Author: Peter Ehrhard
HR offers computer access for benefits
Don’t have computer access for the upcoming annual benefits enrollment or just need someone to give you a little extra help? Human resource services, affirmative action and diversity and inclusion has arranged to have a computer lab available for employees during annual benefits enrollment 7 a.m.-noon Monday, Oct. 20, and Monday, Oct. 27, in Room 105 Centennial Hall. No appointment is necessary and computers will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Read More »Curators’ Teaching Summit continues
The second part of the fall 2014 Curators’ Teaching Summit, titled “Great Expectations: Bridging the Gap Between Instructor and Student Expectations,” continues at noon Monday, Oct. 13, in the Missouri-Ozark Room. All instructors are invited to attend.
Read More »Office relocations keep ZIP Codes
The mailroom would like to remind departments that move to a new location that they keep their four-digit extension on the 65409-XXXX ZIP Code model. New departments must contact the mailroom to be assigned a new ZIP Code. Departments keep their numbers no matter where they move. For more information, contact Mary Hodge at 341-4448.
Read More »Health educator open forums set
The campus community is invited to attend open forums for three candidates for the new health educator position. Information on the times, dates and locations of the presentations are as follows:
Read More »Library book sale is Oct. 8
Curtis Laws Wilson Library will hold a book sale 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, in the lobby of the library. Paperbacks will be $1 and hard covers will be $2. The library will also sell folio maps for $4. Come in and check out hundreds of items at unbeatable prices.
Read More »MNS testing complete
Thank you for participating in last week’s test of the Missouri S&T emergency mass notification system. Test messages were sent out by phone, email and text to 10,550 recipients at noon Wednesday, Sept. 24. By 12:01 p.m., the message was distributed to 100 percent of email recipients. By 12:10 p.m., it successfully reached 96 percent of text message recipients and by 12:18 p.m., it reached 82 percent of phone recipients.
Read More »Statistician to give two guest lectures
Dr. Li-Xing Zhu, structural chair professor and head of mathematics at Hong Kong Baptist University, will visit campus and give two lectures on dimension reduction and variable selection methods. The campus community is invited to attend both lectures 4:15-5:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, and Friday, Oct. 17, in Room 295 Toomey Hall. Refreshments will be served both days starting at 4 p.m.
Read More »Havener reservations to close, move
The reservations department at the Havener Center will be closed on Tuesday, Sept. 30, to move to a new location. During this time, the office will be unavailable. Please email any questions you may have to reserve@mst.edu and they will respond as soon as possible. Once the move is complete, the office will reopen on the first floor of the Havener Center behind the front desk.
Read More »Learn how sleep improves the brain
Dr. Paul Shaw, associate professor of neurobiology from the Washington University School of Medicine, will present a seminar on the benefits of sleep and how it ameliorates learning difficulties. The seminar will be held 3-4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, in Room 139 Schrenk Hall. The campus community is invited to attend. For more information, email Jessica Pelc.
Read More »Get free hanging folders from archives
University archives has hundreds of gently used standard -sizehanging folders to give away. Available colors include green, pink, yellow and blue. Go to the university archives in Room G-2 of the Curtis Laws Wilson Library and help yourself to as many as you need. After 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, any remaining folders will be recycled. For more information, call Dr. Diana Ahmad at 341-4817 or Melody Lloyd 341-6954.
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