Share your memories, honor Jerry Bayless at retirement bash
Alumni and friends are invited to honor the unmatched career of Jerry Bayless (CE’59, MS CE’62), associate professor emeritus of civil, architectural and environmental engineering. If you have a story or memory about Bayless you would like to share for an online tribute, please visit www.mineralumni.com/baylessmemory. The department will host a retirement banquet in his honor at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, at the Hasselmann Alumni House during Homecoming Weekend. Social hour begins at 5 p.m. Tickets cost $35 per person. You can register online at homecoming.mst.edu.
Read More »Civil engineering leader to speak today
The new president-elect of the nation’s oldest engineering society will share her vision of the profession’s future in a guest lecture. Robin A. Kemper, a senior risk engineering consultant for Zurich Services Corp., will serve as president of the American Society of Civil Engineers starting in 2018. Her lecture, “Engineering the Future,” begins at 2 p.m. today (Thursday, Oct. 26) in Room 125 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. Get more details.
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Stonehenge plaque honoring Joe Senne will be unveiled
A new plaque honoring Dr. Joseph H. Senne Jr. will be unveiled at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, at Missouri S&T’s Stonehenge replica. Senne, a professor emeritus and chair of civil engineering for at S&T 20 years, died in 2016. In addition to civil engineering, he was an avid astronomer who made the astronomical calculations for S&T’s Stonehenge replica, completed in 1984.
Read More »PLACE office to close due to budget
Missouri S&T’s Office of Professional Leadership and Campus Engagement (PLACE) will close, effective Sunday, Dec. 31, due to budget reductions. Leadership staff members within the Division of Student Affairs, along with some student representatives, are reviewing programming and services provided by PLACE to determine which will be continued in the spring 2018 semester and beyond.
Read More »Changes announced for mindfulness stress reduction program
Missouri S&T’s mindfulness-based stress reduction meditation program has been affected by recent changes. Due to budget reductions, the University of Missouri System’s Total Rewards program will not fund the eight-week, in-person class previously offered on Missouri S&T’s campus. Online versions of the class are available.
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Tickets available for William Shatner’s Sunday show
Missouri S&T’s Leach Theatre will host a performance of William Shatner’s one-man show “Shatner’s World” on Sunday, Oct. 29. The performance, which is part of the 2017-18 Leach Theatre Special Performance Series, will begin at 2 p.m. Doors will open 30 minutes prior to the show.
Tickets for the show are $80 and available at the Leach Theatre Box Office in Castleman Hall. The box office is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Get more information.
Read More »Get free tickets to “It’s A Wonderful Life” musical
Missouri S&T faculty, staff and students can get free admission to the final dress rehearsal of It’s A Wonderful Life – The Musical at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Ozark Actors Theatre in Rolla.
Read More »Last call to see Shakespeare in St. Louis
Dr. Anne Cotterill, associate professor of English and technical communication, is organizing a group visit to St. Louis’ Repertory Theatre to see a production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet Saturday, Nov. 4. The performance will start at 4 p.m. and the ticket cost will probably be $18-20. If you are interested in attending, please contact Cotterill at cotteril@mst.edu as soon as possible.
Read More »Correction: Student diversity initiatives staff
In a previous eConnection article, “Update on diversity programs, Title IX,” the employees in student diversity initiatives were misidentified. The staff includes: Cynthia Guess, operations manager, Ben White, senior assistant director and Shannon Cox, student support specialist. Melanie Wulff now serves as manager of alumni affairs for University Advancement.
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Scare up some fun at staff event on Halloween
Employees work hard and Staff Council wants to say “thanks” at an appreciation event for staff 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31, at the Puck. Come enjoy snacks and hot drinks by a campfire, bring a decorated or carved pumpkin for a contest and dress up for a costume contest. The event will also include prize drawings and games.
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