The Obama for America campaign stop at Missouri S&T on Wednesday brought plenty of media attention to the campus and Rolla, as well as several media mentions of the new name. For a roundup of the media coverage that mentions Missouri S&T, visit the Missouri S&T online news clip site, http://del.icio.us/missourisandt/obama.
July 2008 Archives
• Kathy Volz, program specialist, Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach
• John Edgar, professional learning communities’ consultant, Regional Professional Development Center
• Nathaniel Mitchell, admissions representative, admissions
• Matthew Lehmann, admissions representative, admissions
• Jill Bodenhammer, admissions representative, admissions
• Wendi King, clerk typist II, Leach Theatre
• Heath House, electrician, physical facilities
• Kimberly Ann Johnson, administrative assistant, alumni and constituent relations
• Traci Smith, administrative assistant, admissions
• Abigail Jelvaich, admissions representative, admissions
Chartwells Dining Services will hold a job fair from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, and from 3-7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, in the Missouri Ozark Room of the Havener Center. Chartwells is seeking all food service professional positions, including a catering coordinator and a sous chef.
Hopefully you did. Several weeks ago, environmental health and safety began placing green stickers above light switches across campus. The stickers are to remind everyone to turn off lights when leaving an unoccupied room. Why is this important? In fiscal year 2008, Missouri S&T's electric usage averaged 3,166,934 KWH (kilo watt hours) a month. This translates into an average electric bill of $249,476.14 for each month. Watch for more information about conserving electricity in the weeks ahead.
South Central Regional Professional Development Center is sponsoring a two-day seminar titled "A Framework for Understanding Poverty with Learning Structures" on Wednesday, Aug. 6 and Thursday, Aug. 7. Instructor Rita F. Pierson, Ed.D., of Houston, Texas, will facilitate this seminar based on the book by Ruby K. Payne. Registration is free for faculty, staff and students. For more information and to register go to: https://www.mylearningplan.com/WebReg/ActivityProfile.asp?D=11005&I=396173&H=1.
Due to rain and mist, the final coat of sealant in the Curtis Laws Wilson Library plaza area is expected to be applied on Friday, Aug. 1. Areas that already received two coats of sealant will be open on Thursday, July 31. Signs will be posted. Because no security is in place at this entrance, all backpacks and bags may be subject to inspection at the discretion of library staff.
Starting on Thursday, July 31, emails sent to umr.edu will not be delivered and umr.edu websites will not be redirected to the mst.edu web domain.
Here’s what you need to do (if you haven’t already) to ensure a seamless transition after July 31:
- Update your umr.edu bookmarks and email contacts to mst.edu. A list of commonly accessed Missouri S&T links is available on the IT department’s name change resource site.
- Let your friends, family, alumni, potential employers, potential research grant sources and other academic partners know about these upcoming changes. They won’t be able to email you at umr.edu or open umr.edu web links after July 31.
We appreciate the patience of all students, faculty and staff during this process of renaming our institution. If you have questions about any of these issues or need further assistance, please call the IT Help Desk at 573-341-HELP.
Cleaning work scheduled for this week in the Curtis Laws Wilson Library plaza area has been postponed due to the rain.
During the work, the southeast entrance will be the only available entrance. Signs will be posted. Because no security is in place at this entrance, all backpacks and bags may be subject to inspection at the discretion of library staff.
The residential life department and Chartwells Dining Service have moved to the Campus Housing and Dining Building (formerly the KMNR building) at 205 W. 12th St. Any students needing residential life or Chartwells should be directed to this new location. For more information, call 341-4218.
The Leonard Wood Institute invites university faculty and staff to the Exhibit Hall Grand Opening and Reception at Nutter Field House at Fort Leonard Wood. The event is from 5-7 p.m. Monday, July 28.
The Exhibit Hall is part of the Maneuver Support Science and Technology Conference that will be held at the field house from July 29-30. If you have questions, call Ron Selfors at 573-368-6307.
The Tour of Missouri professional cycling race will feature a stage stop in Rolla at approximately 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11. The finish line will be on 10th Street in front of Castleman Hall.
Automobile travel and parking around campus will be affected during this event as spectators are estimated to number 15,000 to 20,000.
Several hundred volunteers are needed for the event. For additional information, check out the Tour of Missouri website at www.tourofmissouri.com/.
Look for future updates on this event. For additional information, contact Mark Potrafka, director of student life, at markp@mst.edu.
