Month: August 2008
Open forums scheduled for director of admissions finalists
The three finalists for the position of director of admissions will make presentations to the campus community during open forums starting Thursday, Aug. 14. All open forum presentations are scheduled from 1-2:15 p.m. in the Havener Center: Thursday, Aug. 14: Louis Levy, dean of students and enrollment at West Virginia University Institute (Meramec/Gasconade Room) Tuesday, […]
Read More »Elevator outage in Computer Science Building
The elevator in the Computer Science Building will be out of service from Wednesday, Aug. 20, until the end of October for repairs. Call Roger Parsons at 341-4252 with any questions or concerns.
Read More »Last PRO session and Transfer Orientation scheduled
This year’s final Preview, Registration and Orientation (PRO) session will be on Saturday, Aug. 16, starting at 9 a.m. in the Havener Center. Incoming students will learn about student life, meet with their Missouri S&T advisors, take the math placement exam and register for fall 2008 semester classes. After attending PRO, new students will participate […]
Read More »Eat for Life
Eat for Life is a new 10-week program that uses mindfulness as the foundation for learning how to create a healthy relationship between food, mind and body. The program is suggested for chronic dieters, people with rigid “healthy” rules about eating, and people who eat when stressed, bored or unhappy. Using mind-body practices such as […]
Read More »Opening Week is almost here
Opening Week Orientation will again be a terrific week of academics, activities and fun. The week begins with more than 1,000 new freshmen participating in the "New Student Move-in" on Saturday, Aug. 16 and activites continue through Saturday, Aug. 23. Throughout the week, students will complete an academic workshop, learn about campus and college life, […]
Read More »Power outage planned for Saturday, Aug. 9
A campuswide power outage is planned for Saturday, Aug. 9, to allow the second of the new campus substation transformers to be lifted into position. This will require a total power outage lasting up to four hours for all university buildings on the main campus (generally between Pine and State streets and between 10th and […]
Read More »HR announces new website to benefit employees
The new UM systemwide human resources website, "myHR," will be available at Missouri S&T beginning on Monday, Aug. 11. Employees will be able to login at myhr.umsystem.edu to view and maintain specific personal information at any time, including: • Current and past pay information • Benefits enrollment and coverage • Vacation, sick, personal and comp […]
Read More »Earthquake conference scheduled
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 […]
Read More »Staff Council to mail new election ballots
Due to technical difficulties, two categories of election voting ballots for vacant Staff Council positions were incorrectly mailed. The red and blue election ballots should be considered void. All red and blue ballots received by Staff Council will be discarded, and staff members who received these ballots will be mailed the correct sheet. Thank you […]
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