American Chemical Society (ACS) representatives will visit campus to give faculty and graduate students an update on ACS and a refresher course on changes to SciFinder. The event will be held noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, in Room 105 Interdisciplinary Engineering Building. Lunch will be served. Space is limited to 15 attendees. Reserve your spot online.

Missouri S&T’s surplus property will have a public sale 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at the surplus warehouse, located at 301 N. Bishop Ave. This is a “garage sale” type sale, and all items will be priced.

Do you identify as a first-generation college student? If so, attend the S&T Trailblazers reception 5:30-6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, in Room 204 McNutt Hall. This is an opportunity to share your story and chat with other first-generation students on campus. Food will be provided. For more information or to RSVP, contact Tara Stone.

Students will have two opportunities to engage with Honeywell representatives on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Career opportunities and employer relations (COER) encourages students to attend a meet-and-greet 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Puck or the employer seminar series at noon in Room 305 Norwood Hall.

Study Abroad will hold its annual fair 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, in the Havener Center atrium. Encourage your students to visit and learn about opportunities to study, work, intern or volunteer abroad during college. Study abroad also welcomes faculty and staff to stop by and learn about potential experiential learning opportunities for our students.

The fall 2015 e-CERTI Newsletter, celebrating excellence in teaching at Missouri S&T, is now available online. In this issue: Joel Burken discusses the “easy life,” award-winning distance faculty are recognized, the race to blended learning goes to Theresa Swift, physics education plus much more in Greg’s story, campus education mini-grants are awarded, New Teaching Partners program is announced, a welcome to new faculty, and fall faculty events and professional development calendar is announced for the semester.

A new policy memorandum covering externally funded graduate assistantships has been created, Policy Memorandum II-26. You may view all Missouri S&T policy memorandums at chancellor.mst.edu/policy.

Now’s the time to volunteer for this year’s Celebration of Nations, which will be held on Saturday, Sept. 26. People are needed to help set up and tear down the festival area, keep the parade moving, organize participants, supervise kids on inflatables, and help keep the festival area clean and running smoothly. Volunteer for at least four hours and you’ll get this year’s Celebration of Nations T-shirt. Complete this online Volunteer Form today.

Celebration of Nations’ crowdfunding project is now online. Celebration of Nations gives area residents and Missouri S&T students a chance to showcase and celebrate the vibrant cultural diversity that makes Rolla unique to the Ozarks. Your donation will help continue this annual event. Share the crowdfunding effort with your family, friends and colleagues and learn more about this year’s event at facebook.com/pages/Celebration-of-Nations/112104582178886.

Paul Runnion, assistant teaching professor of mathematics and statistics, and Barbara Wilkins, instructional designer of eLearning in educational technology, will present “Intervention in Calculus I,” at noon Monday, Sept. 14, in the Ozark Room of the Havener Center. The event is part of the ongoing advising conference series sponsored by the undergraduate advising office.