Smithsonian Exhibit It is open! It is free! It is in Meyer Library room 107. Please go and then send your students.
I learned about biopiracy! The exhibit is here through May 24!

Due Friday, April 5

• Nominations for Faculty/Staff Awards: CNAS Awards Policy
• Abstracts for Graduate College’s Interdisciplinary Forum: Submit abstract online

SEMINARS

• Thu, Apr 4 – HL: HL Executive Speaker Series – Chef Jet Tila and Salli Darden, Chartwells Higher Education, 2:00-3:30 PM, PSU Theatre
• Fri, Apr 5 – MTH: Mathematics Colloquium – On Directions and Operators, by Malabika Pramanik, 3-4 PM, Cheek 175
• Fri, Apr 5 – BIO: Mating system evolution in the hairy petunia, by John Heywood, 4-5 PM, Temple 003
• Thu, Apr 11 – CSC: Presentation by Kari Hannah from Karmak, Inc, 11-12 PM, Cheek 205
• Thu, Apr 11 – MTH: Mathematics Colloquium – Some Remarks on the Construction of Designer Kernels and their Applications, by Greg Fasshauer, 3-4 PM, Cheek 175
• 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

ABSTRACTS ARE DUE IN APRIL 22

May 3 – CNAS Undergraduate Research Day All deadlines for CNAS Undergraduate Research Day are posted.

https://science.missouristate.edu/Undergraduate-Research-Day.htm

DIVERSITY NEWS

• Attend the Asian Heritage Month kickoff celebration on Tuesday, April 2 at the North Mall of PSU from 3-5 p.m.
• African-American Children’s Illustrated Literature exhibit opens on Wednesday, April 3 in Meyer Library 2^nd floor. Runs through May 22.
• Asia Fest occurs Friday, April 5 from 5:30-7:30 PM in PSU Ballroom

View all of the events in April for Asian Heritage Month.

Outstanding work by faculty, staff and students…

• Biology and GGP students attended and presented at the Missouri Natural Resources Conference (MNRC) in February.
• Deb Finn shares her research on glacier effects. Listen to her interview on KSMU.

ICYMI…

• The Discovery Center of Springfield celebrated its 20^th anniversary in February 2019. Executive Director Rob Blevins spoke to Dave Cornelison on STEM Spots. Listen to the interview and check out the Center’s upcoming summer camps.

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

Calendar

Apr 9           CNAS College Council Meeting
Apr 10         Pummill Relays
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
May 3          CNAS Undergraduate Research Day
May 4          Einhellig IDF – Graduate College
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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