SEMINARS THIS WEEK

          Check the CNAS homepage and the MSU master calendar.  There are seminars on Tuesday and Wednesday!

Movie – PSU Theatre –Tu, Oct 18 – The True Cost (Who pays the price for our clothing?) –sustainability

• Wed, Oct 19 – 3 Minute Thesis CNAS Competition, Temple 156, 3:00 PM

          All participants must sign up with Gale by noon today!!!

   Carrie’s Café  – Opens October 20 – Make your reservations today!!!

Please consider a contribution to the United Way or Missouri State Way campaigns: missouristatefoundation.org/facultystaffcampaigns.html

            All contributions make a difference and together we can make a real difference in our community!

 Academic Program Review  –

• GGP External Reviews will be on campus October 23-25, 2016.  Contact GGP for the detailed itinerary.
• PAMS External Reviewers will be on campus Nov 6-8, 2016.

PIVOT, an application to search for funding opportunities!

Faculty looking for grants should check out Pivot, a very useful tool to search for funding opportunities.  Go to http://ora.missouristate.edu/find-funding.htm and set up username and password to access your Pivot account. You can then do keyword searches, save searches, and set up regular e-mail notifications.  A profile has already been set up for you based on your CV/Webpage to run searches. Access and modify your profile by selecting on your name in the upper right corner of your Pivot home page. The site is really user friendly and there are tutorials and help links if you need them.

Tough Talk Schedule and Diversity Workshops through FCTL.

DUE DATES

• Summer Faculty Fellowships are due to Graduate College on Monday, October 31.  Since I’ll be out of town October 28-October 31 – Associate Dean Dan Beckman will write comments and sign these for me.  They must be submitted to the CNAS office by noon on Friday, October 28.
• October 31 – Sabbatical Applications are due to the CNAS Office.

CAREER EVENTS IN CNAS

• CNAS, Career Center and LLC staff are planning for the CNAS STEM Career Expo on Monday, November 7.  There are already over a dozen companies coming to meet with students.  Please let your students know about this opportunity.

 ICYMI…

• Jim Miller, emeritus professor of geology was featured in Spotlight: Redefining history: Determining where time periods actually lie
• APA Missouri is celebrating National Community Planning Month this month. This past Thursday, the American Planning Association (APA), Missouri Chapter awarded the 2016 Distinguished Leadership Award for a Professional Planner to Missouri State University Emeritus Faculty, Diane May, AICP.  Diane’s 30+ years of providing professional planning services to communities across Missouri through MSU’s Center for Resource Planning & Management and the SW Missouri Council of Governments has helped improve the quality of life for generations of Missourians. Her devotion to higher education has equipped hundreds of individuals across the country with the knowledge and skills necessary to start a career in Planning.  Her exemplary dedication to APA and the American Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) had helped strengthen each organization and has shaped the services that APA Missouri offers today, particularly to students.

Did you know…?

• …that CNAS now has its own Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/CNASatMSU/   Like us now!

SUSTAINABILITY CORNER

It takes 700 years before a plastic bottle begins to decompose!

CALENDAR

Oct 18           Beginning a Career in Data Science, Cheek 102, 2:00 PM

Oct 19           3 Minute Thesis CNAS Competition, Temple 156, 3:00 PM – All participants must sign up with Gale by noon on Mon, Oct 17!

Oct 20-21     Building a Secure Water Future: Tri-State Water Coalition meeting, Darr Ag Center

Oct 22           Expand Your Horizons

Oct 26           STEM Lecture at Library Center – Dr. Peter Plavchan, 7-8 PM

 

Nov 1            Public Affairs Convocation, 7:00 PM, Hammons Hall

Nov 4            University 3-Minute Thesis Competition, 4-7 PM, Davis-Harrington Welcome Center

Nov 7            CNAS STEM Career Discovery Expo (4-6 PM) flyer attached

Nov 30         STEM Lecture at Library Center – Dr. Bob Pavlowsky, 7-8:00 PM

 

Dec 16           Fall Commencement, 1:30 PM, JQH Arena

MEDIA           

• Tune in every Thursday morning at 9:45 AM for 5-minute STEM Spots on KSMU hosted by Dr. David Cornelison.
• Check out CNAS blog and CNAS NewsWatch for more information.
• CNAS NEWS posted by University Communications – news.missouristate.edu/tag/cnas
• Follow on Twitter: @TSJahnke

As always, please submit items for the next CNAS NEWS!