Congratulations to the newest winners of the Proud Miner prize drawing. Mary Helen Stoltz won a $100 savings bond from Central Federal Savings and Loan. John Francis won a $50 gift certificate from the Missouri S&T Bookstore. Contributors to the university’s Proud Miner Campus Community are automatically eligible to win gift certificates and savings bonds. […]

Engineers aren’t known for their communication skills, and that’s exactly why Dr. David Van Aken, professor of materials science and engineering, decided to write a book to address the issue. Van Aken is the co-author of a new textbook titled Reporting Results: A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists, published this month by Cambridge University […]

The University of Missouri System recently started a weekly podcast to share topics of interest throughout the entire university community. Jennifer Hollingshead, the UM System’s interim director of communications, conducts the interviews and produces these podcasts. Her latest podcast is with Andrew Careaga, Missouri S&T director of communications, to talk about the campus’s name change. […]

Sixteen Missouri S&T students are in Guatemala this month as part of an effort by the university’s Engineers Without Borders chapter to finish the building of a second earthquake-resistant classroom — adding a roof, stairway and electricity — and repair the school’s bathrooms. Catch up with the group on Visions.

A visitation for Dr. Doris Ridder, director of the Regional Professional Development Center at Missouri S&T, will be held from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, at Gottenstroeters Funeral Home in Owensville, Mo. The funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 22, at Zion St. Paul Church in Bay, Mo. Dr. Ridder died Monday, […]

A victory in the autocross race and solid performances in the endurance competition helped propel Missouri S&T’s Formula SAE Team to its third top-10 finish in five years in the annual <a href="Formula SAE international competition, held May 15-17 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich. Visit the Experience This! student design blog for more […]

Staff Council encourages all staff members to attend Monday’s presentation and open forum. The event will begin at 11 a.m. Monday, May 19, in the Carver/Turner Room of the Havener Center. Chancellor John F. Carney III, representatives from human resources, and other administrators will be in attendance. Door prizes will be awarded.

A campuswide upgrade from Office 2003 to Office 2007 has arrived. New features in this version include: new look and feel, improved and easy-to-use menu bars, improved charts, graphics and image handling. Customers can get the new software now by contacting the Help Desk at 341-HELP. Self-service installation will be available by mid-summer. CLCs and […]

Faculty participation is vital when we welcome new students to campus in August. There will be more than 1,000 new students on campus for Opening Week Orientation 2008. Interested faculty will eat lunch and meet with the student mentor groups to discuss faculty expectations and classroom respect. The goal of this activity is to facilitate […]

Missouri S&T will host three Preview, Registration and Orientation (PRO) sessions in June. Mark your calendar and please help welcome our new students and their guests to campus on Friday, June 6, 13, and 20. There will also be a PRO session on Saturday, Aug.16. PRO is an all day orientation program for new students […]