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Final Grades
Final grades must be submitted by 2PM on December 18 via Faculty Grade Entry
Upcoming Deadlines and Due Dates
PSIP applications are due to the dean’s office Friday December 15. For more information (including the application form) please visit the website.
Foundation Award Applications are due to your Academic Unit Leader (AUL) by January 22, 2024.
Commencement
Fall 2023 Commencement – CNAS students will be part of the 1:30PM commencement ceremony Friday December 15.
International Travel Update
International Travel Grants applications have been suspended following the most recent round of awards (October 15). Funds in that budget line have been depleted. Research Fellow Paul Durham is working with the provost to compile all sources of university support for the research enterprise and ultimately we will be discussing how best to invest resources to support our researchers.
Academic Advisor Forums:
See the full Fall 2023 Schedule of Academic Advisor Forums
Advising International Students – 12:00-1:00PM, December 11 in PSU 313
Faculty Annual Reports
Faculty Annual Reports are due February 1, 2024. In 2024 all faculty annual reports will be submitted in Faculty Success (formerly Digital Measures). You can begin updating the 2023 information in Faculty Success now. Only the 2023 information is relevant for this annual review so just focus on this one year. After January 16 but before February 1 you will be asked to download your 2023 report, upload your CV and then you will be given an opportunity to add any other relevant information (optional text boxes) or pdf uploads into the Faculty Success Workflow for the annual review. A manual to help get you started is linked. There will be open lab opportunities in January for those who may need a little help. (Promotion/tenure applications for associate professor with tenure will be via Faculty Success in 2024. Promotion applications for full professor or senior instructor may still use paper in 2024 but will eventually transition to Faculty Success so those with another promotion in the future you may want to begin working on updating Faculty Success with information since your last promotion.) Questions – Please talk with your academic unit leaders (department heads/school director).
Recent news from the college:
- If you would like to see past stories please visit CNAS NewsWatch!
- A solid foundation for a bright future
FCTL Fellow – Congratulations!
Congratulations to Incoming FCTL Teaching & Learning Fellow
- Helena Metzker, Senior Instructor
College of Natural & Applied Sciences – Chemistry
Appointment focus: Course design with an emphasis on faculty development programs and scholarly teaching
Fellowship Term: Spring 2024 – Fall 2024
Kemper Hall Construction News
Construction on the addition to Kemper Hall begins now.
There may be a power/water outage during break. Watch your email. You will be notified when any outage will start and an estimate of how long it will take. When the work is complete – and the water/power is back on you will be notified again via email. We will also send updates regarding construction updates so you are aware of what’s happening.
Blunt Hall Construction Updates
Blunt (Temple Hall) Construction Details through early 2024. If you have questions, please contact the Dean’s Office email directly BluntHallConstruction.edu
12/11/23 thru end of year
- Basement electrical work in existing electrical room and addition.
- Basement underground plumbing work in addition and existing basement booster pump..
- Basement rock room preparation for sanitary sewer replacement. (Avoid Basement)
- Framing for material mock-up on south yard slab.
- Saw cutting and concrete removal in existing building for new first floor restrooms at southeast hallway. (Debris Carts to Loading Dock – Avoid Hallway)
During Break
- 12/18/23 to 12/22/23: Existing building – saw cut wall for new door opening in existing east stairwell in basement and first floor future restrooms.
- 12/18/29 to 12/29/23: Plaster Stadium sidewalk access from north side of stadium to ramp shut down for chilled water & sanitary sewer tie-in.
- 12/21/23 to 12/29/23: Existing sanitary sewer replacement in existing basement [restrooms on Level 2, 3, & 4 not available – first floor will be available]
- Restrooms will not be available on floors 2, 3, and 4 during this time period. The first floor restroom will be available.
- 12/26/23 & 12/27/23: Domestic water shutdown to relocate existing booster pump in basement to hallway [will affect entire building]
- Please make sure all graduate students and faculty know about this water shutdown that will occur immediately after Christmas.
- Saw cutting and concrete removal in existing building for new first floor restrooms at southeast hallway. (Debris Carts to Loading Dock – Avoid Hallway)
2024 – Level 1 deck is projected to be complete 1/22/2024
Level 2 deck is projected to be complete 2/9/2024
Level 3 deck is projected to be complete 2/29/2024
Level 4 deck is projected to be complete 3/20/2024
Calendar
- Dec 15 Commencement (Two ceremonies – 10 AM and 1:30 PM – CNAS grads at 1:30 PM)
- Dec 21 – Jan 3 University Closed for the holidays
- Jan 4, 2024 Offices open for 2024
- Jan 8 All Faculty and Graduate Students report back to campus
- Jan 16 Spring 2024 classes begin today
- Feb 19 President’s Day – No classes
- Feb 24 Regional Science Olympiad Competition
- Mar 9-17 Spring Break
- Mar 22 Missouri Junior Academy of Science
- April 2 Judging for Ozarks Science & Engineering Fair (OSEF)
- April 4 Awards Ceremony for OSEF
- April 6 State Science Olympiad Competition
- April 12-13 Missouri Academy of Science Meeting
- April 25 CNAS Undergraduate Research Day
- April 27 Einhellig Graduate Interdisciplinary Research Forum
- April 30 CNAS Faculty/Staff Awards Celebration
- May 7 Provost Faculty Recognition Celebration
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 Astro Brief on KSMU.