College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Unit Head Mailing 4-29-08

1) Announcement: Director of the Faculty Center for Scholarship and Creative Excellence

2) Reminder to Academic Coordinators – Send Vitae

3) CLAS Dean’s Office will be moving…

1) Robert Smart, chemistry, has accepted a position as founding Director of the Faculty Center for Scholarship and Creative Excellence. His position starts May 6.

2) Reminder to Academic Coordinators - Send your completed CD’s containing vitae of all your TT, Affiliate, Visitor, and Adjunct Professors for Winter 08 to Heidi Nicholson at 312 PAD by May 9. This is needed for NCA.

3) CLAS Dean’s Office has been scheduled to move to the new MAK addition on May 27^th. Our new office address will be B-4-232. You can still contact us at 331-2495. Our other phone #331-2110 will no longer be in use. As well this summer, Movement Science, Modern Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, and Geography and Planning will be moving to the new MAK addition.

4) CLAS Important Dates

Important Dates	Event	Location
April 30	Unit Head Meeting Cancelled
May 5	Position/Search Requests for 2008-09	Courtney Sherwood sherwoco@gvsu.edu
May 5 + 6	CLAS Office Product Exchange	308 PAD
May 7 + 8	CLAS Shred Fest
May 9	Collection of Dept Vitae on a CD	Heidi Nicholson, 312 PAD
May 9	Salary Spreadsheets Due Back	Electronic to Pam Kellogg by 5:00 p.m.
May 12	Budget Projections 2007-08	Pat Haynes
Aug. 19	Unit Head Retreat	TBA – 9:00-4:00 tentative
Aug. 20	FTLC Teaching Conference
Aug. 21	CLAS Faculty and Staff Meeting	TBA – A.M. followed by lunch
Aug. 22	Convocation	11:00 A.M. Field House

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