Comments on: My Alma Mater Changing Names http://hertzlers.com/2007/03/22/my-alma-mater-changing-names/ Jerry and Cathy Hertzler blog from Orlando, Florida with Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ). Fri, 04 May 2012 13:21:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Little Brother http://hertzlers.com/2007/03/22/my-alma-mater-changing-names/comment-page-1/#comment-951 Little Brother Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:59:54 +0000 http://hertzlers.com/2007/03/22/my-alma-mater-changing-names/#comment-951 So are you looking for suggestions for your alma mater or for you? I would have expected much more interesting responses from your readership suggesting name changes for you...I mean Square has been around for quite awhile I wonder if something like International Square or Jerry Square and Tech (Jerry S&T for short) would be possibilities...ha ha ha So are you looking for suggestions for your alma mater or for you? I would have expected much more interesting responses from your readership suggesting name changes for you…I mean Square has been around for quite awhile I wonder if something like International Square or Jerry Square and Tech (Jerry S&T for short) would be possibilities…ha ha ha

]]> By: Jeff http://hertzlers.com/2007/03/22/my-alma-mater-changing-names/comment-page-1/#comment-950 Jeff Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:00:50 +0000 http://hertzlers.com/2007/03/22/my-alma-mater-changing-names/#comment-950 I would choose either Missouri Institute of Technology or Missouri Polytechnic University, and probably the latter as there is already a better known MIT. I would choose either Missouri Institute of Technology or Missouri Polytechnic University, and probably the latter as there is already a better known MIT.

]]> By: Jerry http://hertzlers.com/2007/03/22/my-alma-mater-changing-names/comment-page-1/#comment-949 Jerry Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:50:21 +0000 http://hertzlers.com/2007/03/22/my-alma-mater-changing-names/#comment-949 Not surprisingly, it turns out my "scoop" was not really a scoop at all, unless you were keenly interested in the timing of the announcement. Andrew Careaga has been writing about this for several months now: <a href="http://namechange.umr.edu/" title="Andrew Careaga's blog about this topic" rel="nofollow">http://namechange.umr.edu</a>. There was an alumni survey on which I could have indicated my own vote for a name, but I missed it. My choice would have been <strong>"Missouri University for Science and Engineering."</strong> Not surprisingly, it turns out my “scoop” was not really a scoop at all, unless you were keenly interested in the timing of the announcement. Andrew Careaga has been writing about this for several months now: http://namechange.umr.edu.

There was an alumni survey on which I could have indicated my own vote for a name, but I missed it. My choice would have been “Missouri University for Science and Engineering.”

]]> By: Jeff http://hertzlers.com/2007/03/22/my-alma-mater-changing-names/comment-page-1/#comment-948 Jeff Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:33:11 +0000 http://hertzlers.com/2007/03/22/my-alma-mater-changing-names/#comment-948 I wonder if it will become known colloquially as "Missouri Tech"? Shrewd move by Southwest. That change effectively makes Northwest and Southeast look like....something less. I wonder if it will become known colloquially as “Missouri Tech”?

Shrewd move by Southwest. That change effectively makes Northwest and Southeast look like….something less.

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