Mark your calendars.  The all-faculty recognition is Tuesday, April 30 at 3:00 PM in PSU Ballroom.

Smithsonian Exhibit It is open! It is free! It is in Meyer Library room 107. Check out a unique way to harvest fish.
The exhibit is here through May 24!

SEMINARS THIS WEEK!

• 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

DIVERSITY NEWS

The Division for Diversity & Inclusion hosts the Collaborative Diversity Conference from Wednesday, April 24 through Friday, April 26. This year’s theme is Bridging the Cultural Divides. Registration is required to attend sessions, but there is no charge to MSU employees!

You are also invited to become a Reader for Living Stories: Bridging the Cultural Divides
LIVING STORIES – a 15-minute conversation with a Living Book!
Thursday, April 25 from 12:30-2 PM and 3:30-5 PM in Plaster Student Union 314

I have signed up to read two books this year. -Tammy

ABSTRACTS ARE DUE MONDAY, 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

Outstanding work by faculty, staff and students…

• Several undergraduate and graduate students created a chapter of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) and attended the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) conference in February.
• Anthony Clark, Ajay Katangur and Siming Liu won a grant from NVIDIA to continue research on artificial intelligence.

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

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