Science Olympiad was a great success on Saturday!!! Ben Dalton – You did it again!!!
Thank you to all who volunteered to make this event the best in the state!
CNAS Student Expo was last Thursday, February 18. The event was a great success! All CNAS Student Organizations grew at this event! Click Student News tab above for more information on this event.
It is STEM Day at the Capitol on Thursday, March 3.
Associate Dean Erich Steinle and I will be taking three students to show state legislators that MSU is #1 in STEM!
Joining us – Ali Bajwa (MTH and CSC); Dan Jones (PAMS); and Shannon Dulz (PAMS).
Statewide Diversity Conference is March 16-18. Early registration ends tomorrow Wednesday, February, 24.
I would encourage each department to send one person to attend the sessions for this conference!
IMMEDIATE DUE DATES
- February 25 – All peer reviewed publication data must be updated in Digital Measures for 2015. As of Friday, 2/19/16 here’s the count of peer reviewed publications for each unit. The totals are published on the KPI Website while each individual is named at the All Faculty Recognition Reception on Wednesday, May 4.
| Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||
| Department | Value | Value | Value | Value | Value | Value | ||
| BIO | 26 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 33 | 18 | ||
| CHM | 21 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 12 | ||
| CSC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| EGR | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GGP | 16 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 22 | 12 | ||
| HRA | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| MTH | 12 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 8 | ||
| PAMS | 15 | 29 | 17 | 23 | 24 | 16 | ||
| CNAS Total | 97 | 107 | 74 | 104 | 97 | 72 | ||
- March 11 – Departmental Committees must submit evaluations of all tenure/track faculty to department head by this date!
- Developing the long range plan – Submit your feedback online and attend Town Hall Meetings – February 29 and March 1!
CNAS HIRING UPDATE – 2016
o GGP – Matt McKay, PhD West Virginia University (2015) will be joining us in August, 2016.
o CSC – Tony Clark, PhD Michigan State University (2016) will be joining us in August, 2016.
o BIO – Debra Finn, PhD Colorado State University (2006) will be joining us in January of 2017.
o We have several more interviews in the next three weeks but we should have all hiring for fall 2016 done soon!
RECRUITMENT – GEP 101 INSTRUCTORS
Missouri State is recruiting GEP 101 instructors for Fall 2016. The university is expecting another increase of first-year students, so consider applying.
In addition, college-specific sections have been helpful in increasing retention rates. The deadline for first consideration is March 4. The application is available online.
FACULTY SPOTLIGHTS & WEBSITES
Several CNAS faculty members were rewarded with the Certified Distance Educator Award for outstanding work.
Poster from Dr. Gary Michelfelder (GGP) was highlighted in an article published by the Gemological Institute of America.
Here are this week’s featured websites:
- Dr. Sean Maher and his work in Biology
- Dr. Razib Iqbal and his work in Computer Science
- Dr. Nick Gerasimchuk and his work in Chemistry
NEW GRANT FUNDING, CONTRACTS and AWARDS
Diane May and David Faucet (CRPM) – Congratulations on your contract with FEMA for the Barry County Hazard Mitigation Plan!
Dorothy Wittorff-Sandgren and Diane May (CRPM) – Congratulations on your contract with the Fair Grove Senior Center for the purpose of grant writing!
Feb 27 3 Minute Thesis Competition (3MT) – Graduate College
Feb 27 MSPE Discover Engineering Day, 12:00-3:00, Plaster Center
Mar 3 STEM Day at the Capitol
Mar 4 Dr. Dan Chitwood, Danforth Plant Science Center – Seminar at 4:00, Temple Lecture Hall 003 – ALL CNAS FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND!
“Discriminating shapes: on violins and the latent morphology of grape leaves”
Mar 7-13 Spring Break
Mar 15 CNAS Public lecture series – What’s the point? Some mathematical hows and whys, Temple Lecture Hall 002, 7:30 PM
Dr. Steven Senger, Department of Mathematics
Mar 16-18 Statewide Collaborative Diversity Conference – Early registration ends Feb 24
Mar 18 Biology Seminar – Chemical and Biomolecular Tools, 4:00-5:00, Temple Lecture Hall 003
Mar 25 Holiday – no classes
Mar 29-31 OSEF (Ozarks Science & Engineering Fair) – Judging March 29, Awards March 31
Mar 30 Sam Kean lecture at 5:00 PM in PSU Theatre
Mar 30 MSPE Model Bridge Contest, Hammons Student Center, 4:00-8:00 PM
Mar 31 HRA Board of Advisers Speaker Series featuring Chris Morris – CPK
Apr 5 CNAS Public Lecture Series – The devil is in the details, Temple Lecture Hall 002, 7:30 PM
Dr. Gautam Bhattacharyya, Department of Chemistry
Apr 6 Pummill Math Relays at John Q Hammons Student Center, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Apr 8 Biology Seminar – Immune Response, 4:00-5:00, Temple Lecture Hall 003
Apr 21 CNAS Undergraduate Research Day, 2:00-4:00 – Abstracts due April 8; awards at 4:00 PM
Apr 22 Biology Seminar – Energy and Longevity, 4:00-5:00, Temple Lecture Hall 003
Apr 23 Graduate College IDF – Abstracts due April 6
Apr 27 CNAS Faculty and Staff Award reception, 4:00 pm, Temple 001
May 4 All Faculty Recognition Reception at 3:00 PM in PSU Ballroom
May 13 Commencement – CNAS at 10:00 AM
MEDIA
Tune in every Thursday morning at 9:45 AM for 5-minute STEM SPOTS on KSMU hosted by Dr. David Cornelison.
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