Weekly Mailing to Tenure line, Affiliate, Visitors, Administrative Professionals, and Professional Support Staff in CLAS
CLAS Weekly Mailing 03-29-23
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2. Reminder: 2023-2024 Catalog Copy Updates due April 21
4. Tutoring and Reading Center is on the Move!
5. Course Withdrawal Deadline and Advising Materials
6. Ultra Training Opportunities
7. The Laker Accelerated Talent Link
Faculty
Unit Heads
Calendars
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1. PAD 308 offline
The PAD 308 conference room will be unavailable during the months of May and June for repairs and refurbishments. If you have something scheduled in that room during those months, you will need to search for a new location. The office staff in each department have access to a list of all conference/meeting rooms across the college that will help you pick another room.
2. Reminder: 2023-2024 Catalog Copy Updates due April 21
This is a reminder that catalog copy updates are due to the Registrar’s Office, [email protected], no later than April 21. Early submissions are welcome. You can find the information at www.gvsu.edu/catalog. Choose “2023-2024 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog [in Process]” from the drop-down menu in the upper right-hand corner. Please review your program information, the Administrative Directory, and the Faculty Directory for updates.
3. Mental Health Resources
GVSU provides many mental health services to faculty and staff. More information is available on the HR website.
4. Tutoring and Reading Center is on the Move!
The Tutoring and Reading Center will be moving to rooms 112, 115, and 116 Henry Hall. The move will take place over the spring/summer 2023 semester. Construction will begin soon after the winter semester ends and will take all the first-floor HRY labs off-line for the spring/summer. Classes that were scheduled in those labs have been moved to new locations. Any activities currently scheduled in the labs should be moved. Please contact George McBane with questions.
This move will put the Tutoring and Reading Center in a much more accessible and visible location for all students at the university. The TRC plans to offer more drop-in tutoring and reading support as well as expanded appointment tutoring. There will be more to come as we get closer to the fall start up. Information on the TRC services that will be offered over the spring/summer semester will soon be posted to the TRC website.
5. Course Withdrawal Deadline and Advising Materials
The deadline date for students to withdraw from Winter 2023 courses was Friday, March 24. Withdrawals after this date require significant documentation and justification. The Late Drop process outlines the steps students would need to take. These are approved only in truly extenuating circumstances and requests should be forwarded to Mike Messner in the Student Academic Success Center.
Students should carefully consider multiple factors before making the decision to drop a class late in the semester. The Decision Tree helps walk students through this process. Always recommend that students visit the Financial Aid Office prior to dropping a course.
6. Ultra Training Opportunities
eLearning has many training options for you listed on our website, and in Sprout. This semester’s trainings are offered on Zoom, so both full and part time faculty may join, and not worry about time commuting to campus. Register in Sprout. There are multiple training options:
- Build-a-thons sessions with eLearning available on Zoom
- Bb Ultra Essentials webinars
- 5 Steps for Course Design webinars to walk you through your course build
Remember, all faculty have access to Ultra Self Paced Training through their Blackboard login! You can add these to your favorites by selecting the Current Courses Dropdown Menu > Selecting Professional Development > Selecting the Star icon. This will favorite the course and keep it near the top of your list for easy reference.
All faculty members also have an Ultra Practice Course found under the Sandbox menu selection in Blackboard.
Adjuncts can start getting familiar with Ultra and building their courses prior to the semester. Ask your Professional Support Staff or Department Chair to request a temp account and access to a Sandbox practice course. (New faculty will not have the ability to prompt this request.) Go to the link below and click Temp myBb Access Request. Once you complete the form, you should receive an email the following day with instructions on how to access the temporary account that you can forward on to the new faculty member you made the request for - https://intranet.gvsu.edu/bannerapps/menu.htm
7. The Laker Accelerated Talent Link is recruiting students for the 2023-2024 cohort. If you know of a student that will be graduating in May or August 2024 and may be interested in participating, please send them the PDF here or the link here. As a reminder, the Talent Link program is for students in their senior year and connects them to these employer partners to build a strong connection throughout your senior year. As part of the Talent Link, students will…
- Receive an employer-sponsored scholarship of up to $15,000;
- Layer one of four certificates (4-6 classes, individually decided by our employer partners) on top of a degree in Project Management, Applied Data Analytics, and others;
- Participate in a co-curricular cohort experience that builds a network of support and connection to our employee partners;
- See the wide and varied opportunities available to liberal arts and sciences students;
- Participate in a market-rate paid internship (optional for credit) at the employer partner for up to 20 hours per week; and
- If the program is completed, receive a good-faith job offer from the employer partner after graduation.
