Author: Peter Ehrhard
Free movie screening: PHD Movie
A free screening of “The PHD Movie” will be offered at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, in Room 125 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. The movie is the independently produced live-action adaptation of the online comic strip “Piled Higher and Deeper.” Filmed on location at the California Institute of Technology, the movie follows four graduate students […]
Read More »S&T Toastmasters Club open house
On Friday, Sept. 6, the Missouri S&T Toastmasters Club will have its biannual open house meeting. Students are invited visit and learn more about Toastmasters, which is a public speaking club designed to improve speaking and leadership skills. The meeting will take place at noon in the Silver and Gold Room of the Havener Center.
Read More »S&T grad student wins competition
For the second year in a row, a Missouri S&T graduate student has won the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) international symposium student division competition. This year, the winning entry was submitted by Bhanuchander Poreddy, a Ph.D. student in systems engineering at S&T. The symposium was held June 24-27 in Philadelphia.
Read More »Lane retirement reception moves
After 30 years of dedicated service to Missouri S&T and 10 years at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Dave Lane, a telecommunication technician in IT, is retiring. The information technology department invites the campus community to celebrate Lane’s retirement from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, in Room 104 Computer Science Building. Stop by and […]
Read More »S&T faculty and staff golf league
A new semester is starting and with it the Missouri S&T Faculty/Staff Golf League will begin play at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, at the Miners’ Golf Course.
Read More »Garmin Day
The campus community is invited to attend the annual Garmin Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, on the lawn in front of Toomey Hall. Software, hardware and mechanical engineers will be available to answer any questions about Garmin products. A Garmin company Jeep equipped with Garmin products ranging from fitness to automotive items […]
Read More »5k run/walk for veterans
The Chancellor’s Leadership Academy is hosting a 5K run/walk on Saturday, Sept. 7, to benefit the Missouri S&T Student Veterans Association. The Missouri S&T Student Veterans Association helps veterans achieve their educational and transitional goals, providing community support and university representation.
Read More »2013 Curators’ Teaching Summit
The first session of the 2013 Curators’ Teaching Summit will be held at noon Monday, Sept. 16, in the Missouri/Ozark Room of the Havener Center. The topic will be “Tackling Emerging Student Issues in the Classroom.” The event is sponsored by CERTI, the Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation.
Read More »Luna visits earthquake site
Last spring, Dr. Ronaldo Luna, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, visited areas affected by an earthquake that occurred in Guatemala in November 2012. He visited the area as a member of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, a nonprofit technical society. The group collected information about the effects of the earthquake, examined current construction […]
Read More »New ESL Learning Center
The English as a Second Language (ESL) Learning Center assists Missouri S&T students for whom English is not their native language. The ESL Learning Center offers both individual tutorials and group study sessions on all aspects of grammar, writing, composition and argumentation. They also help students develop skills in note-taking, active reading and in-class participation. […]
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