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CNAS Faculty & Staff Awards

All nominations from departmental personnel committees for CNAS faculty/staff awards are due April 6. See details in the CNAS Awards Policy.

Upcoming CNAS Seminars –

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

• 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”
• CSC – 1:25-2:15PM, March 31 in Cheek 102. By Dr. Prasad Calyam, University of Missouri-Columbia. “Intelligent Cyber Defense using Pretense to Secure Networked Consumer Applications”

Upcoming Events/Information

Congratulations to Melanie Carden-Jessen! She was recently announced as one of the recipients of the Curtis P. Lawrence Excellence in Advising Award. Recognition will be given for this award during the Master Advisor Reception & Naming Ceremony, Wednesday March 22 (flyer attached with more details).

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

• OSEF (March 28-30).
• State Science Olympiad – Saturday April 1, Student Volunteers needed – See attached flyer
• CNAS Undergraduate Research Day – Friday, April 28 – Symposium Flyer & Instructions for presenters.
• Einhellig Interdisciplinary Forum – New and Current Students – Graduate College – Missouri State – Abstracts are due April 3.  Event is April 29.

Learning Management System Review – More information is available on the website

In the next two weeks there are going to be on-campus demos of the LMS – details are provided at the above link

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

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

Recent news from the college:

• Environmental biology student awarded Stan Hudson grant from Missouri Native Plant Society
• MSU alum awarded Outstanding Beginning Teacher Award
• If you would like to see past stories please visit CNAS NewsWatch!

Carries Café

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.

Calendar

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

April 1                        State Science Olympiad Competition at MSU

April 1                        Spring Showcase

April 5                        Pummill Relays

April 6                       Staff Senate – Glass Hall 486, 11:00AM-1:00PM

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 2                         CNAS Faculty/Staff Awards Celebration 3:30 PM – Library 101

May 8                         All Faculty Recognition Celebration

May 19                       Commencement (CNAS at 1 PM)

 

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           

• 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.