Weekly Mailing to Tenure line, Affiliate, Visitors, Administrative Professionals, and Professional Support Staff in CLAS
CLAS Weekly Mailing 09-28-22
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1. Mandatory Reporting --some changes
Faculty
Calendars
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1. Mandatory Reporting --some changes
Some changes we have made to the policy regarding Mandatory Reporters under Title IX. Since 2001, the Department of Education requires that higher education institutions respond when any “responsible employee” is informed of potential sexual harassment. The definition of “responsible employee” has changed a lot over the years, and one of the side effects is confusion about which faculty or staff members are required to report.
While the latest proposed regulations are not yet in effect, we are making the changes now to ensure clarity for our students, faculty, and staff. Therefore, unless identified as a confidential resource, all university employees are required to report to the Title IX Coordinator or Deputy Coordinator incidents of sexual harassment, sexual violence, sexual misconduct, stalking, and relationship violence.
Additionally, to ensure that our community also has confidential options available to them, we have designated staff and volunteers from the following offices as exempt from this reporting requirement:
Exempt Programs and Roles
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University Counseling Center
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GVSU Campus Health Center
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GVSU Family Health Center
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Gayle R. Davis Center for Women and Gender Equity
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Employee Ombuds
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Student Ombuds
Training for our campus community will consist of a brief (6 item) questionnaire to determine if you already understand your responsibilities. Those who cannot demonstrate that knowledge will be invited to participate in an asynchronous online training on reporting responsibilities.
We are also offering optional virtual training sessions for anyone who wants to dive deeper into how to support our community.
Virtual training sessions:
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Thursday, October 6, 2022 (1-2 p.m.)
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Monday, October 10, 2022 (3-4 p.m.)
Please RSVP for a training session.
Please contact Kevin Carmody, Director of Title IX & Institutional Equity, if you have any questions.
Faculty
Voting for the special fall TT election ends tonight (Wednesday, September 28tat 11:59 p.m.). Please vote.
TT Ballot
Direct questions to Sally Ross, Faculty Council chair-- [email protected]
As part of the Your Health Lecture Series, join Daniel Campbell, PhD, for an informative conversation about autism spectrum disorder. This event will be held on October 18 from 7-8 p.m. at the Daniel and Pamella DeVos Center for Interprofessional Health, Rooms 102/104 and virtually via Zoom. This event is sponsored by the CLAS Academic Advising Center, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and Grand Rapids Community College. Attendees will learn about the role genetics play in inheriting autism spectrum disorder (ASD), increasing diagnosis rates and why high heritability is not the only factor in ASD risk, and environmental factors that may contribute to ASD risk. Please direct any questions to Alexis Schewe ([email protected]) or Dani Lauer ([email protected]) in the CLAS Academic Advising Center.
Approvals of Exceptions for Major and/or Minor Requirements
As faculty advisors, if a course exception or substitution is approved for a specific student, please send that information to the Records Office at [email protected]. This should be done at the time the approval is given so students and advisors will see an accurate account of completed and remaining courses on myPath.
Just a reminder, myPath is available to you and to students 24/7. There is no need to ask students to apply for graduation to see a copy of the report. If you have any questions about this, please contact AD Betty Schaner at [email protected].
Academic Alerts, Academic Misconduct Referrals and CARE Reports
Unit Heads and Faculty can refer students to specific teams of support staff for multiple reasons. The Dean of Students Office provides a one stop web shop for many of the referral options available for academic misconduct, CARE reports, Title IX reports and Campus Climate. The Navigate platform provides a direct link to make an academic referral for students who are struggling with course content, have excessive absences or other academic related issues. If you have any questions about these referrals, please contact AD Betty Schaner at [email protected] for assistance.
Calendars
4. Important deadlines
Sep. 30 Unit sabbatical recommendations due to University Sabbatical Review Committee
Sep. 30 Deadline to apply to be considered for promotion or early tenure
Oct. 10 – 14 Midterm evaluations
Oct. 10 Proposals for Teach-In are due. Teach-In dates are November 9 -10
Oct. 14 Units submit promotion materials (promotion to professor) to the dean’s office
Oct. 14 Tentative: First Round Annual Schedule for 2023-2024 due to 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
Nov. 28 Tentative: Final Round Annual Schedule for 2023-2024 opens to Departments
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
Jan. 6 Tentative: Final Round Annual Schedule for 2023-2024 due to Dean’s Office
Feb. 1 Spring/Summer 2023 Schedule goes Live in Banner
Mar. 1 Fall 2023 and Winter 2024 Schedule goes Live in Banner
Sep. 28-29 Homerathon, Multipurpose Room in the Mary Idema Pew Library, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sep. 28 Carey Lecture, opening the doors at 6 p.m. and introduction at 6:30 p.m., Loosemore Auditorium, sponsored by School of Communication
Sep. 29 Provost Open Forum 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Allendale Campus; 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus
Sep. 29 Phi Club: discussion on the distinction between killing and letting die. While there are a number of domains in which this distinction might be relevant, its importance arises regularly in health care. Our reading this week is the second chapter of A Very Short Introduction to Medical Ethics by Tony Hope. 6 p.m. in MAK BLL-110.
