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All faculty participating in Commencement must order their gown by April 1 to ensure that the correct size will be available. There is no guarantee that correct sizes will be available for orders placed after April 1 and a late fee will be assessed. lease contact the Bookstore if you have any questions at 341-4981 or sandersdb@mst.edu.
Students, faculty and staff (including retirees and dependents) need to get the new Missouri S&T "Miner ID Card" before the spring semester is over. The new IDs are free before June 1, 2008. To receive a new Missouri S&T "Miner Card"," you will need to have your old ID card with you. The Miner ID Office will cancel your old card and you will leave with a new, active Missouri S&T "Miner Card." Students, faculty and staff who do not have their old card will have to pay a $10 replacement fee.
For more information, contact the "Miner Card" ID office, 101 University Center, 341-4025, pro@mst.edu. ID Office hours are 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.
Jeanne Senne, wife of Dr. Joseph H. Senne Jr. (professor emeritus and former chair of civil, architectural and environmental engineering) died March 23 in Rolla. She was 87. Jeanne loved music and the violin. She played in the St. Louis Philharmonic and for orchestras at Iowa State and Missouri S&T. Funeral services are private. A public memorial service will be held in the near future. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made through the First Presbyterian Church in Rolla (919 E. 10th St., 65401), to the Senne Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund at Missouri S&T or to the American Cancer Society.
Please stop by the downstairs lobby in Engineering Management between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday, April 3, and see what the research in EMSE is all about. Graduate students will have posters on display and will be available to discuss any questions you may have regarding their research.
Dan Cernusca, instructional design specialist for the School of Extended Learning, has published "Implementation of an Online Learning Environment in a Large Classroom: A Design-Based Research Journey." The book is aimed at educational researchers, graduate students and educational practitioners interested in successfully implementing innovative, technology-driven designs in complex classroom contexts.
For more information, email dcernusca@mst.edu or call 573-341-4632.
The following have been selected to attend the Sue Shear 21st Century Leadership Academy for Women in Public Life to be held at UMSL May 18-23: Emily Bahram-Ahi, Alexandria Niemoeller, Stephanie Rostad and Angelica Whittington.
The U.S. Postal Service will raise postage rates effective May 12, 2008. The rate increase will be approximately 3 percent and will include most classes of mail. If you have any questions please call the campus mail services office at 341-4448 or 341-4288.
The inaugural issue of Missouri S&T Magazine, dedicated to rethinking research, is now available online at magazine.mst.edu. Find out how some Missouri S&T researchers are seeing -- and rethinking -- challenges of the future. Among the things these researchers are envisioning are new ways to renew vehicles, rebuild high-tech bridges and re-grow bones.
Following last Tuesday's sign-ups for swim lessons, some openings remain in the 4:30-5 p.m. section and the 5-5:30 p.m. section. For more information contact Miner Swim Coach Doug Grooms at 341-6149 or email dougg@mst.edu.
Cheryl Sue Ahrens, executive assistant, information technology
Jason Scott Holm, user support analyst, information technology
Michele L. Picard, custodian, physical facilities
Is your department, academy or organization planning an event for Homecoming 2008? If so, please send your Homecoming events information to the Alumni Office by Thursday, March 27, to be included in the official Homecoming schedule in the summer edition of the Missouri S&T Magazine. Please send the event name, time/date, contact person with email and phone number, and location if you know it. If you need a room in the Havener Center for an event, include that information as well. All Homecoming information should be emailed to Stacy Jones at jonessta@mst.edu or phone her at extension 6327 prior to the March 27 deadline.
If you're going to be in the St. Louis area, you might want to stop by the St. Louis Science Center and check out an exhibit featuring the research of Dr. Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, Dr. Melanie Mormile and colleagues from Purdue and Central Michigan. The exhibit is located in the lower level of the science center, right next to the T. rex. The Missouri S&T researchers been conducting research on microbes, microfossils and salt crystals from acidic lakes in Australia. The exhibit at the science center documents how the research results may prove to be analogs for finding life on Mars. If you don't get a chance to see the exhibit soon, don't worry. It's supposed to be up for a while.
Bring your kids to the annual SUB sponsored Easter Egg Kid Patch. Everyone is welcome and it will be held at 5 p.m. April 4, on the Havener lawn.
Educational Technology (EdTech) is a new group within the Information Technology (IT) department. EdTech offers services to support instructors interested in adding a technology component to their teaching. Click here for more information.
