Weekly Mailing to Tenure line, Affiliate, Visitors, Administrative Professionals, and Professional Support Staff in CLAS
CLAS Weekly Mailing 02-08-23
All
1. Laker Accelerated Talent Link
2. AWRI Student Internships and Scholarships
3. Science Olympiad Volunteer Opportunity
4. Join Us for an Art Celebration with Artist and Filmmaker Adam Khalil
Faculty
5. Nominations for Faculty Governance Have Been Extended One Week (until 2/13/23)
Calendars
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1. Laker Accelerated Talent Link
A new program for our students was announced to faculty and staff in Monday’s Lakers Ready:
In support of career-connected liberal arts and sciences education, Grand Valley State University is launching a work-and-learning program with a group of inaugural West Michigan-based partners designed to accelerate the connection between College of Liberal Arts and Sciences students and employers. The program, the Laker Accelerated Talent Link, will pair Grand Valley students with partner companies that will provide an enhanced co-op experience. An initial cohort of 25 students will work with the partners for one year and commit to one additional year of employment after graduation. Students also will earn a certificate in an area related to business or technology that best matches the employers’ needs with the employers providing scholarships for these certifications. The program will be announced publicly in the next few days and will launch in August of this year.
2. AWRI student internships and scholarships
The Annis Water Resources Institute (AWRI), located in Muskegon, MI is offering up to 8 undergraduate student internships for summer 2023. The full announcement and criteria for applying for these internships is available at www.gvsu.edu/wri/internships. The deadline for applying is 5:00 p.m. on March 6, 2023.
AWRI is also taking applications for a fall semester scholarship for undergraduate juniors, seniors, or graduate students – the Bill & Diana Wipperfurth Student Research Scholarship. This scholarship is available at https://www.gvsu.edu/financialaid/myscholarships-163.htm. Deadline for applying is March 1, 2023.
3. Science Olympiad Volunteer Opportunity
Thank you to the many CLAS faculty and staff who are helping the Regional Math and Science Center (RMSC) host GVSU’s 38th Region 12 Michigan Science Olympiad tournament on Saturday, March 18! You are invaluable! We are also in need of over 100 student volunteers to make this community event happen. Could you please inform your students of this opportunity? All student volunteers must register online at www.gvsu.edu/msor12/vol. Please contact Kathy Agee at [email protected] or the RMSC at [email protected] or 331-2267 if you have any questions. Thank you!
4. Join Us for an Art Celebration with Artist and Filmmaker Adam Khalil
February 20 – 22, 2023
Adam Khalil, a member of the Ojibway tribe, is a filmmaker and artist from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, whose practice attempts to subvert traditional forms of image-making through humor, relation, and transgression. His series Segaajigewin features the collaborative practice of Adam Khalil. Segaajigewin means the way of expression in art in Anishinaabemowin. Each event is an individual program focusing on a different aspect of Khalil’s work. For a full description, visit gvsu.edu/gvarts
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GVSU Arts Celebration Presents "How to Commit Crimes Against Reality", a Lecture by Adam Khalil
Monday, February 20, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Wealthy Theatre, 1130 Wealthy St SE, Grand Rapids -
Collaboration in the Visual Arts with Adam Khalil [Film Screening]
Tuesday, February 21, 1:00 - 2:50 PM
Keller Black Box Theatre, GVSU Allendale Campus, Haas Center for Performing Arts -
Screening and Discussion of INAATE/SE/ and other films with Adam Khalil
Hosted by NASA (Native American Student Association)
Tuesday, February 21, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Keller Black Box Theatre, GVSU Allendale Campus, Haas Center for Performing Arts -
Historical, Social, and Cultural Realities in Adam Khalil’s Work
Wednesday, February 22, 1:00 - 1:50 PM
Lake Superior Hall room 154
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Closing Discussion with Adam Khalil
Wednesday, February 22, 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Seidman House
Faculty
5. Nominations for Faculty Governance Have Been Extended One Week (Until 2/13/23)
The CLAS Faculty Council elections subcommittee is extending nominations by a week as we need candidates for an additional 17 positions. We appreciate our many CLAS colleagues who are running in this election, as well as those currently serving on CLAS and University governance and advisory committees.
A list of openings, descriptions of what each committee does, and times/dates of meetings are listed on the CLAS Governance page.
Nomination acceptance and ballot statement
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.
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:
Election Ballots will be open from Monday, February 20 at noon until Monday, February 27, at 11:59 p.m.
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to write Sally Ross at [email protected]
Calendars
6. Important Deadlines
Feb. 11 Units submit contract renewal materials to 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 Unit heads submit faculty FWRs and CVs. The submission process is through the Faculty Workload Report
Mar. 15 CLAS Award Nominations due to Dean’s Office (Kristin Winfrey)
Mar. 24 Withdrawal deadline for Winter 2023 classes – no refund
Mar. 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
Feb. 9 Philosophy Club discussion, Allegory of the Cave
Feb. 15 History Department Author’s Reception, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., PAD 308
Feb. 17 Applied Math Seminar, P. Fishback, 1:00 p.m.-1:50 p.m., MAK A-1-155 or via zoom: Analysis of Brain Signals in the Context of Treating Intractable Epilepsy.
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
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