Lectures
Academic advising conference postponed
The Academic Advising Conference on Academic Alert scheduled for Monday, Nov. 10, has been postponed. Undergraduate advising apologizes for any inconvenience and will send out an announcement when a new date is determined. For more information, contact Kim Frazier at frazierk@mst.edu.
Read More »Intelligent Systems seminar scheduled
The systems engineering graduate program in the engineering management and systems engineering department will host Dr. Ian Parmee, a professor from the Bristol Institute of Technology in Bristol, U.K. Parmee will present “The Role of Intelligent Systems within User-Centered Computational Environments for Conceptual Design and Early Stage Decision Making,” from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, […]
Read More »Helicopter parents to be discussed
Undergraduate advising is hosting a conference to discuss the “Helicopter Parent” phenomenon and present an overview of available resources for parents of Missouri S&T students at noon today, Monday, Oct. 27, in the Missouri-Ozark Room of the Havener Center. This will include a brainstorming session of ideas to direct the energies of parents who wish […]
Read More »America’s energy crisis to be discussed
The physics department will host the Missouri S&T and University of Missouri-St. Louis Meeting Colloquium featuring Dr. Fred Schlachter from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and American Physical Society. Dr. Schlachter’s lecture, titled “Over a barrel: America’s energy crisis,” will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, in Room 104 Physics Building. All members of […]
Read More »One Book authors to present on Wednesday
The authors of “They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky,” this year’s S&T One Book selection for all incoming freshmen, will be on campus to give a public presentation, answer questions, sign books, and recognize the winners of the writing contest. They will be at the Student Recreation Center from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. […]
Read More »Creative non-fiction writing workshop on Friday
Dr. Stacy Tintocalis from the University of Alabama at Birmingham will present a workshop titled, “Writing Creative Non-Fiction,” at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, in Room 101 Humanities and Social Sciences Building. All students, faculty and staff are invited and refreshments will be served.
Read More »Fall Zip Lock Lunch Series session to be held Oct. 13
Counseling and disability support services continues its fall 2008 Zip Lock Lunch Series with “Reboot Your Motivation,” to be held from noon-12:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13, in Room 208 Norwood Hall. The workshop will cover a simple three-part tool to assess how you may be stuck and strategies to overcome procrastination.
Read More »Teaching workshop offered on Oct. 7
The Regional Professional Development Center is offering a free teaching workshop for students, faculty and staff. Dr. Fred Jones will present, “Tools for Teaching: Discipline, Instruction, Motivation,” from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, in the Havener Center. For more information and to register, go to: http://rpdc.mst.edu and click “scholarship” as the form of payment.
Read More »Fall Zip Lock Lunch Series begins Oct. 6
Counseling and disability support services will begin its fall 2008 Zip Lock Lunch Series with “Reading Made Easy,” to be held from noon-12:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, in Room 208 Norwood Hall. The workshop will introduce the assistive technology available to students struggling to maintain focus, or for the auditory learner.
Read More »Leading statistician to speak on campus
Dr. Dennis Cook, a world-leading statistician and father of “Cook’s-distance” and sufficient dimension reduction, will speak from 4-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, in Room G-5 Rolla Building. Cook will discuss “Dimension Reduction Paradigms for Regression.” The abstract is available at the following link: web.mst.edu/~bohner/seminar/Fall2008/Colloquia.html.
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