CNAS NEWS - March 6, 2023

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Discover Engineering Day

Discover Engineering Day was held on February 25 – there was a great turn out. Thank you to all of the engineering faculty who played a role in this successful event.

Reminders and Information

Carries Café – Carries is open for the Spring semester! They are open most Tuesdays and Thursdays of the semester, but you can check their webpage for both openings as well as a menu.

Helping students: Students who need emergency financial aid need to schedule an appointment with Financial Aid.

Inclusive Teaching – Learning new practices

Free webinar “Achieving an Education for All” at 1 PM CST on March 9. Registration/info can be found at: https://connect.chronicle.com/achieving-education-for-all-lp.html?cid=che_3p_web_cli_1_wbn_eduforall_mcgrawhill-marketo-email-email_7_

Learning Management System Review – 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.

Academic Advisor Forum – Session schedule is attached. The next session is Tuesday, March 7.

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

Most Recent CNAS Mind’s Eye features –

Pattern recognition enhances biomedical research | Mind’s Eye – Missouri State University

A big one: Forecasting future volcanic eruptions | Mind’s Eye – Missouri State University

Upcoming CNAS Seminars –

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

PAMS – 4:00-5:00PM, Thursday, March 9 in Kemper 204. By Isaac Laseter, PhD Student from University of Wisconsin-Madison. “The JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES): The First Results from the Deepest Observations of the Universe to Date”
CSC – 1:25-2:15PM, Friday, March 24 in Cheek 102. By Dr. Sanjay Madria, Missouri University of Science and Technology. “Machine Learning for Emotion Prediction, Ideology Detection and Polarization Analysis using COVID-19 Tweets”
GGP – 2:30-3:30PM, Friday, March 24 in Blunt (Temple) 345. By Dr. Mohamed Abdelsalam, Oklahoma State University. “The Geological Legacy of Africa”

Reminders –

Equity requests are due to your department head today. There is now a form for these requests and you must use it.
CNAS Faculty/Staff Award Nominations are due April 6
FCTL Teaching Awards – Nominations are being acceptebed for full-time faculty and per-course instructors. The Call for Nominations is open until March 10
Showcase Call for Proposals – the FCTL Advisory Council is inviting faculty to submit a presentation proposal highlighting their teaching practices and valuable work they are doing in the classroom. Proposals will be accepted through March 24

EVENTS –

Student Volunteers for OSEF (March 28-30). See the attachment.
CNAS Undergraduate Research Day – Friday, April 28 – Flyer and Presenter Information is attached.
Einhellig Interdisciplinary Forum – New and Current Students – Graduate College – Missouri State – Abstracts are due April 3. Event is April 29.

Calendar

March 8 Junior Academy of Science Regional Competition at MSU

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

Apr 21-22 MAS annual meeting in Joplin

Apr 27-28 MSU Collaborative Diversity Conference

Apr 28 CNAS Undergraduate Research Day

Apr 29 Einhellig IDF

May 8 All Faculty Recognition Celebration

May 19 Commencement

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

Media

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CNAS NEWS – March 6, 2023