Elijah McCoy (center), the coordinator of student activities in the Office of Student Involvement, and graduate student intern Jalen Walker-Wright help kick off the official launch of an initiative to help name the University of Missouri–St. Louis Geospatial Collaborative‘s agile mobile robotic dog on Tuesday afternoon at The Nosh in the Millennium Student Center.

UMSL is inviting all members of the campus community – students, faculty, staff and alumni – to help rename the dog, which is manufactured by Boston Dynamics and equipped with cameras and sensors used to collect data used in modeling. The Chancellor’s Cabinet, along with representatives from the Office of Student Involvement, will review all entries and announce the winning name in the following weeks — along with a fresh new look for the four-legged friend.

To submit a name for consideration, visit https://www.umsl.edu/name.html. Submissions can be made through Friday, Oct. 11.

This photograph was taken by UMSL photographer Derik Holtmann and is the latest to be featured in Eye on UMSL. View more UMSL photos by visiting the UMSL Flickr and Instagram accounts.