I would like to thank the campus community for the beautiful cards and flowers that were sent at the passing of my father, Reverend T.B. Conway. They were a great comfort in our time of loss.LaDonna Beddoe
New Fall 2008 transfer students will be on campus on Friday, April 4, for Transfer Advising Day. Students will meet with academic advisors, register for classes, and prepare for their first Missouri S&T semester.
The UM Transition Conference will be held on the Missouri S&T campus on Thursday and Friday, March 27 and 28. The conference will be attended by more than 100 representatives from the UM System campuses and Missouri and Illinois community colleges. The UM Transition Conference is hosted each year by the University of Missouri System to facilitate open discussion and exchange of ideas and information about transfer issues among the four UM campuses and Missouri community colleges. Conference attendees will meet transfer students, share ideas with peers, have a great time and be inspired to bring new changes back to their home institution.
Please submit any Lost or Found items/information to the University Police Dept. located at G-10 Campus Support Facility. Call 341-4308, or you may access the following website: police.mst.edu/lost.htm .
eProcurement is an updated version of the purchasing module within PeopleSoft. The Show Me Shop within eProcurement offers an Internet shopping experience for contract items such as office suppliers, computers, peripherals, scientific supplies and equipment, tools, and maintenance equipment. A list of suppliers available through the Show Me Shop is available online.
eProcurement includes requisitioning, receiving, and approving. Users needing access to these functions must be trained and moved to eProcurement no later than June 30, 2008. Training dates are available through May 16, 2008. Users may view training dates and register online.
Please contact Campus Procurement at extension 4266 with any questions.
This spring, changes will be made to the Missouri S&T Commencement schedule. The Graduation Jubilee will be canceled to allow faculty, staff and students to attend the Graduate Student Commencement ceremony, which will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, May 16, in the Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building. Undergraduate Commencement will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 17, in the Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.
The Military Aerospace Society will be hosting their 2008 Golf Tournament at Fort Leonard Wood on April 11. It will be a three or four man scramble and we will be giving out many prizes. If interested, call 618-540-8964 or email bmrnqb@mst.edu .
The Environmental Research Center (ERC) at Missouri S&T recently presented four Missouri S&T students with 2007 Barr Engineering Student Publication Awards.
The awards, made possible by a donation from Barr Engineering, are awarded annually to students publishing the most outstanding peer-reviewed journal publication in each calendar year. The awards are voted on by all of the ERC faculty investigators. The students received a framed certificate and a cash award.
Dr. Muriel Auriol, a visiting scholar, and Dr. Maneerat Ongwandee, a postdoctoral fellow, tied for first place. Auriol’s paper, titled “Laccase-Catalyzed Conversion of Natural and Synthetic Hormones from a Municipal Wastewater,” was published in “Water Research” with co-authors Youssef Filali-Meknassis, Rajeshwar D. Tyagi and Dr. Craig Adams, the John and Susan Mathes Missouri Chair of Environmental Engineering. Ongwandee’s paper, titled “Adsorption of Trimethylamine on Zirconium Silicate and Polyethylene Powder Surfaces,” was published in “Colloids and Surfaces” with co-authors Dr. Charles C. Chusuei, assistant professor of chemistry at Missouri S&T, Xiaowen Guo, and Dr. Glenn C. Morrison, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri S&T.
Postdoctoral fellows Dr. Justin Sutherland and Dr. Tian Wang tied for third place. Sutherland’s paper, titled “Determination of Hydroxyl Radical Rate Constants for Fuel Oxygenates,” was published in “Environmental Engineering Science” with coauthor Adams. Wang’s paper, “The Leaching Characteristics of Selenium from Coal Fly Ashes,” was published the “Journal of Environmental Quality” with co-authors Dr. Jianmin Wang, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri S&T, and Dr. Joel Burken, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri S&T.
“This is a great way to recognize and emphasize the importance of the scholarly achievements of the student researchers in the Environmental Research Center at Missouri S&T,” says Adams, director of the center. “We are very thankful the Barr Engineering for making this annual award possible.”
Copies of the award papers are available by emailing adams@mst.edu.
Please help Staff Council promote and enhance the status of Missouri S&T staff by taking a few moments to complete the brief online questionnaire found here. We are interested in your thoughts concerning Staff Council as well as your overall satisfaction working at Missouri S&T. Our goal is to better represent you. Survey participants remain anonymous. The new deadline to complete the survey is Friday, March 21.
