The undergraduate studies office and the physics department will host a farewell reception for Dr. Ronald Bieniek from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, in St. Pat’s Ballroom C in the Havener Center. Bieniek has been with the university for more than 31 years, starting as an assistant professor and rising to a professor of physics and director of new faculty programs and the Learning Enhancement Across Discipline program. Bieniek is leaving Missouri S&T to take a new position as dean of the Honors College at Marshall University in West Virginia. Join the departments in thanking him for his dedicated work and wish him well in his new career. Contact Pam Crabtree for more information.