Author: Mindy Limback
Reminder: Open forum for CIO candidate today
The CIO Search Committee will host an open forum today with the final candidate for chief information officer. Margaret Cline, an information technology consultant, will respond to questions from the campus community from noon to 1 p.m. today in St. Pat’s A of the Havener Center.
Read More »UMR researchers discuss bridge collapse on PBS
Three UMR researchers recently talked to The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer about the future of bridges in the wake of the Minneapolis collapse. The researchers participating in the program included Dr. John Myers, interim director of the national University Transportation Center at UMR; Dr. Genda Chen, interim director of the Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies […]
Read More »New employees
Edward Weldon, custodian, building services Lin Ihler, custodian, physical facilities Sherry Wagnon, senior clerk, registrar’s office Deborah Sickler, senior secretary, Intelligent Systems Center KiDahn Jones, admissions representative, office of admissions Todd Hartman, systems support analyst, information technology
Read More »Blackboard upgrade maintenance set for Aug. 8-11
Customers will be unable to login to Blackboard during the upgrading process. This process will ensure that Blackboard will be available and ready for the upcoming semester for students, faculty and staff. Any course content or other materials that are already within the Blackboard system will be unaffected by the upgrading process. For more information, […]
Read More »New Staff Council members elected
Congratulations to the newly elected Staff Council members. They will begin their term September 2007.
Read More »Relay for Life Event set for Aug. 11-12
Mark your calendar for the Phelps County 2007 Relay for Life Event. Join "Miners for a Cure" and the other Phelps County Relay teams from 6 p.m. Aug. 11 to 6 a.m. Aug. 12 at the Lion’s Club Park, Highway 63 South in Rolla. Food, friends and fellowship: celebrate survivors, remember those lost, and fund […]
Read More »Tune in to TechnoFiles, Friday, July 20
“TechnoFiles with Wayne Huebner,” a program about research on campus, will air at 8:10 a.m. Friday on UMR’s public radio station, KMST. Tune in to 88.5 FM. This month’s “TechnoFiles” program features Scott Grasman, associate professor of engineering management and systems engineering at UMR. Grasman is working with the Missouri Department of Transportation to create […]
Read More »IT Walk-In Center moving, MinerTech to offer repair services
The UMR IT Walk-In Center, currently located on the first floor of the Computer Science Building, will move to its new location on the first floor of the UMR Curtis-Wilson Laws Library on Monday, July 23.
Read More »Venayagamoorthy to chair symposium
Dr. Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory at UMR, is the chair of the Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Sensor Networks. The symposium is part of the Third International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, to be held […]
Read More »Staff Council election ballots are due July 13
Election ballots for vacant Staff Council positions are due Friday, July 13. Ballots should be sent to Melissa Folsom, election chair, 209 Norwood Hall. For more information, contact Melissa Folsom at 341-7276 or mfolsom@umr.edu.
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