Budget Update
The PowerPoint presentation from the all-college meeting on February 21 is posted here: CNAS Budget Committee page
UPCOMING
- Schedule for Academic Advisor Forums is here.
- University Career Expo is tomorrow, February 28 from 12-4 PM, SGF Expo Center
- March 1 – Hospitality Leadership is hosting a career fair. Read the blog Get involved with hospitality leadership.
- Spring Break is March 11-19.
- March 25 – nominations for CNAS awards are due! Click awards policy.
ICYMI…
- Linnea Iantria wrote a blog for the National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations – Grassroots Geotourism
- o Article also quoted here! http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2017/02/24/can-tourism-save-the-countryside/
- Science on Screen viewings have been scheduled for April 4 (BIO) and April 11 (GGP). See calendar below for details.
- The director of the Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures is an MSU alumnus. Read Emerging from the shadows.
- Great visit last week from two alumni – Dr. Sarah Elsea and Dr. Greg Garrison
Seminars this week – Watch the master calendar CNAS homepage
- Dr. Andre Clayborne, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri at Kansas City: Electrochemistry at the Nanoparticle Interface: Insights from Computational Chemistry
- Dr. Jonathan Gagné will present The search for cold and isolated planetary-mass objects.
- Dr. Jack Ray, assistant director of the Center for Archeological Research, Missouri State University, will present An Evolving Research Program in Trinidad and Tobago.
I hope that I will see you at spring commencement – May 19, 2017. Deadline for returning the faculty regalia order form is March 21. The form can be found at the following link: http://www.missouristate.edu/commencement/For-Faculty-Staff.htm
STUDY AWAY
February 28, 2017, 11 am to 2 pm, PSU Atrium, Study Away Fair. Study Away Director Elizabeth Strong and Accounting Specialist Carrie Kendall will be available to answer your short-term study away questions.
CNAS has three study away programs with deadlines coming up soon – Please let your students know about these trips!
- Peru for Hospitality: deadline is March 1, 2017
- Switzerland for Physics: deadline is March 1, 2017 (interdisciplinary)
- Taiwan for Geography: deadline is March 1, 2017
March 8, 2017, 2 to 3 pm, Glass Hall 227, Exploratory Travel Fund Workshop. Join Study Away Advisory Committee members Dr. Amy Muchnick and Dr. Chuck Hermans and former fund recipients for helpful tips as you prepare your application.
March 31, 2017, 5 pm, Exploratory Travel Fund Proposals due to PSU 209. Study Away Programs will provide funding for exploratory travel to be awarded in April 2017 for travel within 16 months of the award notice. The aim of exploratory travel is to increase the number of faculty-directed short-term programs towards an end of increasing students’ cultural competence. Additionally, funded travel will help to ensure faculty preparedness in safety measures for future short-term programs.
April 6, 2017, 3:30 to 4:30 pm, PSU 317, International Studies Abroad (ISA) Faculty Workshop. Prepare for your 2018 short-term program with program provider ISA. Ms. Chelsi Hudson, ISA Regional Director, will present ISA Custom Program options, allowing you to focus on the academics while ISA manages all the logistics. Beverages and refreshments will be provided.
CNAS NEWS –
CNAS Public Lectures –Our speaker for March 21 is Dr. Larry Campbell. He will be talking about his recent trip: Following the Missouri River
The latest CNAS NEWS is published here – CNAS NewsWatch
Please keep us informed and we will add your news to the list!
SCIENCE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS – Do you and your students want to help promote Science in the Ozarks? Each week I will be providing volunteer opportunities for you and your students!
- Assist with assembling information packets for Horace Mann and Pittman Career Day events-we will need to prepare packets with information about the resources the dept. has available to the community (info. about recycling centers, household chemical collection center, how to recycle at home) plus each packet gets one of our famous recycled pencils, and a seed paper bracelet. Each school needs approx. 350 packets prepared. Time frame would be last week of April, times could be flexible, number of students—a team of 4-5 could probably crank out this project in a couple of hours.
- Community Wide Play Day-Saturday April 29th-We will provide recycling bins for the event. A team of people who can monitor the bins to make sure correct items end up in the correct bin would be fantastic, and then assist with collecting the bins at the end of the event. Time frame-8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
- Young Sprouts in the Garden/Butterfly Festival-Saturday, June 24th (I know this is after the semester ends, but just in case there’s someone who will be in town and looking for something…. J) We will be making seed pots out of newspaper, adding soil and a seed for children to take home and plant in their home garden. Helping hands will be needed to accomplish the various steps! Last year’s event had about 2000 people, and that was a low attendance number. Time would be about 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. (Shifts could be arranged!)
CONTACT – Laurie Duncan
Education Outreach Specialist
lduncan@springfieldmo.gov
417-864-2007 (office)
417-300-3981 (cell)
Watershed Committee of the Ozarks can design internships, volunteer work days for groups, and field trip and tours for classes/clubs or small groups. For volunteers who might want to get more involved, we often need volunteers to help teach watershed based science. Contact Mike Kromrey at Watershed Committee of the Ozarks.
CALENDAR – 2017
Mar 1 HL Career Fair – presentations and fair
Mar 1 HL Board of Advisors, 4:00-5:30 PM, Pummill 402
Mar 2 HL Career Fair – interview day
Mar 11-19 Spring Break (offices open!)
Mar 21 CNAS Public Lecture – Dr. Larry Campbell, 7:30 PM
Mar 25 Spring Showcase
Mar 25 Nominations for CNAS awards are due
Mar 28-30 Spring Academic Integrity Days
Mar 30 HL Speaker Series, 2:00-3:15, PSU Theatre
Apr 4-7 OSEF Ozarks Science and Engineering Fair
Apr 4-7 Public Affairs Conference
Apr 7 Public Affairs Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Apr 4 Science on Screen: The Martian, followed by discussion with Dr. Michelle Bowe (BIO) and Charlie Armstrong
Apr 11 Science on Screen: Mad Max Fury Road, followed by discussion with Dr. Toby Dogwiler (GGP)
April 12 Pummill Relays
Apr 13-14 Spring Holiday (no classes – offices open 13, offices closed 14)
Apr 20-21 Collaborative Diversity conference
Apr 28-29 GGP Board of Advisors meeting
Apr 28 CNAS Undergraduate Research Day, PSU Ballroom
Student Poster Presentations 1pm – 3pm
Judging 1:15pm – 2:45pm
Speaker: Dr. Nikolay Gerasimchuk 3:00pm
Faculty, Staff and Student Awards 3:30pm
Apr 29 Graduate College IDF
May 2 All Faculty reception, 3:00 pm, PSU Ballroom
May 12 Study Day
May 13-18 Finals Week
May 19 Spring 2017 Commencement (CNAS is 5:00 PM)
MEDIA
- Tune in every Thursday morning at 9:45 AM for 5-minute STEM Spots on KSMU hosted by Dr. David Cornelison.
- Check out CNAS blog and CNAS NewsWatch for more information.
- CNAS NEWS posted by University Communications – news.missouristate.edu/tag/cnas
- Follow CNAS on Twitter: @CNASatMSU
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