Amateur artists and designers are invited to submit original designs for this year’s Celebration of Nations T-shirt. The winning submission will receive a $200 gift card to the Missouri S&T Bookstore. Designs must reflect the event’s theme, “One Campus. One Community. One World.”
Several policy revisions will be considered by the Rolla Board of Education Thursday night.
Missouri Farm Bureau and the 113 Farm Bureau organizations across the state have declared Feb. 5-11, Thank a Farmer Week.
Event highlights
• As always, admission includes all you can eat pancakes, sausage, coffee, milk and orange juice.
• The 65th annual event features live entertainment including the ‘World’s Best German Band,’ a bluegrass band and a gospel music group.
• All proceeds go to the Rolla Kiwanis Club and its many programs aimed at area youth. Those programs include Project Graduation, Grace for Christmas, and a Friday backpack program.
Missouri University of Science and Technology will conduct a test of its emergency alert system at noon today.
Phelps County Clerk Carol Bennett is reminding residents of the deadline to apply for absentee voting.
“Impressions of the Civil War in Missouri,” an exhibit with paintings and sketches by artist Dan Woodward, will open with a reception from 6-7 p.m. today in the lobby of Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets in Rolla. The exhibit is sponsored by the Missouri University of Science and Technology Campus Art Committee.
County clerks around the state are getting ready for Missouri’s Presidential Preference Primary Feb. 7, but many clerks and party officials see little need for the primary in general due to some big changes in the process this year.
Missouri University of Science and Technology will host the annual Missouri Concrete Conference April 26-27 in the Havener Center on campus.
Conference registration is $130 per person. Attendees to the American Concrete Institute luncheon are asked to pre-register online at concrete.mst.edu. The cost for the luncheon is $18 per person.
Two bold and expressive Chinese art forms will be explored in two workshops taught by visiting Weiner Distinguished Professor Dr. Lampo Leong this spring at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
The Mark Twain National Forest is looking for volunteers to continue to document the historic Trail of Tears in Mark Twain National Forest’s Poplar Bluff Ranger District. The work will be done March 26-31.
Through mid-March, Girl Scouts will be going door-to-door and setting up booths at local merchants to sell eight varieties of Girl Scout cookies.
The growing Muslim community of Rolla is realizing a dream four years in the making Friday with hopes the city and surrounding area, regardless of faith, will share in their joy.
In a tour to commemorate its 100th anniversary, the Pro Arte Quartet will perform at Missouri University of Science and Technology Jan. 30, as part of Missouri S&T’s Campus Performing Arts Series. The performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall on the university campus.
An innovative, barrier-pushing ballet company is making a stop in Rolla tomorrow, and they have more than a performance on their itinerary.
The James Sewell Ballet will be offering a free Mind Body Workshop program tomorrow afternoon prior to the company’s performance at Leach Theatre in Castleman Hall later in the evening.
Get ready for the largest pub crawl in the world.
Mark your calendars for the 11th anniversary for the Lake of the Ozarks Mardi Gras Pub Crawl. The crawl will be held February 11 from 4 p.m.-1 a.m. at 21 participating bars and restaurants.
The deadline is approaching for high school seniors interested in applying for a Missouri State Fair Youth in Agriculture scholarship.
Five selections from The Tournées Festival, a grant program that brings the best of contemporary French cinema to university campuses, will be a part of the Free Spring 2012 Film Festival at Missouri University of Science and Technology this season. The festival features a total of 14 acclaimed films.
The 24th Annual Rolla Area Home & Business Expo is March 23-24, Friday from 3 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Missouri S&T Gale Bullman multi-purpose building.
