Staff Council is seeking donations for the Staff Day food auction, which will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, in the front dining area in the Havener Center. If you would like to donate food, please email Julie Creamer, business operations associate, at creamerjb@mst.edu.

The University of Missouri South Africa Education Program (UMSAEP) Committee invites proposals from faculty interested in participating in the academic exchange between the University of Missouri and South Africa. Opportunities include exchanges with the University of the Western Cape (UWC) located near Cape Town and collaborative projects between the University of Missouri and new or existing educational partners in South Africa.

The eighth annual Celebration of Nations will be held Sept. 30. This family-friendly event celebrates the culture and diversity of Missouri S&T. If you would like to volunteer and help at the event Sept. 30 or before the event on Sept. 29, please sign up online. Volunteers may register as individuals or as a group, including organizations, sororities and fraternities. Volunteers who sign up for two hours or more will receive a free T-shirt.

The S&T Store will host a social sale Wednesday, April 26. For details and to participate, like the store’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/thesandtstore and follow the store on Twitter at https://twitter.com/thesandtstore.

Support philanthropy on the Missouri S&T campus by eating at Applebee’s 6-8 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at the Applebee’s restaurant in Rolla. A portion of food and beverage sales during this time will go to supporting Spirit of Change — Random Acts of Kindness. Participants can enter to win gift cards, Miner Alumni Association gear and more while at the restaurant. Follow the Philanthropy Facebook page and visit S&T’s Crowdfunding page for updates on events.

Dr. Man-Chung Tang, a world authority on cable-stayed bridges, will present his views on art and innovation in design during a lecture at 3 p.m. Friday, April 21, in Room 125 Butler-Carlton Hall. The free lecture is part of the Neil and Maurita Stueck Distinguished Lecture Series for civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri S&T. Get more details.

The campus community is invited to the Woman of the Year award ceremony and luncheon noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, at Hasselmann Alumni House. The 2017 Woman of the Year and the first winner of the Dr. Elizabeth Cummins Women’s Advocate Award will be announced at the ceremony. Come congratulate the honorees, mingle with campus colleagues and previous award recipients, and enjoy a complimentary light lunch after the ceremony. For more information, please contact Sarah Jones, senior manager of donor relations, at jonessarah@mst.edu or 341-6359.

Promote autism awareness and autism acceptance by wearing the color blue Wednesday, April 19. The Havener Center will “Light It Up Blue” as part of the celebration and blue balloons will demonstrate support across campus. April is National Autism Awareness Month. The counseling, disability and student wellness staff encourages students, staff and faculty to celebrate and show support for the individuals in our lives and on our campus that have a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Don’t be alarmed if you see zombies — or humans — on campus this week. An S&T organization, Humans vs. Zombies, is hosting a series of games about mock-apocalyptic survival this week, beginning today (Monday, April 17) and running through Saturday, April 22. The organization will also host ZED Talks 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, in Room 103 Engineering Management. Professors will speak about interesting developments related — even if tangentially — to zombies.

Missouri S&T’s Experimental Mine will be open to students, faculty and staff 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, April 19. The open house will include a free lunch provided by Buckley Powder, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., and transportation to and from Havener Center and the mine. Activities will include mine tours, organization booths, gold panning, mine rescue practices, raffle and explosives demonstrations.