Missouri S&T staff members go above and beyond every day on campus. Recognize these people by nominating them for 2008 Staff Excellence Awards. 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. The nomination form is available online here.
The Military Aerospace Society will host its 2008 Golf Tournament at Fort Leonard Wood on April 11. It will be a three- or four-man scramble and we will be giving out many prizes. Please contact us at 618-540-8964 or at bmrnqb@mst.edu.
Beginning this afternoon (Tuesday, March 18), Rolla Fire and Rescue will be using the Stuart Apartments near campus for training exercises. The apartments, which are located on 9th Street adjacent to Castleman Hall and the Quadrangle, are currently unoccupied. The training will continue through Thursday, March 20.
Missouri S&T's printing and mail services office was the subject of a recent magazine article highlighting the office's partnership with the University of Missouri printing service while keeping offset work in the in-plant arena to help fund its future growth. The article, In-plant Partnership, New Color Printer for Missouri University, was published in the latest issue of In-Plant Graphics magazine and is featured on the magazine's main website.
Dr. Pu (Paul) Yu, a research professor who had worked in the Materials Research Center at Missouri S&T since 1990, passed away on Saturday, March 15, at Phelps County Regional Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. He was 50 years old.
He will be sadly missed by his surviving immediate family which consists of his wife, Li Lihui, and his sons Kevin, 11, and Kaleb, 6.
A visitation and memorial service is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 29, at the Baptist Student Center (BSC) located at 610 W. 10th St.
Memorial contributions are suggested to an educational fund for his two sons. Please make your check payable to Kevin and Kaleb Yu. Contributions can be left in a box at the BSC during the memorial service or mailed directly to: c/o Ms. Li Lihui, 513 Tipton Court, Rolla, MO 65401.
The Lady Miners leading scorer, Tamara McCaskill, spent most of the first half during Saturday's NCAA Division II regional game against Quincy on the bench with two early fouls, and she only had two points at the break.
"We told her at half time, Tamara, you've got to go out there and light things up," said Missouri S&T coach Alan Eads.
In other sports news, Missouri S&T has some strong pole vaulters.
And Missouri S&T swimmers continue to do more than just tread water in Columbia.
UPDATE: The swimmers finish No. 2 in the nation.
Pamela G. Barnwell, custodian, physical facilities
Nancy Katina Yoakum, custodian, physical facilities
Jessica Marie Dafni, technical editor, Center for Infrastructure Engineering
Elizabeth Michelle Johnson, academic advisor, undergraduate studies office
Faculty candidate Weichiang Pang of Texas A&M University will present a seminar on "Performance-Based Seismic Design of Low and Mid-Rise Engineered Wood-Frame Construction" from 2:15-3:15 p.m. Monday, March 17, in Room 315 Butler Carlton Hall. The campus is invited to attend.
The Missouri S&T courtesy fund provides expressions of sympathy by sending a plant to employees who have experienced the loss of an immediate family member. On behalf of the many benefactors, we wish to thank everyone who has contributed in the past.
This fund is supported completely by contributions from individual faculty and staff members, as well as departments joining together. You may send your contributions to Human Resource Services, 113 University Center, or contribute through a payroll deduction.
Details pertaining to the fund and arrangements for a plant to be sent are handled by Barbara Schubring at 341-4920.
Mark your calendars for the 2008 Missouri S&T Employee Health Fair. The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 24, in the Havener Center with opening ceremonies at 10 a.m.
The fair will celebrate a "Walk to Wellness," and will feature a wide array of health information and screenings (blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and others). Employees can participate in a variety of fun activities aimed at teaching healthy habits, as well as entering a prize drawing.
After the health fair, benefit-eligible employees who complete a voluntary and confidential health risk assessment and will be registered in a drawing to win pedometers, iPod Nanos or a recumbent bike. Come and get all the screening information to complete the HRA and you could be a winner.
Three student teams from Missouri S&T went head-to-head with others from across the region during the Idea-to-Product competition.
