Celebrate your acceptance, Miner!

Pick the Mine will help admitted students and their families celebrate acceptance to S&T and help you navigate your next steps.  


Choosing the right university is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make.  That’s why we are inviting you to campus to answer any questions you may have, share additional information about resources and services available, provide academic demonstrations to ensure you've selected the right major, and help you navigate your next steps (after celebrating!) once you officially 'Pick the Mine'. 

Here are just a few of our planned activities:

  • Next Step stations to help admitted students complete outstanding requirements
  • Hands-on academic demonstrations, facilities tours, and class lectures
  • Exclusive tours of residential halls, student design center, and campus
  • Scholarship Raffle

Register for Pick the Mine

Saturday, April 5, 2025

Pick the Mine officially starts with the formal Welcome Presentation at 9:00 am and concludes at 2:00 pm. Lunch will be provided for all guests. 

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Agenda
  • Event Agenda
  • Academic Sessions

Event Agenda

  • 9:00 - 9:30 am - Check-in at the Havener Center (1346 N Bishop St)
  • 9:30 - 10:00 am - Welcome & 'Next Steps' overview
  • 10:00 - 2:00 pm - 'Next Steps' stations available to help students navigate steps to enroll at S&T
  • 10:00 - 2:00 pm - Cotton Candy Demo (McNutt Commons)
  • 10:00 - 2:00 pm - Blacksmithing Demo (McNutt Hall Loading Dock)
  • 11:00 - 1:00 pm - Lunch
  • 11:00 - 2:00 pm - Academic presentations, tours, and demonstrations
  • 11:00 - 2:00 pm - Campus tours leave every 30 minutes from the Havener Center Atrium
  • 11:00 - 2:00 pm - Tours of the Student Design Center, Fitness Center, Thomas Jefferson and Residential Commons residence hall (provided on a drop-in basis)
  • 2:00 pm - Optional ALEKS Math Placement Test

Academic Sessions

The following academic presentations, tours, and demonstrations will be available 11:00 - 2:00 pm. Students will select sessions they wish to attend when registering for the event. 

Academic Presentation

  • Adaptative Leadership: Be All You Can Be with Military Science/Army ROTC
  • Go Green at S&T with Environmental Science & Environmental Engineering
  • Building with Biology with Biological Sciences
  • Mining in Ancient Egypt - Unearthing the Historical Wonders with Mining Engineering
  • Semiconductor Engineering Info Session with Semiconductor Engineering
  • Unleash your Creativity with the Department of Arts, Languages, and Philosophy
  • Undergrads Unscripted: Live Q&A with Current BIT Students with the Business and Information Technology Department
  • Medieval Calligraphy, Manuscripts, and Early Printing with History

Academic Presentation & Tour

  • Critical Minerals: A Challenge Energy Transition with Mining Engineering
  • What Can I Do with Materials?! with Materials Science & Engineering

Academic Tour

  • Pushing the Frontiers of Physics and Astronomy with Physics
  • Meet the Minerals and Crystallize Your Future with Earth Sciences & Engineering Department
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering Labs in ACtion with Electrical & Computer Engineering

Academic Demonstration

  • Illusions, AI Art, Perceptions & More! with Psychological Science

Planning Your Visit

Visitors planning to stay the night before can find a list of local hotel accommodations at Visit Rolla.

Students and parents may check-in at the Havener Center Atrium starting at 9:00 am. The official program begins at 9:30 am with the Welcome Presentation.

 

Please wear casual clothing and comfortable shoes and bring a refillable water bottle.  Please check the weather forecast before traveling to Rolla.  There will be walking and a coat and/or umbrella may be needed. 

The Pick the Mine event on Saturday does not require a parking pass or for visitors to meter. Visitors are encouraged to park in parking lot H, with accessible parking being available in the underground parking garage.

Visitors who require a closer/accessible parking space in the underground parking garage need to indicate that when registering for the event or should email admissions@mst.edu at least two business days prior to the event in order to obtain a parking pass for the garage.

A campus map can be found HERE. A parking lot map can be found HERE.