College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Unit Head Mailing 4-26-11

Unit Head List for Fall 2011
Clickers for Fall or Spring/Summer 2011
Online/Hybrid Course procedures and policies
Unit Websites as Recruitment Tools
No Selling Links to GV web pages
A Valediction
Important Dates

1. Unit Head List for Fall 2011 (attachment)

There are several changes occurring during the Summer and Fall semester to our CLAS unit head roster. Attached is an updated list.

2. Clickers for Fall or Spring/Summer 2011– Information Technology

"Clickers" = ResponseCards used as part of the Audience Response System by Turning Technologies

IT had provided clickers for use in courses in the past. Now that clickers have become so popular, from this Spring term we will have students purchase a personal clicker at the bookstore. IT has already provided several pieces of essential information to review for faculty who wish to use this technology.Please call or e-mail Karen Burchard with any questions or to request the documents regarding the clicker process as GVSU changes to the bookstore model. Karen Burchard (burchark@gvsu.edu, 331-6500) Academic Computing, Information Technology.

3. Online/Hybrid Course procedures and policies - Maria Cimitile

The procedures and policies for online/hybrid courses were approved by UAS and the Provost's Office about a year ago, and now have been in place for an academic year. It takes time for everyone to learn of the new processes, and I would ask that you help faculty access the information once again by disseminating information on these processes. Please remind your faculty of these procedures by emailing your unit heads to direct them to the faculty governance website to answer informational questions. Please ask the unit heads to forward it to their entire faculty. Here is the site:

http://www.gvsu.edu/facultygov/online-education-committee-70.htm

With your help, we can protect people's time, efficiently provide answers that people need, and keep your office informed. Thank you.

4. Unit Websites as Recruitment Tools (attachment)

At the last Unit Head meeting, there was a discussion of ways to strengthen departmental websites from the perspective of student recruitment. Unit Heads requested Monica Johnstone's notes. They are attached. A Chronicle of Higher Education article germane to this topic: http://chronicle.com/article/Colleges-Rehab-Their-Web-Sites/127170/".

5. No Selling Links to GV web pages

We have been reminded by Tom Butcher that links from all Grand Valley websites must not contain links to commercial enterprises of any kind. For instance, if faculty are selling their books from their personal webpages (or their consulting services or their homemade jam…), then Grand Valley pages should not link to them.

6. A Valediction—Jann Joseph to be Dean of the College of Education at EMU

It is with a proud and heavy heart that I wish CLAS Associate Dean Jann Joseph all the very best in this next stage of her career. For five years we have counted on her as we planned and expanded into new spaces, oriented more than hundreds of new colleagues, equipped new labs and studios, and adapted to new state-mandated education curricula. We see the imprint of her work all around us, and we are so much the better for it. On behalf of all the friends she's made at GVSU, and all those who are in her debt, I thank her for her contributions to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

~Fred

7. CLAS Important Dates

Important Dates	Event	Location
April 27	Grants Road Show	2215/2216, 3:30-5:00
April 30	Commencement
May 3	Final Grades due by noon
May 4	Unit Head Meeting	2215/2216 KC, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
May 5	Traverse City Commencement
May 9	Search Position Requests due	sherwoco@gvsu.edu5:00 p.m.
May 9	Spring Classes Start
May 15	Unit * Self Studies due	CLAS Dean’s office
May 30	Memorial Day Recess
June 20	Classes End first 6 weeks
June 21-22	Finals
June 27	Grades due first 6 week classes at noon
June 27	Classes Begin 2^nd 6 weeks
July 4	Independence Day Recess
July 18	Staffing Plans due 5:00	kelloggp@gvsu.edu
Aug. 8	Classes End 2^nd 6 and 12 weeks
Aug. 9-10	Finals 2^nd 6 and 12 week
Aug. 15	Grades due 2^nd 6 and 12 week at noon
Aug 15	Unit Alignment to CLAS Strategic Plan	CLAS Dean’s office
Aug. 17 & 18	New Faculty Orientation	KC & DEV
Aug. 17	CLAS New Faculty Social	Alumni House
Aug. 23	Unit Head Retreat	TBA
Aug. 24	FTLC Conference	TBA
Aug. 25	CLAS Faculty and Staff Meeting	TBA-followed by lunch
Aug. 26	Convocation	Field House
Aug. 29	Fall 2011 Classes Begin

*Due this spring – PSY (BA and BS), PHY (BS), AWRI, BMS (MS and BS)

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