very much leaving.

Vivat academia!

Vivant professores!

Vivat membrum quodlibet,

Vivat membra quaelibet,

Semper sint in flore.

Jay Gregg 00:25, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

UMR "patch" logo

I changed the top graphic from the "gear" shield to the official UMR "patch" logo. This is UMR's preferred graphic identity.

http://www.umr.edu/comm/marketingresources/graphicidentity.html

Excerpt from that page: "The Historic Emblem is not a “logo” and should not be used as such. The UMR patch or the UMR word mark should be used."

I know that the graphic I replaced is not the Historic Emblem, but it is similar, and it is clear that the UMR patch is the preferred graphic.—Lazytiger 21:54, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This article is UMR marketing material? ENDelt260 19:44, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. (Oops. I just now realized I misread your question; I thought you were asking if the link was to UMR marketing material. See my new comment below.) It's not the most interesting logo I've ever seen, but it does seem to be their preferred identity. If you look at the campus logos at the bottom of this page, www.umsystem.edu, in addition to the campuses' own homepages, you'll see the same logos used as in the Wikipedia articles.—Lazytiger 19:52, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't agree that the Wikipedia entry for UMR is marketing material. It is information about the school. If anything, several logos and emblems could be presented on the page. Most students and alumni I've talked to hate the green patch. All it does is tie the school even more to St. Pat's celebrations, and not its engineering roots. But the school isn't about St. Pat's, it is about its education, and I can't figure out why the administration keeps promoting this double entendre. In most departments, they still get the emblem, or even the infinity logo printed on their promotional materials. Also, it was much more professional to have a folder with a gold embossed emblem on the front than an ugly green folder to carry to an interview. Cliff Gordon, --Chief1983 00:36, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I never claimed that this article qualifies as marketing material; if anything it specifically should not. Wikipedia should consist of neutral and helpful information about topics. However, I was trying to establish some amount of uniformity among the four UM System campuses' articles (I redid all of the infoboxes last week), including using their "official" logos. But that leads me to another issue: UMR's school colors are supposedly silver and gold (tying into the UM System's "something and gold" colors for each campus). But looking at the UMR website certainly gives the impression that the school colors are green, green, and green. I did not attend UMR, so I am not familiar with all this St. Patrick's Day stuff you speak of, but that would certainly explain the proliferation of green. If you want to go back to the emblem that was previously used in the infobox, I won't argue with you.—Lazytiger 01:30, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Heh... I bet if you asked 10 random students on the UMR campus what the school colors were, you might not get one that knows they're silver and gold. Not that that's terrible relevant to this conversation... but, it makes me chuckle to think about. I wasn't aware the UM system had a "something and gold" theme. My understanding had been that UMR's colors were silver and gold as reference to the precious metals, and the school's history as a mining school. ENDelt260 18:29, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

UMR's colors probably were chosen for their metallic properties, and they probably also predate UMKC and UMSL. But after establishing black and gold at MU and silver and gold at UMR, they created a theme by making UMKC blue and gold and UMSL red and gold.—Lazytiger 21:03, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

UM System seal

I need someone who graduated from UMR (i.e., knows what the diploma looks like) to answer this: is the UM System seal on the outside cover or on the diploma itself? Any other logos? Is the UM System seal used anywhere on campus at all? Could UMR students even identify it? Just wondering and trying to decide what to do with the infobox. Thanks.—Lazytiger 18:49, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The UM seal is on the diploma, in fact the diploma looks just like Columbia's. I don't know about UMSL or UMKC, but I would guess it is the same. The seal is used on a campus building I recall. It is used on the UMR flag. The UM System logo with the curved U and M has been used on UMR correspondance. It may be obsolete since I've not seen it for a time. Snafflekid 03:52, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]