Weekly Mailing to Tenure line, Affiliate, Visitors, Administrative Professionals, and Professional Support Staff in CLAS
CLAS Weekly Mailing 08-17-22
Faculty and Staff
1. CLAS Faculty and Staff Start-Up Meeting
2. In search of our loaner regalia
Unit Heads
Calendars
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Faculty and Staff
1. CLAS Faculty and Staff Start-Up Meeting
The CLAS Faculty and Staff Start-Up Meeting will take place on Thursday, August 25 in the Louis Armstrong Theatre in the Thomas J. and Marsha J. Haas Center for Performing Arts. Join us for coffee and conversation at 8:30 a.m. in the lobby of the Center for Performing Arts. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. Lunch under the tent will follow on the lawn behind Kirkhof.
Please RSVP using the CLAS Start-up Meeting and lunch RSVP form. The meeting will also be available via livestream. If you request(ed) a livestream link on the RSVP form, you will receive a Zoom link the week of August 22.
2. In search of our loaner regalia
CLAS has two loaner gowns for faculty to use at commencement and convocation which do not seem to have made their way back to us. If you discover one of these hanging on the back of your door or in a closet at home, please send it back to the CLAS Dean’s Office. We blame the pandemic, not you.
Unit Heads
University Communications would like to encourage those in leadership positions, those serving as media experts, and those likely to be featured in GVNext and other campus media to be proactive about signing up for portraits. Schedule a sitting for your own head shot or consider arranging for your whole unit to be photographed.
Calendars
4. Important deadlines
Aug. 19 Deadline for units to cancel low-enrolled courses
Aug. 29 Fall classes begin
Aug. 29 Candidate submits portfolio to unit head
Sep. 2 Credit/No Request deadline 5 p.m.
Sep. 2 Last day to register/100% refund deadline 5 p.m.
Sep. 4-5 Labor Day Recess
Sep. 15 Unit Stability Update response should be entered in GVAdvance
Sep. 23 75% refund deadline 5 p.m.
Oct. 10 – 14 Midterm evaluations
Oct. 14 Units submit promotion materials (promotion to professor) to the dean’s office
Oct. 17 Midterm grades due by 11:59 p.m. midnight
Oct. 23 – 25 Fall Break (for students)
Oct. 28 Withdrawal with “W” grade deadline 5 p.m.
Nov. 18 CLAS Personnel Committee submits recommendations to the dean
Nov. 23 – 27 Thanksgiving Recess
Dec. 12 – 17 Final Examinations
Dec. 16 Dean notifies candidate and unit head of recommendation
Dec. 19 Final Grades due by 11:59 p.m. midnight
Dec. 22 Final Grades available to students
Aug. 18 Unit Head Development, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. [Optional for all but new unit heads]
Aug. 23 Unit Head Retreat 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Hager Park, VanderLaan Room, 8212 28th Ave, Jenison
Aug. 24 FTLC Teaching and Learning Conference
Aug. 24 Convocation
Aug. 25 CLAS Fall Faculty and Staff Meeting, LAT in the Haas Center for Performing Arts. 8:30-9:30 a.m. Coffee Reception, 9:30-11 a.m. Program. 11 a.m. President Mantella and Provost Mili. Lunch under the tent. RSVP form
Sep. 7 Unit Head Meeting 3 – 5 p.m. Kirkhof Room 2215/2216
Sep. 16 Faculty Research Colloquium, 308 PAD
Sep. 21 Unit Head Meeting 3 – 5 p.m. Kirkhof Room 2204 (Pere Marquette)
Sep. 21 Alliance for Professional Support Staff (APSS) Union Open House Mixer, STU South Lawn, 12-2 p.m.; PSS should RSVP by September 6.
Sep. 22 GVSU Arts Celebration 2022-2023 kickoff event: As Is: Beauty and the Body in Contemporary Art. Reception for opening of the GVSU Arts Celebration, 5-8 p.m.
Sep. 28-29 Homerathon
Sep. 28 Carey Lecture, 7 p.m., Loosemore Auditorium
Oct. 5 Unit Head Meeting 3 – 5 p.m. Kirkhof Room 2215/2216
Oct. 6 6-7 p.m. Loosemore Auditorium. Ott Lecture to the General Public: Biomimetic Cuisine: The Chemistry, Craft and Culture of Our Future Foods
Oct. 7 Ott Lecture to Chemistry audience, 1-2 p.m., KC Pere Marquette. Biomimetic Chemistry: Recapitulating Biomolecular Structures and Functions
Oct. 12-15 Tentative dates of GVSU Climate Change Education Solutions Summit (TBC)
Oct. 14 Faculty Research Colloquium, 308 PAD
Oct. 18 Repair Clinic, 6-8 p.m. Holton Hooker Multipurpose Room. (More info on the Repair Clinic)
Oct. 19 Unit Head Meeting 3– 5 p.m. Kirkhof Room 2215/2216
Nov. 2 Unit Head Meeting 3 – 5 p.m. Kirkhof Room 2215/2216
Nov. 7 GVSU Arts Celebration "South Chicago Dance Theatre: Energy | Power | Grace", 7 p.m. Louis Armstrong Theatre, Haas Performing Arts Center, Allendale campus.
Nov. 9 10th Annual Teach-In, Pew Campus (Seidman, DeVos, CHS)
Nov. 10 10th Annual Teach-In, Allendale Campus (Kirkhof)
Nov.16 Unit Head Meeting 3– 5 p.m. Kirkhof Room 2215/2216
Nov. 18 Faculty Research Colloquium, 308 PAD
Nov. 30 Unit Head Meeting 3 – 5 p.m. TBD
Dec. 5 GVSU Arts Celebration Holiday Concert, “And on Earth, Peace.” Fountain Street Church
Dec. 10 Commencement
Dec. 21 Unit Head Meeting 3 – 5 p.m. Kirkhof Room 2215/2216
Dec. 23 – Jan. 2 Semester Break
COVID Policy Links
Note: Daily COVID self-assessment is not required at this time.
Face Coverings Compliance Protocol (including employee FAQs)
Reminders
Newsletters/information you may have missed
Those who plan to process and wear regalia at Convocation must complete the response form by August 17.
Register for parking permit GVSU Citizen Connect Portal
Laker Ready and submission form for Laker Ready
Staff: Complete your DEI training by August 19
eLearning Ready for Fall? Newsletter
New campus health team, reminders about COVID-19 guidelines
Time to encourage applications for Student Senate
Welcome event for Fatma Mili and Stacie Behler
Upcoming parking closures:
Allendale Campus
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North Campus Parking Lots
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Lot C1 and C2 – CLOSED August 20 through August 23
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Lot D – No Entry 6 a.m. – 5 p.m., August 21 through August 23
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North Housing – Authorized vehicle access only August 21 through August 23
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North Campus Traffic Areas: Be prepared for slow or standing traffic and plan to give yourself an extra 10-15 minutes for travel time to your destination.
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North Campus Dr. and West Ravines Center Dr.
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North Campus Dr. and Residence Dr.
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Laker Village Dr. at West Ravines Center Dr. to W Campus Dr.
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We encourage campus entry via W Campus Dr. or Pierce St. to avoid north end traffic
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South Campus Traffic Areas: Be prepared for slow or standing traffic
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S Campus Dr. at Calder Dr.
Join The Four Winds book discussion (Oct. 11, 6-7 p.m. online)