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Name change would help UMR mine talent

I'm writing on behalf of the membership of the University of Missouri-Rolla Board of Trustees to express our organization's unanimous support of a name change for the University of Missouri- Rolla.

We believe renaming our university will better convey its mission as a leading technological research university. This mission is especially critical today, as our nation faces worldwide challenges to our leadership in economic innovation. As countless national reports show, the United States needs more engineers, scientists and tech-savvy college graduates to keep its edge in an increasingly competitive global economy. With fewer and fewer college-bound youths interested in engineering, math and ...

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