Month: February 2012
Ballet and Dance Club to host camp
Youth age 3 to high school are invited to the Mary Poppins Dance Camp hosted by the Missouri S&T Ballet and Dance Club. This event will be held from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Feb. 25, at andFlew! Studios in downtown Rolla. All campers will learn a dance to a Mary Poppins song and will be […]
Read More »Learn PowerPoint’s hidden potential to increase student engagement
Did you know that PowerPoint, the prime tool for classroom presentations, has hidden potential for truly interactive learning activities, such as icebreakers, motivational illustrations and even games? Instructors are invited to find out more at “The Surprising Uses of PowerPoint to Increase Student Engagement,” a Faculty Learning Community, scheduled for noon Friday, Feb. 17, in […]
Read More »Packard to discuss geothermal project’s effect on campus energy usage
Jim Packard will present “S&T’s Geothermal Energy Project: Reducing Campus Energy Use and Its Impacts,” at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, in St. Pat’s B of the Havener Center. Packard, director of facilities operations at S&T, will explain how S&T’s upcoming geothermal energy project will dramatically cut campus energy use, and why this is so […]
Read More »Join the S&T drum circle
A Community Drum Circle will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the Havener Center atrium. All are invited to participate in this rhythmic event. Drums will be provided; no training is necessary. Contact minerleader@mst.edu or call 341-7504 to sign up.
Read More »Learn about rap industry Monday evening
Speaker Lasana Hotep will explore the multi-billion-dollar rap industry in a presentation titled “From the South Bronx to 106 & Park: Black Music Impacting the World,” at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, in Room 125 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. Discover the environment in which hip-hop was born and the challenges and opportunities found within the […]
Read More »Bookstore to host Valentine’s Day event
The Missouri S&T Bookstore will host a special event at noon on Valentine’s Day (Tuesday, Feb. 14), in the atrium of the Havener Center. Ten pre-selected couples will compete in the “Sounds of Love” event. Follow the S&T Bookstore on Facebook for details and updates.
Read More »New employees
Kimberly Craft, secretary, university advancement Andrew Stubbs, telecomm technician, information technology
Read More »Morgan wins Durkan Prize
Jack Morgan, research professor emeritus of English and technical communication, won the 2011 Michael J. Durkan Prize for Books on Language and Culture for New World Irish: Notes on One Hundred Years of Lives and Letters in American Culture. The Durkan Prize is awarded by the American Conference for Irish Studies. Morgan will travel to […]
Read More »Tickets still available for Monday’s Nobel Prize lecture
Tickets are still available for the public lecture by Dr. Daniel Shechtman, the current Nobel Prize recipient in chemistry. Shechtman will deliver the 23rd A. Frank Golick Lecture in Materials Science and Engineering at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall. The presentation is free and open to the public, but […]
Read More »Malone receives award
Ed Malone, associate professor of English and technical communication, won the 2012 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award in the category of best article reporting historical research or textual studies in technical and scientific communication. His article, “Chrysler’s ‘Most Beautiful Engineer:’ Lucille J. Pieti in the Pillory of Fame,” was published in volume 19, issue […]
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