Author: Peter Ehrhard
Camp Invention discounts
Missouri S&T will host the nationwide Camp Invention program, an exciting summer day experience for children entering grades one through six, in two separate week-long sessions this summer.
Read More »Join the new Men’s Chorus
Are you a man on campus who likes to sing? The Missouri S&T choirs are starting a new Men’s Chorus. Sponsored by the Miner Choir Guild, this chorus is open to any man on campus- faculty, staff and students. The group will meet noon-1:50 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. One performance is planned for this semester. Join the choir starting at noon Monday, Jan. 27, in Room 138 Castleman Hall. For more information, email Lorie Francis.
Read More »Forums to discuss vice provost/deans
Representatives from the search firm Isaacson, Miller will hold open forums on campus this week to discuss Missouri S&T’s search for key campus leaders. Meetings will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 15, in Room 199 Toomey Hall, as follows:
Read More »Death of Dr. Linda Bergmann
Dr. Linda Bergmann, past director of the Writing Center and associate professor of English at S&T, died on Sunday, Jan. 12. Bergmann taught at S&T between 1996 and 2001, leaving to become director of the writing lab and professor of English at Purdue University. Her funeral will be held in Chicago and a memorial service […]
Read More »Quarantine summary replaces Postini
Starting Tuesday, Jan. 14, faculty and staff now receive a daily email quarantine summary containing their incoming messages identified as potential spam. Missouri S&T will no longer use the Postini service. Instead, incoming email processing and spam quarantine will be handled by Google Apps before reaching your mailbox.
Read More »eConnection returns to prime time
Starting Thursday, Jan. 23, the faculty and staff eConnection will return to its regular schedule of Monday and Thursday morning publication. The eConnection will maintain this schedule until after the end of the semester. Continue to submit your campus news to the eConnection, student-based announcements to the student eConnection and remember to submit campus events to the campus calendar.
Read More »TERMINALFOUR upgrade is Jan. 21
IT will upgrade TERMINALFOUR, the university’s web content management system, 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21. All faculty and staff are required to be logged out during the upgrade. Most steps for editing and creating items in the new version of TERMINALFOUR will remain the same as the previous version. Main changes include the menu and the look of the “Direct Edit” interface. Documentation will be updated on the web support site, with the addition of training video instructions.
Read More »“Expanding Early Success” seminar
Join the office of sponsored programs for the research professional development seminar “What’s Next? Expanding Early Success” from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, in the Meramec-Gasconade Room of the Havener Center. This seminar for faculty who are seeking to bolster their grant-funding programs is being given by the MU office of grant writing and publications.
Read More »New employees
Hoi Yuen Chan, learning skills specialist, international affairs
Rose Horton, strategic plan progress manager, chancellor’s office
Kelly Jones, instructional designer-eLRNG-, global learning
Yoshihiro Mitsuyama, athletic trainer, student health services
Kathleen Morris, administrative assistant, Rock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center
Cynthia Stevenson, grants/contract specialist, office of sponsored programs
