Diversity and Inclusion Seminar
Living in a Global World
Date: Thursday, November 3
Time: 4:00–5:00 p.m.
Location: Cheek Hall 102
All are welcome!
Join Missouri State University’s Interim President Clif Smart as he shares his personal experiences about interacting with people from other cultures.
Suggestions for a Common Reader in GEP 101
Recommendations must be received by Thursday, November 17.
The First-Year Programs office is currently accepting recommendations of books suitable to use as a common reader in GEP101, First-Year Foundations. All sections of GEP101 and some sections of UHC 110 will read the book.
We need your help in identifying books that relate to the 2012–2013 Public Affairs theme, Inclusive Excellence. Based on the university’s long range plan, Inclusive Excellence is defined as the recognition that an institution’s success is dependent on how well it values, engages and includes a rich diversity of people with all the valuable social dimensions that they provide. Although the university’s long range plan focuses specifically on Inclusive Excellence as a dimension of the university experience, the common reader may also explore facets of the theme as they relate to society.
An ideal common reader selection will explore the theme in ways that students coming from a variety of disciplines and interests can relate to. The books you recommend need to be written for a general audience, requiring little or no expertise with the topic in order to understand the book.
The selection committee will consider both fiction and nonfiction. Our main evaluation of books will be based on the book’s relationship to the conference theme, the quality of the book itself, and the book’s suitability for first-year students.
Please send nominations to FirstYearPrograms@missouristate.edu. Include the following information: the title of the book, the author of the book, and a brief explanation about why you are recommending the book.
Nature and the Human Condition
Date: Tuesday, November 8
Time: 7:30–8:30 p.m.
Location: Temple Hall 002
Speaker: Dr. Janice Greene, Professor, Department of Biology
We hear a lot about how people can positively and negatively affect the environment, but we need to ask how nature can affect people. Often, we hear about environmental hazards to human health. Less frequently, we hear about the benefits of nature to people. Being outdoors, whether for recreation or a purposeful study of nature, can improve physical and psychological health. Nature can have economic benefits and positively affect our quality of life. This talk will discuss the many benefits of nature and give specific examples.
Missouri State Online Webinar Series
Missouri State Online is hosting a webinar series again this Fall semester. We have a super line-up of relevant topics for higher education today and will be offering each webinar on TWO separate showings to meet your schedules! Visit the Missouri State Online website for more detailed webinar information.
Each of our sessions will be facilitated by your MSU peer(s). We look forward to your participation!
Register through My Learning Connection by choosing the category “Professional Development—Continuing and Distance Education” to see all three webinars.
Contact the Missouri State Online office at 836-3718 or MSOnline@MissouriState.edu if you have any questions.
3rd Webinar—Apps and Web 2.0 Legal Issues in Using the Internet in Class
First Showing: Wednesday, November 16, 3–4 p.m., GLAS 227
Second Showing: Thursday, November 17, Noon–1 p.m., LIBR 204
Presenter: Stephanie Delaney, J.D., Ph.D., Director of eLearning for Cascade Community College
Still Time to Submit a Public Affairs Theme Topic for 2013–2014
Proposal deadline is Friday, November 18
Proposals for the 2013–2014 public affairs theme topics are being accepted through November 18. As is the case with this year’s theme of Culture of Connectivity and 2012–2013 theme of Inclusive Excellence, the intent is to identify and adopt a theme that can permeate the campus community for the academic year. While public affairs themes generally focus on challenges in public policy or issues confronting our world, you are encouraged to submit any and all ideas. The ultimate theme will be developed in a collaborative manner involving representatives of the university community; these individuals will be looking for a concept that can engage and excite the campus and provide meaningful opportunities for learning. In addition to serving as the focal point of the Annual Public Affairs Conference, the theme should be broad enough to be used in a wide variety of both curricular and co-curricular activities, yet focused enough to be illustrative of our public affairs components: community engagement, cultural competency and/or ethical leadership.
Proposals should include a brief (1 page) description of the theme and how it would fulfill the above criteria (including specific examples of curricular and co-curricular activities that could take place). Because the Associate Provost for Student Development and Public Affairs will select a Provost Fellow to coordinate the year-long activities, and in particular, to serve as the coordinator of the 2014 Public Affairs Conference, proposals including the name(s) of potential Fellows are encouraged. Send all proposals to Rachelle Darabi, Associate Provost for Student Development and Public Affairs by Friday, November 18. We plan to have the theme selected by December 15.
