CNAS NEWS - October 18, 2021

Be kind. Be positive. Be strong. Be safe.

3 Minutes Thesis is next Monday (Oct 25) from 4:00-6:00PM in Temple 003. If you have a graduate student that is planning on participating make sure they have their information in to Gale Lininger (GaleLininger@MissouriState.edu) by the end of today (Oct 18)!

Advising Forums this week –

Oct 18 Advising Forum today at noon – Get to Know Missouri State Outreach

Oct 19 Advising Forum today at noon – Career Advising: Faculty Panel on Best Practices (CNAS Panel!!!!)

Dreyfus Lectureship at Discovery Center (Funded by a grant submitted by Dr. Gary Meints) – Dr. James Stivers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is presenting his research on DNA repair and its biomedical applications to cancer, the aging process and innate immunity. RSVP has been extended indefinitely so please don’t forget to register and attend! — Wednesday, October 20 from 4-8PM

Dr. Rachel Roper – “What YOU can do to increase Equity and Diversity at your Institution: from Students to Deans”. Please join us to learn about systemic change and its impact on diversity and equity in STEM and how individuals can do their part. — Thursday, October 21, 5:15PM in Temple Hall 002 and Zoom. If you would like to attend via Zoom please contact CNAS@MissouriState.edu for the link.

Registration is open for the 2021 Fall Water Conference. Conference is November 19 from 8AM to 5PM at the Darr Agriculture Center. Event is free for all MSU students!!!

2021-2026 Key Performance Indicators – the PowerPoint includes Fall 2021 data

Summer Faculty Fellowship applications must be submitted via Dynamic Forms. These are due October 30!

Carrie’s Cafe is open! Carry out only this semester. Calendar for Fall 2021

CNAS Seminars this week

PAMS – 4:00-5:00PM, Thursday, October 21, Kemper Hall 206. By Dr Maria Mills, University of Missouri. “Force-based detection of sub-millisecond topoisomerase IA dynamics”
CSC – 11:15AM-12:05PM, Friday, October 22, Glass Hall 230. By Rich Mills, Burns & McDonnell. Discussing industry, technologies and leadership techniques.
GGP – 2:30-3:30PM, Friday, October 22, Temple Hall 002. By Dr Sarah Praskievicz, University of North Carolina, Greensboro. “Fog, Fire and Forests: Ecohydrology and Ecogeomorphology in Great Smoky Mountains National Park”

Call for 2021-2022 Curriculum Innovation Grant Proposals are now open – these are due October 31!

Indigenous Heritage Month (November) events attached.

Gigs in the Garden – Concerts hosted at the Springfield Botanical Gardens throughout the month of October, free to attend.

Calendar

October 20-22	Midwest ACS Meeting in Springfield!
October 25	CNAS 3-minute thesis competition
October 27	Advising Forum today at Noon
October 30	Fall Showcase I is today

November 3	CNAS Career Expo – PSU Ballroom 1-6PM
November 4	Staff Senate – 11:00AM-1:00PM, Glass Hall 486
November 5	Baker Observatory Public Observing Night
November 6	Elementary Science Olympiad Competition (Temple and Kemper Halls)
November 12	University 3 minute thesis competition
November 13	Fall Showcase
November 24-28	Thanksgiving Break

December 11-16	Final Exams period
December 17	Winter Commencement
December 22-January 4	Offices closed for Winter Break

January 5	Office Open for 2022 – all staff report back to work
January 10	All faculty and graduate students report to work
January 17	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday – No classes, Offices closed
January 18	First day of Spring classes

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