Graduate College Dean Candidate to Visit Campus
The Office of the Provost is pleased to announce Dr. Andrea Golato who will interview for the Graduate College Dean position. The Dr. Golato will be presenting an open forum followed by a question and answer session. Please see link for vita and open forum schedule.
View CV and open forum schedule
Noncredit Programs
Grant Writing from Good to Great
Date: Friday, March 22
Time: 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Location: Alumni Center, 2nd Floor
Fee: $150 per person, $100 per student
This course will allow seasoned grant writers and newcomers the chance to understand and practice the essentials of writing grant proposals in an interactive and creative workshop! From writing, research and learning how to locate funding sources to grant writing tips and tutorials that have taken years of our expertise to cultivate, let our insight into the vast resources, grant search, and grant writing strategies benefit your organization. In addition, you will learn how to pursue grant funds. This is a course not to be missed.
Visit the grant writing course page for complete course information and online registration.
Missouri State Test Prep Classes
Refer your students to this workshop. With preparation courses for the GRE®, GMAT®, LSAT, we are Springfield’s leading test prep solution. Scores on standardized tests like the GRE, GMAT, and LSAT play an important role in the graduate school application process. In addition to helping to determine admissions status, standardized tests are often used in merit-based scholarships, grants, fellowships, and assistantships. Let Missouri State University’s Test Prep program help your students prepare for, and succeed on, these important exams. A team of test prep professionals and former standardized exam item writers design and teach each test preparation course. Our experienced and professional instructors are highly trained and care about your success. We look forward to helping you achieve your goals.
Visit the test prep website to find out about dates of upcoming GRE and LSAT classes, costs, and online registration.
Marketing Your Nonprofit
Date: Thursday, April 11, 2013
Time: 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Location: Alumni Center 2nd Floor
Participants will learn the ins and outs of marketing their nonprofit in 2013 and beyond. Understand effective use and tools in the world of social media, including Facebook to Twitter. Create a buzz around your nonprofit with the news and other media. From press releases to advertising and public service announcements, you will be amazed by how much attention and funds you can be raking in beyond worn traditional fundraising ideas.
Fee: $150 per person, $100 per student
Visit the marketing your nonprofit course page for complete course information and online registration.
Fundamentals of Photography
Dates: Tuesday’s and Thursday’s, April 16, 18, 23, 25
Time: 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Location: Morris Center, Room 318
Fee: $50
This course will help the student learn the functions of their cameras (film or digital) and how to make better use of composition, lenses, lighting, software, flash units, and other equipment including tips and techniques for capturing photographs that stand out from the everyday snapshot image. In addition, this course is recommended to hobbyists, budding journalists that need to shoot their own stories, artists, and anyone else looking at improving their photographic imagery.
Visit the fundamentals of photography course page for complete course information and online registration.
New Faculty Workshops
Research Compliance
Date: Monday, March 25
Time: 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Location: Strong Hall Basement Room 1
Presenters: Erin Parrish, Director of Research Compliance; Brian Greene, Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee; Linda Vaught, Institutional Review Board
This workshop is a must for those of you who conduct research regarding humans or animals. We will discuss procedures for obtaining approval from MSU’s Institutional Review Board (human subjects) and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. We also will be discussing procedures to ensure biosafety as well as procedures for export control.
Preparing for Promotion-Clinical Faculty
Date: Monday, March 25
Time: 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Location: Strong Hall Basement Room 2
Presenters: Jill Oswalt, Clinic Director, MSU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic; Chris Craig & Julie Masterson, Provost’s Office
This workshop will focus on the criteria that are used for promotion to various ranks for clinical faculty and how to optimally prepare to meet them. Establishment of yearly goals and documentation of progress will be emphasized.
Beginning and Implementing a Focused Research Agenda
Date: Monday, April 1
Time: 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Location: Strong Hall Basement Room 1
Presenters: Elizabeth Rozelle, COB; Chris Barnhardt, CNAS; Eric Sheffield, COE; and Julie Masterson, CHHS and Provost’s Office
Beginning and implementing a programmatic line of research is important for new academics. We will discuss the advantages of a specified research agenda and offer potential ways to overcome the challenges of narrowing one’s focus. Panelists include previous winners of MSU Foundation Award in Research and other campus leaders in scholarship.
