The second annual S&T Brand Symposium will be held Thursday, Sept. 7, in the Havener Center. This free event is an annual meeting of S&T leaders and communicators. Participants will hear from experts and get connected to the university’s vision for marketing and branding. Morning sessions and lunch are open to all who register at brand.mst.edu/brandsymposium. Some spaces are still available in an afternoon workshop 2:15-3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7: “Improving your communication through improv,” by Nathan Stewart, director of inbound marketing and content strategy at Intouch Solutions, a pharmaceutical marketing agency.

On Wednesday, Oct. 25, the University of Missouri System’s One Card reconciliation process will move from JP Morgan PaymentNet to PeopleSoft Travel & Expense (T & E). To learn more about the new features of One Card reconciliation, visit the training website and sign up for a presentation or interactive webinar. Training will be held at Missouri S&T today (Thursday, Sept. 28). Webinars are planned on multiple dates in October. View the schedule and register online.

Dr. Jeff Cawlfield will present “Overview of Academic Integrity Issues at S&T” noon-1:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11, in the Meramec-Gasconade Room of the Havener Center. Cawlfield is vice provost for undergraduate studies and professor of geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering. The event is part of the ongoing advising conference series sponsored by the undergraduate advising office. Additional presentations will include:

Non-tenure track faculty are invited to a get-together 3:30-5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, in the Meramec-Gasconade Room of the Havener Center. The title is “Career Paths for Non-Tenure Track Faculty: Is There a Future for an NTT?” Reserve your spot.

Coterie of Missouri S&T will hold its Fall Coffee 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Christ Episcopal Church, located at 1000 N. Main Street in Rolla. Coterie is a university-based organization committed to providing a social network for Missouri S&T and the Rolla community. For more information, visit the Coterie of Missouri S&T Facebook page, website at coterie.mst.edu or call Gina Valente-Khayat at 308-9997.

The S&T campus community is advised to beware of telephone and email scams. University Police has received reports of scammers targeting international students with claims that they have an unpaid debt to the Internal Revenue Service or the Department of Revenue. Often the scammer will spoof the true telephone number for the organization. The scammer will instruct the victim to purchase a gift card and reveal the card number to the scammer. The scammer then withdraws the funds from the gift cards. Many of these phone scams use threats of jail or bullying techniques to scare the victim into paying.

The fall test of Missouri S&T’s emergency mass notification system will take place at noon Wednesday, Sept. 13. Is your emergency contact information up-to-date? With the new academic year underway, it is a good time to review your emergency contact information to make sure it is current. To receive emergency alerts and updates via your phone and email from anywhere, follow these procedures for faculty and staff:

• Go to the UM System myHR website.
• Sign in using your S&T user ID and password.
• Click the “Additional Employee Info” box.
• Click “UM Emergency Information.”
• Review your phone numbers and email addresses and update if needed. You may enter your phone, cell, text and pager numbers as well as an alternate email address. The alternate personal email address is for emergencies only. The university will only use your official university email to conduct official university business.

Wayne Bledsoe, host of the popular radio show Bluegrass for a Saturday Night, will host his final episode of the show 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, on KMST 88.5 FM in Rolla and 96.3 FM in Lebanon, Missouri. Bledsoe has hosted the show for nearly 40 years. Read more about Bledsoe, his exposure to bluegrass greats as a child, and his plans for the future at stlpublicradio.org/bledsoe.

University Police reminds the campus community to be mindful of local parking regulations. There is a 72-hour limit to parking on the streets in the housing subdivision west of Bishop Avenue between 10th Street and University Drive. The area is marked by street signs. The Rolla Police department will patrol the streets and issue citations for parking violations.