Steven Brookhart, power plant operator, physical facilities

Randall Linss, custodian, physical facilities

Tritonia Sanders, senior secretary, international affairs

Sheryl Verret, custodian, physical facilities

Posted by Lance Feyh at 02:38 PM in New Employees | Permalink

Have coffee with the office of sponsored programs from 9-10 a.m. Tuesday, June 3, in the Missouri Room of the Havener Center. This time, the topic of discussion will be "Budget Preparation and PSRS (second half).

Posted by Lance Feyh at 02:35 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Distance and continuing education needs two-liter plastic soda bottles for a bottle rocket project during its Intro to Engineering summer camp. Bottles can be dropped off in Room 216 University Center. For more information, call 341-6222.

Posted by Mary Helen Stoltz at 03:21 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Want to know what's going on that day? Here's the schedule:

9-10:30 a.m.
Awards Ceremony – St. Pat’s Ballroom, Havener Center

9 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Car Show - outside Havener Center

10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Music - outside Havener Center

10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Staff Day Games - outside Havener Center
Popcorn & Shaved Ice - outside Havener Center

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Lunch – served in cafeteria at Havener Center,
Menu : Cheese Fondue with vegetables and breads, meat loaf, fried chicken, vegetarian pot pie, mashed potatoes and gravy, buttered corn, apple crisp, dinner rolls, coffee, tea and soda.
Lunch is free for Missouri S&T staff members; $6 per person if not.

1:15 p.m.
Costume & Dept. Frisbee Decorating Contest – food court in Havener Center

1:30-2:30 p.m.
Food Auction – food court in Havener Center

Prize & Raffle Drawings – during food auction
Raffle items: 26” LCD HDTV/DVD Combo Home Theater System TV, Craftsman 6 Drawer Tool Center, Patio Set, Kenmore Gas Grill, Nintendo Wii, Sony 7.2 MP Digital Camera, Craftsman Propelled Lawn Mower, 4 Cardinal Tickets

Posted by Mindy Limback at 09:34 AM in Announcements | Permalink

Missouri S&T graduate Bob Kruse, EE'81, a General Motors in charge of hybrids and electric vehicles, was featured earlier this week on one of NBC Nightly News' "Running on Empty" segments about rising fuel costs. The segment focused on GM's development of alternative-fuel vehicles and included an interview with Kruse, who is executive director for Global Vehicle Engineering, Hybrids, Electric Vehicles and Batteries. View the segment online.

Posted by Andrew Careaga at 05:34 PM in Missouri S&T in the News | Permalink

Due to the planned campus power outage, Wilson Library will be closed on Sunday, June 1. The library will reopen on Monday, June 2, with its regularly scheduled hours of 8 a.m. to midnight.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 02:19 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Educational Technology has a new blog, called EdTech Connect. IT will use this forum to keep faculty and staff informed on the latest events in educational technology. IT will post announcements with regard to the technology that we support, such as Blackboard, clickers, projectors, and more. IT will also include links to articles we find on the web and provide some commentary on such articles. Your comments on all posts in EdTech Connect are invited. Please comment on the blog postings -- join a campus conversation about technology as a way to enhance teaching and learning. Finally, IT will also serve as another connection to the latest happenings in IT services as they impact the teaching and learning environment on campus.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 02:18 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Contributors to the university's Proud Miner Campus Community are automatically eligible to win gift certificates and savings bonds. Drawings will be held each week during the month of May. To be eligible to win return your form no later than Friday, May 30.

Congratulations to the newest winners of the Proud Miner prize drawing.

• Mike Amick won a $100 savings bond from Bank of America.


• Mindy Limback won a $50 gift certificate from the Missouri S&T Bookstore.

