The Center for Biomedical Science and Engineering (CBSE) will hold its first research symposium Thursday, April 16, to highlight biomedical research on campus. The symposium will feature a presentation by the Dr. Mohamed N. Rahaman, CBSE director, 1:30-2 p.m. in Room 204 McNutt. Poster presentations by undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty will be available 2-4:30 p.m. in the Havener Center atrium.

Faculty are invited to submit an abstract and paper for presentation at the Complex Adaptive Systems Conference, held Nov. 2-5 in San Jose, California. The conference theme is “Engineering Cyber Physical Systems: Machine Learning, Data Analytics and Smart Systems Architecting.” Abstract submissions are due by Monday, April 13. Learn more about the conference and submission requirements online at complexsystems.mst.edu. For more information about the conference or how to submit a paper, call 341-6576 or email complexsystems@mst.edu.

Take 20 minutes out of your day to check your health. A health screening helps you understand your risk for conditions such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Plus, as part of the 2015 Wellness Incentive, it helps eligible faculty and staff earn $450. Sign up by logging into the Wellness Portal, hosted by Cerner, and clicking on Campus Screenings.

The next faculty, staff and friends Golf League will begin play at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, at the Miners’ Golf Course. The league welcomes players of all abilities from beginners to experienced. The tournament is a scramble format which makes it easier for beginning golfers and players with limited skills to enjoy the game. The league will play every Tuesday for eight weeks, with makeup games for rainouts held the following Thursday.

The Miner Alumni Association’s Student Leadership Award Endowed Scholarship is a $1,500 scholarship awarded to an undergraduate student who demonstrates academic excellence, service to the campus and community, personal objectives and goals, potential and quality recommendations. If you know a student who you think would be a good candidate, encourage them to apply. Applications are due by Tuesday, March 31.

Instructors who would like to examine a teaching or learning topic through educational research in the classroom are invited to apply to the Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation’s (CERTI) mini-grant program. A letter of intent to apply for the program is due by Monday, March 30. The full proposal is due Friday, April 24. For more information, including a proposal template, go to the CERTI webpage or email Diane Hagni.

The mathematics and statistics department will host the spring 2015 meeting of the Missouri section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Friday, March 27, through Saturday, March 28. The Missouri Collegiate Mathematics Competition will also take place during the meeting, with 47 teams from Missouri colleges and universities planning to compete. For more information or to register for the meeting, visit web.mst.edu/~rroe/MAA2015.htm.

Education Technology (EdTech) has opened the Computing Learning Center (CLC) software request process for instructors who need specific software packages installed in CLCs across campus. Visit the EdTech website to get started. All requests must be entered before the close of business Friday, April 17.

The spring 2015 Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI) newsletter, celebrating excellence in teaching, is now available. The latest issue includes articles featuring faculty members Melanie Mormile, Ralph Flori and Bill Gillis, as well as information about two campus mini-grant programs, kudos to award-winning faculty and staff, and highlights from some recent campus workshops and conferences.