Weekly Mailing to Tenure line, Affiliate, Visitors, Administrative Professionals, and Professional Support Staff in CLAS
CLAS Weekly Mailing 02-01-23
All
1. CLAS Director of Communications-Welcome to Kristen Krueger-Corrado
3. Student Success Strategies – Registration Updates for 2023/2024
4. Reminder for Scheduling PAD 308 Conference Room
5. eLearning Updates and Information on the Switch to Blackboard Ultra
Faculty
6. Nominations Underway for TT and AFF Faculty Governance Committees
Calendars
Campus Health Matters
COVID Policy
Reminders
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All
1. CLAS Director of Communications-Welcome to Kristen Krueger-Corrado
We are excited to welcome Kristen Krueger-Corrado as the new CLAS Director of Communications. She will assume the role on February 6. Kristen brings a wealth of experience and West Michigan connections to this position. She was a member of the Leadership of Grand Rapids Class of 2016, and she is currently the president of the West Michigan Public Relations Society of America. Kristen holds a BA in Interdisciplinary Humanities from Michigan State University and a Master of Management with a specialization in Communication from Aquinas College. She worked as the Marketing and Communications Manager at the Grand Rapids Public Library for sixteen years. Before that, she was the Public Relations and Marketing Manager at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. We look forward to working with Kristen and will organize opportunities for her to connect with you to learn more about the great work happening in units and across the college.
2. CLAS Voyage
This Friday, February 3, is the last day to submit a pilot proposal to get paid for summer work aligning potential Embarking Experiences or Student Learning Communities with the CLAS Voyage and the Curricular Frameworks for High-Impact Practices. We especially encourage innovative, multidisciplinary courses, and team teaching and linked courses. The work is paid at $1000 per faculty up to $2000 per proposal (either as a stipend or professional development funds) for cohorted work in the Spring 2023 time period.
Apply at the link on the CCEL website, or send Kris Pachla an email with any questions.
3. Student Success Strategies – Registration Updates for 2023/2024
Registration Holds: All students with under 24 credit hours or who have transferred in the last year have a hold on their record that will stop them from registering for 2023-34 until they meet with an advisor. Professional advisors in the CLAS Academic Advising Center have the ability to release the advising holds to permit registration. Faculty do not have access to lift the holds, however.... If you meet with a student to plan for 2023-24 enrollment, please make notes in Navigate and include the course plan that was developed. You can then send an email to [email protected] to notify the Center that you have met with the student and developed a registration plan. The Center will review the course plan and release the hold. Please give them up to 48 hours to release the hold as student traffic will be very heavy during parts of this semester as students prepare for registration. There is no need to notify the Center of meetings you have with students who do not have a registration hold.
Navigate: As a reminder, the university expects that all faculty and staff advisors will put notes about meetings with students in Navigate. The advisors in the CLAS Academic Advising Center are available to schedule a session for faculty or units on the “how-to’s” and tips for using the system. This session can be held in person or virtually. Additionally, the Navigate site has a variety of helpful hints for using the system.
4. Reminder for Scheduling PAD 308 Conference Room
Just a reminder that you need to contact the CLAS Dean’s Office ([email protected]) if you want to reserve the PAD 308 conference room. If you use the room, you are responsible for making sure all cords and connectors are either left in the room or you must bring your own. If your meeting lasts beyond 5:00 p.m., you are responsible for returning the key to the box outside the Chemistry Department office.
5. eLearning Updates and Information on the Switch to Blackboard Ultra
Blackboard Ultra will be here in a little more than 95 days. The eLearning website provides resources to help you with the transition to this new learning management system. There will also be an opportunity to meet with Blackboard Ultra representatives and to attend workshops on the Allendale campus on Friday, February 3. You can register on Sprout.
Faculty
6. Nominations Underway for TT and AFF Faculty Governance Committees
Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for a CLAS or University committee. A list of openings, descriptions of what each committee does, and times/dates of meetings are listed on the CLAS Faculty Governance websites (TT and AFF).
Nominations for faculty governance positions that begin in Fall 2023 close on Monday, February 6, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.
TENURE TRACK NOMINATION
AFFILIATE NOMINATION
Nomination acceptance and ballot statements
If you have self-nominated for a governance committee or committees, or you have received an email saying you have been nominated by a colleague, you will not appear on the ballot unless you accept the nomination on the acceptance form.
