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CNAS NEWS – January 28, 2019

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CNAS SEMINARS

FACULTY DUE DATES this week

Thursday, January 31

  • Applications for the FCTL Teaching Awards are due January 31 – The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Advisory Council is seeking nominations for the annual FCTL Teaching Awards.  These awards recognize the outstanding achievements of faculty and recognize faculty contributions in areas that are important to the mission and long-term goals at Missouri State University.  Awards will be made in the following areas:
  • Online Teaching
  • Accessible Learning
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • High Impact Learning Practices

 Friday, February 1

  • Faculty Research Grant Proposals – These require signatures from your department head and dean.  Please give us the time to do so.
  • Nominations for Student Employee of the Year Award – Show your Student Workers how much you value them and nominate them for their exceptionalism!

UPCOMING SATURDAY STEM EVENTS:

Sat, Feb 16 – Discover Engineering Day, 12-3 PM, Plaster Center for Free Enterprise (see attached flyer)
Discover Engineering day is an educational outreach event geared to elementary school-aged children hosted by the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE) Ozark Chapter every year during Engineers week.  Please consider participating in this event. More information will be available at ozarkmspe.org/discover-engineering-day.

Sat, Feb 23 – Regional Science Olympiad https://k12science.missouristate.edu/olympiad/  – Watch for volunteer sign up information in the near future.

DIVERSITY NEWS

Multicultural Programs is able to create a wide variety of trainings for offices, departments, student organizations, etc.

Smithsonian Exhibit – “Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge. Shared Science”

Meyer Library:  Monday, March 18 – Friday, May 24

The Smithsonian traveling exhibition explores the ways in which traditional knowledge of indigenous communities and cutting-edge Western science are being applied. This exhibit is free and open to the public. Click for details: https://libnotes.missouristate.edu/2019/01/smithsonian-exhibit-roots-of-wisdom-opens-here-on-march-18th/

MISSOURI ACADEMY of SCIENCE (MAS) calls for papers

The MAS website is now live for registration and abstract submission for the 2019 MAS annual meeting on April 12-13, 2019 at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The Senior Division portion of the meeting for college level research and above presentations will be on Saturday, April 13. The hard deadline for registration of both posters and oral presentations is March 20, 2019.

Details for the meeting along with registration and abstract submission can be found at https://www.moacademysci.org/register/senior-division/  The program is open to undergraduate and graduate students along with faculty and other professionals from across the state. If you are a faculty member, I encourage you to have any interested undergraduate student give a research presentation (oral or poster) as this is a great opportunity for them to gain valuable experience in a supportive and encouraging environment.

Please visit their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/missouriacadsci to see pictures from previous Annual Meetings. “Like” the page to receive updates on the 2019 Annual Meeting.

Missouri State Foundation Scholarships for Students – Applications are due Friday, March 1. 

Help is available for students today – Temple 303, 2:30-4:30 PM
If your advisee has a question about the application process please refer them to your department head.  The associate deans and I can also help.

CNAS COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  • Tu, Jan 29: Budget Committee, 8:30-9:30 AM, Temple 156
  • Tu., Feb 12: College Council, 3:30-4:30 PM, Temple 145
  • Fri, Feb 15: STEM Education Committee, 9-10 AM, Temple 156
  • Fri, Mar 22: STEM Education Committee, 9-10 AM, Temple 156
  • Fir, Apr 26: STEM Education Committee, 9-10 AM, Temple 156

 

DISCOVERIES – CNAS newsletter

CNAS Dean’s Office published the latest issue of DISCOVERIES, which we hoped you received and had a chance to read. We’d love to hear your thoughts, so please send any suggestions, ideas, comments, etc for future issues directly to David Szepatowski. The next issue is tentatively scheduled for June 2019. Click for past issues.

Calendar

Feb 18                         President’s Day – No Classes/Offices Closed
Feb 23                         Regional Science Olympiad (middle/high school)

Mar 5                          CNAS College Council Meeting
Mar 9-17                     Spring Break
Mar 16-May 26           Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit – housed in Meyer Library
Mar 26-28                   Ozarks Science & Engineering Fair (OSEF)
Mar 29                        Admitted Student Day

Apr 4                           HL Executive Speaker today
Apr 9                           CNAS College Council Meeting

May 3                          CNAS Faculty/Staff Awards Presentation at NOON
May 3                          CNAS Undergraduate Research Day
May 4                          Einhellig IDF – Graduate College
May 11-16                  Final Exams
May 17                       Spring Commencement
May 18-May 22         Annual Steam Outage (campus wide: domestic hot water, food service & facility heat)

June 10                       Summer Session and SOAR begins today
July 5                          Tentative – Electrical Outage (Partial campus. More details to follow)
July 26                        Summer Visit Day
August 2                     Summer Session Ends 

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