The calendar of faculty professional development events for the Fall 2017 semester is now available online. Several campus offices are offering professional development opportunities, and many of the events also are open to graduate teaching assistants.

Want to help your students improve their writing skills? Introduce them to S&T’s Writing Center. Writing Center staff members are available to give brief classroom presentations describing one-on-one consultation services for undergraduates in any course, at any stage of the writing process. The center also offers comprehensive presentations and workshops on writing-related topics specific to individual courses and assignments.

Students, faculty and staff are invited to a “Celebration of Life” ceremony for Markell Mills at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, at the New Dimensional Christian Ministry in Rolla. The church is located at 12719 County Road 5110. Mills, a former student, died July 27. He was 31.

The annual Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference will be held Sept. 28-29 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The event brings together faculty, staff and students from universities, community colleges and K-12 schools to learn about online innovations and teaching experiences. Registration is available online at http://www.umsl.edu/services/ctl/fttc.

University Police reminds the campus community of parking policies in the City of Rolla. Vehicles illegally parked in lots operated by the City of Rolla or on public streets will be ticketed and potentially towed. Businesses may contact the Rolla Police Department and report non-customer vehicles and request that they be ticketed and towed. If tickets are not paid or appealed through the appropriate process, warrants will be issued for the license holder or the operator.

Want students to have access to needed course materials? The Curtis Laws Wilson Library can help. The library has many paper and electronic items available in its reserves collection. Many faculty members choose to place course materials in the library reserves collection to ensure that students can access necessary materials. The library offers digital and physical reserves for textbooks, quizzes and homework. To submit your course reserves requests, stop by the library to drop off materials or complete an online form.

The Fall 2017 Accent Modification Program (AMP) is open to ranked tenure and tenure-track faculty in teaching positions. The classes are designed to advance cultural diversity and understanding by improving overall communication between students and faculty, increasing active participation in campus dialogue, and by promoting confident communication. Objectives include: