Topping Out and Construction Updates

The topping out party for Blunt Hall will be held on May 22.  The top beam will be placed at 1 PM on May 22.  I hope to see you there.  If you have not signed the beam – you must stop by the pit before May 10.

 BLUNT HALL

5/11/24 to 5/13/24 – Water Shut-Down (All water services will be unavailable through Monday, May 13)

5/11/24 thru 5/18/24 – Steam Outage is happening now.

5/13/24 5/31/24 – Existing East Stairwell & Fourth Floor Existing Office shoring and concrete removal (Avoid east hallway and stairwell).

5/13/24 thru 8/9/24 – Levels 2, 3, & 4 New Restroom Construction (Restrooms on these floors will be offline for the duration of the work – that’s all summer!)

6/1/24 to 6/2/24 – All Building Power Outage – Watch for more information from Ben Boslaugh

6/3/24 to 6/6/24 – New Heating Hot Water coring and piping – Dean’s Office Only.

6/10/24 thru 7/31/27 – Plaster Stadium Sidewalk closed for retaining wall work.

 Kemper Hall Construction News

              JQH Parkway will be closed between Briggs Street and the Blunt Loading Dock starting May 13 for approximately 2 weeks.  There will be no access to lot 19.  Sidewalks will be closed.

Blunt (Temple Hall) Construction Details.  If you have questions, please contact the Dean’s Office email directly BluntHallConstruction.edu

 

May/June new construction  

• Electrical and plumbing work in addition – Levels 00, 01, & 02.
• Interior metal stud framing on Level 2 & 3.

May/June renovation schedule

• Labs/offices second/third floors (south side) will be moving.  Only teaching labs on the north side of the building will be available in the fall of 2024 (with a few exceptions).
• Renovations on south side of second/third floors will begin late June/early July.

Important Upcoming Dates

Brightspace will be the only LMS available for all classes starting May 13, 2024.  Blackboard is totally gone on in June – gradebooks, course materials – everything will  be gone and not be accessible.  Just a quick reminder.  Faculty Handbook Section 4.5.1.10. University-wide Learning Management System “ All faculty members shall use the university-wide learning management system to provide an electronic copy of the course syllabus and schedule, communicate class cancellations and schedule changes, and post student grades.”

SOAR – sessions begin on June 3 and run until July 25. There will be a single day SOAR session on May 31 for students attending summer classes and then another one day SOAR session on August 15 if a student couldn’t attend a standard session over the summer.

NSF MRI Proposals 2024 – The submission window is October 15 – November 15.  The internal competition will be sometime in July.  Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) | NSF – National Science Foundation

 Recent news from the college:

CNAS Faculty Staff Awards website has been updated – Faculty and Staff Awards – Faculty and Staff Resources – College of Natural and Applied Sciences – Missouri State

CNAS Undergraduate Research Day website has been updated with the program and all of the winners – Faculty and Staff Awards – Faculty and Staff Resources – College of Natural and Applied Sciences – Missouri State

• The cicadas are coming, but the June bugs are already here
• Rocking in the desert
• What’s the potential of climate smart agriculture to address food issues?
• If you would like to see past stories please visit CNAS NewsWatch!

Calendar

• May 22               Topping out celebration – 1 PM
• May 13-31                        Summer Intersession
• June 3                               Summer Courses begin today along with SOAR
• June 19                             Juneteenth – University Closed – no classes
• July 4-5                             University closed – no classes
• July 26                              Summer session ends (finals complete)
• August 12                         New Faculty and New Graduate Student orientations begin today
• August 14                         Showcase (FCTL) – speaker is a CNAS graduate
• August 15                         All Faculty Luncheon
• August 18                         New Student convocation
• August 19                         First day of the fall 2024 semester
• August 19                         CNAS All Faculty meeting, Meyer Libr 101, 3:00-5:00

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.