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

Reminders and Information

Regional Science Olympiad is Saturday, February 18.  There will be 29 teams doing events in Kemper Hall, Temple (Blunt) Hall, McDonald Arena and Greenwood Lab School from 8 AM – 3 PM.  The teams will be using Strong Hall as their home base.  Awards Ceremony is at 4 PM in McDonald Arena.

 

Learning Management System Review – the University is reviewing different LMS to see if Blackboard is still the best for our faculty and students or if there is a better option available. More information is available on the website

 

The timeline and all updates of the realignment process are posted on the following website – Academic Realignment – Missouri State.

 

2023 Hospitality Leadership Wine Tasting – 2:00-4:00PM on Sunday February 26. Tickets are required and all guests must be 21 or older

 

Watershed Committee of the Ozarks – 2022 Annual Report

 

Academic Advisor Forum – Session schedule is attached.  The next session is Thursday, March 2.

 

Carrie’s opens on Thursday February 23 – Carrie’s Cafe – Hospitality Leadership – Missouri State

 

Earth Day Festival – April 22, 2023 (This event does require the purchase of tickets)

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 17, Blunt (Temple) 345. By Dr. Sara Khorshidifard, Drury University. “Women, Life, Freedom: Contextualizing Iranian Women Protagonists in Urban Landscape Appropriations”
• PAMS – 4:00-5:00PM, Thursday, February 23, via Zoom. By John Dagdelen, PhD candidate – University of California Berkely and Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory
• GGP – 2:30-3:30PM, Friday, February 24 Blunt (Temple) 345. By Justin Tiffany, Missouri Geological Survey. “Geoscience and Offshore Wind”
• CSC – 11:15AM-12:05PM, Friday, February 24, via Zoom. By Dr. Filiz Bunyak, University of Missouri-Columbia. “Next Generation Image Analytics through AI/ML: Driving the Scientific Discovery in Life Sciences”

 

EVENTS

 

• OSEF 2023 (Ozarks Science and Engineering Fair)The judging for this year’s fair will be done on Tuesday, March 28, 6-8 PM with a meeting and some food beforehand. Please be there and ready by 5:30 PM.  To sign-up as a judge, please go to https://mo-OSEF.zfairs.com.
• Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting – Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO. April 21-22  Registration and abstract submission for the Senior Division is open – the deadline for submission is Friday, March 17 at 5PM.
• CNAS Undergraduate Research Day – Friday, April 28 – Information about abstract submissions and the day will be posted soon.
• Einhellig Interdisciplinary Forum – New and Current Students – Graduate College – Missouri State – Abstracts are due April 3.  Event is April 29.

 

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Calendar

Feb 18                        Regional Science Olympiad at MSU

Feb 20                     President’s Day – no classes/offices closed

Feb 25                        Discover Engineering Day, noon-3 PM

March 7                     MOCAP Summit at MSSU in Joplin

Mar 11-19                 Spring Break

Mar 28-30                 OSEF (Judging March 28, Awards March 30)

April 1                        State Science Olympiad Competition at MSU

April 1                        Spring Showcase

Apr 7-9                       Spring Holiday – Offices closed/No Classes

 

April 8, 2024  Next Solar Eclipse in Missouri – The path of totality through North America – the Great North American Eclipse of April 8, 2024 | eclipse2024.org

 

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