MMS History

Although alchemy and metaphysic have been core elements of the curriculum at Miskatonic University for over a century and a half, the department of Metaphyscial and Metallurgical Sciences at MUSunnydale was only opened in 1997. Commited to transferring and furthering the body of knowledge known as transmutational being, MMS Sunnydale is both a teaching and research oriented department.

Housed in the gleaming new Cardan Hall, on Brahme Boulevard in the heart of the MUS campus, MMS Sunnydale was first proposed as a department of MUSunnydale in a 1994 memorandum to future chancellor Anados Dulac by MISKATONCORP founder and CEO, Jerome A Kitty, under the advisement of Professor Party Kalway. After ground was broken in the summer of 1995, the administrative elements of the department began planning for the first class of students who were eagerly expected to arrive in September of 1997.Mrs VonSustern, who is known across the campus as the congenial and conscientious undergraduate advisor of the department, was part of that original team of idealistic univerisity administrators.

While Cardan Hall is a shining example of modernist tendencies in architecture, its essential structure and layout is a light-hearted juxtaposition of the functional elements of the traditional alchemical laboratory with the reality-significant properties of an effectively designed metaphysics building. Incorporating the latest advances in digital and mechanical engineering into its design, 3 Brahme Boulevard is ideally situated over a confluence of tremendously powerful earth energies, which, in addition to supplying effectively unlimited power to its electrical infrastructure, are used daily in the classroom, by both the dedicated MMS students, and students from other departments and programs, most notably the Diploma Programme in Masonic Design.

The department is presently under the direction of Professor J.W. VonVaughan, and is home to a diverse family of scholars, including the visitng Professor Party Kalway of MUBel, and the powerful geomancer, Dr. Michel Grimoisx. Professor VonVaughan, in addition to his teaching responsibilities, is tasked with overseeing the operation of the many projects and sub-institutes which are run from the department. Among the more recent successes achieved by MMS Sunnydale, are the confirmation of the structure of dark matter, and the transformation of Bk into Cf in mass quantities. MMS scientists routinely participate in the design and construction of sea-faring vessels in conjunction with the MUS Programme in Naval Architecture, most notably with the contribution of new super-hardened titanium and vanadium alloys in 1998.

Student life in MMS is fast-paced and varied. MMSers participate in many of the intramural sports offered at MUS. Indeed, last year's Intramural Long Board Surf champion was none other than 2nd year MMS major Hector "Colt 45" Bierfort. Upper year students participate in the annual Hot Rod Derby hosted by President Dulac, and many MMS grads have gone on to lucrative careers in the laboratories of MISKATONCORP.

Students interested in an education in the burgeoning field of transmutational being are encouraged to write the Admissions Director, rm 190 Cardan Hall, MUSunnydale for a departmental brochure, or to pay a visit to the department. Daily walking tours of the campus begin in the Cardan Hall foyer at 12:15pm.