Preparing for Promotion to Senior Instructor
Date: Monday, April 1
Time: 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Location: Strong Hall Basement Room 2
Presenters: Tracy Dalton, English; Chris Craig, Provost’s Office
This workshop will focus on the criteria that are used for promotion to senior instructor and how to optimally prepare to meet them. Establishment of yearly goals and documentation of progress will be emphasized.
Academic Advisement Forums
Academic Advice for Special Populations: Advising Honors, Adult, and International Transfer Students
Date: Tuesday, March 26
Time: 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Location: Plaster Student Union 313, Traywick Parliamentary Room
The panelists for this workshop are John Chuchiak, Melissa Mace and Jonathan Talley. George Connor, Political Science, will facilitate the session.
Co-sponsored by Transfer Advising Committee
Advising Transfer Students: Strategies for Today’s Realities and Tomorrow’s Challenges—NACADA Online Webinar
Date: Thursday, March 28
Time: 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Location: Plaster Student Union 313, Traywick Parliamentary Room
Moderator: Tom Grites, Assistant Provost, Richard Stockton College
Panelist includes: Ross Hawkins, Missouri State University; Karen Archambault, Brookdale Community College, and Sandy Waters, Old Dominion University
Lessons Learned and Anticipated Challenges
Date: Tuesday, April 2
Time: 12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Location: Plaster Student Union 313, Traywick Parliamentary Room
Join Dr. Earle Doman, retiring Vice President for Student Affairs, as he shares his perspectives from his time here at Missouri State and what challenges lie ahead.
Students for a Sustainable Future present Dr. Eban Goodstein
Good Work for Hot Times: Sustainability Leadership in Business and Policy
Date: Tuesday, April 2
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Carrington Hall Auditorium
Dr. Goodstein is an economist, author, and environmental educator known for his work in the clean energy movement, and for his climate education events, which have engaged over 2500 colleges, universities, high schools and other institutions in solutions-driven dialogues about global warming and climate change.
Dr. Goodstein is Director for Bard College’s MBA program in Sustainability and Bard Center for Environmental Policy.
Academic Life Skills Lecture Series
The Absent Professor Program at Missouri State University and the marketing and presentation arm of the Bear CLAW (Center for Learning and Writing) will hold a lecture series titled “Academic Life Skills.” These lecture/workshops are presented by students for students! Please encourage all who are interested to attend. If faculty wish to send their students to the workshops, we will provide handouts as proof of their attendance.
View academic life skills schedule
Springfield’s Hidden History of Diversity: A Panel Discussion
Date: Monday, April 8
Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Location: Carrington Auditorium
Panelists will highlight the findings of articles recently published in Springfield’s Urban Histories: Essays on the Queen City of the Missouri Ozarks (Moon City Press, 2012). Audience Q&A to follow presentation.
There will be an autographed book sale at 6:45 p.m. and after the event.
Residence Life is Seeking MSU Faculty Members to Serve as Faculty Fellows for the Living-Learning Community Program
The Living-Learning Communities (LLCs) through Residence Life, Housing and Dining Services are seeking faculty members interested in serving as LLC Faculty Fellows for the 2013–2014 academic year.
The commitment to be a Faculty Fellow is minimal yet very important. We ask for your time, energy, enthusiasm, and willingness to meet the following expectations:
- Attend one social event/semester—e.g., lunch or dinner with the floor, etc. (the cost of your meal will be covered)
- Attend one educational event/semester—e.g., program held on the floor or elsewhere on campus
- Present a program to members of the floor one time during the year (the subject matter is up to you)
- Meet with the Residential Programming Assistant (RPA) at the beginning of each semester to discuss plans for the upcoming weeks.
We look forward to connecting students with faculty outside the classroom and look forward to providing the opportunity for faculty to connect with students outside the classroom. Please visit the Living-Learning Communities website or contact Alisa Garbisch, Coordinator for Residential Academic Programs, at AlisaGarbisch@MissouriState.edu or via phone at 417-836-8840, if you are interested in learning more about this program. Thank you!
Carrie’s Café is Now Open
Time: 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Location: Professional Building, Room 426
Carrie’s Cafe’, a 70 seat café run by Hospitality and Restaurant Administration students, is open to the public and located on the fourth floor of the Professional Building on the corner of Kimbrough and Cherry.
Call 836-4409 for reservations.
28th Showcase on Teaching and Learning Call for Proposals
Proposal submission deadline: Wednesday, March 27
The FCTL and Showcase Planning committee invites proposals for presentations at the Fall 2013 Showcase on Teaching and Learning.
