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Angela Yvette Burris, secretary, mechanical engineering
Deborah Lynn Hussey, senior secretary, Regional Professional Development Center
Lonnie Ray Riden, custodian, physical facilities
Richard Wallace, security guard/dispatcher, university police
The engineering management and systems engineering department will be hosting seminars by faculty candidates starting March 3. Dr. Rahul Rai, a visiting faculty member in the mechanical engineering department at Fresno State University, will speak at 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 3, in Room G-14 of the library. Rai's research is on computational methods that aid engineering designers early in the process. Rai earned his master's degree from Missouri S&T and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.
Purchase your 2008 Woman of the Year luncheon tickets between now and March 28 by contacting Connie Goodridge at 341-4114 or goodridge@mst.edu . The 2008 Woman of the Year luncheon is scheduled for noon to 1:30 p.m. on April 7 in St. Pat’s A & B of the Havener Center. Tickets are $14 for faculty and staff, and $7 for students. The menu will be chicken chardonnay with roasted rosemary potatoes and red velvet cake. If you would prefer a vegetarian plate, please mention this when you purchase your ticket. If requested, table reservations will be taken for groups of four or more.
Come see who will be named the 2008 Woman of the Year.
You are invited to a civil, architectural and environmental engineering department seminar on "Multi-Hazard Resistant Highway Bridge Piers" by Shuichi Fujikura, a Ph.D. candidate from the University of Buffalo,at 2:15 p.m. Monday, March 3, in Room 315 of the Civil Engineering Building. For more information, email belarbi@mst.edu.
The Missouri Transportation Development Council, the Rolla Area Chamber and Missouri S&T will host a transportation funding summit in Rolla on March 3. The summit is planned from 10 a.m. to noon on Monday, March 3, at the Havener Center. MoDOT Director Pete Rahn, Sen. Bill Stouffer and Rep. Neal St. Onge will be among those on hand to discuss the urgent transportation funding situation. Sen. Frank Barnitz will moderate the event. The meeting is free and open to the public.
The annual Shamrock 5K Run/Walk is set for March 8. The race, which is open to all ages, begins at 9 a.m. Check in at The Centre, 1200 Holloway St. All proceeds go toward Alcohol Education at Missouri S&T. Wear green and get the 100th anniversary of St. Pat's off to a running start. The winners will be recognized and door prizes will be given out after the race. Registrtaion forms available at The Centre, Student Health, Key Sport, Multi-Purpose building or by emailing mattlia@mst.edu Late registration is at 8 a.m. March 8 at The Centre.
Elementary schools all over Phelps County are receiving St. Pat's coloring books this week. Students in grades 1-4 may enter a coloring contest with cash prizes. In addition to St. Pat's pictures, the coloring book contains the history of St. Pat's in Rolla. Organizers hope to give the kids a sense of ownership and pride in a legend unique to this area.
Fireworks will be shot for kids at twilight on Thursday, March 13. The public is invited to watch the display, which will originate from the parking lots north of McNutt Hall on campus. In addition to the Thursday night show, there will be fireworks at approximately 8:45 p.m. on Friday, March 14, in honor of the coronation and knighting ceremony.
Also, the 100th anniversary will be marked by "21 Gun Salutes" fired at noon Wednesday in honor of St Pat's arrival at the Bandshell, fired again Friday night to herald the coronation, and fired twice Saturday.
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Missouri S&T's public radio station KMST will kick of its spring membership drive at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 1, during its program Bluegrass for a Saturday Night. The station hopes to raise $60,000 and gain 90 new members during the nine-day drive.
During the KMST drive, pledges may be made by calling 573 341-4386 or by visiting the station's website at kmst.org.
Dr. Jeffrey Wadsworth, executive vice president for the Battelle Memorial Institute's Global Laboratory Operations, is the 19th A. Frank Golick Lecturer at Missouri S&T. Wadsworth will deliver two lectures on campus. He will present "Three Puzzles in Materials Science" at noon Wednesday, March 5, and "The History of Genuine Damascus Steels and Attempts to Rediscover How They were Made," at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6. Both lectures will be held in Room 204 of McNutt Hall. The lectures are free and open to the public.
