Weight Watchers will host an open house on Tuesday, April 12. This is an opportunity to learn about the program and to hear the success current Weight Watchers members have had. New members must join between April 3 and April 29 to receive a Spring Starter Kit for free. Don’t forget, three months of Weight Watchers participation can earn eligible employees 100 points toward tier 2 of the wellness incentive. Meetings are held at noon every Tuesday in Room 202 Curtis Laws Wilson Library. The 17-week series costs $186 with 20 paid participants. Split payments are three checks for $62. For more information, email Jeannie Headrick.

The self-appraisal window for Missouri S&T full-time benefit-eligible employees is open and will close on Thursday, March 31. The self-appraisal is optional; however, it is recommended and some supervisors will require one. The self-appraisal window will be open until March 31, then it will no longer be accessible. Following that, managers will complete their phase of the appraisal process.

A funeral service for Dr. Gerald Rupert, professor emeritus of geology and geophysics, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 9, at Christ Episcopal Church, located at 1000 N. Main St. in Rolla. Rupert died Feb. 7.

The Miner ID office will be closed during spring break March 28-April 1. The office will reopen for normal business hours on Monday, April 4. For more information, contact Tara Stone at 341-4996.

The Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies (CIES) and RE-CAST Tier-1 University Transportation Center invite the campus community to attend a webinar presented by Dr. Maria Juenger, professor of civil engineering at the University of Texas-Austin. The webinar, titled “The Future of Concrete may be in its past,” will be broadcast live noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, in Room 209 Computer Science Building. Bagels and refreshments will be served.

The Extraordinary Student Leader Award is presented to a graduating senior who has impacted the campus in an extraordinary way. Please nominate anyone deserving of this award by Tuesday, April 5, at orgsync.com/66620/forms/141802. For more information, email stuaff@mst.edu.

Missouri S&T will host the nationwide Camp Invention program, a week-long summer experience for children entering grades one through six.

Members of the search committee for the next University of Missouri System president will be on campus Monday, April 4, to gather input on the proposed characteristics and desired qualifications for the next UM System president. The forum will be held from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, April 4, in the Carver-Turner Room of the Havener Center. All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend. For more information about the presidential search, visit umsystem.edu/PS/forums.

Dr. Nan Jiang, postdoctoral associate researcher of scientific computing at Florida State University, will present a guest lecture titled “New Algorithms and Models for Computing Fluid Flow Equations” at 4 p.m. Friday, March 25, in Room G-5 Rolla Building. Jiang will present several new results in developing efficient and effective numerical methods for computing fluid […]