Author: Velvet Hasner
Register by April 30 for Title IX conference
The University of Missouri System will host the Show Me Title IX Conference June 4-5 in Columbia. It is open to faculty and staff who work on UM System campuses and professionals from other Missouri colleges, universities and K-12 classrooms. Register online by Monday, April 30. For more information, please visit the UM System’s website.
Read More »Load up on free audio books, e-books
If you’re seeking reading material or audio books for your spring break, check out the Curtis Laws Wilson Library’s Overdrive selections. Digital audio books and e-books are available for library card holders (S&T students, faculty and staff) at https://mobius.overdrive.com or by downloading the Overdrive app. Popular titles include Game of Thrones, Big Little Lies, The Handmaiden’s Tale, Harry Potter and Stephen King’s It. For tutorials on Overdrive, stop by the Curtis Laws Wilson Library or visit the library’s Facebook page.
Read More »Spring break hours planned for IT Help Desk, Box Office
The IT Help Desk and the Leach Theatre Box Office will operate with reduced hours during spring break next week, Monday, March 26, through Friday, March 30.
- The IT Help Desk’s walk-in center will be open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The Help Desk phones will continue to be staffed 8 a.m.-5 p.m. If you have questions, please call 341-4357 (HELP), visit the help desk on the first floor of the Curtis Laws Wilson Library, or submit an online ticket.
- The box office will be open 9 a.m.-1 p.m. during the break and resume regular hours of 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, April 2.
Recommendations needed for student writing consultants
The Writing Center seeks undergraduate students to work as peer writing consultants beginning in Fall 2018, and your help is needed to identify qualified candidates. If you know students with strong writing and interpersonal skills, please pass their names on to Jeanine Bruening, director of the center, at brueningj@mst.edu by Wednesday, April 4.
Read More »Grad fair wraps up today
The S&T Store’s grad fair began yesterday and will end at 4:30 p.m. today (Thursday, March 22). During the event, save 10 percent on caps and gowns and diploma frames. Students can pick up personalized graduation announcements 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and get senior portraits taken for the yearbook 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Enter to win prizes, including a regalia set (cap, gown and tassel) or a diploma frame. Visit with staff from the registrar’s office and career opportunities and employer relations (COER).
Read More »Flags to fly at half-staff
By order of Gov. Eric Greitens, all flags at all Missouri state and government offices will be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset Thursday, March 22, in honor of Cloria Brown, a Missouri State Representative, who died March 18.
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Dr. Barbara Hale retires
After 46 years of teaching and research in the physics department at Missouri S&T, Dr. Barbara N. Hale has retired. In 1973, Hale was one of the first two women to join the Missouri S&T physics faculty. The physics department honored Hale with a retirement celebration in early March. Read more.
Read More »Smart living candidate to present seminar today
Dr. Qingbo (Roger) Yang, a faculty candidate at Missouri S&T, will present “A Colorful Journey from Biology to Biology — An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Smart Living and Beyond” at 3 p.m. Monday, March 19, in Room 256 Toomey Hall.
Read More »Staff Council hosts first forum, more to come
Dr. Christopher G. Maples, interim chancellor, and Cuba Plain, interim vice chancellor for finance and operations, answered questions from employees at a staff forum hosted by Staff Council on March 16. John Cook, interim chair of Staff Council, says the council will host future forums for staff members. If there are questions or concerns you would like addressed at an upcoming forum, please email mststaffcouncil@mst.edu.
Read More »Candidate forums planned today, Wednesday
Students, faculty and staff are invited to meet the candidates for Missouri S&T’s vice chancellor for research and dean of graduate studies (VCRDGS) during open forums. The first candidate’s open forum was held March 13. The next forums will be held:
- Candidate 2, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Monday, March 19, in St. Pat’s A of the Havener Center
- Candidate 3, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, in St. Pat’s B of the Havener Center
Prior to each candidate’s visit, the candidate’s bio and curriculum vitae will be posted at provost.mst.edu/vcrdgs-search. Attendees may also provide feedback at provost.mst.edu/vcrdgs-search following each forum.
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