TT acceptance form
AFF acceptance form
The acceptance form asks the candidate for a short statement to share on the ballot. Ballot statements will appear on the election webpage (for TT candidates, for AFF candidates) within about 24 hours of receipt—this is not an automated process.
Voting
The election ballot will be open from Monday, February 13 at noon until Monday, February 21, at 11:59 p.m.
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to write Sally Ross at [email protected]
Calendars
Feb. 1 Spring/Summer 2023 Schedule goes Live in Banner
Feb. 3 75% tuition refund deadline
Feb. 1 Spring/Summer 2023 Schedule goes Live in Banner
Feb. 11 Units submit contract renewal materials to the Dean’s office
Feb. 13 Glenn A. Niemeyer Student Award nominations due to Kristin Winfrey in the Dean’s Office
Feb. 15 Phased retirement request for faculty due to the Dean’s Office
Feb. 17 AP Award nominations due by 5 p.m.
Feb. 17 Last date by which unit’s peer review should be complete, considering joint appointment feedback when relevant. (Units may opt for earlier deadlines)
Feb. 18 Units submit tenure and promotion materials to the Dean’s office
Feb. 20 – 24 Mid-term Evaluations
Feb. 25 Units submit promotion only materials to the Dean’s office (promotion to associate professor if not associated with a tenure decision)
Feb. 27 Mid-term grades due to Deans Office by 11:59 p.m.
Mar. 1 Fall 2023 and Winter 2024 Schedule goes Live in Banner
Mar. 1 Submission deadline for CSCE Catalyst Grant for Research and Creativity and Collaborative Research and Creative Activity Initiative internal seed-grant programs
Mar. 5 – 12 Spring Break
Mar. 10 Withdrawal deadline for Winter 2023 classes – no refund
Mar. 10 Unit heads submit faculty FWRs and CVs. The submission process is through the Faculty Workload Report
March 30 – Nominations for promotion to Full Professor due Heidi Nicholson in the Dean’s Office
Mar. 31 Minor facilities requests for summer 2023 (minor furniture changes, whiteboards, small projects to be funded by the department) – request sent directly to G. McBane ([email protected]), prior consultation recommended
Apr. 1 Affiliate contract renewal recommendations due to the Dean’s Office, [email protected]
Apr. 22 Classes end
Apr. 24 – 29 Final Examinations/Culminating experience
Apr. 29 Sabbatical reports due for sabbaticals taken in Fall 2022
May 1 Final grades due to Deans Office by 11:59 p.m.
May 5 Requests for more substantial Facilities changes to be done summer 2024 (changes requiring construction, full-classroom furniture changes, new electrical installations, etc.), using Facilities Request Form from https://www.gvsu.edu/clas/unit-heads-51.htm#F, sent to Mona Silva ([email protected]) in Dean’s office
8. Upcoming Events
Feb. 6 Deborah Amos of NPR on campus, 3-4 p.m., Grand River Room. See the poster below for more information.
Feb. 15 History Department Author’s Reception, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., PAD 308
Feb. 20 GVSU Arts Celebration Presents “How to Commit Crimes Against Reality”, a lecture by Adam Khalil. 7 p.m. Wealthy Theatre.
Feb. 23 GVSU Winter Career and Internship Fair
Feb. 24 Art & Science of Aging Conference, Devos Center
Mar. 18 Region 12 Science Olympiad Tournament
Mar. 23 Princeton Review - online (see Career Center events on Handshake) How to Gain Healthcare Experience
Apr. 1 Princeton Review - online (RSVP required) www.gvsu.edu/clasadvising/practicetest MCAT, DAT, GRE
Apr. 3 GVSU Arts Celebration Presents Poetry Night: A Reading and Conversation with Juan Felipe Herrera, 7 p.m. Eberhard Center.
April 28 & 29 Commencement
COVID POLICY LINKS
Note: Daily COVID self-assessment is not required at this time.
Lakers Together
Face Coverings Compliance Protocol (including employee FAQs)
Campus Health Matters
Reminders
Newsletters/information you might have missed
The Graduate School Newsletter, January 2023
Phi Club Jaynes' Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
eLearning Newsletter
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