Dr. Kathryn Northcut, an associate professor of English and technical communication, earned the 2015 “Best Original Collection of Essays in Technical or Scientific Communication” award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) for the book Designing Texts: Teaching Visual Communication. Northcut co-edited the book with Dr. Eva Brumberger, associate professor and director of the Professional Writing program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), in 2013.

The Office of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engagement (OSE3) will host 36 Boy Scouts on Saturday, Feb. 7, for a Sustainability Merit Badge through the Merit Badge University. Read more about the badge online.

The Gaffers Guild will have a glass sale 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday Feb. 12, and Friday, Feb. 13, in the McNutt Hall commons. Valentine’s Day-themed items such as hearts and flowers will be sold. Email Caroline Murphy for more information.

Missouri S&T faculty will meet with educational technology to discuss the current and future state of “clickers” on campus. Faculty input is needed for discussion, evaluation and ultimately the determination of how best to continue using “clickers” at Missouri S&T. The meeting will be held noon-1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, in the Meramec-Gasconade Room of the Havener Center.

Students and faculty requiring alternate test times, make-up exams or other testing arrangements are asked to notify the Testing Center at least seven business days before the test date. The Testing Center will no longer accept same-day testing requests. Students must make arrangements with both faculty and the Testing Center. Faculty members are reminded to submit a Faculty Test Request Form. This form should be completed when students request alternative testing arrangements, including make-up exams. Testing Center hours are 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Fridays. The Testing Center provides a secured, monitored and reduced-distraction testing environment for students, faculty and staff. For more information, contact the Testing Center at 341-4222.

There will be a series of workshops on the topic of metacognition and how it relates to learning geared at various student groups on Feb. 11 and 12. Dr. Saundra McGuire, professor of chemistry and director emerita of the Center for Academic Success at Louisiana State University, will present at the following workshops:

The Environmental Research Center (ERC) invites the campus community to an open house at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, in Room 125 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. The activities and capabilities related to environmental research at Missouri S&T will be on display. As the campus community looks to increase cross-campus collaborations and integrate a variety of expertise, the center is offering a sampler-platter of its current expertise, ongoing projects and analytic capabilities to better develop campus collaborations.

A resume is usually the first impression a recruiter receives from a student. Make sure students have the best resume before attending the Career Fair. Help students prepare for the upcoming Career Fair by having their resume reviewed by a career opportunities and employer relations advisor sometime during the following Resumazing dates:

International and cultural affairs, through its partnership with the Global Engineering Consortium for Study Abroad, invites you to apply for a Fellowship at Munich University of Applied Sciences for the academic year 2015-2016.