Posted by Mindy Limback at 08:01 AM in | Permalink

The weather forecast calls for sunny skies and soaking bosses on Tuesday, June 3, at the Puck. Join us from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. as some of the best sports on campus step up to go down -- all for you, the staff of Missouri S&T. Here's who you can dunk (revised May 30):

11:30-11:40 a.m. Chris Dew
11:40-11:50 a.m. Randy Davis
11:50 a.m.-Noon Margaret Cline
Noon-12:10 p.m. Mark Potrafka
12:10-12:20 p.m. Ross Haselhorst
12:20-12:30 p.m. Paula DeLong
12:30-12:40 p.m. Lynn Stichnote
12:40-12:50 p.m. Sue Turner
12:50-1 p.m. Judy Cavender
1-1:10 p.m. Andrew Careaga
1:10-1:20 p.m. Dan Uetrecht
1:20-1:30 p.m. Richard Altheide

Posted by Mindy Limback at 08:12 PM in Announcements | Permalink

ATTENTION ALL COOKS: We are seeking donations for this year's Staff Day Food Auction. It will be held Wednesday, June 4, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the Havener Food Court. This year, Staff Council is looking for dinner items as well as baked goods. We already have donations for smoked ribs and twiced-baked pototoes, gooey butter cookies, strawberry cheesecake. Please contact Mendy Kell at mkell@mst.edu or 341-7140 to let her know if you would be willing to donate something. Donations will need to be dropped off the morning of Staff Day between 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the loading dock at the Havener Center.

Posted by Andrew Careaga at 11:57 AM in Volunteers Needed | Permalink

Fall 2008 transfer students will be on campus Friday, May 30, for Transfer Advising Day. Students will meet with academic advisors, register for classes, and prepare for their first Missouri S&T semester. Please be sure to make all our visiting transfer students feel welcome during their visit to campus.

Posted by Andrew Careaga at 11:54 AM in Announcements | Permalink

Thank you for the plant, cards, visits during the loss of our father, Calvin Pogue. It was greatly appreciated.

Jerry and Beverly Pogue

Posted by Andrew Careaga at 11:53 AM in Thank You | Permalink

Speech/language pathologist Vicki Hopgood will offer individualized sessions on accent modification during the fall session for interested international faculty. This highly successful program has been well received by those who have participated in past sessions. Faculty sessions are conducted on an individual basis for a 13-week period. Weekly sessions are for one hour and are held in Hopgood’s office in the Southwestern Bell Cultural Center. The services is offered free of charge. Interested faculty should contact their department chair and enroll through Karen G. Swope in the department of international affairs at 341-6425.

Posted by Andrew Careaga at 11:50 AM in Announcements | Permalink

Summer hours at Leach Theatre in Castleman Hall began on Tuesday, May 20, and will continue through Aug. 22. The summer hours are 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. The box office will be closed on Mondays.

Posted by Andrew Careaga at 11:47 AM in Announcements | Permalink

Jim Bogan, Curators' Teaching Professor of art, languages and philosophy, is not only the resident hammock expert at Missouri S&T (he made a movie about them). He's also one of the nation's most knowledgeable people when it comes discussing the swinging lounge. The Los Angeles Times has taken notice, and quotes Bogan extensively in a recent tribute to the hammock, Centuries later, the hammock is still swinging. "The hammock lives on, Bogan said by phone from his home in Rolla, Mo., 'because no one's ever invented anything better. And no one ever will.'"

Posted by Andrew Careaga at 08:55 PM in Missouri S&T in the News | Permalink

Congratulations to the newest winners of the Proud Miner prize drawing.

• Mary Helen Stoltz won a $100 savings bond from Central Federal Savings and Loan.


• John Francis won a $50 gift certificate from the Missouri S&T Bookstore.

Contributors to the university's Proud Miner Campus Community are automatically eligible to win gift certificates and savings bonds. Drawings will be held each week during the month of May. To be eligible to win return your form no later than Friday, May 30.

Posted by Mindy Limback at 03:45 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Engineers aren't known for their communication skills, and that's exactly why Dr. David Van Aken, professor of materials science and engineering, decided to write a book to address the issue.

Van Aken is the co-author of a new textbook titled Reporting Results: A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists, published this month by Cambridge University Press. Van Aken wrote the book with Dr. William Hosford, a colleague in materials science from the University of Michigan.

According to Van Aken the idea for the book came about after 22 years of teaching undergraduate laboratory classes and from the frustration of not having a text that specifically dealt with writing engineering reports.

Missouri S&T faculty interested in reviewing the book for consideration in their course work may obtain a free copy by logging on to the Cambridge University Press website.