Wadsworth joined the Battelle Memorial Institute as a member of the White House Transition Planning Office for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2002. From 2003 to June of 2007, he was the director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He currently oversees the management or co-management of six U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories.
Wadsworth was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for "research on high temperature materials, superplasticity and ancient steels and leadership in national defense and science programs" in 2005. The A. Frank Golick Lectureship series is presented by the materials science and engineering department at Missouri S&T.
Dr. Oh-Sung Kwon will present a seminar on "Multi-Platform Hybrid Simulation Framework and its Application to Soil-Structure Interacting Systems" at 2:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 29, in Room 216 of the Civil Engineering Building. Kwon is a candidate for a faculty position in the civil, architectural and environmental engineering department at Missouri S&T. The campus community is invited to Friday's seminar. For more information, email belarbi@mst.edu.
The Missouri-London Program is soliciting applications to teach in London during the 2009 summer session. Courses offered to fulfill general education requirements have a better chance to reach enrollment goals than those with lengthy prerequisites or more specialized appeal. Courses that are London related are encouraged. Housing, transportation, supplemental medical insurance and basic program expenses for lectures, field trips, entrances and course activities are provided. Departmental and campus approval is necessary. Application deadline is May 9, 2008. For further academic information contact James Bogan at 341-4755 or email jbogan@mst.edu. For program application contact Sue Kellems at 341-4869 or email kellems@mst.edu.
Dr. K. Krishnamurthy, vice provost for research, recently spoke about Missouri S&T's hydrogen-powered busses in Springfield:
"Part of the project is to find out the cost of using hydrogen as a fuel," he said. "It is going to be expensive for a while, but our goal is to reach a cost of between $1.75 and $4.75 per gallon of gasoline equivalent."
Read the full story in the Springfield News-Leader.
The 2nd Annual Best Ever Door Decorating Contest is going on now. Get your entry forms in by March 5 so that you can win fabulous prizes. For entry forms and regulations or questions, please contact Erin Hayden at emhkt3@mst.edu
Dig out those 1960s photos and get ready for Staff Day 2008. With this year’s theme, it's sure to be “one groovy day, baby”! Mark your calendar and get ready to Do the Twist! Monday, March 10th is 60’s Day, and Tom Shipley will once again be on the loose with his video camera, filming Missouri S&T staff members hard at work across the campus. When he shows up at your office, be prepared to show off your best 60’s costume or ‘Do the Twist’ for the camera. (Costumes are not required, but are encouraged.)
Also, the entertainment committee wants your best 60’s photos. If you have pictures or stories from the 60’s that you’d like to share, please contact Amy Gillman (at gillman@mst.edu) or Charlotte Lewis (at charlotte@mst.edu).
The Missouri S&T logo has won a bronze award in the Logo/Letterhead Design category of the 23rd Annual Admissions Advertising Awards. Read more about it on the Name Change Conversations blog.
The Lady Miner basketball team tried to rally from a 19-point deficit in the first half Saturday, but saw the comeback effort fall short as sixth-ranked Drury handed Missouri S&T an 89-75 loss in Springfield, Mo. Read the full story, and other sports stories, at http://sports.mst.edu/.
The undergraduate studies office is pleased to introduce the 2008-2009 OURE Fellows Program. Funding in the amount of $25,000 has been made available for the support of interdisciplinary research projects of approximately 10 students. “Interdisciplinary” constitutes the combination of two or more academic disciplines or fields of study. To be considered, students must meet eligibility requirements and adhere to proposal guidelines. The registration deadline is March 16. Registration materials are available online at: ugs.mst.edu/oure_fellows.html. For more information, contact the undergraduate studies office at 341-7276.
To avoid receiving a parking ticket over the St Pat’s break, please remember to pay for your meters and park in your normal parking lots. Parking is enforced year round except on official university holidays which are defined in the Missouri S&T Rules and Regulations as: "…those holidays established by the University Policy and Procedure Manual, that is: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Recognition Holiday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following and Christmas Day."
For more information, visit police.mst.edu/parking/parking.html.
Thank you for the plant and for the expressions of sympathy given for the loss of my mother.
