Month: April 2011
Consultant to discuss project management
Mike Fox, a partner of Accenture Consulting, will present “Successful Project Management in A Consulting World” from 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, in Room 107-A Fulton Hall. Fox will share his experiences deploying large-scale information systems (specifically ERP systems) in his role as project management consultant, and give his insights about the technical and interpersonal […]
Read More »Waiting for Superman to be shown on Tuesday
The next offering in the Spring 2011 Free Film Festival will be the 2010 documentary Waiting for Superman, scheduled to be shown at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in Leach Theatre. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows some promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth. The PG-rated film is free and open […]
Read More »Submit original designs for ‘Celebration’ T-shirt contest
Amateur artists and designers are invited to submit original designs for this year’s Celebration of Nations T-shirt. The winning submission will receive a $200 gift certificate from the Missouri S&T Bookstore. Designs must reflect the event’s theme, “One Campus. One Community. One World.”
Read More »Distinguished Research Seminar April 14
Dr. John Burns will present “Science, Engineering and Mathematical Challenges in Designing Net Zero Energy Buildings” at 2:15 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in Room 103 Engineering Management Building. Burns is the Hatcher Professor of Mathematics and technical director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Mathematics at Virginia Tech. Burns’ lecture is sponsored by Dr. K. […]
Read More »Submit ‘Minute To Win It’ teams by Friday
Staff Day is scheduled for Wednesday, June 1 and this year’s fun will include the S&T version of the popular game “Minute To Win It.” See how many teams your department can sign up (a maximum of four members per team). Submit your team name and a list of team members no later than Friday, […]
Read More »Energy Technology Symposium April 18-19
The Society of Petroleum Engineers Student Chapter invites the campus community to the 2011 Missouri S&T Energy Technology Symposium. This free two-day event will be held April 18-19 in the Carver-Turner Room of the Havener Center. The symposium will include speakers from Baker Hughes, CARBO Ceramics, Chevron, Continental, Halliburton, NSi Industries, National Oilwell Varco, Southwestern, […]
Read More »Hydrologist to present seminars April 19, 20
The Environmental Research Center is hosting two seminars by Dr. Francis H. Chapelle, senior hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Columbia, S.C.: “Wellsprings: A Natural History of Bottled Spring Waters,” at 3 p.m. Tuesday April 19, in Room G-5 H-SS Building “Assessing Vulnerability of Groundwater Systems to Contamination: Geochemical and Modeling Approaches,” at 2 […]
Read More »Large binocular telescope topic of April 21 lecture
Physics will host a lecture titled “The Large Binocular Telescope: Seeing the Universe in a New Light,” scheduled from 4-5 p.m. Thursday, April 21, in Room 104 Physics Building. The speaker will be Dr. R. Mark Wagner, research scientist in the astronomy department at the Ohio State University and instrumentation scientist at the Large Binocular […]
Read More »Blackboard maintenance this Sunday
IT will perform Blackboard maintenance beginning at midnight Sunday, April 17. Blackboard will be unavailable for four hours between midnight and 4 a.m. Call the Help Desk with questions about this or any other IT issues at 573-341-HELP (4357) or submit an online help request.
Read More »EMSE to host open house
The EMSE Graduate Student Research Open House will be held from 9:30-11 a.m. Thursday, April 14, in the lobby of the Engineering Management Building.
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