Announcements
Meg Brady Helping Hand Scholarship Application now open
The Lambda Sigma Pi Alumnae Association established the Meg Brady Helping Hand Scholarship to give a helping hand to eligible Missouri S&T students who dedicate their time and effort into improving their communities through volunteering. Two $500 scholarships will be awarded for the fall semester.
Read More »First Joe Friday sale of the year this Friday
Save 25 percent on S&T clothing, gifts and gear during the first Joe Friday sale of 2022. The sale will be held8 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, at the S&T Store or shop online from midnight Thursday, Feb. 10, until midnight Friday, Feb. 11.
Read More »Author to speak on the art of fiction Feb. 25
Steve Yarbrough, author of 12 books and a professor of writing, literature and publishing at Emerson College, will discuss the art of fiction at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25. Yarbrough is the son of Mississippi Delta cotton farmers and the recipient of numerous awards, including the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letter Award for Fiction and the California Book Award.
Read More »CIES research seminar set for Feb. 10
The Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies (CIES) will welcome Dr. Elise Miller-Hooks, professor and Bill and Eleanor Hazel Endowed Chair in Infrastructure Engineering at George Mason University, who will describe developed mathematical and algorithmic approaches for quantifying and maximizing the resilience of transportation systems and the societal functions they support.
Read More »Funeral arrangements announced for Abigail Jones
Funeral arrangements have been announced for Abigail Regina Jones, who passed away Jan. 30. Visitation will be held 4-8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Puxico, Missouri. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 7, at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home, followed by interment in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri.
Read More »Ivliyeva to step down as CAFE chair
Dr. Irina Ivliyeva, chair of the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) at Missouri S&T since June 2019, has announced that she will return to full-time teaching and scholarship when her term concludes June 30. Ivliyeva is a professor of Russian in the department of arts, languages and philosophy and serves as the department’s coordinator for the Russian minor.
Read More »Book club will dive into Dostoevsky on Monday
The spring 2022 monthly book club hosted by the Writing Center and Sigma Tau Delta will begin at 3 p.m. Monday, Feb 7, in Room 113 Campus Support Facility. White Nights: A Sentimental Story from the Diary of a Dreamer by Fyodor Dostoevsky, a 50-page novella published in 1848, is the reading for February. The book club is open to all students, faculty and staff. For more information or to get on the mailing list, email writing@mst.edu
Read More »Linguistic equality will be discussed Feb. 8
Dr. Sarah Hercula, assistant professor of English and technical communication, will discuss her recently published book, Fostering Linguistic Equality: The SISE Approach to the Introductory Linguistics Course, at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, in Room 201 Humanities and Social Sciences Building and on Zoom.
Read More »Sign up for CAFE forum on successful promotion and tenure
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) will host the tenth in its series of early career faculty forums 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, on Zoom. The session, “Successful Promotion and Tenure: A Peer Perspective” will feature three award-winning faculty, who will share their experience and knowledge on successful promotion and tenure.
Read More »Nominations for Woman of the Year and Women’s Advocate due March 11
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2022 Woman of the Year and the Women’s Advocate awards. Nominations for each award are due Friday, March 11.
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