Month: May 2008
New students on campus May 30 for Transfer Advising day
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.
Read More »Thank you
Thank you for the plant, cards, visits during the loss of our father, Calvin Pogue. It was greatly appreciated. Jerry and Beverly Pogue
Read More »Accent modification for faculty
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 […]
Read More »Summer box office hours announced
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.
Read More »Missouri S&T in the news: Jim Bogan on (not in) the hammock
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 […]
Read More »Two staff members picked as winners in Proud Miner drawing
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. […]
Read More »New book stresses communication for engineers
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 […]
Read More »Tune in to UM podcasts
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. […]
Read More »Follow EWB during Guatemala experience
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.
Read More »Funeral arrangements for Doris Ridder
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, […]
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