College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

CLAS Logo

Unit Head and Faculty Weekly Mailing 6-12-12

For Faculty

1. National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend 2013

For Unit Heads

2. Unit Head Retreat

3. New Faculty Orientation

4. CLAS Important Dates

____________________________________________________________________________

For Faculty

1. National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend 2013 (Attachments: Letter to Faculty, Summer Stipend)

[CLAS faculty considering this opportunity should notify Gary Stark.]

From: Robert Smart, PhD, Executive Director, Center for Scholarly and Creative Excellence

Christine Chamberlain, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs

The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced its guidelines for the Summer Stipends 2013 grant proposals. As in the past, faculty members teaching full-time must be nominated by their institutions in order to apply for a NEH Summer Stipend. Up to two faculty members may be nominated by each institution.

The deadline for GVSU’s nomination to the NEH is September 27, 2012.

A copy of the complete NEH announcement is attached. (http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/summer-stipends)

The NEH guidelines require that each institution announce its nominating procedures to all prospective applicants. Any faculty member is eligible for nomination. Therefore, we are requesting that each college develop and post its own guidelines for potential applicants. A sample of the guidelines developed last year by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is attached. Each college may recommend up to two faculty members to the Provost for final nomination. The Provost will make the determination on the final two GVSU NEH Summer Stipend nominees. The review criteria are as follows:

the intellectual significance of the proposed project, including its value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both
the quality or promise of quality of the nominee as an interpreter of the humanities
the quality of the conception, definition, organization, and description of the project and the nominee’s clarity of expression
the feasibility of the proposed plan of work, including, when appropriate, the soundness of the dissemination and access plans
the likelihood that the nominee will complete the project

We are requesting that the Deans’ final recommendations (including the complete NEH application) be submitted to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) no later than 5:00 pm August 17, 2012. OSP will collate and prepare the applications for the Provost’s review and nomination. The final two GVSU nominees will be notified by September 13, 2012.

Applicants exempt from nomination

The following individuals may apply online without a nomination:

independent scholars not affiliated with a college or university
college or university staff members who are not faculty members and will not be teaching during the academic year preceding the award tenure
emeritus faculty
adjunct faculty, part-time faculty, and applicants with academic appointments that terminate by the summer of the award tenure

For Unit Heads

2. Unit Head Retreat

This year the Unit Head Retreat will be held on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 in KEN 324/330. More details to follow.

3. New Faculty Orientation (attachment)

This is to inform you that New Faculty Orientation for Fall 2012 will be held on:

Wednesday, August 15

7:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

(AM – Kirkhof Center; PM – The Connection)

Allendale Campus

AND

Thursday, August 16

8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

(AM – Eberhard Center; PM – DeVos Center)

Pew Grand Rapids Campus

Please note these dates on your calendar. We also ask that you not schedule any daytime college or department meetings on these two dates. The draft orientation agenda is attached.

4. CLAS Important Dates

Important Dates	Event	Location
June 18	Classes End 1^st 6 weeks
June 19-20	Final Exams
June 20	CLAS on the Green Golf Outing – to benefit new CLAS Scholarship	http://gvsu.edu/clas/clas-on-the-green-382.htm
June 25	Grades due 1^st 6 week classes before noon Banner and Blackboard close at this time
June 25	Classes Begin 2nd 6 weeks
July 4	Independence Day Recess – offices closed
July 16 by noon	Fall staffing plans due to Cindy Laug	laugc@gvsu.edu
July 24	Fall draft contracts hand delivered to UH
July 25 by 5:00pm	Fall contracts due to Dean’s Office	Cindy Laug
Aug. 3	Classes End 2^nd 6 weeks and 12 weeks
Aug. 6-7	Final Exams
Aug. 6	Submission deadline for Issues course proposals
Aug. 13	Grades due 2^nd 6 weeks and 12 weeks before noon Banner and Blackboard close at this time
Aug. 15 & 16	New Faculty Orientation
Aug. 21	Unit Head Retreat	324/330 KEN
Aug. 22	FTLC Conference	EC
Aug. 23	CLAS Faculty and Staff Meeting	TBA
Aug. 24	Convocation	Field House
Aug. 27	Fall 2011 Classes Begin

Page last modified June 12, 2012