Five representatives from Missouri S&T have been chosen for the Administrative Leadership Development Program. The training kicks off with a one-week intensive program at the Lake of the Ozarks in April, followed by periodic follow-up sessions on campus during the remainder of the year. This year's class members are:
-- Patty Frisbee, director, New Student Programs
-- Paul Hirtz, assistant director, Student Design and Experiential Learning Center
-- Cheryl McKay, manager, electronic marketing communications
-- Mark Mullin, director, athletics
-- Jim Sigler, general manager and producer, KMST
The Administrative Leadership Development Program was implemented several years ago as the primary professional development vehicle available for professional staff within the UM System. Participants are selected from each of the four campuses through a competitive application process; the number of applicants has been increasing each year. A similar program is available for faculty, but the ALDP experience is designed exclusively for staff.
Main Street (east of Castleman Hall) will be closed between 10th and 11th streets all day Friday, March 14, and Saturday, March 15, for the St. Pat’s celebration. No through traffic will be allowed, however, the Castleman Hall loading dock will still be accessible. All cars must vacate this area prior to midnight on Thursday, March 13. Any vehicles remaining in the area will be subject to towing.
Lady Miner basketball fans who want to reserve tickets in advance for the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional tournament this weekend in Springfield can do so in the Missouri S&T athletics office. Click here for more information.
Missouri S&T staff members go above and beyond every day on campus. Recognize these people by nominating them for 2008 Staff Excellence Awards.
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. The nomination form is available online here.
All staff members who have been employed (benefit eligible) for three years at Missouri S&T by the nomination deadline, are eligible with the following exceptions: members of either Staff Council or the Staff Excellence Awards Committee or employees that have won an award within the past five years. Click here for a list of previous winners.
The office of undergraduate studies is currently conducting an Academic Service Learning Survey among the faculty. The purpose of this survey is to assess the current use of academic service learning at Missouri S&T and to gather data to help inform plans to expand the set of experiential learning opportunities.
Please take a few minutes of your time to complete the on-ine survey at: http://ugs.mst.edu/servicelearning.html . For more information about the Missouri S&T Service Learning Program, contact Amy Gillman 341-7600 or gillman@mst.edu.
Faculty are reminded about our NUTC Graduate Fellowship Program at Missouri S&T, “Graduate Studies and Research in Transportation Areas,” which was developed to help recruit and support new Missouri S&T Ph.D. students with transportation interests. Applications are currently being accepted for new Ph.D. students who wish to start in the fall semester of 2008. The applications are due by March 30. Research assistantships, consisting of a one year financial aid package of $22,000, are available for outstanding students. To obtain information on the minimum requirements and how to apply please reference the following link: http://utc.mst.edu/scholar/index.html or contact Dr. J.J. Myers at jmyers@mst.edu for additional information or questions. Currently application packets may be submitted to Dr. J.J. Myers, 325 BCH, the NUTC’s current Interim Director.
Civil, architectural and environmental engineering faculty candidate Lesley H. Sneed from Purdue Univeristy will present a seminar on the "Influence of Member Depth on the Shear Strength of Concrete Beams" at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, in Room 216 of Butler-Carlton Hall. The campus is invited to attend.
The Miner Card ID Office will be closed during Spring Break from Monday, March 24, through Friday, March 28, and will re-open Monday, March 31. For more information contact the ID office at 341-4025.
Shamsher Prakash Foundation invites nominations for the 2008 research award in geotechnical engineering, and/or geotechnical earthquake engineering for young engineers/scientists, 40 years or younger. The award consists of cash prize of $1,100 and a plaque. The last date of nominations is May 31, 2008. For details of nomination, please visit www.yoga10.org. For more information, email prakash@mst.edu.
Sixth- and seventh-grade classes at the Dent-Phelps R3 School received a lesson and demonstration on bridges and instrumentation as part of National Engineers Week 2008. Amy Perrey of St. Charles, a senior in electrical engineering, presented the program with the assistance of Dr. Steve E. Watkins, professor of electrical engineering at Missouri S&T. The students saw how measurements can prevent failures in structures.
This event is the third year that Dent-Phelps has had an engineering presentation for EWEEK. The annual EWEEK program seeks to highlight the work and contributions of our nation's engineers.
"Examples from engineering show students the value of is science and mathematics," Watkins says. "Our local schools should benefit from the resources and expertise at Missouri S&T."
