Author: Velvet Hasner
Cleanup continues after minor fire at McNutt Hall
Crews are cleaning up today after a small fire broke out in a second-floor laboratory in McNutt Hall. The fire started at about 8:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 13, and automatically triggered the building’s sprinkler system. The sprinkler system suppressed the fire, and Rolla firefighters extinguished the remaining fire. The lab was not occupied at the time, and no one was injured.
Read More »Library doors temporarily closed
The front doors of Curtis Laws Wilson library will be closed until 3:30 p.m. today (Wednesday, Aug. 8) due to maintenance and cleaning. The library is still open; please use the side entrance on the right-facing of the building to enter the library. The staff apologizes for the inconvenience.
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S&T community rallies to build home for Jeff Spencer, dine-in set tonight
In the Aug. 1 article, “The Road to Recovery – A Way Back Home,” The Rolla Daily News reporter Corbin Kottmann tells how S&T employees and students are raising support for a former coworker dealing with severe complications following a medical procedure.
Read More »Request a federal work study student for help
If you would like your department to participate in S&T’s Institutional Work Study Program and Federal Work Study Program for the upcoming year, please complete the Federal Work Study Requisition Form online.
Read More »Construction projects to affect water, deionizer at Schrenk Hall
The hot water, cold water, gas and air will be shut down Tuesday, Aug. 14, throughout Schrenk Hall. Unless there are complications, the building will be back in service Wednesday, Aug. 15. Deionized water will not be available Thursday, Aug. 16, throughout Schrenk Hall. Deionized water will be available again Friday, Aug. 17.
Read More »Register by Sept. 21 for service learning symposium
Instructors are invited to S&T’s Symposium on Service Learning 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in St. Pat’s Ballroom C of the Havener Center. Seating is limited. RSVP to Dedie Wilson, experiential learning specialist, at byfieldr@mst.edu by Friday, Sept. 21, to reserve your spot. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Read More »Season subscriptions available for Campus Performing Arts Series
Season subscriptions are on sale for Leach Theatre’s 2018-19 Campus Performing Arts Series through Friday, Aug. 31. The series will include dance company MOMIX, The Texas Tenors (season four finalists from “America’s Got Talent”) and 1970s folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley.
Read More »Toomey Hall fire this morning
At 3:16 a.m. today (Tuesday, Aug. 7), the City of Rolla Fire and Rescue responded to a fire alarm in Toomey Hall. Firefighters determined that a small fire (about the size of a desk) had occurred as part of an experiment in a research lab on the second floor. The sprinkler system extinguished the fire, and fire damage was limited to a desktop and equipment within the experiment. While there was no fire damage to Toomey Hall, there was limited water damage due to sprinkler activation.
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S&T to receive $1.7 million in federal support for nuclear engineering programs
The nuclear engineering program at Missouri S&T has recently been awarded a total of $1.7 million in federal support for research, student scholarships and safety upgrades to the university’s nuclear research reactor.
Read More »Meritorious service award goes to mathematician
Dr. Leon Hall received the Missouri Section of the Mathematical Association of America’s Meritorious Service Award during MathFest in Denver last week.
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