The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. – Socrates
Faculty and Staff – Thank you for adjusting to the ever-changing environment we exist in during this pandemic. I appreciate your resilience and your creativity. The goal is to keep everyone healthy in our community.
A couple of items that your department heads are working on right now –
All summer classes will be offered online this summer. We are still working on figuring out what, if anything, we can do about required field trips for GGP over the summer. We are also still working on what to do about required internships for HL students over the summer. Sometimes there are just as many questions as answers.
We are working to make sure that all staff could work from home if that is required in the very near future. At this point everyone has the tools, but we haven’t practiced this so it will take us awhile to get it right.
Faculty – If there is a barrier that needs to be lifted so you can work from home please let your department head know immediately. If you have not communicated with your students about the plans for the rest of the semester and a revised syllabus (should that be required) please do so ASAP. Know that your students, where ever they may be, are also anxious about the future. If they ask a question that you cannot answer please forward it to your department head and we will figure out the answer (financial aid, refunds on housing, registration for future semesters, commencement, etc).
- Missouri State University – Coronavirus updates
- If you need assistance with moving classes to an alternative teaching format please get in touch with FCTL
- The Ozarks Science and Engineering Fair has been moved to a virtual event.
- CNAS Undergraduate Research Day is postponed! We will set a date just as soon as we have the confidence that it will not need to be postponed again.
- CNAS Faculty/Staff Awards 2020. All nominations must be submitted by Friday, April 3. Please read the policy which is also available on the CNAS website. We will be attempting to select and celebrate our winners virtually this spring.
Calendar
| April 6 | Registration Opens for Summer and Fall 2020 – Please help your students register |
| April 9-12 | SPRING HOLIDAY |
| May 1 | Graduate Assistantship reappointments for FALL 2020 or the full academic year 2020-21 are due by today |
| May 1 | Graduate Assistantship new and reappointments for Summer 2020 are due today |
| May 2 | Einhellig Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Forum (probably virtual, more information to come) |
| July 15 | Graduate Assistantship new appointments for Fall 2020 due |
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