For the first time since 1996, the Lady Miners are going to the NCAA Basketball Tournament. The Lady Miners earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament on Sunday (March 9) and will take on Michigan Tech in the first round of the Great Lakes Regional this Friday, March 14. The Lady Miners (22-6), seeded third in the region, will face off against the No. 6 seed Michigan Tech Huskies (23-7) on Friday, March 14, at Drury University in Springfield, Mo. Drury, the No. 1 seed in the region and the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament champion, is hosting the regional. More news to come at sports.mst.edu.
Jennifer Keene Shaner, program/project support specialist-CERTI, undergraduate studies office
Brian O. Peters, senior research/lab technician, Cloud and Aerosol Science Laboratory
The Lady Miners came up short in their bid to capture a Great Lakes Valley Conference title, suffering a 79-67 loss Saturday to Northern Kentucky in the semifinals of the conference tournament in Springfield, Mo. Katie Bunge led the Lady Miners with 23 points, but Missouri S&T shot just 36.8 percent for the game and now awaits word tomorrow night on who its opponent will be in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional next week. Click here for more details.
Gary Forsee, the 22nd president of the University of Missouri System, will visit the Missouri S&T campus on Wednesday, March 19.
Forsee will hold an open forum from 3-3:45 p.m. in the Carver/Turner Room to interact with faculty, staff and students.
There will also be a reception in honor of Forsee from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Havener atrium. You are invited to attend and meet Forsee, a 1972 Rolla graduate in civil engineering, during this time. More information concerning Forsee is available at http://news.mst.edu/news/2007/Gary-Forsee-president.html.
ARCO Construction of St. Louis became the latest "sustaining partner" of Missouri S&T's chapter of Engineers Without Borders. Dick Arnoldy, co-founder of ARCO, presented a $10,000 check to EWB President Will Kirby and Treasurer Christina Graham at the EWB meeting on March 6.
The Leach Theatre Box Office will close March 24-26 for spring break. It will reopen on Thursday, March 27, with regular hours of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Business and Information Technology Advisory Board is meeting on campus Wednesday, March 12, and students who have questions about various career paths are welcome to attend. The board is comprised of Missouri S&T graduates and individuals from U.S. companies. Members include Ray Arndt of Hewlett Packard, Vinisha Clark of AT&T, Michael Fox of Accenture, Jean Holley of Tellabs, Mark Jordan of Monsanto, Jeffrey Kelly of EDS and Jeff Marker of Junction Solutions. The main topic of conversation during the open panel from 2-3 p.m. will be "Integration of Business and Technology in the Real World." The event, which is being organized by the business and information technology department at Missouri S&T, will be held in Room 204 of McNutt Hall. Students interested in attending a career guidance session should RSVP to mdw89b@mst.edu by March 7 or sign up on Brenda Bouse's office door in Room 201 of Fulton Hall.
After years of using WebEx Meeting Center for distance education, the Missouri S&T campus now has access to the "Enterprise Edition" of WebEx online collaborative services. This suite of web applications includes Event Center, Training Center, Meeting Center, Support Center and Sales Center. The VCC will sponsor a series of online demonstration and training sessions through the spring. The first demonstration of Training Center will be a one-hour live online session from 10-11 a.m. Thursday, March 13. On March 14, there will be a live online class of training in Training Center from 8:30-10 a.m. For more details, please send an email to Ross Haselhorst, rossh@mst.edu.
Studio 213 Celebrates Einstein with the third annual Student Art Show from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, March 14, in the Art Studio, 213 University Center. There will be a display of student paintings, drawings, 3-D art work, glass blowing and photography. For more information contact Luce Myers at lmyers@mst.edu.
The Spring Faculty, Staff, and Retiree Golf League will begin play at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, and prospective golf players are invited to join. This is a great way to network with the fellow employees/retirees even if you’re just beginning the game. Let Mary Jo Richards know what you typically shoot on the 6th hole at the University Golf Course. She also needs to know approximately what your average score for nine holes at the University Golf Course is and if you play from the front tees or back tees. If you would like to register for league play, please send this information to mrichard@mst.edu by 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 14. Those eligible to play must be or have been employees of the university, or spouses of the same.
Solar Miner VI, Missouri S&T's latest solar-powered car, will be unveiled after the parade at 3 p.m. (Saturday, March 15) in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall. Missouri S&T will try to regain its title as world champions during the 2008 American Solar Challenge later this year.
Also, Missouri S&T's Solar Village will be open for tours on Saturday, March 15, from noon to 2 p.m. Three houses built for previous Solar Decathlons are currently on foundations in the village, which is located across the street from the multi-purpose building and athletic facilities. Students will soon start construction on a fourth solar home.
