Results of the 2008 Staff Council survey are available online at staffcouncil.mst.edu. Click here to download the PDF. Staff Council will present the results to the chancellor and other administrators during an open forum set for 11 a.m. Monday, May 19. The campus community is invited to attend. Door prizes will be awarded.

Graduate students in Karl Bugher’s Engineering Management 361 class will present plans for economic development in Vienna, Mo., to the town’s residents at 7 p.m. Monday, April 28, at Vienna High School. The class will be presented live online as a distance education course, says Burgher, with assistance from Missouri S&T’s information technology department. The […]

Redesigned University of Missouri diplomas that reference Missouri S&T will soon become available for May 2008 graduates and alumni. The redesigned diplomas, approved recently by the University of Missouri administration, replace the former wording “Done at the University in the City of Rolla, State of Missouri,” with “Done at Missouri University of Science and Technology […]

Congratulations to the 2007-2008 Recruitment and Retention Award winners: Wayne Huebner, chair of materials science and engineering; and Brenda Bouse, director of business and information technology, MBA program. An awards ceremony will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, at Matt’s Steakhouse. For more information, contact Kim Frazier at frazierk@mst.edu or call […]

On April 30, an open forum will be held in regard to the campus policy on non-tenure track faculty that is under development. The forum will be held from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Turner Room of the Havener Center. Dr. Robert W. Schwartz, vice provost for academic affairs, will lead the open […]

Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma are currently holding a window washing fundraiser. The cost is $7 per man hour. For more information, email Peter Eppestine at pded39@mst.edu. All proceeds go toward supporting Missouri S&T band and orchestra programs.

Congratulations to the following advisors: 2007-2008 Outstanding Academic Advisors — Ronald A. Kohser, materials science and engineering; John J. Myers, civil, architectural and environmental engineering; Susan L. Murray, engineering management and systems engineering; Merilee Krueger, psychology. 2007-2008 Outstanding Freshman Student Advisor — Sahra Sedigh, electrical and computer engineering. 2007-2008 Outstanding Student Advisor, Staff — Vicki […]

The mining engineering department is looking for non-mining engineering students to participate in an online tutorial evaluation exercise, which is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, May 2. This exercise will take a total of four hours and each participant will be paid $10 an hour for participating. Have interested students contact David Nutakor at dn5f9@mst.edu […]

Walter Bargen, Poet Laureate of Missouri, will read from his work at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 25, in the Meramac/Gasconade Room of the Havener Center. This is the final event in the Spring Reading Series sponsored by the English and technical communication department. Refreshments will be available before and after the reading.

The Spring 2008 issue of SOUTHWINDS, the annual literary and arts magazine of the university with work by students, faculty, and alumni, is now on sale for $3 in the Havener Center between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The magazine is also available from the English and technical communication department. For more information, contact Linda […]