Posted by Andrew Careaga at 08:32 AM in Announcements | Permalink

The University of Missouri System recently started a weekly podcast to share topics of interest throughout the entire university community.

Jennifer Hollingshead, the UM System's interim director of communications, conducts the interviews and produces these podcasts. Her latest podcast is with Andrew Careaga, Missouri S&T director of communications, to talk about the campus's name change. Other recent podcast topics include economic development, finance and administration, human resources, and the emergency alert system. Tune in or view the podcast archives at http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/departments/ur/interact/ .

Posted by Andrew Careaga at 08:25 AM in Announcements | Permalink

Sixteen Missouri S&T students are in Guatemala this month as part of an effort by the university's Engineers Without Borders chapter to finish the building of a second earthquake-resistant classroom -- adding a roof, stairway and electricity -- and repair the school’s bathrooms. Catch up with the group on Visions.

Posted by Mindy Limback at 09:07 PM in Announcements | Permalink

A visitation for Dr. Doris Ridder, director of the Regional Professional Development Center at Missouri S&T, will be held from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, at Gottenstroeters Funeral Home in Owensville, Mo. The funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 22, at Zion St. Paul Church in Bay, Mo. Dr. Ridder died Monday, May 19.

Posted by Mindy Limback at 04:39 PM in Announcements | Permalink

A victory in the autocross race and solid performances in the endurance competition helped propel Missouri S&T's Formula SAE Team to its third top-10 finish in five years in the annual Formula SAE international competition, held May 15-17 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich. Visit the Experience This! student design blog for more news about the Formula SAE event and Missouri S&T's performance.

Posted by Andrew Careaga at 08:26 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Staff Council encourages all staff members to attend Monday's presentation and open forum. The event will begin at 11 a.m. Monday, May 19, in the Carver/Turner Room of the Havener Center. Chancellor John F. Carney III, representatives from human resources, and other administrators will be in attendance. Door prizes will be awarded.

Posted by Mindy Limback at 09:12 PM in Announcements | Permalink

A campuswide upgrade from Office 2003 to Office 2007 has arrived. New features in this version include: new look and feel, improved and easy-to-use menu bars, improved charts, graphics and image handling. Customers can get the new software now by contacting the Help Desk at 341-HELP.

Self-service installation will be available by mid-summer. CLCs and classrooms will be Office 2007-ready for the start of the Fall Semester. For more information, visit the Office 2007 information site or call the IT Help Desk at 573-341-HELP.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 03:04 PM in Announcements | Permalink

The deadline for free Missouri S&T ID Cards is June 1. Stop by 101 University Center for your new ID Card. Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 03:00 PM in | Permalink

Faculty participation is vital when we welcome new students to campus in August. There will be more than 1,000 new students on campus for Opening Week Orientation 2008. Interested faculty will eat lunch and meet with the student mentor groups to discuss faculty expectations and classroom respect. The goal of this activity is to facilitate a positive interaction between the new students and faculty. This is your chance to give new students tips on how to be successful in the classroom. The faculty interaction with new students will be scheduled Aug. 19-21. Faculty will be scheduled to interact with students during three time slots: 10:45 a.m.-11:25; 11:40-12:30 and 12:35-1:15 p.m. You may choose to participate one day or all of the days, for any or all time slots. If you agree to participate, we ask that you attend the faculty discussion/planning session schedule for 1:30-2:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, in the Carver/Turner Room of the Havener Center. Let Patty Frisbee know if you're willing to participate: New Student Programs, 101 University Center, 341-7045, pfrisbee@mst.edu .

