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Upcoming Events & Deadlines

Nominations for the 2022-2023 Citizen Scholar awards are open.  Nominations due by Sept 8.

Blood drive is being hosted at the Foster Recreation Center today through Wednesday (Sept. 6-8) from 10AM to 4PM (see attached flyer).  I donated a pint on Saturday.  If you are eligible – please donate and encourage your students to do the same.

 Inclusive Teaching for Student Success

• CUR Workshop – Centering DEI: Practical Tools for Sustaining Transformative; Racial Equity in Undergraduate Research Programs; Wednesday, October 19, 2022 — 11:00 AM-5:00 PM (EDT).  CNAS will cover the cost of one person/department to attend.  Attendees must agree to write a list of the 5-7 strategies for student success that they learned from the workshop and share it with all in their department along with the dean and associate dean.
• Pedagogy of Kindness: https://hybridpedagogy.org/pedagogy-of-kindness/
• How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-to-make-your-teaching-more-inclusive/  This comprehensive guide offers a road map to make sure your classroom interactions and course design reach all students, not just some of them.
• If you have read an article that has made a difference in your classroom, please send it to me and I will share it with your colleagues.

Attached is the fall 2022 advisor forum schedule. It is also posted on the AATC website  The first session is September 13.

19^th Annual Public Affairs Conference – (event webpage)  I hope you will find the time to attend at least one session – I have two on my calendar.  Please encourage your students to attend 1-2 sessions.  PAC Video to share (<2 min) with your classes.

Seminars

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, September 16, in Temple 002. By Dr. Mark W. Bowen, Minnesota State University (and MSU alumnus), “Soils as Environmental Barometers: from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene”

Recent News from CNAS

Recent news from the college:

• New STEM-specific scholarships ignite students’ ability to attend college
• If you would like to see past stories please visit CNAS NewsWatch!

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