-- Jim Packard
Students are invited to apply for the 2008 "21st Century Leadership Academy" offered by the Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life. Selected students will hone leadership skills, make valuable friends and contacts, learn more about the political process, and learn how to become involved in public policy. Applications, due by noon Monday, March 3, are available at www.umsl.edu/~iwpl/leadership/MSTapp08.pdf
Vicki Gibbons has been named manager of graduate student services in the office of graduate studies.
In her new role, Gibbons will partner with departments, faculty, staff and units across campus to expand current graduate markets, develop new markets, and coordinate recruitment efforts to leverage resources.
“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with the campus to meet the enrollment goals designed by the campus’ strategic plan," Gibbons says. "With cooperative efforts, I believe we can increase our graduate, minority and female student enrollment, as well as diversify our international enrollment."
Gibbons' new duties become effective on March 2, 2008.
New Student Programs will host the first 2008 Preview, Registration and Orientation (PRO) program on Saturday, Feb. 23. New students planning to attend Missouri S&T this fall and their guests will be on campus from 7:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. Please help us welcome these new students and their families to Missouri S&T during their PRO day. If you have any questions or would like a more detailed schedule of the day's events, contact Patty Frisbee at pfrisbee@mst.edu, 341-7045 or stop by 101 University Center.
Missouri S&T junior Jordan Henry continued his run of strong performances in the pole vault by winning the event Saturday at the Radio Shack Invitational at Missouri Southern State University, while Brandon Etzold had a strong showing in the 800-meters a few hundred miles north. Read the full story at your home for Missouri S&T sports.
“US students should study engineering,” an opinion piece by Chancellor John F. Carney III, appears in today’s Springfield News-Leader.
Last week’s shootings at Northern Illinois University serve as a solemn reminder of the importance of campus emergency alert systems. Late last fall, an emergency alert system was created on this campus to immediately contact students, faculty and staff in the event of a high-level emergency. If you have not yet signed up for the Missouri S&T emergency notification system, go to http://it.mst.edu/generalinfo/emergencyalert.html and sign up.
Missouri S&T Chancellor John F. Carney III has issued the following condolences for the families and loved ones of the victims of the Northern Illinois University shooting.
"The Missouri S&T family is deeply saddened by the horrific event that took place on the Northern Illinois University campus on Thursday," Carney said. "We extend our deepest sympathy and prayers to the families and friends of the victims, as well as to the university’s students, faculty, staff and alumni as they cope with this tragedy and begin to heal and rebuild."
The office of new student programs will host the first 2008 Preview, Registration and Orientation (PRO) program on Saturday, Feb. 23. New students planning to attend Missouri S&T this fall and their guests will be on campus from 7:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. Please help us welcome these new students and their families to Missouri S&T during their PRO day. If you have any questions or would like a more detailed schedule of the day's events, contact Patty Frisbee at pfrisbee@mst.edu, 341-7045 or stop by 101 University Center.
The Missouri S&T department of mathematics and statistics is hosting two upcoming public lectures:
Dr. Mark Abramson of the Air Force Institute of Technology will give a talk ("Mesh Adaptive Direct Search Algorithms for Constrained Mixed Variable Optimization") at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, in Room G-5 of the Rolla Building.
Dr. Radu Dascaliuc of Indiana University will present "Navier-Stokes Equations and Turbulence Theory" at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in Room G-5 of the Rolla Building.
The History Club is presenting a lecture, "What the Zephyr Can Teach Us about the Prius," by Dr. Jeffrey Schramm from 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, in Room 103 H-SS. The general public is invited. Lear what an old train teaches us about new automobiles. Refreshments provided. For more information, contact Dr. Diana Ahmad, ahmadd@mst.edu, or 341-4817
Over the last year, Procurement has been busy testing and implementing PeopleSoft eProcurement. Now it is time for all users to move from the PeopleSoft “Purchasing” module to PeopleSoft “eProcurement” module. This change allows users to enter two kinds of requisitions: catalog and non-catalog. The Show Me Shop within PeopleSoft currently includes catalogs from approximately 20 suppliers who have contracts with the university. It allows requestors to select the items at the contract price, add them to a cart, and then process the requisition in an Internet type of buying. Catalog orders are processed automatically and sent directly to suppliers directly five times each day. Non-catalog requisitions are for anything that is not in the catalogs and are similar to the current requisitioning process.