The Showcase on Teaching and Learning will be held Wednesday, August 14 and focuses on Passion, Inspiration, and Innovation in teaching and learning.
Presentations should be 50 minutes in length and this year we are offering the following tracks for presenters and participants:
- Learning Online—Enhancing the online learning experience for students.
- Best Practices in Teaching—Instructional strategies for engaging today’s students.
- Teaching with Technology—Innovative ways to engage students with technology in or out of the classroom.
Proposals should be 100 words or less and must be submitted through the Proposal Submission Form.
Proposals will be reviewed by peers who are members of the Showcase Planning committee and presenters will be notified no later than Friday, April 5.
We encourage you to share with your fellow faculty members and present at the 28th Showcase on Teaching and Learning.
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Digital Professor Academy
Spring Online Course Development Reminder!
- Collaboration Strategies, 9:00 a.m.–Noon, Monday, March 25
- Lunch, Noon–1:00 p.m.
- Assessment Strategies, 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m., Monday, March 25
Please register on My Learning Connection or send an RSVP to fctl@missouristate.edu
Visit the FCTL website for more information about the digital professor academy.
Art in the Service of Religion and Belief: Cranach’s Painting of Luther’s Theology
Date: Monday, March 25
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Glass Hall 101
Dr. Steven Ozment will speak at Missouri State University on the topic “Art in the Service of Religion and Belief: Cranach’s Painting of Luther’s Theology.”
Dr. Ozment, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University, is the author of ten books, most recently The Serpent and the Lamb: Cranach, Luther, and the Making of the Reformation (Yale University Press, 2012). This book retells the story of the German Renaissance and Reformation through the lives of two controversial men of the sixteenth century: the artist Lucas Cranach (the Serpent) and the reformer Martin Luther (the Lamb). Their collaborative successes merged art and religion into a revolutionary force that became the Protestant Reformation.
This free public lecture is sponsored by the College of Humanities and Public Affairs and the departments of Art and Design (Art History), Modern and Classical Languages, and Religious Studies.
Visit the religious studies website for more information.
Registration Open for the CASL Conference
Registration is now open for the annual CASL Service-Learning Faculty & Staff Conference, to be held on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. For those of you who attended the Beyond the Borders: The Future of Service-Learning conference in 2012, this year’s conference promises to be even more inspiring and motivational.
This year’s conference, Innovate…Impact: Changing Learning, Changing Communities, Changing Lives will provide attendees with valuable information from scholars in the field of service-learning. Sessions and presentations will focus on innovative strategies for implementing service-learning into curriculum and showcase opportunities that can truly impact communities and the lives of others.
We have simplified the registration process this year. Rather than registering for each session individually, you only need to register once to attend any or all sessions, and then register if you plan to attend the luncheon. Registration ends on Monday, March 25, 2013. To register for the conference, go to My Learning Connection, click on Course Catalog and select Show All Classes; under Choose Category, highlight “CASL Spring Conference”. Next you will select “Conference Registration (if you plan to attend one or more sessions) and then select “Luncheon Registration” if you plan to attend the lunch. Once you have selected “Conference Registration” and “Luncheon Registration,” you will click Add to Cart; then Check Out and Finalize.
View the conference brochure highlighting all conference sessions and presenter’s bios, or visit the CASL website. If you have difficulty in registering, please contact the CASL office at 417-836-5774.
Keynote presenters for this year’s conference include: Dr. Byron P. White, Vice President for University Engagement and Chief Diversity Officer at Cleveland State University; Stephen Black, Director – Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility at University of Alabama; and Vincent Ilustre, Founding and Current Director of Tulane University’s Center for Public Service. Concurrent Sessions include presentations and hands-on course development from Stephen Black and from Dr. Paul Matthews, Assistant Director—Office of Service-Learning at the University of Georgia; Dr. Susan Reed, Associate Professor at DePaul University’s Adult Program, School for New Learning; and Dr. Howard Rosing, Director of DePaul’s Steans Center for Community Service Learning.
Co-sponsors for this year’s conference include the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTL), the Office of Public Affairs Support, the Office of Student Development and Public Affairs (SDPA), the Office of Student Affairs, MS Online, MSU Adult Student Services, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Study Away Programs and the Office of Research & Economic Development and International Programs.
We look forward to seeing you at the conference.
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