Announcements
Oct. 31 is deadline for annual training
To meet University of Missouri System’s annual training requirement, faculty and staff are required to pass mastery tests for two courses by midnight Tuesday, Oct. 31:
- “Building a Foundation: Discrimination Prevention and Title IX” will take approximately one hour to complete. Visit umsystem.edu/ums/hr/ec_training to access the training in myLearn.
- “MakeITSafe Information Security Awareness,” will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. To access the training, log in to myHR at myhr.umsystem.edu, click on the “Training and Performance” box, and then click “MakeITSafe Training.” You will be directed to a Skillsoft course titled, “Security Awareness for End Users.”
What can you make in Makerspace? Find out at open house
Students will host an open house for S&T’s Makerspace 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, in Room G5 of the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building (IDE). Students will showcase the resources, space and tools available in this learning environment. This event is open to everyone and will include snacks and prizes.
Read More »Share your good news with colleagues
Have you recently received an award, presented at a conference or received some other form of recognition? Tell us about it through the eConnection accomplishments form. We’re looking to share the good news of our faculty, staff and students with the campus community. Submissions are published monthly. The next issue of Accomplishments will be published Tuesday, Nov. 7. Read about the latest accomplishments.
Read More »Sign up for the International Friends Program
Meet S&T students from around the world, learn more about other cultures and help make a difference for international students by signing up for the International Friends Program. The friends program is coordinated by the international affairs office. For more information or to register, email Richie Myers or call him at 341-4335. Register by Wednesday, Nov. 1.
Read More »Early Career faculty forum to focus on grant award management
All early career faculty are invited to hear about grant award management from sponsored programs representatives 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, in Room 204 Curtis Laws Wilson Library. Learn how to successfully complete a project by meeting reporting requirements and other requirements. Refreshments and networking start at 3:45 p.m.
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Ghoul all out on Halloween
Halloween is coming and the campus will be crawling with festivities on Tuesday, Oct. 31. Here are seven ways to slay the holiday:
- Stop by the S&T Store for a costume contest and Halloween-themed games, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
- Come in costume to Staff Council’s Fall appreciation event for staff, 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Puck.
- Keep your costume on and warm up with a bowl of chili at the engineering management and systems engineering department’s annual Halloween costume contest and chili cook-off, with lunch served 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
- Enter Missouri S&T’s carved pumpkin contest by posting a picture of your S&T-themed pumpkin on Missouri S&T’s Facebook page by noon.
- Bring your little goblins to trick-or-treat at “Trunk-or-Treat” 4-8 p.m. in the University Commons parking lot, Lot H, located on University Drive.
- Delve into a deeply disturbing den at the Haunted Mine, 6-11 p.m. at the Missouri S&T Experimental Mine at 12350 Spencer Road.
- Last but not least, make sure you have completed your annual University of Missouri System training requirements by midnight.
Don’t default – annual enrollment ends Oct. 27
Annual enrollment began Oct. 16 for benefit-eligible faculty and staff and will end Friday, Oct. 27. Enroll now through myHR. If you do not enroll – even if you wish to waive coverage – you will default to the Healthy Savings Plan and pay taxes on your monthly premiums. For more information, please visit University of Missouri System’s Total Rewards website. For questions, contact Marcia Lane, human resources generalist, at lanema@mst.edu.
Read More »Search committee formed for vice chancellor and dean
A search committee will help recruit S&T’s vice chancellor for research and dean of graduate studies. The deans of both colleges will co-chair the search committee: Dr. Stephen Roberts, vice provost and dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Business, and Dr. Richard Wlezien, vice provost and dean of the College of Engineering and Computing. The search committee includes:
Read More »Strategic planning committee formed
In conjunction with the University of Missouri System, Missouri S&T is contributing to a systemwide plan for all four UM System campuses, named the Missouri Compact for Education, Research, Engagement and Economic Development. Much of Missouri S&T’s previous strategic planning has focused on the compact’s strategic areas. Updates and details on the planning process will be posted online. Dr. Christopher G. Maples, interim chancellor, appointed Dr. Robert Marley, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, as chair of Missouri S&T’s Strategic Plan Committee. The committee includes:
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Share your memories, honor Jerry Bayless at retirement bash
Alumni and friends are invited to honor the unmatched career of Jerry Bayless (CE’59, MS CE’62), associate professor emeritus of civil, architectural and environmental engineering. If you have a story or memory about Bayless you would like to share for an online tribute, please visit www.mineralumni.com/baylessmemory. The department will host a retirement banquet in his honor at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, at the Hasselmann Alumni House during Homecoming Weekend. Social hour begins at 5 p.m. Tickets cost $35 per person. You can register online at homecoming.mst.edu.
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