Users may register for eProcurement training online at http://procurement.mst.edu/psoft/psschedule.html. Training is available for current PeopleSoft Purchasing users and new users. All users, both current and new, must attend training and be switched to eProcurement by June 30, 2008. Please contact Campus Procurement at extension 4266 if you have questions.
The Spring Career Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the Student Recreation Center. Read the news release online.
If your organization, department or club would like more exposure to incoming students, reserve a booth for the Resource Fair. Email Jennifer Mack at ResourceFair@gmail.com by Feb. 15 with the following information: PRO dates your organization would like a table (Feb. 23, March 8, April 5, April 11, April 19, June 6, June 13, June 20), contact person and information, special needs (outlet, extra tables, vehicle space, etc.). The Resource Fair is the first exposure new students have to your organization, so make a strong first impression.
The Career Opportunities Center is in need of table hosts for its etiquette dinner from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, March 2, at Zeno’s. If you would like to be considered as a table host, please contact Amy Lewis at lewisaj@mst.edu .
The Career Opportunities Center is in desperate need of volunteers for the Spring Career Fair scheduled for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the Student Rec Center. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up as soon as possible at: http://career.mst.edu
The Lady Miners got their 10th victory in Great Lakes Valley Conference play Saturday, bouncing back from a tough loss Thursday to Drury to beat Rockhurst 69-55 before a good crowd at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building. More at sports central.
On Jan. 30, Missouri S&T successfully tested its new emergency alert system by sending test voice, text or email messages to the entire campus community. The results are as follows:
• The message reached a total of 7,549 people in the form of an email, voice or text message.
• Prerecorded voice messages sent to cell phones had a success rate of 68 percent.
• Text messages sent to cell phone had a success rate of 78 percent.
These percentages were affected by factors outside of university control, such as hang-ups, users who did not have voicemail set up, busy phone lines and incorrectly entered contact information. The security team is now analyzing the database to determine how to improve the system and delivery rates, but overall the test was considered a success.
To encourage registration for the new system prior to the test, the university offered a $75 Missouri S&T gift card drawing. Daniel Wilson, a Missouri S&T student, was randomly selected from everyone who had registered with a cell phone or text messaging number. Congratulations, Daniel.
Currently, 41.9 percent of the campus community has signed up to receive emergency notifications via text or voice message. Students, faculty and staff who do not sign up will be notified of campus emergencies via email to their university email account.
Students, faculty and staff can still register to receive voicemail or text messages about campus emergencies by visiting http://it.mst.edu/generalinfo/emergencyalert.html.
Do you know a Missouri S&T staff member who goes above and beyond? This is your chance to recognize these people.
Nomination forms for 2008 Staff Excellence Awards at Missouri S&T are now available. Nine outstanding Missouri S&T staff members will receive Staff Excellence Awards this year. The awards are intended to show appreciation for and recognition of staff contributions to the university. The awards will be given to staff members who have made significant contributions to the university through a combination of job performance, relationship with their associates, and dedication to Missouri S&T.
Students, faculty and staff can nominate an outstanding staff member. The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 21. Nominations are welcomed and encouraged from everyone.
Your time is important . . . and limited. To raise your level of success, you must become more knowledgeable and efficient in your time management. Time management, in essence, is self management. This interactive session encourages personal change and provides useful strategies to achieve goals. The seminar, presented by Patti Fleck, will begin a noon on Wednesday, Feb. 13, in the Carver/Turner Room of the Havener Center.
Drury left town with two victories Thursday night. Read about the games at your online home for Missouri S&T sports.
Also, read up on Missouri S&T's new football recruits.
Come on out to the Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building on Saturday, Feb. 16, not only to cheer on Missouri S&T's Lady Miners and Miners basketball teams as they battle against SIU Edwardsville, but to support the coaches of both teams as they raise awareness in the fight against cancer. Relay For Life of Phelps County volunteers will be sharing information about services offered by the American Cancer Society, providing news about the Aug. 2 event and how to get involved, and signing up survivors. Games begin at 1 and 3 p.m.
