Author: Peter Ehrhard
Ebola health precautions
Are you returning from overseas travel? Have you visited a region where the Ebola epidemic is occurring? If so, visit student health’s website for information on signs, symptoms and appropriate response. Click on the Ebola Advisory link. Help keep the community healthy and safe. For more information, email Jessica Gargus, health educator, at gargusj@mst.edu.
Read More »Professional development calendar
The faculty professional development calendar of events for the fall 2014 semester is now available online. Events and activities for professional development from educational technology, new faculty programs, research support services, undergraduate advising and the Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI) are included.
Read More »EdTech workshops available
All instructors are invited to attend a series of back-to-school educational technology workshops hosted by the education technology department. Workshops will be held Aug. 18-21 in Room 105 Centennial Hall. No registration is required to attend the workshops. For more a specific schedule, visit the EdTech website.
Read More »Leach Theatre ‘Try-It’ package
Leach Theatre is offering a special “Try-It” season ticket package for the 2014-15 season to current Missouri S&T faculty and staff. The “Try-It” package is a two ticket package that allows you to purchase a ticket to any two Campus Performing Arts or Leach Special Event performance for $48. Faculty and staff may purchase up to two “Try-It” packages.
Read More »Centennial Hall water outage today
There will be a domestic water outage starting at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Aug. 14) in Centennial Hall. Physical facilities hopes to have water services restored by tomorrow afternoon. For more information, contact Ron Boggs at 341-4252.
Read More »C-SPAN 3 to air Ahmad presentation
Dr. Diana Ahmad, associate professor of history and political science, presented a paper during the 2014 Society for Historians of the Early American Republic conference as part of a panel titled “Drugs, Alcohol, and Gendered and Racial Experiences of Addiction.” That panel discussion will air at 1:05 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, on C-SPAN 3. Although […]
Read More »Rolla Bee Club Driftwatch lecture
Anastasia Decker of the Missouri Department of Agriculture will speak at this month’s Rolla Bee Club meeting, which starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, at 1341 California Dr., in Rolla. The event, sponsored by the Phelps County Extension of the University of Missouri, is free and open to the public.
Read More »Havener Center tree replacement planned
This week, contractors working on the campus pedestrian walkway removed the trees lining the walkway to the Havener Center entrance. The trees, little leaf linden trees, are a popular food for Japanese beetles and had been infested. Their replacement, however, is part of the campus’s landscaping master plan. As part of the master plan, nearly twice the number of trees will be planted outside the Havener Center and along the new pedestrian walkway. Crews will plant a variety of trees that were selected for their seasonal presentation. Planting a variety of trees will help avoid devastation in future years if disease strikes one variety. Varieties to be planted include, bald cypress, Carolina silverbell, white birch, American yellowwood, maple, honey locust and three varieties of oak.
Read More »Area F Lot 1 blocked Tuesday
Design and construction management will block Area F Lot 1 parking spaces until noon Tuesday, Aug. 13, at the north side of the Physics Building to conduct roof repairs. Area F permit holders may park in Area P or Area A on that Tuesday to accommodate for the loss of spaces.
Read More »Parking lot announcements
Asphalt patchwork for Area F Lot 1 and Area M Lot 12 will begin today (Monday, Aug. 11). While the lots will be open, any permit holders who are unable to find a parking space may park in another area during this time and receive a parking honor while the lot is undergoing construction.
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