College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Unit Head and Faculty Weekly Mailing 10-16-12
For Faculty
1. Funding Study Abroad Information Session
2. Afro-Futurism: Considering Blacks in Science Fiction through Octavia Butler’s Kindred
For Unit Heads
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For Faculty
1. Funding Study Abroad Information Session (attachment--flyer)
The Padnos International Center (PIC) and the Frederik Meijer Office of Fellowships will be hosting a Funding Study Abroad Information Session for students interested in studying abroad and learning about ways to pay for it. Even if students won’t be studying abroad right away, we encourage them to start planning well in advance. Attached is a flyer to share in classes and with students. Thank you in advance for sharing with students and faculty/staff within your respective units.
Participants will learn about:
- the Padnos International Center (PIC) Scholarship Application Process,
- Nationally Competitive Study Abroad Funding Opportunities and how to start preparing for them,
- and hear from current GVSU scholarship recipients
When: Wednesday, October 17th
Where: KC Room 2263
Time: 5:30-7:00 p.m.
For more information, special accommodations and/or to RSVP, call 331-3219 or e-mail fellowships@gvsu.edu by October 15th.
2. Afro-Futurism: Considering Blacks in Science Fiction through Octavia Butler’s Kindred
Last year the African Diaspora Conversation Brown Bag series was a success; this year we continue to ride the wave! The theme for year is "Afro-Futurism: Considerations of Blacks in Science Fiction." The speakers are all GVSU professors, staff and students from disciplines as far and wide as History to Cell and Molecular Biology! The newest and potentially the most exciting aspect of the program this academic year is that we will have a group of students who will formally participate as panelists! ALL have read Octavia Butler's Kindred and will discuss their take on the book and the theme of science fiction from their various disciplines. Since there is such a cross section of disciplines we are happy to say that every event is a co-curricular for LIB 100 and 201. Copies of the book are available for sign-out in LOH 117 for faculty, staff and/or students who would like to read it. Please find below a summary of Kindred:
"Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is abruptly snatched from her home in California and transported to the ante-bellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, has summoned her across time to save him from drowning. After this first summons, she is drawn back, again and again, to protect Rufus and ensure he will grow to manhood and father the daughter who will become Dana's ancestor.
Each time she arrives in the past, Dana's sojourns will become more and more dangerous because of Rufus's obsessive need for her. The reader never knows whether she will survive one journey or the next."
~Sherry Johnson
For Unit Heads
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Important Dates |
Event |
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October |
CLAS is in the Sustainability Spotlight this month |
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Oct. 17 |
Unit Head Meeting |
2215/2216 KC, 3:00-5:00pm |
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Oct. 17 |
6:00-8:00pm; LHH 132 |
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Oct. 18 & 19 |
CLAS Distinguished Alumni-in-Residence Program (luncheon by invitation only) |
Keesha Hardiman |
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Oct. 18 |
G3: Grandparents, Grandkids, Grand Valley Camp deadline for faculty submit session forms |
http://www.gvsu.edu/rmsc/g3-grandparents-grandkids-grand-valley--124.htm |
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Oct. 18 |
Inclusion Advocate meeting |
10:00am – 12:00pm; Loosemore Auditorium |
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Oct. 19 |
CLAS Faculty Research Colloquium |
2:30 – 5:00pm; 308 PAD |
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Oct. 20 |
Mindgating at Homecoming featuring Sociology |
For more info, johnstmo@gvsu.edu |
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Oct. 25 |
Promotion materials due to Dean’s Office |
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Oct. 25 |
CLAS Out of the Box |
12:30 – 2:30pm; 2266 KC |
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Oct. 26 |
Winter 2013 textbook orders are due to UBS |
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Oct. 26 |
Deadline for students to drop a course with a W |
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Oct. 29 |
Fall 2012 CLAS Research Clusters Meeting |
3:30-5:00pm; Pere Marquette Room (2204 KC) |
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Oct. 31 |
Unit Head Meeting |
2215/2216 KC |
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Oct. 31 |
CLAS Out of the Box |
9:00-11:00am; 2266 KC |
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Nov. 1 |
Sabbatical Proposals due to Dean’s Office |
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Nov. 5 |
CLAS Out of the Box |
1:00-3:00pm; 2266 KC |
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Nov. 16 |
CLAS Faculty Research Colloquium |
2:30-5:00pm; 308 PAD |
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Nov. 19 |
CLAS Teaching Roundtables |
11:00am-12:30pm; Pere Marquette Room (2204 KC) |
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Nov. 21 |
Office Open |
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Nov. 22-23 |
Thanksgiving Recess |
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Nov. 28 |
Unit Head Meeting |
2215/2216 KC |
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