Upcoming Events and Important Notices

Friendly How-to Guides – Academic Expressions

·        Monday, August 11                   All graduate students and faculty report to work

·        August 11                                       New faculty orientation

·        August 13                                       Showcase on Teaching and Learning

·        August 14                                       All Faculty Luncheon

·        August 15                                       Intersession ends today

·        August 17                                       New Student Convocation

·        August 18                                       Fall Semester Begins today

·        August 18                                       CNAS All-College Meeting (3:30 PM in Roy Blunt Hall 102)

CNAS Seminars – All are welcome!

Seminars are being scheduled for the upcoming semester and will be added soon!

Summer Reading – Here are a few of my summer reads.  What are you reading?

The Road to Wisdom:  On Truth, Science, Faith and Trust by Francis S. Collins

The Radioactive Boy Scout:  The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid by Ken Silverstein

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

American Prometheus:  The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Ours by Phillip B. Williams

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

CNAS NEWS –

Science on display: Blunt Hall offers new labs, resources for MSU’s students – Springfield Daily Citizen

Civil engineering students excel at ASCE event – CNAS NewsWatch

Recognized for Teaching Excellence

More than just a trip overseas

Mind’s Eye

Roy Blunt Hall Construction Update:

The new Blunt Hall addition is almost complete and all of the labs are being populated by their new occupants. The new north and east entrances to the building are open. The auditoriums have chairs and we will be scheduling training sessions regarding the technology in these classrooms for this week and next.  Watch for more information.  Fall of 2025 we have access to most of the south side of the original building.  The north side of second and fourth floors will not be used for the fall 2025 semester but they will be available for the spring of 2026. That means that we will not have access to the north side of third floor and the south side of fourth floor in the spring.  All work, including the building exterior and landscaping on the south side will be ready for the Fall 2026 semester.

Cheek Hall Construction Update:  

Current Construction Schedule – but know that this could change depending on what they find after they get started.

· Construction Start: 06/23/2025 (Actual Start – 07/02/2025)  – The basement classrooms will be ready later this week.  The mezzanine demolition is nearly complete.

· Phase 1 Completion: 02/16/2026

· Phase 2 Start: 02/17/2026

· Phase 2 Completion: 09/4/2026

Calendar

·        August 8                           Joint SOAR and International Student Orientation

·        August 11                        All graduate students and faculty report to work

·        August 11                        New faculty orientation

·        August 13                        Showcase on Teaching and Learning

·        August 14                        All Faculty Luncheon

·        August 15                        Intersession ends today

·        August 17                        New Student Convocation

·        August 18                        Fall Semester Begins today

·        August 18                        CNAS All-College Meeting (3:30 PM in Roy Blunt Hall 102)

·        August 26                         President’s Picnic (5-7 PM)

• September 12                  Dedication of the Addition to Roy Blunt Hall

·        September 16-18       Public Affairs Conference

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