Tomorrow Tuesday, December 5 is the last day until spring for Carrie’s Café!

Please help the student group in your department win a pizza party by donating items for the Discovery Center. Contact cnas@missouristate.edu for a flyer outlining details!

SEMINARS THIS WEEK

• Wed, Dec 6 – CHEMISTRY: CHM 499 Undergraduate Student Presentations; LIBR 101, 3:35-4:25 PM

ASSESSMENT GRANTS are due Friday, December 15!
Funding is available for an assessment of student learning grant in the amount of $500. It could fund a focus group, a meeting for an advisory or alumni council, and more depending on faculty needs. Here’s a link to the proposal form: https://www.missouristate.edu/assessment/assessmentgrants.htm. Contact Keri Franklin with questions.

ICYMI…

• Geography students dominated at the American Association of Geographers Geography Bowl in West Plains.
• Prospective hospitality students from the area and collaborating dual credit schools attended Junior Hospitality Leadership Day.
• Hospitality student team placed in the Top 10 at national competition and trade show.
• Bob Pavlowsky and nine students presented at the Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium this past October.
• Engineering alumni help current students with scholarships and networking opportunities.

FYI…

• Donate to the Staff Senate Scholarship fund.
• Go paperless and get a W-2 electronic form.
• FCTL Events & Announcements through the end of the year.

SUSTAINABILITY CORNER
City Utilities offers residential rebates and incentives for going green.

DUE DATES

Dec 15 – Foundation Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service: nominations/intent to apply due via online form
Dec 15 – Assessment Grants for Assessment of Student Learning
Dec 15 – Professor Salary Incentive Program (PSIP) application materials due to Dean’s Office
Dec 18 – By 2:00 PM, submit final grade rosters: calendar.missouristate.edu/event/94939/176274

CNAS CALENDAR – 2017

Dec 15       CNAS Graduation Photo Shoot, 8-9 AM, PSU 317
Dec 15       Commencement – CNAS marches at 10:00 AM

CNAS CALENDAR – 2018

Jan 1-3               Offices Closed
Jan 4                   Offices Open
Jan 12                 Leadership Retreat, 12-3 PM, location TBD (includes lunch)
Jan 15                 Offices Closed for Martin Luther King Holiday
Jan 16                 First day of the spring 2018 semester

Feb 24                Science Olympiad

Mar 4                 STEM National College Fair, 1:00-3:00 PM, St Louis University
Mar 10-18         Spring Break
March 27-29     OSEF (Ozarks Science and Engineering Fair)
Mar 29               Spring Holiday – Offices open, no classes
Mar 30               Spring Holiday – Offices closed, no classes

April 11              Pummill Math Relays
April 14              Organic Chemistry Day in Missouri
April 14              Admitted Student Day
April 27-28        Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting in Rolla

May 3                 (THURSDAY) CNAS Undergraduate Research Day and Faculty & Staff awards
May 5                 Graduate College IDF

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/college-of-natural-and-applied-sciences
• Follow CNAS on Twitter: @CNASatMSU
• Like CNAS on Facebook: CNAS at MSU
• Inside Missouri State newsletter.