Author: Mary Helen Stoltz
Donate a basket for Staff Day
Staff Day is Wednesday, May 25. Staff Council once again encourages departments to donate a themed basket to be included in the silent auction. Please contact Sylvia Dees at deess@mst.edu if you would like to participate.
Read More »Memorial service for Roy Soper Jr.
Roy Soper Jr., former mechanical trades specialist-plumber in physical facilities, died Saturday, March 5. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 20, at Cook Station Community Center on Spring Lane in Cook Station, Missouri. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Missouri Veterans Home in St. James, Missouri.
Soper joined the Missouri S&T staff in August 1978 and retired in September 2010.
Read More »Faculty First Friday this week
The next Faculty First Friday lunch will be held Friday, March 4. These informal lunches provide an opportunity to network and share ideas with faculty colleagues and university administration. The brown-bag lunch will be held noon-1 p.m. in the John O. Farmer Alumni Lounge in Hasselmann Alumni House, located at 1100 N. Pine St. Participants should bring their own lunch, and the chancellor’s office will provide drinks (iced tea, water and coffee) and desserts.
The next lunch will be held on May 5; Faculty First Friday will not be held in April because the first Friday of the month overlaps with spring break.
Read More »March’s Missouri S&T Student Health 101 now available
As a service to the Missouri S&T community, Student Health Services provides an online subscription to Student Health 101, a monthly health and wellness magazine, for S&T students and their families. Each issue contains valuable information that will help students make better decisions and can help you gain a better understanding of the health and wellness challenges that face today’s students.
The March issue of The Student Advocate online at http://readsh101.com/mst-pp.html .
You’re also invited to read the accompanying Student Health 101 issue for our students, online at http://readsh101.com/mst.html .
Read More »COER to host corporate seminars March 3-4
Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) will present a technical talk on “Stormwater Management” at noon Thursday, March 3, in Room 305 Norwood Hall. Students are asked to bring their student ID.
Care Otter will present a talk titled “The Power of Count” at noon Friday, March 4, in Room 305 Norwood Hall. Students are asked to bring their student ID.
For more information, call 341-4309.
Read More »Gonzo Gives Back Day of Service
Join other S&T students, faculty and staff members in a Gonzo Gives Back service project in the Rolla or St. James communities for St. Pat’s. Groups will be assigned to service projects throughout the area from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day, Thursday, March 17. Check-in will take place at 9:30 a.m. in the Havener Center dining area. Service projects will run from about 10:15 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. After the Day of Service, return to campus to participate in Gonzo and Games and grab some lunch. Don’t forget to wear green!
Read More »Save on iPad Air at the S&T Store
Save $50.00 on current iPad Air and iPad Air 2 units at the S&T Store while supplies last. No rain checks. Sales to individual students, faculty and staff are eligible. Institutional purchases are also eligible. See store associate for details.
Read More »Smart Living faculty candidate to speak Jan. 29
Dr. Ganyun (Grace) Sun will present a seminar titled “Measuring Designer’s Cognitive Process” at 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, in Room 140 Toomey Hall. Sun is a faculty candidate for a Best in Class — Smart Living area position at Missouri S&T. The campus community is invited to Friday’s seminar.
Read More »Engaging constituencies
As part of Missouri S&T’s ongoing commitment to ensuring open lines of communication, Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader is forming a new group this spring called the Chancellor’s Council. The council, made up of representatives of faculty, staff, students and administration, will meet regularly to vet new university policies and discuss other issues of interest.
Read More »‘The Liberator’ opens Hispanic Film Series Jan. 29
The 2016 Hispanic Film Series starts Friday, Jan. 29, with a screening of The Liberator at 7 p.m. in Room 103 Engineering Management Building. This is the second year in a row that the arts, languages, and philosophy department has received a grant to bring a series of Hispanic films to Missouri S&T. As part of the series, five films will be screened free of charge on Friday nights during the spring semester. All films are in Spanish with English subtitles.
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