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CNAS NEWS – May 20, 2024

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Blunt Hall Topping Out Party and Upcoming Building news

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. 

BLUNT HALL

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

6/10/24 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.

Brightspace

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.”  FCTL if offering help for those who need it to start using the new LMS.  I just had a one-on-one appointment to save my Blackboard course into a source course in Brightspace.  It went very quickly and easily.  Brightspace – Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning – Missouri State

SOAR

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.

United Way

United Way Day of Caring is June 13, 2024.  There are three ways you can participate.  Click here for more information – Human Resources (missouristate.edu)

NSF MRI Proposals

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

CNAS Undergraduate Research Symposium – College of Natural and Applied Sciences – Missouri State

Construction Updates

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

5/20/24 thru 5/24/24

5/22/24 – Topping Out @ 1:00 pm (gather at west mall)

5/23/24 – Generator placed in utility yard (Crane on Briggs Street near stadium ramp)

  • Electrical and plumbing work in addition – Levels 2, 3 & 4.
  • Interior metal stud framing on Level 2, 3 & 4 and new restrooms.
  • Gypsum board installation Level 1 & 2
  • Concrete and shoring company demobilization.

 5/27/24 Memorial Day – No work

5/28/24 thru 5/31/24

  • Electrical and plumbing work in addition – Levels 3 & 4.
  • Interior metal stud framing on Level 3 & 4.
  • Gypsum board installation Level 1 & 2 and new restrooms.
  • Concrete and shoring company demobilization complete.
  • Door frames commence on Level 0.

 6/1/24 to 6/2/24 – All Building Power Outage

 6/3/24 thru 6/14/24

  • Electrical and plumbing work in addition – Levels 3 & 4.
  • Interior metal stud framing on Level 3 & 4.
  • Gypsum board installation Level 1 & 2 and new restrooms.
  • New restroom tile installation.
  • Roofing installation commences.

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
  • June 28                             Summer Visit Day
  • July 4-5                             University closed – no classes
  • July 19                              Summer Visit Day
  • 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

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