Educational Technology and Blackboard is offering two Blackboard 8 Grade Center training sessions. The first session is from 10 a.m.-noon and the second from 12:30-2:30 p.m., both on Tuesday, Aug. 19, in Room 105 of the University Center (technology classroom).
Grade Center is a new and improved version of the previous Blackboard grade book. It supports an interface similar to a spreadsheet, directed email to students and the ability for instructors to generate progress reports. Other features include Smart Views, grading schemas, grade histories, and hide/freeze columns. See a short video clip about Blackboard 8 Grade Center on YouTube.
To sign up for one of the Blackboard 8 Grade Center training sessions, follow the steps below:
1. Go to http://edtech.mst.edu
2. Click Register for Training.
3. Type in your Missouri S&T userid and password and click OK.
4. Click on the training session you want to sign up for.
5. Click Register.
Due to renovations in Room 325, the computer science department's main office will move to Room 327 of the Computer Science Building until further notice beginning July 28.
Microsoft Office 2007 is now available. New features in this version include:
• New, improved look and feel
• More intuitive menu navigation
• Better graphic and presentation options
Customers can get the software by contacting the Help Desk at 341-HELP(4357). Those interested are encouraged to call before the start of the fall semester due to increased customer service calls.
Parking lot 22 (Area B, corner of 11th and State streets, across from the Chancellor's Residence) will be closed all day Friday, July 25, for sealing work.
The Rolla Town Band will give its last summer concert performance at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 24, on the Castleman Hall Green located at 10th and State streets on the Missouri S&T campus. The concert features selections of popular and classical music for band.
Repairs to several campus parking lots, as well as the plaza area outside Curtis Laws Wilson Library will begin on Monday, July 21.
Summer repairs to parking lots 22, 36, 8, 1 and 3 are expected to be completed, weather permitting, by Friday, July 25. No lots will be closed during these repairs.
- Lot 22 (across State Street from the Chancellor’s Residence)
- Lot 36 (Area M, closest to ERL)
- Lot 8 (Area L, corner of Vichy Road and St. Patrick Lane)
- Lot 1 (Area F, between Physics and Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Building, at the Pine Street entrance)
- Lot 3 (Area A, near the new Campus Housing and Dining Services)
Washing and cleaning in the Curtis Laws Wilson Library plaza area will take place Monday, July 21, and Tuesday, July 22. The library’s south entrance will be closed Wednesday, July 23, through Friday, July 25. The only available entrance will be on the southeast side of the building. Signs will be posted. Because no security is in place at this entrance, all backpacks and bags may be subject to inspection at the discretion of library staff.
Physical facilities staff thanks the campus community for its cooperation during these projects. For more iformation, contact physical facilities at 341-4252.
The Missouri S&T Solar Car Team began the day on July 21 in seventh place. Follow the team's progress: Solar42 blog and Experience This!
Missouri S&T continually seeks to reduce its environmental footprint. The campus has improved paper, battery and aluminum can recycling. Now it is time to decrease the use of natural resources. In 2007, S&T purchased more than 9.5 million sheets of paper, or more than 1,300 sheets of paper for every faculty, staff and student. One of the Environmental Management System's (EMS) objectives is to reduce the amount of paper used on campus by 40 percent by the end of this year.
You can help achieve this goal as we continue to build Missouri S&T's Green Initiative:
- Ask printing services to use recycled paper
- Reduce line spacing and decrease margins on Word documents
- Do not print e-mails or any other documents unless absolutely necessary
- Purchase post-consumer content paper for your department
- Utilize the UM system procurement contracts for competitively priced recycled paper
- Encourage the practice of paperless meetings
- Utilize the duplex feature on your office printer (if available)
Contact Wade Jadwin at 341-4089 if you have any questions about our EMS program or paper reduction.
A group of campus and community golf enthusiasts is circulating a petition to convince the City of Rolla to include a golf course in its plans for the city's westward expansion. The petition is available for signature at the Missouri S&T Golf Course club house.
With the planned elimination of the Missouri S&T Golf Course to make way for the university's Innovation Park, the campus golfers are seeking another option for their sport. Currently, the Rolla West Alternative #3 features a golf course.
Recognizing and advising students who may have emotional, behavioral and academic issues can be challenging. The undergraduate advising office is hosting a workshop to help faculty advisors address these issues. "Recognizing and Responding to Students in Distress," is scheduled from 12-1 p.m. Monday, July 28, in the Missouri-Ozark Room of the Havener Center. The workshop will be facilitated by Patti J. Fleck, PhD, counseling and disability support, and Barb Prewett, student affairs.
