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A-State Closing Early Friday, March 31

Arkansas State University is canceling all on-campus classes and closing all academic and business offices at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 31, in response to the high probability of severe weather in the Jonesboro area this afternoon and evening.

The National Weather Service has issued warnings for this afternoon with the high probability of extremely high wind gusts, significant severe storms and the potential for long-lasting tornadoes.

Essential personnel who maintain on-campus activities, including our University Housing and Facilities Management will continue to work on campus. If individual employees have questions regarding who is essential personnel, please check with your supervisor today.

Other Campus Closures & Cancellations

  • A-State Childhood Services will also close at 1 p.m.
  • The Reng Student Union will open as the campus’ storm shelter for university residents at 1 p.m., and will remain open until the all-clear.
  • Dining Services will continue to operate with regular dinner hours.
  • Also closing this afternoon are the Dean B. Ellis Library (online resources available 24/7) and the Red W.O.L.F. Center.
  • Evening campus events may also be cancelled. Please check with the event organizer for event status.

All campus residents are reminded to monitor official university media, including official social media accounts for updates. Alerts and weather conditions are also available at Weather.AState.edu.

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870-972-2093

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Get to Know the Faculty: Dr. Argelia Lorence

02/03/2015

Recently named one of five fellows of the Arkansas Research Alliance, Argelia Lorence is an associate professor of metabolic engineering.  Let’s get to know her.

Dr. Argelia Lorence
Dr. Argelia Lorence

Place of birth?
Mexico City, Mexico
Family?
I am married to David Andrew Dyer. We celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary this year, and our only son, Noah, was born in Jonesboro in 2009.
What makes a good professor? 
Passion! Passion to do research and to teach the younger generations. I love seeing the eyes of my students when they suddenly “get it.”
What makes for a good student? 
Curiosity, thirst for learning new things, and commitment.
If you could teach another field, which one and why? 
Marine biology, I have been fascinated by marine creatures since childhood.
What academic project are you working on right now? 
I work on several projects. The newest and most ambitious one is a project I co-lead called the Plant Imaging Consortium (PIC).  This work funded by the National Science Foundation is focused on developing unique tools and imaging approaches to better understand how plants adapt to stresses that currently limit plant productivity. This consortium is allowing plant scientists in Arkansas and Missouri to have unprecedented access to high throughput phenotyping and other molecular imaging tools. These powerful tools are empowering discoveries in plant stress biology that have the potential to positively impact US agriculture.
What music is playing in your car? 
Brazilian bossa nova
What is your favorite podcast? 
Diana Nyad: Never, ever give up. TEDWomen, 2013
The last book I read for fun was...
Bossy Pants by Tina Fey.
Four people I’d take to coffee...
To talk science Marie Curie, Barbara McClintock, Rosalind Franklin, and Rita Levi-Montalcini.
To talk art Frida Kahlo, Remedios Varo, Isabel Allende, and Elena Poniatowska.
Cats or dogs? 
Dogs!
Only my friends know I...
I partied a lot when I was in high school. I went dancing every Friday and Saturday back then.
My favorite saying is...
Good leaders must lead by example.

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