Author: Velvet Hasner
Tornado drill planned March 6; evaluate your plan
The National Weather Service will test their severe weather alert and sirens during a statewide tornado drill at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 6, as part of Missouri’s Severe Weather Awareness Week. University Police recommends using this time to consider what you would do and where you would go in the case of an actual tornado warning.
During an actual tornado:
A tornado warning means that a tornado has been sighted or indicated by radar. The Rolla Police Department will activate the city’s outdoor sirens. When warning sirens sound:
- Seek shelter, preferably in a designated area. Move to an interior hallway, under a stairwell or a room with no windows.
- Stay away from outside walls, exterior doors and glass windows or partitions. Do not open windows.
- Take cover under heavy furniture. Cover your head.
- Check local radio and television stations concerning the tornado warning.
- There is no all-clear message sounded through the siren system. However, Missouri S&T does send out all-clear messages through its mass notification system.
Here are a few resources and tips:
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Missouri S&T’s concert bands will present a performing arts concert at 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday, March 1) at Leach Theatre. The concert will feature performances by S&T’s brass choir, woodwind trio and video game music ensemble.
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Dr. Tony Frankino will present a biological sciences lecture, “Research-based Learning in the Galapagos” at noon Tuesday, March 6, in the Carver-Turner Room of the Havener Center. Frankino is an associate chair and associate professor in biology and biochemistry at the University of Houston.
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Chirag Parik, deputy director for the Office of Counterproliferation at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), will present a lecture at 3-4:50 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, in Room 120 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. His talk is titled “U.S. National Security Space: Seizing New Opportunities and Facing New Challenges.”
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Get access to Missouri S&T photos
S&T’s marketing and communications department recently partnered with Photoshelter, a digital photo management system, to improve access to the university’s photo collection. The archive, missourisandt.photoshelter.com, features photos from Missouri S&T events and activities starting in 2014 through today. Photographs created by Missouri S&T are for the news and editorial needs of the university and external partners.
Read More »OURE application deadline is today
Applications are due today (Thursday, March 1) in Room 105 Norwood Hall for the 2018-19 Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experiences (OURE) Program. Get more details and an application.
Read More »Travel grant applications due today
TThe Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) offers professional development grants of up to $1,000 for early-career faculty, both tenure-track and non-tenure track. The grants are designed to help early-career faculty travel to conferences or workshops for their professional development or to meet with fund managers. One grant is allowed per faculty member per academic year. The application deadline is today (Thursday, March 1). For more information, please visit CAFE’s website or contact the center at cafe@mst.edu.
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All non-tenure-track faculty (NTT) are invited to join colleagues for happy hour 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, at Public House Brewing Co. in Rolla. For more information about informal gatherings or other faculty events, please visit the Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI) website.
Read More »CSTS meetings planned in March
Meetings of the Center for Science, Technology and Society (CSTS) are open to all researchers interested in the intersection of science, technology and society. Meetings this month will include:
- 1-1:50 p.m. Monday, March 5, in Room140 Toomey Hall
- 3-3:50 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, location to be determined