The workshop will help faculty recognize common "red flags" that indicate a student is distressed, as well provide strategies for dealing with these situations. Available resources to help faculty advisors and their students will also be presented. Lunch will be provided.
Please RSVP to Beth Welter at bethw@mst.edu or call 341-4424 to reserve a seat.
Dr. Doug Carroll, professor of interdisciplinary engineering, will discuss his book, “The Winning Solar Car,” as well as solar car design and racing at noon on Thursday, July 24, in Room 204 of the Curtis Laws Wilson Library. Carroll served as advisor to Missouri S&T’s winning solar car team from 1992-2005. Refreshments will be provided by the library.
As a part of Missouri S&T rebranding efforts, IT updated security certificates on July 14. If you use the MST-WPA wireless connection on campus, you need to accept the new certificate before you can access the wireless network.
Click here to view instructions for accepting the security certificate.
If you have any questions or difficulty connecting to the MST-WPA wireless network, please contact the IT Help Desk at 341-HELP (4357).
For the latest information about campus IT issues, visit http://itpress.mst.edu.
The Rolla Town Band will have a summer concert performance at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 22, at the bandshell at 9th & Oak streets. The concert features selections of popular and classical music for band.
Get the latest on Missouri S&T's solar car team as it competes in the North American Solar Challenge, a 2,400-mile journey from Plano, Texas, to Calgary, Canada. The race began Sunday morning with S&T's Solar Miner VI taking off in the No. 3 position. The team ended up spending the night on the outskirts of Vinita, Okla., on the way to today's staged stop at Neosho, Mo.
Follow the action on the Solar42 blog, where the communications staff's Lance Feyh will post updates, and on Experience This!, the official student design team blog. There, Bob Phelan is posting updates and some great photos (like the one above, taken along the Plano route Sunday morning).
Election ballots for vacant Staff Council positions are due Tuesday, July 15. Ballots should be sent to Robert Berkleman, election chair, G-4 Parker Hall, cashier’s office. Download the nomination form.
CURRENT TERM AND VACANCIES
NAME, EMPLOYEE GROUP, TERM, VACANT (Y/N)
Christopher Dew, Administrative/Professional, 2006/08, Y
Mindy Limback, Administrative/Professional, 2006/08, Y
Joyce Abbott, Secretarial/ Clerical, 2006/08, Y
Melissa Folsom, Secretarial/Clerical, 2006/08, Y
Peggy Wilson, Secretarial/Clerical, 2006/08, Y
Wade Jadwin, Technical/Paraprofessional, 2006/08, Y
Roy Snelson, Crafts/Services, 2006/08, Y
Dean Brumett, Crafts/Services, 2006/08 , Y
Robert Berkelman*, Secretarial/Clerical, 2007/09 , Y
Debbie Middendorf, Secretarial/Clerical, 2007/09, N
Nina Eickhorst, Secretarial/Clerical, 2007/09, N
Amy Gillman, Administrative/Professional, 2007/09, N
Cecilia Elmore, Administrative/Professional, 2007/09, N
Mendy Kell, Technical/Paraprofessional, 2007/09, N
Letha Young, Crafts/Services, 2007/09, N
Brenda McKinnon, Crafts/Services, 2007/09, N
*Resigning
Missouri S&T's Jordan Henry was named to ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-America team for track and field and was named the "Scholar-Athlete of the Year" in men's track and field by the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
Missouri S&T posted its highest finish ever for a season in the United States Sports Academy Director's Cup standings as it ended up in 70th place for the 2007-08 season out of the 272 institutions in NCAA Division II.
Read these stories and more at sports.mst.edu.
Missouri S&T graduate student Parthiv Shah and his advisor, Dr. Elizabeth Cudney, were covered by the Malaysia Sun for their research to help predict future food shortages. Read the full story here.
Springfield, Mo., NBC affiliate KY3 interviewed Missouri S&T plumber Roy Snelson yesterday about his unique method of travel to work. Check out the story and video.
The Chicago Tribune picked up the story quoting Missouri S&T's resident hammock expert, Jim Bogan, Curators' Teaching Professor of art, languages and philosophy. This story also appeared in the Los Angeles Times. Read the full story here.
