The last day to transition to the new Miner Card at no cost is Feb. 13. All students, faculty and staff are eligible to receive one new Miner Card at no cost if their current card is surrendered. Students, faculty and staff who do not have their current card will pay a $15 replacement fee. The ID office operates 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday and is located in Room 106 Centennial Hall. For more information, email Tara Stone.

Recognized student organization (RSO) advisors are invited to support their RSOs in applying to compete at the second annual Battle of the Brains Scholarship Banquet and Trivia Night. First-, second- and third-place trivia champions will take home prize money to support a philanthropic donation, event or activity of their choice. Members of Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow will select which organizations will compete, based on their applications. Alumni, donors and students will join in the event on Friday, April 17, in the Kinyon-Koeppel Grand Hall of Hasselmann Alumni House. The event is a part of Philanthropy Month at Missouri S&T. Applications are due by 3 p.m. Friday, March 6. For more information, contact Katie Jackson at 341-6034.

The Women’s History Month Planning Committee invites the campus community to nominate a student, staff or faculty member who identifies as a woman for the 2014 Missouri S&T Inspirational Woman awards. Nominate someone online. Nominations are due by 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 9.

The Hispanic Film Festival continues its series with a screening of “Who is Dayani Cristal?” at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, in Room 138 Castleman Hall. More information, including a complete schedule of films, is available online.

Attend the St. Pat’s Ball, sponsored by Missouri S&T Coterie, on Friday, March 6, in St. Pat’s Ballroom of the Havener Center. The event begins with a reception at 5:30 p.m. followed by a four-course meal that begins at 7 p.m. followed by a dance with live music. To sign up or for more information, visit their website.

Southwinds, Missouri S&T’s creative arts magazine featuring the talent of students, faculty and staff, is still seeking poems, stories, artwork and photographs for the spring 2015 issue. Send your submissions to swinds@mst.edu by Sunday, Feb. 15. For more information, email Dr. Anne Cotterill, the publication’s faculty advisor.

Boniface P. T. Fokwa, from the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at RWTH Aachen University in Aachen, Germany, will present a seminar titled “Understanding and Designing new Magnetic Materials” at 4:30 p.m. today (Thursday, Feb. 12) in Room 104 Centennial Hall. The campus community is invited to attend the seminar.

The latest issue of the Research on Concrete Applications for Sustainable Transportation (RE-CAST) University Transportation Center newsletter is now available online.

“The Tempest” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall by Aquila Theatre as part of the 2014-15 Campus Performing Arts Series.