Forty students from the Atlanta University Center Dual Degree Engineering Program will visit Missouri S&T on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9. The students will arrive by charter bus on Friday for a welcome luncheon followed by tours and demonstrations by a full range of Missouri S&T engineering departments and centers as well as meetings with Missouri S&T faculty, administrators, staff and students. The AUC Consortium includes Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Clark Atlanta University. Students completing the AUC Dual Degree Engineering Program earn two bachelor's degrees -- a liberal arts or science degree from their AUC school and an engineering degree from Missouri S&T or another engineering school.
The Missouri S&T softball team will host a fundraiser Sunday evening at Pizza Inn on the eve of the start of the 2008 season. The event will run from 5-8 p.m. Sunday and the team will receive 20 percent of the proceeds made that night as well as any gratuities or donations. The Lady Miner players will be in attendance to serve the customers that night.
The Lady Miners, picked to finish third in the GLVC this season after making their first appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament last year, start play Feb. 22 in Huntsville, Ala.
Missouri S&T men's and women's basketball teams will host Fort Leonard Wood Appreciation Day on Saturday, Feb. 9, an event that will be sponsored by Miner Corporate Club platinum member Forum Dental. All military personnel, active or retired, will be admitted free to the 1 p.m. doubleheader with Rockhurst University with a military identification card. A contingent of soldiers from Fort Leonard Wood is expected to be in attendance for the games that afternoon.
For more information on the games, contact the Missouri S&T athletics department at 341-4973.
Jimmie Briggs, a St. Louis native and author of “Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go To War,” will give several public talks at Missouri University of Science and Technology in February. Briggs will discuss the need for ethical leadership in the global community as part of the Black Man’s Think Tank Leadership series starting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11, in the Havener Center on the Missouri S&T campus. Read the full story online.
Christy Lynn Higgins, administrative assistant, office of development
Sharon Kay Miles, clerk II, accounting/fiscal services
Paul Bernard Schubring, management analyst, physical facilities
The spring 2008 Zip Lock Lunch series begins with Total Recall: Memory Techniques to be held at noon on Feb. 6 in 208 Norwood Hall. Sessions to follow include "Time Management and Self-Motivation for the Busy Missouri S&T Student;" "Dealing With Test Anxiety; Determining a Major that Fits;" and "Missouri S&T Services."
Stay tuned for more information. All events are free and open to the Missouri S&T community; you are welcome to bring your lunch and eat while you learn.
The Learning Enhancement Across Disciplines Program (LEAD) is pleased to announce that the schedule of LEAD learning assistance for courses this semester is now posted online at http://lead.mst.edu/assist. Individualized and small-group tutoring is provided for 28 foundational courses (top half of the schedule), while 40 LEAD faculty associates are running collaborative learning centers for 25 courses in 11 departments (bottom half of the schedule).
Check out the schedule to discover what we offer! (Print it off as one page, or use zoom buttons to enlarge the view.) If you have any questions about the LEAD Program, please contact its director, Professor Ronald Bieniek, at bieniek@mst.edu or 341-7070.
The Career Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21. Volunteers are needed. If interested, please sign up online at: http://career.mst.edu.
For further questions, feel free to contact Amy Lewis at lewisaj@mst.edu.
A photographic exhibition of the works of Fred Goss and Joshua Hoffman, “Two Photographers,” will open with a reception from 6-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the lobby of Leach Theatre in Castleman Hall on the Missouri S&T campus. The photographs range in subject matter from western landscape to visual trickery to the near abstract. Goss, a resident of Rolla and New Mexico, worked for many years at the university. Hoffman, a recent graduate of Missouri S&T, is now pursuing an advanced degree at the University of Kentucky. After the reception, there will be a screening of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf as part of the Missouri S&T Free Film Festival. The photographic exhibit, sponsored by the campus art committee, will be up for the rest of the semester.
For a time, it appeared that the Lady Miners' winning streak might fall one game short of the school record. But after outscoring Southern Illinois Edwardsville 28-14 over the final 14 minutes, the streak was a alive and well heading into weekend action at Quincy. Check Missouri S&T sports central for the latest.
Professor David Coley of the University of Maryland will be presenting a lecture, "A Wikked Tonge: Speaking Power in Chaucer’s Manciple’s Tale," at 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, in Room 201 H-SS. The lecture, which is open to the public, is being hosted by Missouri S&T's English and technical communication department.