Posted by Lance Feyh at 02:59 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Missouri S&T will host three Preview, Registration and Orientation (PRO) sessions in June. Mark your calendar and please help welcome our new students and their guests to campus on Friday, June 6, 13, and 20. There will also be a PRO session on Saturday, Aug.16. PRO is an all day orientation program for new students who plan to start classes at Missouri S&T in the fall. If your department, program or organization would like to participate in the PRO Resource Fair in June, contact New Student Services. The Resource Fair will be located in the Havener Center on PRO days from 12:30-3:00 p.m. If you have questions or would like a detailed schedule of the day's events, contact Patty Frisbee, pfrisbee@mst.edu, 341-7045 or stop by our office at 101 University Center.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 02:55 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Have Something to Tell Our New Students? Do you want to get new students involved in your organization or department? Please send any flyers, pamphlets, or promotional/fun items to 101 University Center by Aug. 1 to put into the new students' goodie bags. Please supply enough items for 1,200 new students (freshmen and transfer). If you have any questions, please contact New Student Programs, 101 University Center, 341-4025.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 02:52 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Coventry enrollees who log on to the insurance company's web site (www.ummedcvty.com) and take the health assessment by May 30 will be entered in a drawing for iPod Nanos, pedometers and a recumbent bike. For more information, call 573-884-1312 or email us at wellness@umsystem.edu . Note: You will need your insurance card to create your account; once you've logged on, click on the employee link, then the WellBeing link.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 08:40 AM in Announcements | Permalink

Missouri S&T's Dr. J. David Rogers was interviewed by a New York Times reporter for a follow-up story in the International Herald Tribune about structural damage in the aftermath of the recent earthquake in China:

A dam can fail in slow motion, he said. "If they do have a leak, this thing could fail two weeks from now."

Read the full story here.

Karl Lutzen was interview for an Inside Higher Ed story about Missouri S&T's successs at minimizing copyright infringement (with respect to downloading copyrighted materials):

Karl F. Lutzen, a systems security analyst at the university, chalks it up to Missouri S&T’s unusual method of regulating students’ network usage: In order to download (or upload) files on any peer-to-peer network whatsoever, all on-campus users have to pass an online quiz on copyright infringement.

Read the full story here.

And Dr. David Summers was interviewed for a recent KY-3 story on ethanol.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 08:28 AM in Missouri S&T in the News | Permalink

Yes, you read that right. Staff Council is seeking nominations on who you'd like to put into a dunking booth on Tuesday, June 3, as part of Staff Week 2008. We're starting the line up with some very good sports, including Andy Careaga, Judy Cavendar, Chris Dew, Mark Potrafka and Lynn Stichnote. Tell us who else you want to see dunked.

Posted by Mindy Limback at 10:27 AM in Announcements | Permalink

Staff Council will present the results of the 2008 Staff Survey to the chancellor and other administrators during an open forum set for 11 a.m. Monday, May 19, in the Carver/Turner Room of the Havener Center. The campus community is invited to attend. Door prizes will be awarded.

Posted by Mindy Limback at 03:25 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Congratulations to the newest winners of the Proud Miner prize drawing.

• Roberta Morgan won a $100 savings bond from Town and Country Bank.


• Julie Gallaway won a $50 gift certificate from the Missouri S&T Bookstore.

Contributors to the university's Proud Miner Campus Community are automatically eligible to win gift certificates and savings bonds. Drawings will be held each week during the month of May. To be eligible to win return your form no later than Friday, May 30.

Posted by Mindy Limback at 03:23 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Missouri S&T will have three representatives at the NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships next week in Walnut, Calif. Find out who they are at http://sports.mst.edu/index.html .

Posted by Lance Feyh at 01:42 PM in Sports | Permalink

Missouri S&T Staff Recognition Day will be having a car show from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, during staff day festivities. All university car buffs that have a classic car are encouraged to bring out their cars and show them off. Everyone who wants to show off their classic ride is encouraged to attend, but there will be a prize drawing for university staff members who enter. Please contact Roy Snelson or Roy Soper at 341-4252 or Dean Brumett at 341-6120, dbrumett@mst.edu, for details.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 01:39 PM in Announcements | Permalink

The accounting and student loan collections offices in the basement of Parker Hall are currently being renovated. The offices will be temporarily housed in the Civil Engineering Building, Rooms 122 and 123, starting May 20. The phone numbers will remain the same. A move back to Parker Hall is anticipated in approximately two or three weeks.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 01:36 PM in Announcements | Permalink

The last finalst for the position of director of student financial assistance, Kathy Stavropoulos, is scheduled to make a presentation to the campus community during an open forum at 1 p.m. Monday, May 19, in the Meramec/Gasconade Room of the Havener Center. Stavropoulos is currently executive director of student financial services and housing resources at Boston University.