Sep. 30 Provost Open Forum 10 – 11 a.m. Via Zoom
Oct. 1 Michigan Association for Latinx in Higher Education (MALHE) Unidos 2022 conference. . Free to all students, faculty and staff and friends at all universities and community colleges. Lunch is provided and a social mixer with free food and drinks will be held at the end of the conference.
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. 7 Applied Math Seminar: Extension and Optimization of Non-negative Matrix Factorization, 1-1:50 p.m. MAK A-2-167 or via zoom (request password from ortizron at gvsu dot edu).
Oct. 7 Rationality, Irrationality, Madness, Common Sense: The Role of Reason in Early Jewish Existentialism, Andrew Jampol-Petzinger (GVSU Philosophy). MAK BLL-110 3-4:30 p.m.
Oct. 7 Shakespeare Festival mainstage production begins, Merry Wives of Windsor, 7:30 p.m. LAT
Oct. 10, 4:45 p.m., FrenchFest (2022-2023), musical soirées with twelve distinguished French composers and eighteen performers, New City Kids (Abridged and Interactive Performance)
Oct. 11-13 GVSU Climate Change Education Solutions Summit.
Oct. 13 Science on Tap, SpeakEZ Lounge, 8 p.m., Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases: An Introduction to Neglected Tropical Diseases
Oct. 14 Belief as a First-Person Plural Cognitive Attitude and Recognizing Common Ground
Ronald Loeffler (GVSU Philosophy). MAK BLL-110 3-4:30 p.m.
Oct. 14 Faculty Research Colloquium, 308 PAD, 2:30-5 p.m.
Oct. 14 AWRI Seminar – Dr. Susan Rosenberg, Ben F. Love Chair in Cancer Research, Baylor College of Medicine, “Stress-induced mutagenesis and evolution ", 4 p.m., LIB 030, Allendale Campus.
Oct. 17 7:30 p.m., FrenchFest (2022-2023), musical soirées with twelve distinguished French composers and eighteen performers, Haas Center for Performing Arts, GVSU
Oct. 18 Study Abroad Fair 10 a.m.–3 p.m., 2250 Kirkhof Center
Oct. 18 Repair Clinic, 6-8 p.m. Holton Hooker Multipurpose Room. (More info on the Repair Clinic)
Oct 18. Informative conversation about autism spectrum disorder. Your Health Lecture Series
Oct. 19 Unit Head Meeting 3– 5 p.m. Kirkhof Room 2215/2216
Oct. 19 VMA Guest Speaker Nayda Collazo-Llorens. Public Event: 12-3 p.m.
Oct. 24, 7 p.m. (6:15 p.m. Pre-Concert Q&A), FrenchFest (2022-2023), musical soirées with twelve distinguished French composers and eighteen performers, Mayflower Congregational Church
Oct. 28 GVSU Opera Theatre performances begin, A Minister's Wife.
Nov. 2 Unit Head Meeting 3 – 5 p.m. Kirkhof Room 2215/2216
Nov. 4 Repairing Moral Damage Through Self-Regarding Resistance, Alycia LaGuardia-LoBianco (GVSU Philosophy). MAK BLL-110 3-4:30 p.m.
Nov. 7 GVSU Arts Celebration "South Chicago Dance Theatre: Energy | Power | Grace", 7 p.m. Louis Armstrong Theatre, Haas Performing Arts Center, Allendale campus. Please arrive early.
Nov. 9 Tenth Annual Teach-In, Pew Campus (Seidman, DeVos, CHS)
Nov. 10 Tenth 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. 18 Transparency and Authority Concerns for the Use of Algorithms in Ethical Decision-Making in Healthcare, Jeffrey Byrnes (GVSU Philosophy). MAK BLL-110 3-4:30 p.m.
Nov. 18 Theatre at Grand Valley performances of Gloria begin
Nov. 29 Giving Tuesday
Nov. 30 Unit Head Meeting 3 – 5 p.m.
Dec. 1 University Awards/Holiday Party
Dec. 2 Monica’s Trunk Show (quilts show-n-tell), MAK BLL-126, 3:30 p.m.
Dec. 5 GVSU Arts Celebration Holiday Concert, “And on Earth, Peace.” Fountain Street Church. 7:30 p.m. Free.
Dec. 10 Commencement
Dec. 21 Unit Head Meeting 3 – 5 p.m. Kirkhof Room 2215/2216
Dec. 23 – Jan. 2 Semester Break
Jan. 26 Native American Student Initiative. Speaker Seth Sutton, author of The Deconstruction of Chief Blackhawk. Time tba.
Reminders
New Professional Development Funding Opportunity
To help defray the costs of attending or participating in professional job-related conferences, seminars/webinars, meetings, or other development opportunities, CLAS is pleased to announce the new CLAS Professional Development Fund for all staff (AP and PSS), as well as affiliate and visiting faculty. The use of funds does not require the presentation of papers at a conference or conference committee participation. Staff requests will be prioritized since they do not have access to PD funding from the university at this time. Eligible faculty will need to show that they have applied for funding from CSCE and/or FTLC before being considered for CLAS PD Fund support.
Learn more on the new CLAS Professional Development Fund webpage where you will also find the online application.
COVID Policy Links
Note: Daily COVID self-assessment is not required at this time.
Face Coverings Compliance Protocol (including employee FAQs)