Beginning Monday, March 10, vehicular traffic on the main campus mall will be strictly controlled by physical facilities and all drivers will require prior approval to travel onto the mall.
The new walkways being constructed as part of the pedestrian mall in front of the library running west along Toomey Hall toward the Havener Center will not tolerate vehicular traffic. Physical facilities staff will control the entrance at the southeast corner of the library, the southwest corner of Parker Hall and the southeast corner of Toomey Hall.
If there is a legitimate requirement to be in the closed area with a vehicle, please call physical facilities in advance for prior approval.
The Lady Miners defeated Bellarmine Tuesday to advance in the GLVC Tournament. Missouri S&T will face Northern Kentucky at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Springfield. Also, track and field, swimming, baseball and softball are in full swing. Catch up on all of the action at http://sports.mst.edu/.
The last day to rent Ph.D. gown for graduation is March 30. Place your order now at the Missouri S&T Bookstore.
Dr. Delbert Day, Curators' Professor emeritus of materials science and engineering, will present a biological sciences seminar on "Destroying Malignant Tumors Using Radioactive Glass Microspheres," at noon on Monday, March 10, in Room 126 of Schrenk Hall at Missouri S&T. Day will describe how glass microspheres developed at Missouri S&T are being used by physicians to successfully treat patients with liver cancer in the United States, Europe and Asia.
International Students' Day at Missouri S&T is Sunday, March 9. Cultural artifacts from China, India, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Ethiopia, Nepal, Cuba, Brazil, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Russia and Malaysia will be on display in the Havener Center from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. A 10-course international buffet is planned from noon to 2 p.m. The cost is $6 for students ($7 at the door) and $10 for the public. Student meal plans will be accepted. Children under 10 eat free. Tickets are available at the Havener Center through March 8 and at the door. The Havener Center will also be the site of a cultural show on International Students' Day from 2-4:30 p.m. Several performances are planned, including a step show, a fashion show and a belly dance. International Students' Day is organized by Missouri S&T's International Students Club. For more information, email intsclub@mst.edu.
The Missouri London Program flat is available for rent over the summer and between semesters. The flat is located in the Kensington area of Central London and is available to faculty, staff, students and friends; it can be used for research or vacation. The cost is $110/day. The following times are open: May 1-17, June 17-21, July 31-Aug 26, 2008. Please contact Sue Kellems, kellems@mst.edu or call 341-4869 if you are interested.
The Fall and Summer 2008 Schedule of Classes information is now available on the Registrar’s Office website at http://registrar.mst.edu/classofferings/index.html , or through Joe’SS. Information on priority registration and advisor’s degree audits will be available for departments to pick-up in the Registrar's Office on Wednesday, March 12.
On Tuesday, March 11, future transfer students will visit Missouri S&T for Transfer Day. Students and their guests will tour campus facilities like the Student Design Center and Materials Science and Engineering labs, as well as visit academic departments of their choice. The day will also include presentations from the Career Opportunities Center, Office of Financial Assistance, Admissions, and a panel of current Missouri S&T students. If you would like to help welcome our future students, please join us in the Havener Center between 9:30 and 10 a.m.
The registration deadline for the 4th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference is quickly approaching.
In order to participate, students must complete the online registration form and submit all required materials by 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 16..
For more information, please visit the conference web site at: http://ugs.mst.edu/ugrc.html.
Dr. Jian Zhao will present a seminar on "Nonlinear Shear Lag in Thin-Walled Structures under Extreme Loading" at 2:15 p.m. Friday, March 7, in Room 216 of the Civil Engineering Building. Zhao 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.
Missouri S&T Staff Council continues to represent staff and works hard to improve a variety of important issues, from campus policies and procedures to parking. In recent years, the Missouri S&T Staff Council has had significant impact on the overall university. Some of its many accomplishments over the years include:
These accomplishments were made possible because staff members took the time to voice their opinions to the Staff Council. Please help Staff Council promote and enhance the status of Missouri S&T staff by taking a few moments to complete the brief online questionnaire found here: www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB227HBL5RUVZ. We are interested in your thoughts concerning Staff Council as well as your overall satisfaction working at Missouri S&T. Our goal is to better represent you. Survey participants remain anonymous. The deadline to complete the survey is Friday, March 14.