Join the mining and nuclear engineering department in saying farewell to Sheila Johnson, office support assistant IV, 11 a.m.-noon Wednesday, May 11, in Room 227 Fulton Hall. Wish Johnson well and enjoy sandwiches, drinks and cake.

Abstract submissions are due by Monday, May 9, for the Complex Adaptive Systems Conference, which will be held Nov. 2-4 in Los Angeles. Researchers are invited to share research findings and help expand the field of engineering cyber physical systems. The conference theme is “Engineering Cyber Physical Systems: Applying Theory to Practice.” Paper topics can include the following:

Instructors are invited to the workshop “Building Blocks: Structuring Your Course for Success” 9 a.m-2 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, in the Carver-Turner Room of the Havener Center. This will be a hands-on workshop facilitated by instructional design staff to help create a blueprint for a course.

Do you plan to use Tegrity Lecture Capture during the summer or fall of 2016? If so, educational technology would like you to fill out the Tegrity Lecture Capture information survey. This information is used to prepare rooms with the appropriate technology. Please fill out the survey by Friday, June 3. The survey is available online at edtech.mst.edu/support/tegrity, in the right-hand sidebar.

Help the S&T Store pay more cash to the students. Textbook adoptions are now overdue; without an adoption the store cannot purchase textbooks from students. It still needs information for 1,086 sections. Please submit your adoption as soon as possible. For more information, contact David Wilson at 341-7523.

As a service to the Missouri S&T community, Student Health Services provides an online subscription to Student Health 101, a monthly health and wellness magazine, for S&T students and their families. Each issue contains valuable information that will help students make better decisions and help you gain a better understanding of the health and wellness challenges that face today’s students.

The final Faculty First Friday lunch of the semester will be held Friday, May 6. These informal lunches provide an opportunity to network and share ideas with faculty colleagues and university administration. The brown-bag lunch will be held noon-1 p.m. at Hasselmann Alumni House, located at 1100 N. Pine St. Participants should bring their own lunch, and the chancellor’s office will provide drinks and desserts. The next lunch will be held on Friday, Sept. 2.

Douglas P. Roberts, assistant special agent in charge for the St. Louis Field Office of the U.S. Secret Service, has been named chief of University Police at Missouri S&T. He replaces Raymon Bogart, who had served in an interim role since former Chief Christine Laughlin retired in 2015. Roberts’ position takes effect June 1.

Visitation for Dr. Steven L. Grant, the Roy A. Wilkens Missouri Telecommunications Professor in electrical and computer engineering at Missouri S&T, will be held 5-8 p.m. Monday, May 2, at Null and Son Funeral Home, located at 1010 Kingshighway in Rolla. Dr. Grant’s Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Rolla. Interment will follow the mass at Rolla Cemetery.

The College of Engineering and Computing will host an ice cream social to thank its students for the past year’s hard work. All students are welcome to attend and enjoy ice cream sundaes from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, at the Puck. In case of inclement weather, the ice cream social will move to the Burns & McDonnell Student Success Center in Toomey Hall.