Author: Peter Ehrhard
Nominate someone for ‘Caught in the Act’
Only two more weeks to get Caught in the Act. During the month of February, wellness ambassadors around campus are rewarding faculty and staff for their random acts of wellness. Make sure you’re the one caught in the act. Better yet, become a wellness ambassador and honor your colleagues for their healthy activities.
Read More »Flags at half-staff effective immediately
By order of U.S. President Barack Obama, all U.S. flags at state and government offices will be flown at half-staff effective immediately in honor of Justice Antonin Scalia, who died Saturday, Feb. 13. The order shall remain in effect until sunset on the date of his interment, which will be Saturday, Feb. 20.
Read More »Beware W-2 phishing attempts
Information security reminds the campus to practice caution when receiving emails related to your W-2 form. The IRS only emails confirmation on e-files; it uses the U.S. Postal Service to deliver forms. For more information, visit https://www.irs.gov/uac/Suspicious-e-Mails-and-Identity-Theft.
Read More »Sign up for TIAA-CREF financial counseling
Faculty and staff can schedule free individual counseling sessions with TIAA-CREF financial consultants on two dates this spring. Representatives will be on campus 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, April 27. Space is limited; register online. For more information, contact Le’Roy Miller Jr., Total Rewards generalist, at 341-6105.
Read More »‘All Things Registrar’ workshop for new faculty
Staff from the registrar’s office will discuss forms, deadlines and all things registrar in an event targeted toward early faculty. It will be held 2-3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, in the Silver and Gold Room of the Havener Center. This is also a time for early faculty to network. Refreshments will be served. RSVP to hagnid@mst.edu.
Read More »Learn about stochastic differential equations at a guest lecture
Dr. Wenqing Hu, postdoctoral associate at the University of Minnesota, will present a guest lecture titled “Stochastically Perturbed Geodesic Flows on Lie Groups” at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, in Room G-5 Rolla Building. The event is sponsored by the mathematics and statistics department.
Read More »Student wellness open house
Check out the transformation of Room 201 Norwood Hall into the new student wellness office from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26. Student wellness is part of counseling, disability support and student wellness (CDSW). The office offers various programs through its student groups Joe’s PEERS and Wellness Educators. Discover resources, such as the […]
Read More »Alpha Sigma Mu calendar sales
Alpha Sigma Mu will sell 2016 calendars 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, through Friday, Feb. 19, in the McNutt Hall commons. The calendars feature scanning electron microscope and optical microscope images taken by materials science and engineering students and faculty.
Read More »COER to host Accenture Feb. 25
Career opportunities and employer relations will host Accenture at noon Thursday, Feb. 25, in Room 305 Norwood Hall. Representatives will present “Case Interviewing.” Students should bring their S&T ID.
Read More »Update on campus power outage issues
The recent increase in power outages has caused major problems with both campus operations and research. Facilities operations knows how disruptive to both operations and research this has been and are working diligently to resolve the issue. Most, if not all, of these outages have been caused by squirrels shorting circuits in the campus substation. Efforts to trap and relocate the squirrels have not resulted in a reduction of incidents.
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