the chapter had initiated 1,259 members and received 69 international awards.
=== University housing ===
The university offers several residence halls and apartment-style units for those who choose to live on campus. Most are to the north and northwest, along with a complex of efficiency suites near downtown Rolla.
=== Traditions ===
St. Patrick's Day is the largest annual celebration since its namesake is the patron saint of engineers. In 1903 engineering students of the University of Missouri in Columbia claimed St. Patrick's Day to be a holiday for engineers. A bronze statue of St. Patrick, by St. Louis sculptor Rudolph Edward Torrini, is located on the Wilson Library Plaza. St. Patrick's Day 2008 marked the one hundredth consecutive year of the holiday's celebration at Missouri S&T. As part of the celebration, a student is chosen to represent St. Patrick, along with others as "knights" of his court. For about 40 years, new knights were dumped into a trough of repugnant green liquid nicknamed "Alice". …
