The Center for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) invites you to its research seminar presentation from noon to 12:50 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, in Room 107-A Fulton Hall. Students working for the center will present their research projects and research progress reports. Projects include dashboards, mobile technologies and High Performance Analytic Appliance (SAP HANA). Lunch will be provided. For more information, contact Kyle Schraier.

Register to participate in a day of service that commemorates Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Day of Service 2014 will be held Monday, Jan. 20. Participants will be served a hot breakfast, followed by a call to action. Volunteers will be split into groups and provide service to community partners in need in the Phelps County area. Make it a day on, not a day off. Sign up to volunteer for the event in OrgSync. Student life is also looking for faculty and staff to serve as site facilitators. Contact Benjamin White in student life with any questions.

The S&T athletic department will show the Lady Miner’s volleyball match against Indianapolis in the first round of the GLVC Tournament at noon Friday, Nov. 22, in the Hall of Fame Room on the lower level of the Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building. Any faculty or staff member that is interested in watching the match is welcome to stop by and cheer on the team. The match will be broadcast live from Lewis University in Romeoville, Ill.

Miner Challenge is spreading holiday cheer this year by hosting a bake sale and pictures with Santa. The event will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, on the second floor of the Havener Center in the student life commons. There will be treats, Christmas music and pictures with Santa Claus. Items in the bake sale will vary in costs between $.50 and $3, pictures with Santa will be $5 per print and donations will also be accepted. Pictures are printed on-site and emailed to you if you’d like. If you’d prefer a photo without Santa, you can have a family picture taken with a winter backdrop. Wear your holiday attire and don’t forget to tell Santa your wish list. Learn more about Miner Challenge at minerchallenge.mst.edu.

The campus community is invited to attend the three candidate open forums for the position of director of institutional research and assessment. The forums will be held for each candidate from 1 to 2:10 p.m. in St. Pat’s Ballroom C of the Havener Center, as follows:

• Monday, Nov. 18, Dr. William Zhang
• Tuesday, Nov. 19, Dr. George Vineyard
• Wednesday, Nov. 20, Dr. Oyebango Lajubutu.

Two open meetings are scheduled about the Campus Master Plan on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The first will be held from noon to 2 p.m. and the second will be held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., both in St. Pat’s Ballroom B of the Havener Center. Soft drinks will be provided. The focus of these meetings will be to discuss preliminary findings and campus alternatives for the Master Plan. Your participation in the development of the Master Plan is encouraged.

S&T Staff Council is sponsoring GRACE for Christmas. GRACE (Greater Rolla Area Community Enterprise) provides food, clothing and toys for the less fortunate in the local community every year. Assistance is provided to more than 700 families. Donate via the drop boxes between Monday, Nov. 11, and Monday, Dec. 2. Boxes will be picked up on Tuesday, Dec. 3, and delivered to GRACE.

As part of the campus strategic planning process, the mathematics and statistics department is in the process of redesigning the courses that make up the calculus sequence. The committee working on the redesign is interested in learning the campus community’s perceptions of the current calculus sequence at S&T. To share your thoughts, take a few minutes to complete this survey.

Dine-in between 7 and 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, at Applebee’s in Rolla and 15 percent of your bill will be donated to the Miner Challenge Alternative Spring Break. You must print and bring this flier to have the restaurant donate. Miner Challenge is the alternative spring break opportunity for students at S&T. Learn more about the challenge and the great service trips students will take during spring break at minerchallenge.mst.edu. Contact Shelby McNeil with questions.

Curtis Laws Wilson Library will have special hours for the Thanksgiving holiday. On Sunday, Nov. 24, through Wednesday, Nov. 27, the library will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The library will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29. On Saturday, Nov. 30, the library will be open from 8 […]