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Staff Council

Newsletter

  

 

Dear Missouri S&T staff,

Welcome back! I hope your summer was spent enjoying time with family, friends or even your fellow coworkers. I am pleased to begin this new year serving as your Staff Council president. I want to introduce you to your Staff Council executive committee and committee chairs.

Staff Council executive committee:

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  • President: Mark Evans, office support associate for events and hospitality management
  • Vice president: Dr. Greg Edwards, senior strategic communications consultant for marketing and communications
  • Secretary: Chyna Howell, senior program manager for the Student Success Center
  • Treasurer: Jeanette Waters, business support specialist for student involvement
  • Past president: Kevin Walkup, program manager for the Military and Veterans Service Center.

Committee chairs and co-chairs:

  • Advocacy
    • Chair: Austin Wall, expert support systems administrator for information technology
    • Co-chair: Jason Newton, academic advisor for the College of Engineering and Computing.
  • Communications
    • Chair: James Slone, acting director of international student and scholar services.
    • Co-chair: Chyna Howell, senior program manager for the Student Success Center.
  • Involvement
    • Chair: Tera Humphrey, senior student service coordinator for student involvement
    • Co-chair: Brittany Thompson, director of events and hospitality management.

For a full list of council members and committee members, please visit the Staff Council members webpage and the committee members webpage.

The 2025–26 Staff Council meetings will have a new structure designed to increase transparency about our work and ongoing projects.

All are invited to join the  monthly meetings, which are held on the second Thursday of each month. We look forward to representing staff and working toward a successful year at Missouri S&T.

Go Miners!

Mark Evans
Staff Council president

Interested in learning more about Staff Council and what we do? More information can be found at staffcouncil.mst.edu. If you would like to speak as a guest during the upcoming meeting, email staffcouncil@mst.edu.

 

Staff news and highlights

 
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  • Chyna Howell is August's Staff Council spotlight! 
  • On July 9, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed Missouri Senate Bill 89, which designates Veteran’s Day as a paid holiday for all University of Missouri employees.
  • The Division of Enrollment Management has officially made its move to the new Welcome Center. Access is still unavailable to the public due to ongoing construction, but it is expected in the coming months to be fully operational and open!
  • Events and hospitality management established a new “non-academic” room reservation system.
  • IT has a new Information Technology Asset Request questionnaire for departments that order new technology.
  • Check out Percipio for new digital accessibility training.
  • The Staff Council Advocacy Committee announced the winners of $300 staff scholarship. Funds provided were raised through donations and other efforts.
  • The Staff Council Advocacy Committee set up an email account to address staff concerns. Email your concerns to staffadvocacy@mst.edu.
  • Associate vice chancellor Christine Karslake was named a member of InvestMidwest.
  • Congratulations to assistant vice chancellor Jessica Gargus, who received the Coalition of the Year Award 2025 from the Missouri Suicide Prevention Network.
  • Congratulations to Michael Pierce, who was named the 2025 Mark A. Philbrick Photographer of the Year by University Photographers’ Association of America.
  • Celebrate and get to know Baomei Ma, senior communications assistant in the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC). August 2025 CEC shoutout.
  • Celebrate and get to know Rhonda Sherman, senior business support specialist in CEC. July 2025 CEC shoutout.

From the Staff Success Center

 

Welcome new employees, celebrate staff milestones

  • Join Staff Council in welcoming our new employees who joined Missouri S&T in July and August.
  • Congratulations to Sharon Matson for 25 years of service! View other employee milestones for July and August, and make sure to congratulate these employees when you see them.

Get involved!

 

Staff Council is a volunteer organization dedicated to supporting S&T staff. If you would like to help out by volunteering, submit the volunteer form online.

Staff Council

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Missouri S&T
Rolla, MO 65409

573-341-4111
1-800-522-0938
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