College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Unit Head and Faculty Weekly Mailing 8-14-12
For Faculty
1. Campus Sustainability Spotlight
For Unit Heads
3. CLAS Office Coverage Policy
4. General Education Issues Courses Reminder
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For Faculty
1. Campus Sustainability Spotlight
This year, university will celebrate ‘Campus Sustainability Spotlight’ (www.gvsu.edu/sustainability) as a year-long event, in a departure from the previous format of a Campus Sustainability Week. Each month, a different college will partner with the Sustainable Community Development Initiative (SCDI) to highlight ongoing activities in the college and host new events.
In October 2012, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be Sustainable College of the Month. The CLAS Acts article for October will feature sustainability and Mark Staves has offered to organize the October Faculty Research Colloquium around a sustainability theme as well.
If you have existing departmental events in October that we could highlight or new events that you would like to plan, please let us know. For example, you could consider inviting speakers for your department seminars who could give talks on sustainability related topics. Or student groups could organize events related to sustainability. These topics are worth discussing with your faculty now. The SCDI office will be able to provide some funding and support for these events.
Please share your ideas with Shaily by Sept 5 and she will work with your department and SCDI to help coordinate these events in October.
Thursday September 27 from 3:30-5:00 in PAD 308.
The fall Sabbatical Forum is being hosted by the CLAS Faculty Development Committee on Thursday, 9/27, from 3:30-5:00 pm in 308 Padnos Hall. This bi-annual event allows you to meet with members of the Faculty Development Committee to answer any questions you may have.
For Unit Heads
3. CLAS Office Coverage Policy (Attachment)
As a way of getting the new academic year off to a good start in each of your offices, here’s a reminder of CLAS’s Office Coverage Policy. ~Fred
4. General Education Issues Courses Reminder
As units gear up for the beginning of the semester and think about schedule development this fall, here is a reminder that general education Issues course proposals are being submitted to the curricular system for unit review and approval. The timeline below (part of the unit head presentation of 4-18-12) lists the deadline for this review as September 9, 2012 (Monday, September 10 will be acceptable).
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Important Dates |
Event |
Location |
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Aug. 15 |
CLAS New Tenure Track Faculty Social |
By invitation |
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Aug. 15 & 16 |
New Faculty Orientation |
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Aug. 17 |
ED 431 Pilot Start Up Meeting; 10:00am – 11:30am |
EC 310 |
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Aug. 21 |
Unit Head Retreat |
324/330 KEN |
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Aug. 22 |
Faculty Teaching and Learning Center Conference |
http://www.gvsu.edu/ftlc/ftlc-2011-fall-conference-on-teaching-learning--127.htm |
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Aug. 23 |
CLAS Faculty and Staff Meeting |
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Aug. 24 |
Field House |
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Aug. 27 |
Fall 2012 Classes Begin |
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Sept. 3-4 |
Labor Day Recess; Sept. 4 no classes but offices are open |
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Sept. 5 |
Share ideas with Shaily Menon for Campus Sustainability Spotlight |
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Sept. 9 |
Deadline for review of Issues Courses |
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Sept. 18 |
Save the Date; Best Practices: Grade Training for Academic Coordinators; 10:30am; more information to follow |
2266 KC |
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Sept. 19 |
Unit Head Meeting |
2215/2216 KC, 3:00-5:00 p.m. |
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Sept. 27 |
Fall Sabbatical Forum |
308 PAD; 3:30 – 5:00pm |
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