Uncover Rolla

10/23/2026

Vibes at Dracula tonight. 🧛‍♂️🖤 Such a good show!

10/19/2026

Cannot wait!! 🎭 Ozark Actors Theatre, here we come!

[Visit Rolla]

10/17/2026

Spent the last couple of days with fellow Miners at the Miner Alumni Association Board of Directors meetings. It is always great to reconnect, hear about the university’s vision and future from Chancellor Mo Dehghani, and work alongside people who share that common bond of being a Miner.

My own journey to Missouri S&T was not exactly traditional. I started college in 1999 as a first-generation college student at East Central College. It took me a while to find my footing, but I eventually earned my bachelor’s degree from Fontbonne University and my MBA from Missouri S&T.

It was at S&T that I really found my people. I felt like I belonged, and that connection has stayed with me ever since.

To me, that is what the Miner Alumni Association is all about. A lifelong network of Miners who support one another, stay connected, and give back. One of the most meaningful ways we do that is through scholarships that help students find their own way.

I am proud to serve as a VP on the Miner Alumni Association Board of Directors and co-chair the Marketing and Communications Committee alongside Ernie Banks.

Once a Miner, always a Miner! ⛏️

Miner Alumni Association, Missouri S&T

10/15/2026

Fall color popping up around Rolla. 🍁

10/11/2026

Darn the honeysuckle!! 😱

[Missouri Stream Team]

Nightmare in the Understory - A History Lesson
Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii): where it came from, how it got here, and where it is now.

Bush honeysuckle, or Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii), comes from far eastern Asia, mainly China, Russia, Mongolia, and North Korea. The Russian botanist Richard Maack collected it in 1855, and his name inspired the species’ scientific name. By 1883, it was growing at the St. Petersburg Botanical Garden in Russia and soon spread to other botanical gardens and nurseries across Europe.

By the late 1800s, North American botanical gardens got bush honeysuckle seeds from Europe. Between 1960 and 1984, the US Department of Agriculture promoted the plant and created new varieties with more fruit, which made it even more invasive. People planted it for wildlife habitat and erosion control, but it does not work well for those uses. Its main spread came from its popularity as an ornamental plant.

People first noticed bush honeysuckle growing outside gardens near the Morton Arboretum in Chicago in the mid-1920s. Still, it stayed popular as an ornamental plant for many years, especially from the 1950s to the 1980s. Starting in the 1950s, it began spreading more widely in eastern states. In Missouri, it was not found outside gardens until 1983, when someone collected it in a St. Louis rail yard. Now, bush honeysuckle is found mostly near cities. Still, it occurs in all of Missouri’s Natural Geological Regions: Big Rivers, Glaciated Plains, Mississippi Lowlands, Osage Plains, Ozark Border, and the Ozarks.

Tune in tomorrow to learn what honeysuckle does to the environment, including the aquatic life we monitor.

09/24/2026

The BEST news!! CrepEscape is open today! 🥐🧡

09/23/2026

This bright standout along the Ozark Trail in Eminence, Missouri.

09/23/2026

🍂 October Rolla LOOP!

Join us Monday, October 5 from 4–6 PM at Public House Taproom to hear from Dr. Christine Karslake about Missouri S&T’s rural ecosystem mapping project.

Come connect, share ideas, and spark new partnerships!

🔗 Linking Opportunities, Organizations & People
📍 Public House Taproom | RSVP using the QR code!

Missouri S&T Kummer College, Missouri S&T, Public House Brewing Company, Waypoint - Brands by hand, Tom Brown, East Central College - Rolla, Phelps County Bank, FCNB Bank, Uncover Rolla, Rolla Chamber, Geared for Phelps, Phelps Health, St. James Missouri Chamber of Commerce

09/13/2026

Round Spring in Eminence. 1.5 hour roadtrip from Rolla. Not one you can swim in but peaceful to view. Now part of the National Park Service. 55 feet deep and 30 million gallons a day flows from the spring. 🌊