The English and technical communication department is organizing a trip to St. Louis to attend a performance of Shakespeare’s tragedy “Macbeth” by the St. Louis Shakespeare Co. The performance is at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Ivory Theater in the Carondelet neighborhood of St. Louis. Tickets are $12 for students, faculty, staff and their friends, and all are welcome. To sign up or for more information, including about transportation, email Dr. Anne Cotterill at cotteril@mst.edu.

Find out the facts about drinking behavior. Don’t be led astray by myths and what other students say. Counseling, disability support and student wellness will offer a free screening to all students 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, in the Havener Center atrium. Immediate feedback will be given to participants, and prizes will be given away for participating.

Union Pacific representatives will be on campus to present “SAP: Improving Productivity & Operations at Union Pacific” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept 22, in Room 121 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. The presentation will cover Union Pacific’s implementation to improve operations. Visit erp.mst.edu/events for details, and follow Twitter updates at @center4erp.

Custodians are the workers in the background or “behind” the scenes who strive to provide a safe, healthy, clean and wholesome educational environment for the students, faculty and staff of Missouri S&T. Please take a minute to let them know their efforts are appreciated in honor of Custodial Workers Day, which is Sunday, Oct. 2.

How can we make Missouri S&T a more welcoming environment for everyone? It begins with your input. All S&T students, faculty and staff are encouraged to take part in a campus climate survey, which will be launched on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Visit climatesurvey.mst.edu for more information.

The lights in the Havener Center parking lot will be turned off between 8:10 and 8:40 p.m. today (Monday, Sept. 12) while an event-sponsoring group views a fireworks display. For more information, contact Parking Lot Operations at 341-4303.

Do you know students who would be willing to represent S&T? The marketing and communications department is looking for new student faces and voices to help tell the Missouri S&T story to various audiences. The department will host two “casting calls” for interested students Oct. 5-6 in the Havener Center. Students of all ages and majors are needed. No acting experience is necessary. Interested students are asked to RSVP online at marketing.mst.edu/castingcall.

Save 25 percent on S&T clothing, gifts and gear Friday, Sept. 16, at the S&T Store. Joe Friday sale lasts all day at the store. Online also midnight to midnight at thesandtstore.com.

The annual Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference will be held Nov. 3-4 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Scholars, educators and practitioners from numerous universities will share their online innovations and teaching experiences. The program and the registration link are available online.

Dr. Paulo C. Lozano, associate professor and director of the Space Propulsion Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will present a talk titled “Fundamentals and Applications of MEMS-based Electrospray Propulsion” at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, in Room 140 Toomey Hall. Lozano’s presentation is part of the mechanical and aerospace engineering (MAE) Graduate Seminar Series.