Interested students should fill out the form here and applications will be live the week of April 3.
Faculty
Unit Heads
Calendars
Mar. 30 Nominations for promotion to Full Professor due Heidi Nicholson in the Dean’s Office, [email protected]
Mar. 31 Minor facilities requests for summer 2023 (minor furniture changes, whiteboards, small projects to be funded by the department) – request sent directly to G. McBane ([email protected]), prior consultation recommended
Apr. 1 Affiliate contract renewal recommendations due to the Dean’s Office, [email protected]
Apr. 11 Grades due by 12 noon for parts of term courses ending by April 8 (Grading period 3)
Apr. 14 Requests for new dibs room assignments, accompanied by plans to fill them at or above the standards described at Department Dibs Room Use Policy, should be sent to Mona Silva.
Apr. 21 Catalog Copy is due to the Registrar’s Office [email protected]
Apr. 22 Classes end
Apr. 24 – 29 Final Examinations/Culminating experience
Apr. 29 Sabbatical reports due for sabbaticals taken in Fall 2022
May 1 Final grades due to Deans Office by 11:59 p.m.
May 5 Requests for more substantial Facilities changes to be done summer 2024 (changes requiring construction, full-classroom furniture changes, new electrical installations, etc.), using Facilities Request Form from https://www.gvsu.edu/clas/unit-heads-51.htm#F, sent to Mona Silva ([email protected]) in Dean’s office
Save the Date:
FALL 2023 NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION
TENURE TRACK, AFFILIATE & VISITING FACULTY
August 9–11, 2023
We are excited to welcome new faculty this fall! Orientation will focus on engaging new faculty in a collaborative learning experience focused squarely on student success, community building, and exploration of campus resources for both faculty and students. Program details will be posted on the New Faculty Orientation website in the coming months.
Apr. 1 Princeton Review - online (RSVP required) www.gvsu.edu/clasadvising/practicetest MCAT, DAT, GRE
Apr. 3 GVSU Arts Celebration Presents Poetry Night: A Reading and Conversation with Juan Felipe Herrera, 7 p.m. Eberhard Center.
Apr. 11 SSD Keynote Panel: Native Truths, Recentering Who Tells the Story. This is a collaboration between OURS and the Field Museum in Chicago. 4p.m. (2204 KC)
Apr. 11 Read with Lakers - Join us for our next book discussion: The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee, associate professor of writing at GVSU. 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Zoom RSVP for the discussion
Apr. 12 Student Scholars Day (SSD). Volunteer registration is open through March 24. Students, faculty, and staff are welcome to volunteer. Please encourage your students to attend SSD. SSD Presentations will take place from 9am-5pm in the Henry Hall Atrium, Grand River Room, and throughout Kirkhof.
Apr. 13 Arnold C. Ott Lectureship in Chemistry, Can Organic Batteries Power a Sustainable Electrical Grid? With Dr. Tom Guarr, MSU Bioeconomy Institute, 5-7 pm, Kirkhof Center, Grand River Room
Apr. 13 SSD and the Visual Arts at GVSU: Art Reception. The exhibit will be on display from April 10-28, 2023, in CAC. 5-6:30 p.m. Calder Art Center
Apr. 13 Science on Tap: Art and the Resurrection of Anatomy as a Science in the Renaissance – An Anatomist’s Perspective, 8 pm SpeakEZ Lounge, 600 Monroe Ave. NW
Apr. 14 Arnold C. Ott Lectureship in Chemistry, Electrochemical Trickery: Turning Organic Macrocycles into Conductive Polymers and Supercapacitors with Dr. Tom Guarr, MSU Bioeconomy Institute, 1:00 pm Kirkoff Center, Pere Marquette Room
Apr. 14 AWRI Seminar, Mark Christie, Ph.D., Purdue University, “Contemporary Evolution in Great Lakes fishes”, 2:00 pm at the LMC in Muskegon and via Zoom (contact Heidi Feldpausch for link)
April 28 & 29 Commencement
COVID Policy Links
Note: Daily COVID self-assessment is not required at this time.
Reminders
Newsletters/information you might have missed
Last fall, CLAS announced the CLAS Professional Development Fund for all staff (AP and PSS), as well as affiliate and visiting faculty. Learn more on the new CLAS Professional Development Fund webpage where you will also find the online application.
