Faculty Research Grants are due October 1.

Register to Vote:  The leadership team of Paws to the Polls Voter Education Initiative is excited to announce our fourth Voter Awareness Week between September 30^th and October 3^rd. We provide voting-related information and voter registration ahead of the October 9^th registration deadline for the November 5^th election.  If the weather is good this will take place outdoors near the PSU but if it is raining it will move inside PSU.

Summer Fellowship Proposals are due October 30.

Sabbatical applications for the 2025-2026 academic year are due October 28

CNAS 3MT is coming up, October 21, see attached flyer for more information.

Dean Jahnke has committed travel funding for three CNAS Education Abroad Faculty Fellows (at $1,300 each) which is the requested department/school/college assistance for this program. Criteria for funding include:

• Applicants have never led an education abroad program
• Applicants have never taught for MSU internationally
• Applicants have never taken a group of research students to an international study site
• Applicants are new to education abroad programming

Interested faculty may apply here by October 18, 2024.

It is time to order regalia so you march with your students at Commencement, December 13 at 1:30 PM – Please RSVP and order your regalia with the form.  https://forms.office.com/r/R5CmVvcHmv

The United Way Campaign has started.

CNAS Seminars – All are welcome!

Adam Coulter Natural Resources Conservation Service – September 30; SEES Seminar: “Urban Conservation Planning and Practices” Blunt 345; seminar at 2:30-3:30 PM.

Dr. Nirmal J Ghimire University of Notre Dame – PAMS Seminar: “Engineering Magnetic Crystals for Quantum Phenomena” via Teams; seminar at 4:00-5:00 PM.

Dr. Jackie Caplan-Auerbach Western Washington University – October 7; SEES Seminar: “The Taylor Swift Quake, Concert Seismology, and the Seismic Battle of the Bands” Blunt 345; seminar at 2:30-3:30 PM.

Dr. Samniqueka Halsey University of Missouri – October 18; Biology Seminar: “Reconstructing Prairies and Emerging Pathogens: Analyzing Hot-Tick-Pathogen Interactions” Meyer 101; seminar at 4:00-5:00 PM.

Michele LeRoux, PhD, Washington University Medical School STL– October 25; Biology Seminar: “Targeting Specificity of a Bacterial Anti-Phage Toxin-Antitoxin Systems” Meyer 101; seminar at 4:00-5:00 PM.

ACADEMIC ADVISOR FORUM SERIES

Keys to Advising Language Students- October 2, 12:00-1:00 PM

Transfer Advising Essentials: What’s New? October 21, 12:00-1:00 PM

Managing Concerning Student Behavior – October 22, 12:00-1:00 PM

Fast-Track Futures: Advising for Accelerated Graduate Programs – December 2, 12:00-1:00 PM

Mindful of Neurodiversity – December 5, 12:00-1:00 PM

CNAS NEWS –

The Right Balance – Academic Expressions 

Harnessing AI for Climate Resilience

Charting new frontiers in cancer biology

Committed to advancing engineering education

Fighting back against a fungus killing bats

Meet a rare two-headed snake in Kansas City

BLUNT HALL CONSTRUCTION UPDATE:

Phase I Two Week Lookahead (Phase I expected completion – April 1, 2025)

9/30/24 thru 10/11/24

• Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing rough-in work in addition – Levels 4 & 5.
• Gypsum board installation & Finish Level 3.
• Curtain wall continues. Exterior glazing installation scheduled to be complete. GFRC installation continues.
• Penthouse & screen wall panel installation continues – scheduled to be complete in September.
• Roof installation Level 5 continues.
• Lab Casework Installation commences – Level 2.
• Auditorium scaffolding continues.

Phase II Two Week Lookahead (Phase II expected completion  – August , 2026)

9/30/24 thru 10/4/24

• Glass pipe removal/replacement.
• Hydronic main commences in basement and mechanical rooms.

10/7/24 thru 10/11/24

• Glass pipe removal/replacement.

10/10/24 & 10/11/24 Remove glass piping in Rooms 330 & 326. Rooms above to be affected with no sink drains: 422, 428B, & 432.

• Hydronic main continues in basement and mechanical rooms.

 Calendar

• Oct 1                              College Council meets
• Oct 1                              Tri-State Water Conference at Darr Ag Center, 8 AM-5 PM Students attend for free. Faculty and staff- $145 each.
• Oct 10-11                      Fall Break, no classes, offices open
• Oct 17                            Presidential Inauguration at 4:00 PM
• Oct 17-19                      Homecoming Weekend
• Oct 21                            CNAS 3MT, Meyer Libr 101, 3:00-5:00 (enter the competition by Oct 18 – see attached flyer)
• Oct 25                            Student Affiliates of ACS Demos in the Dark
• Oct 26                            Elementary Science Olympiad
• Nov 2                             Fall showcase, Rec Center
• Nov 5                             College Council meets
• Nov 5                             CNAS Bingo Night, 3:30-5:00, GLAS 102
• Nov 13                           CNAS Career Expo, PSU Ballroom
• Nov 23-Dec 1                Thanksgiving, no classes, offices closed
• Dec 6                             Study Day
• Dec 7-12                       Final Exams
• Dec 13                           Commencement (10 AM and 1:30 PM – CNAS is part of 1:30 PM ceremony)
• Dec 23-Jan 3                 University Closed

2025

• Jan 4, 2025                    All offices open
• Jan 13                            First day of spring semester classes
• Jan 20                            Holiday – no classes

 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.