The University of Missouri System is launching new myHR and PeopleSoft HR applications this summer. Tutorials are available online. In-person training sessions will also be held. Get a schedule and instructions on enrolling.

S&T’s information technology (IT) staff, along with representatives from Marco, will conduct an inventory of all networked HP printers across campus beginning Monday, July 10. During the week, staff and representatives will stop by offices throughout campus to take inventory of printers.

To allow for equipment placement on the roof of Schrenk Hall, a section of 11th Street between State and Main streets will be blocked through Friday, July 7. For more information, please contact Ron Boggs, senior construction project manager, at 308-7066.

The S&T Store is selling T-shirts to commemorate a total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21. The eclipse coincides with the first day of class. Shirts are available at the store and online at www.thesandtstore.com.

Several organizational changes will take place as a result of the campus budget plan, which begins Saturday, July 1, the start of fiscal year 2018. Several of these transitions will begin July 1, while others are scheduled to begin at later dates, as noted in the full article. These changes include a change in direct reports to the chancellor (including a reduction in the number of vice chancellors) and a reduction in the number of direct reports to the provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs (from 11 positions to nine).

Dr. Gregory Hilmas, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of ceramic engineering, has been named interim chair of materials science and engineering, effective July 1. Hilmas will replace Dr. Matthew O’Keefe, who has served as chair of materials science and engineering since March 2016. O’Keefe will return to full-time teaching and research within the department in the fall semester. Next January, O’Keefe will become executive director of the Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence at the University of Mississippi. Get more details.

Catch a glimpse of the invention, creativity and artistry of Maker Faire Kansas City in this one-minute video. The Mars Rover Design Team and other tech-savvy S&T students showed off their talents over the weekend, June 24-25, at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. Missouri S&T was a sponsor of the event. Students, faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, volunteers and Joe Miner represented our university. Dubbed the “the greatest show and tell on earth,” Maker Faire drew approximately 17,000 attendees to the family-friendly showcase of hobbies, experiments and projects of engineers, artists, scientists and crafters. Watch the video.