Announcements
Faculty needed for Opening Week luncheon
Faculty participation is vital when welcoming new students to campus. More than 1,400 new students will be on campus in August for Opening Week orientation. This is your chance to give new students tips on how to be successful in the classroom. The faculty interaction portion of Opening Week is scheduled Tuesday, Aug. 15, Wednesday, Aug. 16, and Thursday, Aug. 17. Three time slots are available each day:
- 10:45-11:25 a.m.
- 11:40 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
- 12:35-1:15 p.m.
Running judges needed for Opening Week
Student success programs seeks running judges to assist Opening Week mentor teams during their track competition. Judging will be from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18. Volunteer judges may pick any timeframe or stay the day. For more information or to participate, please contact Kayla Klossner-Thompson, assistant director of student success programs, at 341-4996 or kayla.thompson@mst.edu.
Read More »Mark first day of classes with eclipse T-shirt
The S&T Store is selling T-shirts to commemorate a total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21. The eclipse coincides with the first day of class. Shirts are available at the store and online at www.thesandtstore.com.
Read More »Update on S&T’s campus realignment
Several organizational changes will take place as a result of the campus budget plan, which begins Saturday, July 1, the start of fiscal year 2018. Several of these transitions will begin July 1, while others are scheduled to begin at later dates, as noted in the full article. These changes include a change in direct reports to the chancellor (including a reduction in the number of vice chancellors) and a reduction in the number of direct reports to the provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs (from 11 positions to nine).
Read More »Hilmas named interim chair of materials science and engineering
Dr. Gregory Hilmas, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of ceramic engineering, has been named interim chair of materials science and engineering, effective July 1. Hilmas will replace Dr. Matthew O’Keefe, who has served as chair of materials science and engineering since March 2016. O’Keefe will return to full-time teaching and research within the department in the fall semester. Next January, O’Keefe will become executive director of the Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence at the University of Mississippi. Get more details.
Read More »Watch Maker Faire video
Catch a glimpse of the invention, creativity and artistry of Maker Faire Kansas City in this one-minute video. The Mars Rover Design Team and other tech-savvy S&T students showed off their talents over the weekend, June 24-25, at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. Missouri S&T was a sponsor of the event. Students, faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, volunteers and Joe Miner represented our university. Dubbed the “the greatest show and tell on earth,” Maker Faire drew approximately 17,000 attendees to the family-friendly showcase of hobbies, experiments and projects of engineers, artists, scientists and crafters. Watch the video.
Read More »Rock the blood drive with KKID, get T-shirt
Staff Council will sponsor a “Hometown Heroes Save Lives” blood drive 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, June 29, and Friday, June 30, in St. Pat’s A and B of the Havener Center. The KKID 92.9 FM radio station will broadcast live 11 a.m.-1 p.m. from Havener Center both days. Blood drive donors can get free T-shirts and snacks. To see the T-shirt design, visit S&T’s Staff Council site at staffcouncil.mst.edu or the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks on Facebook.
Read More »Retirement reception planned for Gewinner, Shelton
Join the registrar’s office in thanking two employees for their contributions to Missouri S&T at a retirement reception 1-3 p.m. Thursday, June 29, in the Carver-Turner Room of the Havener Center. Drop by to congratulate Kim Gewinner, enrollment services specialist, and Lynn Shelton, database services assistant, on their retirement.
Read More »Who are you gonna call? Discover the right on-call person after hours
University Police maintains an updated contact list of on-call representatives from physical facilities. If you get an alarm for your department after hours or on a weekend and you are not sure who to contact in physical facilities, you can contact University Police at 341-4300 to get the name and phone number of the appropriate on-call staff. The police staff is available 24/7. During routine business hours, please contact physical facilities at 341-4252.
Read More »IT Help Desk to temporarily close June 29, July 3-4
Missouri S&T’s IT Help Desk will be closed 1-3 p.m. Thursday, June 29, for a campus technology staff event. The IT Help Desk will reopen at 3 p.m. on June 29. The IT Help Desk will be closed Monday, July 3, and Tuesday, July 4, for the Independence Day holiday. It will reopen Wednesday, July 5.
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