Announcements
Location change announced for Oct. 23 faculty workshop
The faculty workshop, “Troubleshooting Teams” will be held 3-4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, in Room 206 of the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building. The location was recently changed from Norwood Hall to the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building.
Read More »Need help with annual enrollment?
Marcia Lane, Total Rewards generalist in human resources, will be available to assist employees signing up for 2018 annual enrollment in Computer Lab 105 in Centennial Hall tomorrow and next week. Drop in at one of the following times if you would like assistance:
- 9 a.m.-noon Thursday, Oct. 19
- 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23
- 9 a.m.-noon Thursday, Oct 26
Annual enrollment is open now and will end Friday, Oct. 27. It is your opportunity to decide which insurance plan works best for you and make any changes to plans and coverage for 2018. You must enroll in or waive medical insurance, or you will be automatically enrolled in the Healthy Savings Plan at the after-tax, non-discounted rate. Get more details on the University of Missouri System’s annual enrollment site.
Read More »Prepare your chili recipe, costume for Halloween contests
Join the engineering management and systems engineering department at the EMSE chili cook off and Halloween costume contest Tuesday, Oct. 31, in the second-floor lobby of the Engineering Management Building.
Read More »Course redesign grants available
All regular full-time tenured, tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty at Missouri S&T are invited to apply for mini-grants of up to $5,000 to help design or redesign an undergraduate course that will fit within the Latin American studies for technical applications (LASTA) minor. A letter of intent is due to the Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI) at certi@mst.edu by Friday, Nov. 17.
Read More »Rock S&T’s National Chemistry Week celebration
National Chemistry Week will be observed Oct. 22-28. To celebrate, the South Central Missouri Local Section of the American Chemical Society will host a free community event 1-3 p.m. in Room 212 Schrenk Hall on Saturday, Oct. 28. Drop by for hands-on experiments and learn about geochemistry, which fits into this year’s “Chemistry ROCKS” theme.
Read More »AT&T case competition coming to campus
AT&T is sponsoring a case study competition concerning smart city initiatives in November. Teams will get a case study from AT&T and one week to find the best solution to the situation. Teams must comprise four students and include at least one student in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Business and one student in the College of Engineering and Computing. Both graduate and undergraduate students may compete. Participants must register their teams at https://goo.gl/forms/eT0EoztP5oqq5sld2 by Friday, Nov. 3.
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View colorful nebula from observatory
The Missouri S&T Observatory will open its doors at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, for viewing the Dumbbell Nebula. The planetary nebula is approximately 1,360 light-years away.
Read More »Today’s barbecue to benefit Engineers Without Borders
Missouri S&T’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders will hold a barbecue fundraiser 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, outside of Harris Hall. Stop by for lunch and to support students. For more information, please contact Jenna Massie, sophomore in biological sciences, at jrm9wf@mst.edu.
Read More »Deadline nears for mandatory training
Completing annual training requirements is an important step in helping ensure a safe and positive learning and workplace environment. To meet the annual training requirement, you must pass mastery tests for two courses by Tuesday, Oct. 31:
Read More »Last call for paintball tournament registration
Lt. Oscar Kemp, in partnership with S&T’s Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity, will host a “Cops and Miners” paintball tournament Saturday, Nov. 4, at Paintball Preserve to raise money for Special Olympics Missouri. Paintball Preserve is located at 12285 County Road 5280 in Rolla. The event will be limited to 25 teams of five in a two-game elimination tournament against the public safety community.
To register your team, please email cops.vs.miners@gmail.com by Saturday, Oct. 21. Please include this information:
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