The Student Union Board invites faculty, staff and students to view "GoldenEye" on Wednesday, July 23. The movie will be shown outside on the Havener lawn beginning at 8 p.m., with an alternative rain location in Room 125 of the Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Building.
All faculty and staff are invited to an informational presentation about an equipment maintenance management program offered by The REMI Group at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 17, in the Missouri-Ozarks Room of the Havener Center. The program guarantees a savings of 20-25 percent off current maintenance costs for office, computer, electronic and laboratory equipment. The university is requesting feedback to determine the level of interest in making this State of Missouri contract available to campus departments. For more information, contact Campus Procurement at 341-4266 or Business Services at 341-4122.
As of today, only 22 days remain until the retirement of the umr.edu domain. This means that after July 31, 2008, umr.edu email addresses and all umr.edu websites will cease to function. If you haven't updated your email contacts and notified colleagues, friends, family, research partners, etc., of the switch to mst.edu, please do so now. Visit http://helpdesk.mst.edu/namechange/ for more details and information.
The IRS has announced an increase in the optional standard mileage rate for operating a personal vehicle for business purposes from 50.5 cents per mile to 58.5 cents per mile for the final six months of 2008. The change will be effective for business travel that takes place on or after July 1 through Dec. 31. The IRS made this special adjustment in recognition of recent gasoline price increases and typically updates mileage rates once a year in the fall for the next calendar year. If you have any questions, contact Accounting/Fiscal Services at 341-4189.
The Rolla Town Band will have a summer concert performance at 7:30 p.m. tonight, Thursday, July 10, on the Castleman Hall Green located at 10th and State streets on the Missouri S&T campus. Tonight’s concert features selections of popular and classical music for band.
The probability of a significant central U.S. earthquake occurring within the next 50 years has many government and non-government agencies looking at how they can better prepare for this potentially catastrophic event. Find out how by attending the New Madrid Seismic Zone Conference, Aug. 12-14, 2008, on the Missouri S&T campus. To register or for more information, go online to http://newmadridconf.mst.edu.
To get new students involved in a campus organization, department or program, send information or promotional items to new student programs for insertion in the new students'goodie bags. These bags will be distributed to new students during their official welcome to campus at Convocation. Send any flyers, pamphlets or fun items to 101 University Center by Aug. 1. There will be 1,200 goodie bags, so please supply enough for all students (freshmen and new transfer students). For more information, contact new student programs, 101 University Center, 341-4025.
Opening Week 2008 is just around the corner and the campus is gearing up for another outstanding freshman class. On Sunday, Aug. 17, the campus will welcome more than 1,000 new students during the "Party at the Puck" event. New Student Convocation, the official Missouri S&T welcome, will be held at 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 18, in the Student Recreation Center. Students will participate in academic workshops beginning Aug. 18 and running all week.
Project X will again be the highlight of Opening Week. Known for its design teams, Missouri S&T offers new students a common learning experience as they design a project with their mentor group. The competition will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, beginning at the Puck.
Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend all welcome events. For more information contact new student programs, 101 University Center, 341-7045 or email pfrisbee@mst.edu.
Faculty participation is vital to welcome new students to campus in August. More than 1,000 new students will be 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. Faculty can also give the students tips on classroom success.
The faculty interaction with new students will be scheduled Aug. 19-21 during three time slots: 10:45-11:25 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 12:35-1:15 p.m. Faculty may choose to participate one day or all of the days, for any or all time slots. Participants are asked to attend the faculty discussion and planning session scheduled for 1:30-2:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, in the Carver/Turner Room of the Havener Center.
Interested faculty should contact Patty Frisbee in new student programs, 101 University Center, 341-7045 or email pfrisbee@mst.edu.
On July 1, a crew began replacing the elevator jack in Wilson Library. The process includes the use of hydraulic jacks to remove the old jack, followed by 60 additional feet of drilling.
This work can be extremely noisy and may occur at unpredictable times and durations. Patrons may wish to call 341-4008 before visiting the library to check the noise level.
The library staff appreciates their patrons’ patience and physical facility's assistance.
Missouri S&T now has a campus licensing agreement for Respondus. Respondus is a software application that allows instructors to create tests, quizzes and other assessments for use in their courses. Respondus is compatible with Blackboard and other learning management systems.
Instructors who have already purchased a license for Respondus will not need to renew their license. They will need to contact IT to have the campus-licensed version installed instead.
Instructors who do not have Respondus and would like to have Respondus installed should submit an online Help Request or contact the IT Help Desk at 341-HELP for assistance.
