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Instructors: S&T connect is now used for sending Academic Alerts

Posted by on February 24, 2015

S&T Connect is the new system for sending out Academic Alerts. Instead of sending out an “Alert”, you “Raise a Flag.” As before, challenged students and their academic advisors will receive a copy of your communication so that corrective actions can be identified and taken. Here’s a quick visual tutorial to help you start using […]

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Student Success Center Open House This Week! Visit 198 Toomey Hall, 11:00AM to 1:00PM on Jan. 27th, 28th, and 29th

Posted by on January 27, 2015

Are you a student? Then the Student success center is for YOU! Stop by 198 Toomey Hall this week and check out what the Burns & McDonnell Student Success Center has to offer. The SSC is staffed with 15 trained Student Success Coaches that are ready to assist in your journey towards success at Missouri […]

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Reminder to Instructors: You Must Make Your Course “Available” For Students To Access It.

Posted by on January 19, 2015

Blackboard courses are set to “Unavailable” by default; the instructor must make them “Available” in order for students to see and access the course from the Blackboard homepage. To set course availability using the control panel, navigate to Customization→Properties and set the course availability to “Yes.” Here is a short visual tutorial of the required […]

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What is STEM Transformation?

Posted by on November 7, 2014

I had the opportunity to attend a conference in October called Transforming Institutions: 21st Century STEM Education.  There were many good ideas that I took away from this conference but the question that I started the conference with is, what is Transforming Institutions, STEM Education really all about. I know what STEM is.  It stands […]

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Faculty Success = Student Success & Student Success = Faculty Success

Posted by on November 7, 2014

I had the opportunity to attend a conference in October called Transforming Institutions: 21st Century STEM Education. There were many good ideas that I took away from this conference but one that continues to resonate with me is that for many of us in higher education, we influence student success by helping to make faculty […]

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Research Opportunities for Undergraduates at Clemson University

Posted by on February 18, 2014

Clemson University in South Carolina is offering several research opportunities for undergraduate students involved with data-intensive computing projects. All students participating in the REU program will take part in tutorials on tools and techniques that are widely used in data-intensive computing research, as well as on useful professional development topics (e.g., applying to graduate school, […]

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Research Opportunities for Undergraduates at Louisiana State University

Posted by on February 18, 2014

Louisiana State University (LSU) is offering TWO research opportunities for undergraduate students involved with computational (CCT) or materials sciences (LA-SiGMA). Students will spend the summer (10 weeks) at the LSU campus working on research projects in very diverse fields, so any student in a STEM field is encouraged to apply. Students will receive a stipend, […]

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