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CNAS News & Updates

Good News:  CNAS has two dean fellows to help with faculty mentoring and student research events.

• Welcome Dean Fellow Doug Gouzie who will be helping plan the CNAS Undergraduate Research Event this spring as well as encouraging our students to participate in both on campus and off campus research presentation events.  He will be forming a faculty committee to help ensure the long term success of these events and our students.
• Welcome Dean Fellow Matt Siebert who will be leading and designing a CNAS Faculty Success Mentoring program.  He has some great ideas and will also be seeking faculty input into this important activity.

I am very excited that they are bringing their skills to these important activities.  Their appointments are through May of 2023 so in addition to implementation I have asked them to present a plan for the future next year.

Student Opportunities

$$$ Please remind your students to apply for foundation scholarships!  There are thousands of dollars to distribute!!!  MSU Annual Scholarships – Scholarships – Financial Aid – Missouri State University

Campus News

Wall of Fame nominations due March 18.  Wall of Fame – Alumni Association – Missouri State University

Faculty Excellence in Public Affairs Awards – Public Affairs – Missouri State University

Nominations are due to CNAS TODAY

Previous winners – Past Recipients – Board of Governors’ Excellence in Public Affairs Award – Public Affairs – Missouri State University  and Gary Meints in 2021.

Seminars & Upcoming Events

Upcoming CNAS Seminars – Check out the CNAS Master Calendar for this week’s seminars – College of Natural and Applied Sciences – Missouri State University

• GGP – 2:30-3:30PM, Friday, February 11 in Temple 002. By Dr. Sarah Coffin, Saint Louis University, “Brownfield Redevelopment: Re-examining Goals, Objectives and Outcomes”

Recent News from CNAS

Recent news from the college:

• If you would like to see past stories please visit CNAS NewsWatch!

Faculty Review Process

Faculty Annual Review Process 2022 –

• All faculty publications must be submitted to Activity Insight (Digital Measures) by February 10.
• The written evaluation and recommendations is due back to the department head by March 7.
• Faculty Equity requests to department heads are due March 7.
• Department head forwards faculty equity requests with further justification by March 25.
• All faculty evaluations and recommendations from the department head are due to the dean by April 1.

Upcoming CNAS Due Dates & Events

CNAS Faculty and Staff Awards – Nominations for the different CNAS faculty and staff awards are due by the first Friday in April (April 1). Awards Policy

The CNAS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee will be met on February 1.  The committee is interested in recruitment of URM, providing internships to international students, climate survey, holistic admissions for graduate programs and hosting a spring picnic to name just a few.  We learned that Handshake does allow for international students to identify companies that have OPT opportunities and if you would like this information – please contact your department head.  The university climate survey will be conducted again in spring of 2023.  We will continue to develop a focused action plan based on committee members interests and passions.  The committee will meet monthly this semester.

Miscellaneous News & Events

Missouri Academy of Science (58th Annual Meeting) – April 22-23, 2022, Central Methodist University, Fayette, MO. Call for Papers – abstract submissions are due Friday, March 18 at 5PM

Faculty & Staff Free Portrait Days – Dates have been set for 2022

MSU COVID Homepage  — Greene County Covid Homepage

Calendar

February 21	President’s Day – No classes, Offices closed
February 25	Book discussions – see details
February 26	Regional Science Olympiad Competition
February 28	Summer TA requests due to graduate college
March 14-20	Spring Break – No classes, Offices open
March 22	Missouri Junior Academy of Science Competition
April 9	State Science Olympiad Competition
April 14-17	Spring Holiday – No classes (Offices closed on April 15)
April 22-23	Missouri Academy of Science, Central Methodist University
April 30	Spring Showcase is today!
May 5	CNAS Undergraduate Research Day
May 7	Einhellig Interdisciplinary Forum – Graduate College
May 14-19	Finals Week
May 20	Commencement (CNAS at 9:00AM)

Media

• Subscribe to follow CNAS NewsWatch (also available on CNAS homepage)
• Find Dean Jahnke’s past eblasts and subscribe to CNAS Blog.
• Tune in every Thursday morning at 9:45 a.m. for 5-minute STEM Spots on KSMU.