Welcome to the Start of the Fall 2015 Semester!!
I hope you had a great summer! I look forward to hearing about your adventures and accomplishments. Please help me welcome all new faculty and staff to the college.
I hope to see you at the Showcase event on August 12 and the all faculty luncheon on August 13.
New faculty and staff to CNAS since spring –
Christopher Lupfer, Biology Assistant Professor
Keiichi Yoshimatsu, Chemistry Assistant Professor
James Kratky, Mathematics Assistant Professor
Fei Wang, Chemistry Assistant Professor
Mahua Biswas, Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science Assistant Professor
Razib Iqbal, Computer Science Assistant Professor
Lisa Reece, Chemistry Instructor
Helena De la Hoz De la Hoz, Chemistry Instructor
New Leaders
Toby Dogwiler, Geography, Geology and Planning Department Head
Bryan Breyfogle, Chemistry Department Head
Jorge Rebaza, CNAS Associate Dean
Erich Steinle, CNAS Associate Dean
Staff
Julie Vaughan, CNAS Budget Officer
Jason Ray, Planner. Center for Resource Planning and Management
Cindy Busby, Administrative Assistant, Hospitality and Restaurant Administration
Khushboo Hemnani, Microbiology Lab Coordinator
August 12 Showcase on Teaching and Learning 8 AM – 2 PM (you must sign up online), http://www.missouristate.edu/fctl/30thShowcaseonTeachingandLearning.htm
8:00 AM Session – How to submit online curricular and new program proposals! Many, many sessions throughout the morning!!!
11:30 speaker (free lunch) – Keynote speaker is Dr. Michele DiPietro.
August 13 All Faculty Luncheon (11:30-1:00) – Please plan to attend!
August 16 New Student Convocation
August 17 Fall Classes Start
August 20 All College Meeting – 3:30-5:00 in Temple 002 (President and Provost attending)
August 29 Mini Maker Faire (Tickets and information at http://theozarksmakerfaire.com/)
September 11-13 Family Weekend – Many, many activities – http://www.missouristate.edu/bearsfamilies/familyweekend.htm, Ozarks Celebration Weekend – http://ocf.missouristate.edu/
Please let your students know about CNAS Public Lectures. We have two each month – one on campus and one at the Library Center on South Campbell!
September 15 CNAS Public Lecture, Matt Pierson/EGR, 7:30 pm, Temple 002
September 26 Expanding Your Horizons, 8:00-12:30
September 28 CNAS Fall Speaker series at the Library Center, Kevin Mickus, 7:00 pm
October 1 State of the University Address at 12:30
October 1 HRA Casino Night, 5:30-7:30 pm, PUMM 404
October 5-6 HLC Team on Campus
Enrollment is up for this fall so expect full sections of your courses.
Construction updates – Pummill Hall – There is a little finishing work to complete by the construction company. HRA faculty and staff are busy trying to settle into their new home – 3rd and 4th floors. Offices are on 3rd floor.
Temple Hall – There is a great deal of work to do. First, second and third floors are nearly done. There are still things to do but mostly we are moving into these spaces. Fourth floor – There will be a great deal of construction work yet this week. Bryan and Jonathan are given daily updates so see them for the latest information. Once the stockroom is moved fully moved to 474 then the construction company will begin working from 10 PM to 6 AM to turn Temple 403 into a general chemistry lab. The hoods and casework is all sitting in the hallways of 4th floor now. The 403 lab should take about 3-4 weeks to install.
I expect that first, second and third floors should be pretty clean by Monday or Tuesday. I’ll be making daily walk-throughs and will be reporting where it is not clean! (The construction crew is to do the initially cleaning and the our custodial staff will take over from there.)
Citizen Scholar Nominations are due September 17 – http://studentaffairs.missouristate.edu/citizenscholaraward.htm
Recent Grants/Contracts –
Dave Faucett and Diane May (CRPM) – Congratulations on the award from USDOT via MODOT!
Bob Pavlowsky and Marc Owen (OEWRI) – Congratulations on your award from the Forest Service!
Bob Pavlowsky (OEWRI) – Congratulations on the extension of your project “Mining Sediment in Viburnum Trend Streams” from the US Fish & Wildlife Service!
Chris Barnhart – Congratulations on another year’s funding for developing methods for laboratory culture of diverse species of freshwater mussels through the US Geological Survey!
Jun Luo – Congratulations on your contract with Shamrock Marketing Services for “Web GIS Applications for Shamrock Marketing field agents”!
Dr. Tammy Jahnke
Dean