Author: Velvet Hasner
PRO Days coming up
The new student programs staff is gearing up to welcome the next class of Miners. Ten Preview, Registration and Orientation (PRO) Days are scheduled on Saturdays in 2018:
- Feb. 24
- March 10
- April 7 and 21
- May 5
- June 1, 8, 15 and 22
- August 11
Opening Week will be held from Sunday, Aug. 12, through Friday, Aug. 17.
Read More »Set your sights on Orion at observatory
The Missouri S&T Observatory will open its doors at 11 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, for viewing the Great Orion Nebula. The viewing is free and no reservations are required.
Read More »Guitar workshop planned Jan. 19
Guitarist Todd Mosby will lead an acoustic guitar workshop 4-5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, at Merle’s Music, located at 304 N. Bishop in Rolla. The workshop, sponsored by Leach Theatre and Merle’s Music, is free and open to the public. Please bring your guitar. Participants will learn simple principles and a systematic approach to developing guitar chops.
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U.S. Naval Academy names McManus visiting professor
The United States Naval Academy has appointed Dr. John McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history, for a visiting professorship. He will serve as the Dr. Leo A. Shifrin Chair for a 10-month period during the 2018-19 academic term.
Read More »Seven S&T faculty receive UM Research Board Grants
The University of Missouri Research Board recently awarded grants to seven Missouri S&T faculty members in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Business. The 12-month grants provide seed money for research initiatives in the categories of humanities, fine arts, social sciences and behavioral sciences. The recipients and their projects are:
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S&T faculty receive grants for affordable, open educational resources
Six Missouri S&T faculty are working to help students save money on textbooks with grants from the University of Missouri System. The grants are provided through the UM System Affordable & Open Educational Resources (A&OER) initiative. The program encourages faculty experimentation and innovation in finding new, better and less costly ways to deliver learning materials to students. The grants are awarded for three levels of costs and cost savings. The levels and S&T faculty recipients are:
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15 programs make U.S. News list of top online graduate offerings
Students interested in pursuing a master’s degree online have 15 nationally ranked programs to choose from at Missouri S&T. U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 Best Online Programs rankings, released today (Tuesday, Jan. 9), include Missouri S&T’s online MBA program, 12 online graduate programs in engineering, and programs that are highly ranked in U.S. News’ non-MBA business and computer information technology categories. Read more.
Read More »‘Art educator of the year’ award goes to Shoemaker
Connie Shoemaker, lecturer in arts, languages, and philosophy, has been chosen by the National Art Education Association (NAEA) as the Western Region Art Educator of the Year and the Western Region Secondary Art Educator of the Year.
Read More »Article on industrial-organizational psychology one of most cited in field
Dr. Nancy J. Stone, professor of psychological science, co-authored an article that is ranked seventh among cited articles and book chapters in industrial-organizational psychology textbooks. The article, “Identification and Meta-analytic Assessment of Psychological Constructs Measured in Employment Interviews” was published in the Journal of Applied Psychology in 2001 and ranked relative to 6,654 articles and book chapters.
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