The other three finalists have already appeared at open forums on campus. The search committee welcomes feedback from the campus community on these four candidates for the position. Feedback forms will be available for download beginning Thursday, May 8, at http://enrollment.mst.edu/ .

The forms may be e-mailed to sstites@mst.edu , or they may be sent via campus mail to Jay Goff, search committee chair, 207 Parker Hall. Feedback forms should be turned in by the end of the business day May 20.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 01:30 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Blackboard will be upgraded to version 8.0 over the summer. This includes vast improvements in functionality and features. Some of the new features that will be available are highlighted after the jump.

• Grade Center – A new and much improved way of keeping track of students’ grades. This feature supports an interface similar to a spreadsheet, directed e-mail to students and the ability to generate progress reports.

• Blogs – Gives instructors and students the ability to create blogs and journals within a course, providing a structured and engaging forum for writing about course-related topics, projects and ideas, reinforcing critical thinking and reflective learning strategies.

• Wikis – Enables students and instructors to collaboratively create interactive, multimedia websites within a Blackboard course. In a collaborative online workspace, individuals and teams author, organize, and present their work.

• Blackboard Scholar – A social bookmarking web site that allows students and instructors to collect and tag links to online resources and share those resources with other interested individuals.

Educational Technology will provide more information about using these new and improved Blackboard tools as the summer progresses. Watch the EdTech website for self-help materials and the schedule for a Blackboard seminar series in the fall semester. If you don’t find what you need here, or have specific questions, please contact EdTech for more information at a edtech@mst.edu . Stay tuned for more information!

Posted by Lance Feyh at 01:28 PM in IT | Permalink

Missouri S&T environmental engineering research Glenn Morrison is the author of the cover article for the latest issue of the journal Environmental Science and Technology. Morrison's article, Interfacial Chemistry in Indoor Environments, discusses the state of indoor ozone research. Read more on the Visions research blog.

Posted by Andrew Careaga at 05:27 PM in Missouri S&T in the News | Permalink

We would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers and all of the contributions during this hard time of losing our home. It is greatly appreciated and we could never say how much it means to our family. -- Allan Studeny, S&T mail services

Posted by Lance Feyh at 11:23 AM in Thank You | Permalink

Campuswide power outages are being planned during the summer breaks to allow for the installation of the new campus substation transformers. Tentative dates for the outages have changed to June 1, Aug. 2, and Aug. 9. June 7 will be used as an alternate date for June 1 in case of bad weather. These dates are all on a weekends.

This will require a total power outage lasting the entire day for all university buildings on the main campus (generally between Pine and State streets and between 10th and 16th streets, and the Havener Center, McNutt Hall, Quad Dorms, Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building, Student Recreation Center, General Services, Comp Flow Lab, and Temporary Research Facility).

Buildings fed directly by Rolla Municipal Utilities will not be affected. These include: Campus Support Facility, Bureau of Mines Buildings, Residence Halls No. 1 and 2, Thomas Jefferson Hall, South Central Regional Professional Development Center, Rock Mechanics, Miner Recreation, Student Design, Student Health Center, Custodial and Grounds, Southwestern Bell Cultural Center, 1304 North Pine, and 14th Street Building.

Laboratory equipment should be secured as necessary. Campus departments with special temporary power needs should contact Jim Packard or Mike Amick at 341-4252 as soon as possible.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 08:25 AM in Announcements | Permalink

Missouri S&T faculty or staff members interested in reading the book chosen for the fall 2008 One Book program can receive a free copy of the book from the Missouri S&T Bookstore. A valid employee ID will be required.

The One Book program aims to improve freshman students’ experience during their first year at Missouri S&T by giving them something in common to talk about. Organizers also hope to foster a sense of community among faculty and staff by including them in the program.

The book, They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky, is a true story about the civil war in Sudan, as witnessed by three of the tens of thousands of young children who were forced by flee their homes and walk more than 1,000 miles across eastern Africa after their villages were destroyed.

