Joe Miner camp signups under way
Signups are under way for the Joe Miner Sports Camp, which will take place May 27-30 at the Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building. The camp is for children entering grades 3-8 in the 2014-15 school year and will have a variety of physical development activities available for them. The cost of the camp is $60 per camper or […]
Read More »Staff Council meeting May 8
The next Staff Council meeting, scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday, May 8, in the Meramec-Gasconade Room of the Havener Center, will feature the new “Reimagining Our University Experience.” Kelley Stuck, associate vice president of total compensation for the UM System, will present and explain the Total Rewards Task Force’s recommendations and the direction the system will head […]
Read More »Watts to join in civil rights program
Dr. Trent Watts, associate professor of English and technical communication, received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to participate in a summer institute titled “Finding Mississippi in the National Civil Rights Narrrative: Struggle, Institution Building and Power at the Local Level.” The institute will be held June 8-27 in Jackson, Miss. Watts […]
Read More »May HRSAADI newsletter
The May edition of the human resources services, affirmative action and diversity and inclusion (HRSAADI) newsletter is available on the HRSAADI webpage. This month’s edition features information about the new staff compensation structure, updates to myHR and information on the diversity webpage, which has resources for staff and students. If you have questions or suggestions about the newsletter, email affact@mst.edu.
Read More »Ninth annual Student Art Show
The ninth annual Missouri S&T Student Art Show, titled “Miner Muses,” will be on display Friday, May 9, through Thursday, May 15, in the Havener Center. This will include drawings, paintings, block prints, digital art, sculptures and ceramics from the entire year of art classes.
Read More »Master plan open forum
Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader invites the campus community to attend an open forum about the Missouri S&T campus master plan. The forum will be held from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, May 5, in St. Pat’s Ballroom A and B of the Havener Center.
Read More »IT says stop using Internet Explorer
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is discouraging the use any version of the Internet Explorer web browser until a serious security flaw is resolved. Missouri S&T’s information technology asks all faculty, staff and students to discontinue use of the Internet Explorer browser immediately.
Read More »Faculty Social and Welcome Event
The campus faculty and administrators are invited to attend the Faculty Social and Welcome Event that will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, in St. Pat’s Ballroom A of the Havener Center. Come meet the new faculty, mingle with colleagues and make new connections. The event is sponsored by the Female and Underrepresented Minority Faculty Recruiting and Retention Task Force. Refreshments will be provided at the event. For more information, contact Irina Ivliyeva or Merilee Krueger.
Read More »Library poster shop closing
The library poster shop will consolidate its services with campus printing services at the end of the semester. The library poster shop will accept orders until noon Thursday, May 15. All orders must be picked up by noon Friday, May 16. For more information, call Carol Brown at 341-7821.
Read More »Physics students achieve nuclear fusion
Three physics undergraduates achieved nuclear fusion of deuterium into helium. The students, Jaykob Maser, Sheldon Harper and Brock Ebert, working in the Physics Advanced Laboratory class under the supervision of Dr. Greg Story, produced fusion of deuterium in a plasma experiment. They confirmed that they had achieved fusion by detecting the production of neutrons in the plasma. Results of their experiment will be discussed at the Fuller Prize talks, 3:30-5 p.m. Thursday, May 1, in the lobby of the Physics Building, and at the Physics Advanced Laboratory final presentations, 1-3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8, in the physics fully library.
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