The Faculty Professional Development Calendar for fall 2015 is now available online at the Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI) website.

Starting Monday, Aug. 24, the faculty and staff eConnection will return to its regular schedule of Monday and Thursday morning distribution. Submission deadlines are 3 p.m. the day before they are published. The eConnection will maintain this schedule until after the end of the semester. Continue to submit your campus news to the eConnection, student-based announcements to the student eConnection and remember to submit campus events to the campus calendar.

The Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies (CIES) invites the campus community to attend a research seminar at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, in Room 318 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. The seminar, titled “Bond Behavior Between Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) Composites and Concrete: State-of-the-Art and New Challenges,” will be given by Dr. Christian Carloni, an associate professor of structural mechanics at the University of Bologna in Italy.

The Writing Center‘s mission is to help Missouri S&T students become better writers, and it provides support for instructors who believe that strong writing skills are crucial to academic and professional success. It is open for tutoring beginning Monday, Aug. 31, and its staff are available to make 10-minute class presentations introducing students to tutoring services. The center also offers comprehensive presentations and workshops on specific writing-related topics and its website provides links to numerous resources. For more information about the center or to schedule a class presentation, visit writingcenter.mst.edu, email wac@mst.edu or call 341-4436.

Fall 2015 Accent Modification Program (AMP) classes are designed to advance cultural diversity and understanding by improving overall communication between students and faculty, increasing active participation in campus dialogue and promoting confident communication.

Are you a male on campus who likes to sing? Are you someone who would like to try participating in a choir for fun? Men’s Choir is just the thing for you. Open to all men on campus, including faculty and staff, the Missouri S&T Men’s Choir will start its fourth semester on campus this […]

Dr. Irina Ivliyeva, associate professor of Russian, has stepped down from teaching American Pronunciation after 15 years in the position. She will continue to provide the cultural orientation for the GTA Workshop and serve as the department’s senior assessor. Dr. Audra Merfeld-Langston, associate professor of French, will teach the course, which is now known as American Communication Skills.