Posted by Mary Helen Stoltz at 03:25 PM in Announcements | Permalink

The deadline to order your Staff Day 2008 T-shirts is May 15. The shirts are $7 for sizes small to extra-large. The shirts are $9 for sizes 2XL and 3XL. Those who purchase a Staff Day shirt will be entered into a special drawing for a one-year-free parking pass on campus and an 80GB video iPod. Contact your building coordinator to purchase a shirt or Melissa Folsom at 341-7276 or email mfolsom@mst.edu.

This year we have seven items for the raffle. Pictures can be viewed on Staff Council’s blog at staffcouncil.mst.edu. Tickets are .50 each or 12 for $5. Tickets can be purchased beginning May 15 from any Staff Council member (staffcouncil.mst.edu/members.html) or by contacting Melissa Folsom at 341-7276 or email mfolsom@mst.edu.

Venturer 26 in. LCD HDTV/DVD Combo with 2.1-Channel Home Theater System $650 value Craftsman 6-Drawer Homeowner Tool Center, 26-1/2 in. Wide with Door $160 value Kenmore 713 sq. in. Total Cook Area Gas Grill $250 Value Sony Cybershot 7.2MP Digital Camera $150 value Patio Set $275 value Nintendo wii value $250 Craftsman 6.25 Torque 22 in. Deck Mulch-Bag-Discharge Rear Bag Front Propelled Lawn Mower value $310

Remember to mark June 4 on your calendars and plan to attend Staff Day 2008.

Posted by Mindy Limback at 10:57 AM in Announcements | Permalink

Missouri S&T's Jordan Henry cleared a height Saturday that no other pole vaulter wearing a Miner uniform ever had -- the 17-foot mark. Read the full story.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 01:14 PM in Sports | Permalink

You are invited to a going-away reception for Dr. Craig Adams, the John and Susan Mathes Chair of Environmental Engineering Professor and director of the Environmental Research Center. Adams will be taking over as chair of the department of civil, environmental and architectural engineering at the University of Kansas. The reception is from 2-3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15, in the Kummer Atrium of Butler Carlton Hall.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 01:12 PM in Receptions | Permalink

New guidelines are available for departments, student groups and other organizations wanting to incorporate their organization name with the new Missouri S&T logo. Examples of this usage is available on the Missouri S&T standards website at http://standards.mst.edu/logosgraphicidentity/brandelements.html. Scroll down to the section titled "Using the word mark with department names."

Posted by Andrew Careaga at 06:06 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Visitation for Ian T. Willand, the 19-year-old Missouri S&T student who died Thursday, May 8, will be held from 4-8 p.m. Monday, May 12, at Schrader Funeral Home, 108 N. Central, in Eureka, Mo. Funeral services and burial are private. Memorial contributions are suggested to a charity of the donor’s choice.

For more information about the visitation, contact Schrader Funeral Home at 636-938-3000.

Those wishing to send condolences to the family may contact Missouri S&T student affairs at 341-4292 for the address.

Posted by Mindy Limback at 04:27 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Printing and mail services staff are seeking donations to raise funds to help Allan Studeny, a courier in the mail room, whose house burned down Wednesday, May 7. Donations will be collected through Monday, May 12.

Donations may be sent through campus mail to the mail room, given to a campus mail carrier or delivered to the mail room, located in Room G-7 Campus Support Facility.

Posted by Mary Helen Stoltz at 08:23 AM in Announcements | Permalink

The M-Club at Missouri S&T held its annual awards banquet Wednesday night and two of the school's most celebrated student-athletes were named as the recipients of the Gale Bullman Awards. Ashton Gronewold and Kandi Wieberg earned the top awards at the event. More sports: http://sports.mst.edu/ .

Posted by Lance Feyh at 07:47 AM in Sports | Permalink

Congratulations to the next two winners of the Proud Miner prize drawing.

• Debby Huskey won a $100 savings bond from First Community National Bank.


• Marlene Albrecht won a $50 gift certificate from the Missouri S&T Bookstore.

Contributors to the university's Proud Miner Campus Community are automatically eligible to win gift certificates and savings bonds. Drawings will be held each week during the month of May. To be eligible to win return your form no later than Friday, May 30.

