International Education Week
November 12–18
Join the Office of International Programs as we celebrate International Education Week starting November 12 with the International Student Banquet and Show sponsored and organized by the Association of International Students and ending with a Tour of the Globe held on Friday, November 18, at the Morris Center.
Other events of the week include: International Games night, Tales from Abroad: Study Away Discussion Panel, Swing and Dance, where you can learn traditional dance steps from other cultures at a global dance party, and Give A Damn?, an award-winning documentary of three friends as they attempt to live on a $1.25 a day, survive a deadly plane crash, and prove what a difference young people can make in the fight against extreme poverty. A question and answer will be held with the filmmakers following the screening.
Download International Week schedule of events
Palestinian Ethnonationalism in Israel
Date: Wednesday, November 30
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Glass Hall 101
Join Dr. Oded Haklai, associate professor in the department of Political Science at Queen’s University, as he discusses Palestinian ethnonationalism in Israel. In recent decades political activism has increased dramatically among members of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel. Ethnically based organizations inside Israel are making nationalist demands and challenging the national identity of the state.
Department of Geography, Geology and Planning
Geography Awareness Week
November 14–18
In celebration of Geography Awareness Week, the Department of Geography, Geology, and Planning at Missouri State University will host a presentation each day next week. All presentations are at 3:00 p.m. in Carrington Auditorium (CARR 208). For more information, contact the Department of Geography, Geology, and Planning at (417) 836-5800.
46th Annual Elizabethan Christmas Dinners
Date: Wednesday–Saturday, November 30 through December 3
Time: Assemble at 6:15 p.m., show begins at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Plaster Student Union Ballroom
Join the MSU choral ensembles as they transform the ballroom into a grand hall in the Renaissance style. Visit the Elizabethan Christmas Dinner website to order your tickets. Call 836-5648 for more information.
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.”
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
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.
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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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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