This MU Extension strength-training program can get your fitness journey (re)started, right here on campus. Participants will be safely guided by a trained instructor through warm-up, 8 muscle-strengthening exercises and cool down. “Stay strong, stay healthy” meets two times each week for eight weeks, and focuses on improving strength, balance and flexibility. Equipment will be provided.

Graduate studies is partnering with leadership and cultural programs to bring the campus community a workshop titled “Managing Micro-Aggressions” noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, in the Missouri Room of the Havener Center.

Missouri S&T’s “Take Back the Night” walk around campus will begin at 5 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, April 13) at the Havener Center lawn. Take Back the Night is an international organization that seeks to create safe communities and respectful relationships through awareness events and initiatives. The walk will stop at different points around campus for participants to share survivor stories.

Due to inclement weather, the Visitors Night at the Observatory event scheduled for tonight (Monday, April 11) has been canceled.

Area A Lot 44 will be closed Wednesday, April 13, for Christ Episcopal Church’s annual Spring Salad Luncheon. Area A permit holders can park in any Area C lot that day without having to call the parking office for an exemption. For more information, email parking@mst.edu or call 341-4303.

A listening session for a proposed policy to establish Missouri S&T as a tobacco-free campus will be held from 3-4 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, in the Carver Room of the Havener Center. The campus community is encouraged to attend. The proposed policy is as follows:

Missouri S&T students, faculty and staff are invited to meet with representatives of the UM System Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force at two separate learning sessions on Wednesday, April 13.

Philanthropy Month is a time of year when Missouri S&T celebrates the support of all alumni, students, friends and family. Whether it’s tags marking the location of donor support, handing out T-shirts and gift cards to students or competing in the annual Battle of the Brains trivia contest, the message is still the same – philanthropy matters, and the university would not be what it is today without it. Mark your calendar for these April events:

A team of executives and S&T alumni from the consulting firm Deloitte will visit Missouri S&T Thursday, April 14, and Friday, April 15, to host events for students, faculty, staff and the surrounding community. Deloitte will give lectures, award scholarships, conduct case interview workshops, discuss collaboration plans, and provide a panel for students to ask questions. Visit the Enterprise Resource Planning website for dates, times and locations for these events.

The St. Louis section of the Environment Water Resources Institute (EWRI) will host its eighth webinar jointly sponsored by Missouri S&T’s civil engineering department 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21. Dr. Larry Mays, professor of civil, environmental and sustainable engineering at Arizona State University, will present “Water Resources Sustainability, Traditional Knowledge, and the Developing World.” Mays earned bachelor of science and master of science degrees in civil engineering from Missouri S&T in 1970 and 1971, respectively. This presentation is free to the public and will be held at the U.S. Geological Survey Main Conference Room at 1400 Independence Road in Rolla.