Posted by Mindy Limback at 04:47 PM in Announcements | Permalink

The final day of undergraduate tutoring for the Missouri S&T Writing Center will be Friday, May 9. There will be no undergraduate tutoring during finals' week. Staff members of the Writing Center want to thank the tutors for another great year and wish them the best as they take their final exams. The Writing Center will re-open for undergraduate tutoring on Tuesday, Sept. 2. For additional information, contact the Writing Center at 341-4436 or wac@mst.edu.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 01:22 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Please return all books that are checked out from the Counseling Center Resource Library in 204 Norwood Hall by May 16. Thank you for your prompt attention in returning the materials.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 01:20 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Training dates for eProcurement are available through May 16 for users of PeopleSoft requisitioning, receiving and approving. After May 16, training will be available monthly.

All users are encouraged to attend eProcurement training prior to May 16 and to request eProcurement access prior to June 30. In the next few months, changes will be implemented. For instance, contract pricing for Show Me Shop suppliers will be avialable only through the Show Me Shop.

Users may register for training online at http://procurement.mst.edu/psoft/psschedule.html or may view additional information about eProcurement at http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/departments/fa/management/procurement/apps/epro/.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 01:18 PM in Announcements | Permalink

Fifty alumni from the Class of 1958 will be returning for their Golden Alumni Reunion on May 19-21. The Miner Alumni Association invites the campus community and public to these two events:

2 p.m. Tuesday, May 20 -- "MSM-UMR, Missouri S&T...Then and Now" program, Leach Theater, Castleman Hall

10 a.m. Wednesday, May 21 -- Golden Alumni Recognition Ceremony, Leach Theater, Castleman Hall.

Each alumnus will receive his/her 50-year pin during the Golden Alumni Recognition Ceremony on Wednesday. Alumni often remark how this is the most prestigious and memorable part of the reunion for them. Having you in attendance will help show these alumni how pleased we are to have them back on campus.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 01:15 PM in Announcements | Permalink

The four finalists for the position of director of student financial assistance will make presentations to the campus community during open forums starting Thursday. All open forum presentations are scheduled from 1-2:15 p.m. in the Havener Center:

Thursday, May 8: Dee Leuellyn, assistant director of student financial assistance at Missouri S&T (Meramec/Gasconade Room).

Friday, May 9: Chris Standifer, coordinator of student financial assistance at Missouri S&T (St. Pat’s Ballroom A).

Wednesday, May 14: Lynn Stichnote, director of admissions at Missouri S&T (Turner Room).

Monday, May 19: Kathy Stavropoulos, executive director, student financial services and housing resources at Boston University ((Meramec/Gasconade Room).

The search committee welcomes feedback from the campus community on these four candidates for the position. Feedback forms will be available for download beginning Thursday, May 8, at http://enrollment.mst.edu/ .

The forms will be collected at the open meetings but can also be e-mailed to sstites@mst.edu , or they may be sent via campus mail to Jay Goff, search committee chair, 207 Parker Hall. Feedback forms should be turned in by the end of the business day May 20.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 11:14 AM in Announcements | Permalink

Our family would like to thank the campus community for the wonderful support we received after the passing of Tom O’Keefe. In particular, the work of Nancy Uri, the campus police, and everyone that was involved in allowing visitors to park on campus during the funeral was very much appreciated. Your kind words and generosity have made a difficult time into one of fond remembrance.

The Tom O’Keefe Family

Posted by Lance Feyh at 12:49 PM in Thank You | Permalink

Educational Technology would like to thank everyone who attended or participated in the first ever Missouri S&T Teaching and Learning Technology Conference on April 25.

Educational Technology is already planning next year’s conference. Presentations from this year’s conference are being made available on our conference web site Abstracts page.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 11:21 AM in Thank You | Permalink

Wilson Library will have extended hours for the final weeks of the semester. Beginning on Sunday, May 4, and continuing through Thursday, May 15, the library will be open from 8 a.m. until 2 a.m. the following morning. Regular hours of 8 a.m. to midnight will resume on Friday, May 16.

The Outtakes Café will also have special hours. From Monday, May 5, through Friday, May 16, the café will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 7-11 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday. Outtakes Café will be closed for the summer beginning on May 17.

Posted by Lance Feyh at 11:18 AM in Announcements | Permalink