Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Workshop
Universal Design: A New Paradigm for Designing Equitable and Inclusive Learning Environments
Event is free!
Open to current students, faculty, staff, and visitors.
Registration is not required.
Date: November 5
Time: 2–3 p.m.
Location: Meyer Library 101
Presented by: Katheryne Staeger-Wilson, MSW, LCSW, Director, Disability Services Missouri State University
This presentation will examine the importance of changing how we perceive disability, shifting from the medical model to the socio-political model of disability. This new model is the foundation for incorporating Universal Design (UD). MSU’s Disability Services was recently selected to participate in a three-year grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education called Project ShIFT (Shaping Inclusion through Foundational Transformation). We will explore the opportunities of this grant; with the purpose of how UD can be applied to teaching to enhance the learning of all students.
The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning in collaboration with the Office of Disability Services will sponsor a book series on this topic during the Spring Semester 2010.
Call for Public Affairs Grant Applications for Spring 2010 Events
Deadline for Applications: October 30, 2009
The Office of Public Affairs Support is now accepting applications for the Public Affairs Grant Program. Applications are being requested for programs that will occur during the Spring 2010 semester. The Public Affairs Grant Program provides financial support to faculty, staff, and student organizations and groups to sponsor events for the campus community that are consistent with Missouri State University’s public affairs mission. These are events that provide opportunities for dialogue that encourage faculty, staff, and students to explore topics of public concern. Interdisciplinary and collaborative proposals are especially encouraged. The primary audience for these events is the campus community, but community participation with faculty, staff and students is welcome.
Application and proposal guidelines can be found at http://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/grant/. For questions, contact Mary Ann Wood, Director of Public Affairs Support.
The Democracy Mission of Higher Education—Webcast
“Agents and Architects of Democracy: The Struggle for the Future of Higher Education”
Date: November 3
Time: 2–3 p.m.
Location: PSU 313
Webcast Hosts: Elizabeth Strong, Associate Director of CASL and Interim Director of Study Away Programs; W.D. Blackmon, Department Head of English; and Marc Cooper, Professor of History
This Event is Free and Open to the Public
Explore the history and future of civic agency as an organizing theme for higher education. Click the link below for complete information on this event and the webcast moderators and presenters.
The Democracy Mission of Higher Education Webcast Event Details
The Inaugural MSU Business Research Excellence
Workshop Forum
Date: November 3
Time: 3:30–5 p.m.
Location: Glass Hall 101
This event marks the beginning of a new research workshop initiative coordinated by the COBA Research Excellence and Faculty Development Committee. Additional research workshops will be scheduled in future semesters.
The inaugural research workshop will feature College of Business Administration Dean Danny Arnold highlighting his “147 Publishing Tips for Professors” book. Dean Arnold’s publishing tips will help you find hidden talents, opportunities, and options for improving your publishing success. No reservations are required. Please mark your calendar to attend!
Research Excellence Workshop Forum Flyer
For more information contact:
Dr. R. Neal Callahan
Phone 417-836-5160 (office)
Email: NealCallahan@missouristate.edu
The Office of the Provost Now Accepting Nominations for the 2010 Foundation Awards in Teaching, Research, and Service
Please note application process changes listed below
If you are nominating another person, your letter of nomination (please copy your nominee) must be submitted to the Office of the Provost, attn: Mary Lynne Golden, by November 18, 2009. If you are self-nominating, a nomination form, which is available at the link below, must be submitted to the Office of the Provost, attn: Mary Lynne Golden, by November 18, 2009.
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The full application for a Foundation Award is due to the appropriate departmental office by January 12, 2010.
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Departmental offices must forward applications to the dean’s office by January 18, 2010.
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Deans must forward applications for Foundation Awards to the Office of the Provost by January 21, 2010.
Recipients of the Foundation Awards for Teaching, Research, and Service will be selected by the Foundation Awards Committee (subject to the approval of the provost and president), and award winners will be contacted by early April and will be recognized at the All Faculty Recognition Reception to be held on Monday, May 3, 2010.
For further information please contact: Mary Lynne Golden, Office of the Provost, 6-5022.
2010 Foundation Awards Guidelines
2010 Nomination Form
2010 Application Form
Dr. Margaret Weaver
From the Faculty Senate Chair
The Faculty Senate Executive Committee would like to thank all faculty who were able to complete the Merit Compensation Process Survey by Monday at 10 a.m. Three-hundred and seventy-five faculty responded to the survey. Of those that responded, 111 indicated that they would like to “Continue the current merit system (Departmental committees and department heads will continue to assign annual numerical rankings, and the rankings for uncompensated years will be averaged when the raise pool exceeds 2%. No college matrices will be generated until the raise pool exceeds 2%.)”, and 262 indicated that they would like to “Temporarily suspend the merit system until the raise pool exceeds 2%. (Faculty will continue to submit materials for annual review, but neither the departmental committees nor the department heads will assign numerical rankings.)” These results, as well as the insightful written suggestions we received via email, were forwarded to the President’s University Compensation Committee. We would encourage you to be in contact with your college faculty representative on the committee. A complete listing of committee members is available on the Provost’s website in the Committee Handbook under “Faculty Resources”.
If you were unable to complete the survey by Monday at 10 a.m., please do take a moment to complete it. The survey is still available on the Faculty Senate website until tomorrow (Friday) at 5 p.m. At that time, we will forward the final results to the University Compensation Committee. Again, we greatly appreciate your participation.
In next week’s Communiqué, I will highlight some of the agenda items for the November session of the Faculty Senate.
Have a restful weekend–
Margaret Weaver
Faculty Senate Chair, 2009-10
836-5360
Summer Faculty Fellowships
Proposals for projects to be carried out during the Summer of 2010 should be submitted by Monday, November 2, 2009.
Summer Faculty Fellowships allow faculty members engaged in research or in creative activities to devote intense thought and activity to a single project. Projects which can be brought to or near completion as the result of the fellowship will be given preference. The Summer Faculty Fellowship provides a $6,000 stipend to the recipient. Please Note: These Summer Faculty Fellowships are not to be confused with summer research awards provided to first-year faculty members by their College Deans.
Download the guidelines and application at http://graduate.missouristate.edu/facultysupport.htm.
Event: Veterans Recognition Breakfast
Date: November 11
Time: 8–10:15 a.m.
Location: PSU West Ballroom
Reserve seats by November 5
President Michael Nietzel will welcome veteran guests. Lt. Rob McCaskey of the U.S. Coast Guard will speak about the Coast Guard’s organization, operations during hurricane Katrina and also flood relief operations in the Midwest on the Mississippi and Red Rivers. MSU Canteen Performers will provide music. Breakfast is free to all veterans and their guests. Please call 836-5636, MSU Career Center, to reserve seats by November 5th. For complete details, download the flyer below.
Download Veterans Day Breakfast Event Flyer
Media, Journalism & Film Department Presents
Fact & Fiction: The Truth Behind Classic Cinema
FREE and Open to the Public
Film: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse — Eleanor Coppola
Showing: October 28; 7 p.m.; Moxie Cinema
November 2; 7 p.m.; PSU Theatre
Download Hearts of Darkness Flyer
Film: Fitzcarraldo — Werner Herzog
Showing: November 18; 7 p.m.; Moxie Cinema
November 23; 7 p.m.; PSU Theatre
Download the Fitzcarraldo Flyer
Film: Burden of Dreams — Les Blank
Showing: December 2; 7 p.m.; Moxie Cinema
December 7; 7 p.m.; PSU Theatre
Download Burden of Dreams Flyer
University Film Series funded by the Office of the Provost and the College of Arts & Letters
