Nominations Being Accepted for New Awards Related to Advising
Nominations are being accepted for two advising-related awards that will be given by the Provost’s Academic Advising Council in March 2014. One is a new award that will be given for the first time this spring semester: the Excellence in Advising: Graduate Student Contribution award. This award is designed to recognize an individual graduate student’s demonstration of outstanding academic advisement or significant contribution to an academic advising-related project. The second award, the Excellence in Advising Support award, was introduced in 2013. This award recognizes an individual, team, or office who has made a significant contribution to support the field of academic advising and to support academic advisors in their ability to assist their advisees.
Further information about both awards is available on the Academic Advisement Center website. Complete nomination packets for both awards (5 copies) are due to the Academic Advisement Center no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 24.
Please contact Kathy Davis at kathydavis@missouristate.edu or 836-5258 if you have questions about the nomination process or eligibility for the awards.
Download Excellence in Advising Graduate Student Contribution guidelines
Download Excellence in Advising Support Award guidelines
Student Examines Effect of New Pesticide on Mussels
Madeline Pletta got her boots dirty working for a year and a half in Minnesota on a field-survey team studying mussels in the Mississippi River, then the biology graduate program at Missouri State beckoned. Learn more about Madeline’s research on the Mind’s Eye website.
The purpose of Mind’s Eye is to highlight research and scholarly activities at Missouri State University. This publication is available online and in print. Madeline’s research, along with many other research projects, can be found on the Mind’s Eye website.
Classroom Instructional Technology Enhancements Continue
in 2014
Last year, IT Council’s Instructional Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC) worked with faculty, staff, and students to improve classroom instructional technology services by defining and providing base-level equipment and software and by establishing a single point of contact for tech troubles in the classroom. Improvements will continue in 2014, and you may monitor ITAC’s work online.
As part of the enhancements in classroom support services, instructors will receive email notifications of their classroom assignments, including support contact information. Instructors with specialized technology-related needs or questions should contact the designated “Primary Support” person/group for the related classroom so an effort can be made to address needs before classes resume.
Please email questions to ITAC@missouristate.edu and have a great semester!
Fall 2013 Graduate Recruitment Mini-grant Recipients
The Graduate College and Office of the Provost are pleased to announce the recipients of Graduate Recruitment mini-grants for the Fall 2013 competition. These awards, for up to $2000 (90% Graduate College and 10% graduate program) support activities to increase the number and/or quality of applicants to the respective graduate programs.
Recipients of grant funding are:
- Athletic Training
- Educational Technology
- Psychology
- Criminology
- Defense & Strategic Studies
- Nurse Anesthesia
- Counseling & Special Education
- Family & Consumer Studies
- Teaching
- Student Affairs in High Education
This mini-grant opportunity will be repeated in the Spring 2014 semester, with a deadline of Tuesday, April 1. Find out more information about the mini grants on the Graduate College website.
Blackboard Spotlight: Become a Blackboard Black Belt in 2014
That patch looks pretty sweet, doesn’t it? Wouldn’t you love to have one of those to adorn your magnet-friendly surface?
Well here’s your chance to earn one!
Not only will attending our Blackboard Black Belt series of courses get you a majestic magnetic patch, it’ll also give you all the tools you’ll need to use Blackboard like a pro! Computer Services offers the Blackboard Black Belt series all semester, and signing up is a breeze. Just head over to My Learning Connection and search for classes sponsored by Computer Services Training and Documentation. If you’ve already started down the road to becoming a Black Belt, now’s the time to finish up your training. To learn more about the Blackboard Black Belt series, check out the Blackboard Black Belt website and then head over to My Learning Connection to sign up!
Already a Black Belt? To earn your 2014 patch, sign up for and attend our Black Belt Master Class! We’ll go over some advanced tips and tricks that will keep you on the leading edge of Blackboard.
See the Blackboard Blog to learn more about some of the great features in Blackboard, and don’t forget about all the opportunities for Blackboard training at the Blackboard at Missouri State University website.
Nominate an Outstanding Student Employee
Missouri State University is celebrating National Student Employment Week April 7–11, 2014. Part of our celebration will be to recognize one outstanding student worker who will receive the Student Employee of the Year Award and be submitted to the state competition for a chance to win cash prizes. If you have an amazing student worker that you would like to nominate or you would like to participate in our other activities such as thank you cards or our office decorating competition, please visit the student employment website. Applications for Student Employee of the Year Award need to be submitted by Monday, February 17.
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