We would like to wish you and your families a safe and joyous holiday season and happy New Year
.
Enjoy your time together!
Dr. Belinda McCarthy
Provost
Electrical Outage Postponed
We learned this morning that the electrical outage scheduled for this Saturday, December 20, has been 
postponed. Because freezing temperatures are predicted for Saturday the risk of freezing pipes during the outage is considered too great to proceed with the original plans.
The outage, which is necessary for the renovation work in Siceluff, will be re-scheduled for a future time that will impose minimal impact to the campus. We will let you know when we learn more about those new plans.
In the meantime, the good news is that faculty will now have access to their offices if they need to come in Saturday to post their grades before the noon deadline. The computer lab in Glass will also still be open if anyone needs to use those facilities.
I hope everyone has a wonderful and restful holiday. Be safe.
John Catau, Associate Provost
Information Session Regarding Policy Changes
The Office of the Registrar is offering an information session to discuss the academic policy changes and advising-related procedures associated with the implementation of Banner for fall 2009.
Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Time: 1:30 p.m.– 2:30 p.m.
Location: Plaster Student Union 313
This session will be open to all faculty, staff, and students who have an interest in learning more about the following policy/procedural changes effective fall 2009:
- Prerequisites
- Advisement/Registration timeline for summer and fall 2009
- The new repeat policy (implementation details)
- Admission to degree program changes
- Overload policy
- Last date to drop/withdraw
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21st Showcase on Teaching and Learning
Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Venue: Strong Hall Atrium, College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Missouri State University, Springfield Campus
The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning extends an invitation for you to attend the “21st Showcase on Teaching and Learning.”
Missouri State faculty, instructors, per course, administrative staff, graduate students, and faculty visitors will gather for the purpose of academic enrichment and exchange of collegiate ideas and practices.
An RSVP is requested; please register your participation using the following link: RSVP Link
Program Schedule
8:00 • 8:30 a.m. Participants arrive to check-in, receive showcase program brochures, and enjoy a free continental breakfast buffet
8:30 • 8:45 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks presented by Dr. John Catau, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and Dr. Char Berquist, Professor of Communications and Director, Center for Dispute Resolution
8:45 • 9:00 a.m. Participants attend concurrent seminars in Strong Hall classrooms
9:00 • 10:15 a.m. Concurrent Session I
10:15 • 10:30 a.m. 15-Minute Break
10:30 • 11:45 a.m. Concurrent Session II
Concurrent seminar seating varies, therefore sessions are on a first come, first serve basis.
11:45 • 12:00 p.m. Participants travel to Plaster Student Union
12:00 • 1:30 p.m. Complimentary Luncheon in PSU Ballroom Third Floor 300W
Guest Speaker: Dr. Belinda McCarthy, Provost, Missouri State University
Free Showcase parking in BEAR PARK SOUTH LOT 38 one day only, Wednesday, January 7, 2009.
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Session descriptions are available on the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning webpage
If you are unable to register online, please RSVP to Enid Harris.
Office: (417) 836-3059
Free Concert Celebrates Restoration of Casavant Organ
Missouri State Department of Music
Free Concert Celebrates Restoration of Casavant Organ and the Year of the Organ
Organ Plus Concert, Featuring Jeremy Chesman, Grant Peters, and Carol Chapman
Date: Sunday, March 8
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Ellis Hall Recital Hall
The final concert, entitled Organ Plus, will feature the organ in combination with a variety of other instruments. En Chamade, a group featuring Chesman, Grant Peters (trumpet), and Carol Chapman (voice), will perform, along with the Missouri State Chamber Orchestra, with Chesman as soloist.
All concerts are free and open to the public. Parking will be available in lots north of Ellis Hall accessible from Monroe St. as well as in the Baptist Student Center Parking Lot across National Avenue from Ellis Hall.
For further information, please contact Jeremy Chesman or the Music Office at Missouri State.
Click here for details about the Casavant organ restoration.
Student Research Grants for Asian Studies
Application Deadline: February 2, 2009
Contact: Weirong Schaefer, Coordinator of the College of Arts and Letters Asian Arts Initiative
To further promote the Asian studies among students at MSU, the Student Research Grants for Asian studies now is available.
Full-time or part-time students from any college at MSU are eligible. Undergraduates as well as graduate students are encouraged to apply.
Applications are now being accepted for the Student Research Grants for Asian Studies.
These grants are made possible through the Asian Arts Initiative of the College of Arts and Letters and the Provost’s Research Incentive Program. The amount of awards will vary to a maximum of $2,000 for international travel and $1,000 for domestic travel.
Click here for complete instructions and application form. Notification of awards will be made by March 1, 2009.
- Full-time or part-time students from any college are eligible.
- Undergraduates as well as graduate students are encouraged to apply.
- Examples of appropriate funding include travel expenses, materials, conference fees, food and lodging expenses as well as other research-oriented expenses.