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An Evening with David “Sonny” Lacks
Date: Wednesday, November 30
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts
David “Sonny” Lacks, the middle child of Henrietta Lacks, has enthralled university audiences across the country talking about his mother, Henrietta Lacks, and her important contributions to modern medicine. The international success of the New York Times bestseller about his mother, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” has left people keenly interested in the Lacks Family and Henrietta’s legacy. In his MSU appearance, Sonny will share with the audience what it meant to find out–decades after the fact–that his mother’s cells were being used in laboratories around the world without the family’s knowledge or consent. He puts a face on the big issues such as the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics and the legal battles over “informed consent.” The presentation will be in a moderated question and answer format.
This is a free event, but a ticket will be required for admission. Tickets will be available exclusively to the MSU community (students, faculty and staff) November 7–10. Starting November 11, remaining tickets will be available to both the MSU community and the Springfield community. Tickets may be picked up at Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts, JQH Arena or the Plaster Student Union ticket offices.
Seating will be general admission, first come first seated. For additional information,
see the Public Affairs website.
Grant Writing for Nonprofits
Date: Friday, November 4
Time: 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Location: Library Center, 4653 S. Campbell
Grant Writing 2.0 is an intermediary course for nonprofit directors or others with similar experience in applying for grant funds. The course is not an introductory course. The “workshop” format of the course is to hone writing and grant search skills to produce more effective proposals and encourage more efficient grant-related efforts.
Visit the Missouri State University Noncredit Programs website for speaker and registration information.
Brown Bag Session on “The Teaching Professor”
Date: Tuesday, November 8
Time: 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Location: Library 204
This series offers a unique opportunity to share experiences with colleagues and discuss topics from the monthly issue of “The Teaching Professor”; or bring a topic to discuss that directly relates to current classroom teaching experiences. Participants are welcome to bring a brown bag lunch and drink.
This session is presented by Chantal Levesque-Bristol, professor in the Department of Psychology and director of the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning.
To receive credit for attending this event, register online through My Learning Connection by choosing the category “Professional Development – Teaching and Learning.”
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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Series
SoTL and the Public Affairs Mission—Session 2
Date: Tuesday, November 15
Time: 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Location: PSU 314
Jeffrey Cornelius-White and Chantal Levesque-Bristol will present their research on developing the Public Affairs Scale which is used to measure our students’ assimilation of the Public Affairs mission. They will also discuss how the mission can be assessed through Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) projects.
This series on how faculty can develop SoTL projects addresses the goals of the 2011–2016 Long-Range Plan to increase in the number of SoTL projects, participants, and publications including those that incorporate the themes of our Public Affairs mission.
To receive credit for attending this event, register online through My Learning Connection by choosing the category “Professional Development – Teaching and Learning.”
For more background information on SoTL or how to get started with SoTL projects, please view our two SoTL webinars from spring 2011: http://www.missouristate.edu/fctl/85538.htm.
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FCTL Travel Funds
The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning will offer travel funds for faculty who will be attending or presenting at SoTL conferences or which fits with the public affairs theme at Missouri State University.
- Awards will be made for up to $500 each.
- Preference will be given to requests which will also have either departmental or college support
- Travel funds are available to either present scholarly work or attend a conference. The topic of the conference has to be related to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) or to the themes of the public affairs at Missouri State University.
- In order to receive the travel funds and get full travel reimbursement, faculty will be expected to present on the conference attended and discuss the benefits of the conference, what the faculty expects to do next as a result of the conference, and any networking opportunities. The faculty will be there to represent Missouri State University.
- Funds are limited. The travel funds will be disbursed as demands are made and accepted.
For more information, go to the FCTL travel funds web page.
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U.S. Professors of the Year Nominations
Submit nominations to the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning by Wednesday, November 30
The U.S. Professors of the Year program salutes the most outstanding undergraduate instructors in the country—those who excel in teaching and who positively influence the lives and careers of students.
Nominees should demonstrate excellence in the following areas:
- Impact on and involvement with undergraduate students
- A scholarly approach to teaching and learning
- Contributions to undergraduate education in the institution, community, and profession
- Support from colleagues and former undergraduate students
Nominees will be contacted by the FCTL with details on necessary application materials. Applications will be reviewed by the FCTL Advisory Committee, and three candidates will be selected for submission to the U.S. Professors of the Year competition.
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Professors as Writers: Monthly Faculty Writing Retreat
Dates: Friday, November 11 ; Monday, December 19
Times: Half-Day Morning: 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.; Half-Day Afternoon: 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Location: Alumni Center, Turner Family Hospitality Room
Need a distraction-free space to begin new articles, revise and resubmit, polish book proposals, or complete last edits? Take advantage of this opportunity to work on whatever you’re writing.
To receive credit for attending this event, register online through My Learning Connection by choosing the category “Professional Development – Teaching and Learning.”
Coffee, breakfast, lunch, and snacks will be available for those who register.
For more information contact Keri Franklin at 836-3732 or KFranklin@MissouriState.edu.
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