Month: June 2007
Cooling outages in Schrenk Hall
There will be intermittent cooling outages on the west side of Schrenk Hall through 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, June 27) due to repairs being made to ductwork. If you have any questions or concerns, contact Clarence Gregory at 341-4252.
Read More »All-Americans in our midst
For the second consecutive year, Bill Gaul has landed the top award on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team. The UMR senior was selected as the "Academic All-American of the Year" in the at-large category for the second year in succession. He was one of two members of the swimming team to be selected […]
Read More »New graduate studies office set to open
The office of the vice provost for graduate studies will open Monday, July 2. This office, in Room 118 of Fulton Hall, will be responsible for all issues relating to graduate studies at UMR. The new vice provost is Dr. Venkata Allada. Staff members include: Barbara Palmer (341-4141), Vicki Hudgins (341-4039), Roberta Cox (341-4128) and […]
Read More »Procurement email list now available
UMR Campus Procurement is now offering a procurement email list for any UMR or UM System employee interested in receiving notices or updates on procurement related issues. This list will allow UMR Campus Procurement Service to better distribute information to campus departments and end users. Users may subscribe by sending an email to listserv@lists.mst.edu with […]
Read More »EWB banquet scheduled
Dr. Bernard Amadei, professor of civil engineering, director of the Engineering for Developing Communities Program and founder of Engineers Without Borders at the University of Colorado, will be the keynote speaker for UMR’s EWB Beans and Rice Celebration Banquet at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, in the St. Pat’s Ballroom of the Havener Center. Amadei […]
Read More »Welcome Dr. Kumar to campus
The Office of the Provost would like to invite the campus to an open house reception welcoming Dr. Thulasi Kumar to UMR as the new director of Institutional Research and Assessment. The reception will be held from 2-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 10, in the Carver/Turner Room in the Havener Center. Kumar will begin his new […]
Read More »Fisher makes presentations in China
Dr. Caroline Fisher, dean of the School of Management and Information Systems, made presentations to two universities in China during June. Fisher presented seminars based on the textbook she published to Beijing Institute of Technology and China Agricultural University. She also met with administrators of these and two other universities (University of Shanghai for Science […]
Read More »Summer writing assistance available
Writing tutors are available to assist undergraduate students with their writing assignments during the summer semester. Tutors are available Monday through Friday from 2-5 p.m. Students may make an appointment to work with a tutor by calling 341-4436 or they may just drop by the UMR Writing Center in 113 Campus Support Facility.
Read More »New employees
William L. Gillis, design engineer, physical facilities Heather Herweck-Luckner, reading specialist, RPDC Sandra Simmons, secretary, development Colen Shawn McKinnon, custodian, physical facilities
Read More »Still time to weigh in on strategic plan
The balloting period for the Strategic Plan has been extended one week. The revised final strategic plan is available for viewing on the provost’s web page along with an electronic ballot that faculty and staff members may submit to express their endorsement or non-endorsement of the overall plan. Ballots will be received through June 25, […]
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