A new, confidential professional development service is now available to faculty at Missouri S&T. The “Teaching Partners Program” pairs trained faculty mentors, known for their excellence in teaching, with interested instructors to go through a process of classroom peer observation and feedback. Staff instructional designers are also part of the team and will provide additional pedagogical support and encouragement.

Engineering management and systems engineering’s annual Costume Contest and Chili Cook-Off will be held 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, in the Engineering Management Building’s second floor lobby. To enter the chili cook-off, visit the front desk in Room 223 Engineering Management Building or email emgt@mst.edu. Chili entries will be accepted in Room 223 until 10 a.m. that Friday. Judging takes place in the lobby at 10:45 a.m. Participants must bring a list of the ingredients with a chili recipe.

Students are invited to build their confidence in helping others by attending the STEP UP! Bystander Intervention open training session 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in St. Pat’s Ballroom of the Havener Center. STEP UP! training touches on what bystander intervention is, how to recognize a problematic situation and how to STEP UP! when something occurs. The training is open to all members of the S&T campus. Register for the event online.

Do you know undergraduate students who are thinking about graduate school? Graduate studies is hosting an event titled “What about Graduate School?” noon-1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, through Wednesday, Oct. 14, in Room 120 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. This event will give undergraduate students the opportunity to meet with faculty and current graduate students to […]

Win two tickets to see Classic Albums Live perform Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” at Leach Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, by designing the best poster representing the album. If Leach Theatre staff thinks your poster is the best, it will be posted on the theatre’s social media outlets. The Friday […]

Accenture will present a seminar at noon Thursday, Oct. 15, in Room 305 Norwood Hall. Lunch will be provided. Students should bring their student I.D.

By order of U.S. President Barack Obama, all flags at all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the federal government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its territories and possessions until sunset, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, to honor the victims of the tragedy in Roseburg, Oregon.

An open forum for all students, faculty and staff to discuss the university’s intent to become a tobacco-free campus will be held at noon Thursday, Oct. 15, in the Meramec-Gasconade Room of the Havener Center.

Dr. Massimmo Ruzzene, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, will present two lectures as part of the “Distinguished Lecture Series” organized by the System and Process Assessment Research (SPAR) Laboratory in the civil, architectural and environmental engineering department at Missouri S&T. The lectures are free and open to the campus community.