Author: Velvet Hasner
New employees announced
The following employees joined Missouri S&T in December. Please join the Miner community in welcoming these new staff members:
Read More »Martha Grisham to retire
Martha Grisham, human resources specialist, is retiring after almost 44 years of service. The campus community is invited to offer her well wishes by emailing mgrisham@mst.edu or sending a card to her campus address, 113 Centennial Hall. Her last day will be Friday, Jan. 29.
Read More »Back-to-school seminars set for Friday
Information Technology media services (ITMS) and the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) will offer back-to-school seminars via Zoom Friday, Jan. 15, to prepare faculty and staff for the spring semester. ITMS will focus on classroom technology, as well as tools like Zoom and Panopto. CAFE will focus on Canvas and other tools tied into Canvas.
Read More »Outages planned in Schrenk Hall
Schrenk Hall will experience outages this week as crews renovate G-28 for a vivarium lab. The first outage will include domestic water (sinks) and restrooms. The restrooms in Schrenk Hall West will be unavailable from approximately 6 a.m.-noon tomorrow (Tuesday, Jan. 12). During this time, the restrooms and sinks in Schrenk Hall East can be used.
Read More »Flags at half-staff
Flags at all state and government buildings are flying at half-staff until sunset Wednesday, Jan. 13, in honor of United States Capitol Police Officers Brian D. Sicknick and Howard Liebengood.
Read More »Prepare for return to campus by quarantining now
As the university prepares to welcome students back to campus for the start of the spring 2021 semester, Dr. Dennis Goodman, chief medical officer, advises students to quarantine at home for 10 days prior to return. All students who plan to move in to residence halls, university-approved off-campus housing or private housing by Monday, Jan. 18, should begin their quarantine today (Friday, Jan. 8).
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Missouri S&T 2020 Year in Review
It’s become a cliche to refer to all things 2020 as “unprecedented.” But for Missouri S&T, that phrase holds true this year — and not just because of the pandemic. Several firsts — including a milestone anniversary, groundbreaking gifts, a Miner in the NFL and of course our response to COVID-19 — top our list of the most significant Missouri S&T news stories of the year.
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Update: Pedestrian bridge construction to affect area traffic
The City of Rolla, in partnership with Missouri S&T, will construct a pedestrian bridge on Route E (University Drive) over Interstate-44, near Exit 185 in Rolla. There will be several closures during construction. Plans are subject to change, depending on weather. Plans currently include:
Read More »Responses to staff forum questions posted online
Due to time constraints, every question asked during the Dec. 17 open forum hosted by Staff Council could not be addressed. Written responses to questions that weren’t answered during the meeting are now posted on the chancellor’s website.
Read More »HPC maintenance planned
The High Performance Computing (HPC) center will be down for scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, Jan. 20. A reservation is in place to prevent new jobs from starting if they are scheduled to be run during the outage.
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