The date of the first open forum for candidates for the director of University Police position will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, not Dec. 1, as previously announced. The campus and area community are invited to attend all four open forums for the candidates. The complete schedule of open forums is as […]

Forty-one Missouri S&T faculty members will receive the Outstanding Teaching Award for 2014-15 at a ceremony scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, in St. Pat’s Ballroom A of the Havener Center. The award is given each year to faculty members by the Outstanding Teaching Award Committee, which bases its selections on student evaluations. Click here for a list of winners.

Dr. Jihong Yan, professor of advanced manufacturing at Harbin Institute of Technology in China, will present a seminar titled “Sustainability Assessment and Energy Efficiency Oriented Simulation,” at 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, in Room 213 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. Yan will present a modular design methodology for achieving sustainable design as well as fulfilling functional requirements with a novelty 6R concept (reuse, recycle, reduce, recover, redesign and remanufacture). The event is part of the Bernard Sarchet Graduate Seminar Series sponsored by engineering management and systems engineering.

Mark Metzger, senior technology advisor at the U.S. Army’s Picatinny Arsenal research and development facility, will present a seminar at noon Thursday, Dec. 3, in the Meramec Room of the Havener Center. Metzger’s lecture will cover the need to produce the next generation of energetic materials and the current lack of advanced processes for material fabrication. Lunch will be served at the event. RSVP by noon Monday, Nov. 30, to tuppers@mst.edu. Attendees will pay $15 at the door. The event is sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association.

The first of three additional open forums for discussion of the tobacco-free campus initiative will be held from 2-3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, in Room 125 of Butler-Carlton Hall. All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend and to share their perspectives on the initiative.

The Miner Card ID office will be closed Monday, Nov. 23, through Friday, Nov. 27. It will reopen on Monday, Nov. 30. For more information, contact Tara Stone.

Sara Parker Pauley, director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, will present a lecture titled “Water: A Driving Force,” at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, in Room 125 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. Pauley will discuss various integrated efforts the department is employing to ensure that citizens and visitors can enjoy clean and abundant water […]

If you are planning to celebrate a milestone in your department, please keep the University Archives in mind. Archives has many photographs, memorabilia and documents about your department. Staff are delighted to help you, but need as much lead time as possible, and six to eight months’ notice is desirable. For more information, call Dr. […]