SEMINARS

• Smithsonian traveling exhibition Roots of Wisdom is open! It runs through Friday, May 24 in Meyer Library 107.
• Fri, Mar 29 – GGP: Ill-conceived Policy and the Threats to a World Heritage Site at the Top of the World: The Case of Illulissat, Greenland, Dimitri Ioannides, 2:30-3:30 PM, Temple 345
• Fri, Mar 29 – STEM Education: Shaun Bates, Director of Assessment from Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education professional development opportunity This seminar is for both secondary education faculty and all education students.  2:30-3:30 PM, Temple 143
• Fri, Apr 5 – BIO: Mating system evolution in the hairy petunia, by John Heywood, 4-5 PM, Temple 003
• Fri, Apr 12 – GGP: American Golgotha: Planning for the Dead, by Carton Basmajian, 2:30-3:30 PM, Temple 345
• Fri, Apr 26 – BIO: Genes, B cells, and autoimmunity…from bedside to bench and back again, by John Cambier, 4-5 PM, Temple 003

CNAS Faculty/Staff Award Nominations are due Friday, April 5
Review the CNAS Awards Policy for the types of awards, as well as the guidelines and criteria to submit a nomination.

ABSTRACTS ARE DUE IN APRIL FOR RESEARCH FORUMS

May 3              CNAS Undergraduate Research Day All deadlines for CNAS Undergraduate Research Day are posted.
Abstracts are due April 22. – https://science.missouristate.edu/Undergraduate-Research-Day.htm

May 4              Einhellig IDF – Graduate College  Abstracts are due by 12:00 noon on April 5

Free tickets for Faculty and Staff –
If you’re not judging for OSEF and are available, get free tickets to attend Bears Baseball vs. U of Arkansas at Hammons Field tomorrow evening Tuesday, March 26 at 6:30 p.m.

WEBPAGES updated!

• Departments & Programs: The secondary science teacher education preparation programs (formerly BSEd, now BS+MAT) for the four natural sciences in CNAS have been updated this semester! Please review, promote and refer any potential teacher-prep students to Melanie Carden-Jessen, BS+MAT liaison, at 6-3231 for more information.
• Suspension & Reinstatement: Dr. Xiaomin Qiu, Associate Dean, has provided guidelines for CNAS majors who have been suspended. Please review and direct any suspended undergrad to Xiaomin Qiu directly at 6-6150.

CNAS COMMITTEE MEETINGS

• Tu, Apr 9: College Council, 3:30-4:30 PM, Temple 145
• Thu, Apr 11: Awards Committee, 9:00-10:00 AM, Temple 145
• Fri, Apr 26: STEM Education Committee, 3:30-4:30 PM, Temple 156

Outstanding work by faculty, staff and students…

• Anita Liu’s research on data transfer from phone to phone is featured in Mind’s Eye.
• Jeff Williams, graduate student biology, was awarded the Student Achievement Award and Best Student Platform Presentation from the Missouri Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (MOAFS) at the Missouri Natural Resources Conference in February.
• Tammy Jahnke received The Power of One award from Springfield Public Schools for co-creating the first Elementary Science Olympiad at CNAS last January.

Calendar

Mar 25            Opening Reception for Traveling Exhibit, 4:30-6:00 PM, LIBR 107 (Welcome remarks at 5:15p)
Mar 26-28       Ozarks Science & Engineering Fair (OSEF), Awards presentation is Thursday, March 28.

Apr 4           HL Executive Speaker today
Apr 9           CNAS College Council Meeting
Apr 26         CNAS 7^th Annual College Picnic hosted by CNAS Diversity Committee – Phelps Grove Park, 5-8 PM
Apr 30        All Faculty Recognition –3:00 PM, PSU Ballroom West
Provost and President will be presenting awards!

May 3              CNAS Faculty/Staff Awards Presentation at NOON Nominations due Fri, April 5 – CNAS Awards Policy
May 3              CNAS Undergraduate Research Day All deadlines for CNAS Undergraduate Research Day are posted.
                        Abstracts are due April 22. – https://science.missouristate.edu/Undergraduate-Research-Day.htm
May 4              Einhellig IDF – Graduate College  Abstracts are due by Noon on April 5
May 11-16       Final Exams
May 17            Spring Commencement  – CNAS marches at the 1 PM Ceremony
May 18-22      Annual Steam Outage (campus wide: domestic hot water)

June 10            Summer Session Begins
June 10            SOAR Begins
June 17-21       Coding Camp Week – Discovery Center
June 24-28       STEM Week – Discovery Center

July 5               Tentative – Electrical Outage (Partial campus. More details to follow)
July 26             Summer Visit Day
Aug 2               Summer Session Ends (Finals)
Aug 12            All Faculty and Graduate Students report to work
Aug 19             Fall Classes Start

MEDIA           

• Tune in every Thursday morning at 9:45 AM for 5-minute STEM Spots on KSMU (Click for past interviews!)
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