Happy New Year!
Monday, Jan 15 Offices Closed for Martin Luther King Holiday – MLK March begins at 9:00 AM at the Ice Park – http://www.naacpspringfieldmo.org/
17th annual Springfield Multicultural Festival will be held a Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts. It is sponsored by Unite of Southwest Missouri and invites you and your family to explore a world of cultural entertainment during the 17th Annual Springfield Multicultural Festival. The festival attracts groups representing cultures from around the world with performances on the Hall stage. This year, more than 50 exhibitors will have information about employment and educational opportunities, banking services, healthcare and other quality-of-life local and regional resources. The festival is from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Juanita K. Hammons Hall, 525 S. John Q. Hammons Pkwy. Admission is free. http://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/details-on-mlk-day-events-in-springfield/639252419
Call for Nominations: FCTL Teaching Awards & Per-Course Faculty Award
Submission Deadline: January 31, 2018
Go to FCTL Teaching Awards for Application Criteria.
ICYMI…
- Geological Society of America was a big event for GGP students and faculty.
- Nick Gerasimchuk went to Portugal to work with peers and wrote a paper in a Spanish monastery.
- Tessa Middleton, graduate in chemistry, joins the chemistry research lab led by Nick Gerasimchuk.
- Hospitality alumna Jane Ford expands her business in deal with Williams Sonoma.
- Three CSC students attended the Missouri Iowa Nebraska Kansas Women in Computing (MINK WIC) conference in KC last November.
- Check out the Spotlight feature on geology student Dalton Breeding!
- Geology student Wesley Weichert wins Distinguished Thesis Award from MSU.
- Janice Greene led biology students on a 100-mile kayak trip along the Missouri River.
- Adam Wanekaya supervises the projects and research of visiting doctoral student Celia Garcia Hernandez from the University of Valladolid in Spain.
FYI…
- Register for any of the new diversity mini-workshops begin January 24, 2018.
- Register for Office 365 training sessions in January 2018.
- If you are a victim of a Title IX offense, as defined in the Title IX Policy, you may file a complaint against the responsible Missouri State University person. “Person” may include any member of MSU, including students, faculty, administrators, staff, visitors or employees. https://www.missouristate.edu/titleix/
- FCTL Events & Announcements for the New Year!
- Test-drive the new app format of My Missouri State.
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DUE DATES
Jan 16 – International Travel Grants (due dates are Jan 15, Apr 15, Jul 15, Oct 15) [January 15 is MLK Day]
Jan 22 – Call for nominations for Staff & Faculty Board of Governors Excellence in Public Affairs
o Nominations due to Dean’s Office by Feb 12
o Nominees are notified by Dean that they have been nominated. Applications are due March 12
o Only one application from CNAS may be forwarded. College committee determines and application is forwarded by March 26.
Jan 26 – Foundation Awards: materials for awards should be submitted to the departmental offices
Jan 26 – By 5:00 PM, curricular proposals must be submitted through Curricular Action Workflow System to allow the dean and admin assistant time to review proposals and prepare agenda. Do you have nominees to Faculty Senate committees: Budget & Priorities, CGEIP, and Faculty Concerns?
Jan 31 – submissions for FCTL Teaching Awards
CNAS CALENDAR – 2018
Jan 16 TUESDAY: First day of the spring 2018 semester
Jan 27 Presidential Scholar Interview Day
Feb 6-7 Faculty and Staff Free Portrait Days
Feb 19 President’s Day – Offices Closed
Feb 23 Board of Governor Meetings
Feb 24 Science Olympiad
Mar 10-18 Spring Break
Mar 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 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
- The Standard student newspaper