Weekly Mailing to Tenure line, Affiliate, Visitors, Administrative Professionals, and Professional Support Staff in CLAS
CLAS Weekly Mailing 07-14-21
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Faculty
2. LIFT Scores and Teaching Effectiveness
3. Regalia Repair Clinic August 6
Unit Head
Calendars
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Dean Drake and Associate Dean Anderson are working to synthesize the ideas and models generated by the Summer SIG working groups. They will present a rough draft of these ideas to the Winter and Summer SIG and to CLAS unit heads on July 21.
Faculty
2. LIFT Scores and Teaching Effectiveness
Please take note of new policy about the use of LIFT scores to measure teaching effectiveness. Negative action in a personnel case may not be taken based on LIFT scores alone, units and colleges should not use LIFT data to construct a cut off point for being considered an effective teacher, and the Challenge and Engagement Index (CEI) should no longer be used.
3. Regalia Repair Clinic August 6
CLAS faculty, do your robes need a hook, a button or even pockets? Regalia Repair Clinic will return on August 6, 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. in the B-4-243 MAK conference room. If your needed repair is unusual or you want pockets in robes that are not black or blue, please let us know so we can have the right materials on hand. [email protected]
The Repair Clinic for GVSU students will be held on October 19, 6-8 p.m. in Holton Hooker. A mention in your syllabus would be greatly appreciated.
Unit Head
4. Temporary Blackboard Accounts for Newly Hired Faculty – From the July 12, 2021 Office of the Provost Noteworthy
From Information Technology: In an effort to ease semester startup new employee processing, especially adjunct faculty, the GVSU IT team has created a form for a Department Chair or PSS to request temporary myBb accounts to be used before the GVSU network account is created. Temporary my Bb accounts should only be requested for confirmed new hires as access to GVSU student data could be given depending on course access requests received. This form allows for access to be made to upcoming semester courses the new hire will be teaching and/or other courses, organizations or foundations coursework sites. The temporary account creation process will also give access to a temporary TEST course for building new course content.
The Temp myBb Access Request button can be found on the GVSU Faculty/Staff Additional Student Information screen. The temporary accounts will be disabled two weeks into the upcoming semester. Any questions can be sent to [email protected].
Calendars
5. Important Due Dates
Jul. 15 Fall Staffing Plans due – email notice to [email protected] when complete. Early submission welcome
Jul. 30 Drop with a "W" Grade Deadline - 2nd 6 weeks
Aug. 6 Regular Faculty on contract
Aug. 9 Classes End - 2nd 6 and 12 weeks
Aug. 10-11 Examinations - 2nd 6 and 12 weeks
Aug. 16 Grades Due from faculty - 2nd 6 and 12 weeks
Aug. 30 Candidate Submits Personnel Portfolio to Unit Head
Sep. 1 The electronic sabbatical site is open for eligible faculty to submit proposals. Proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. on September 1. The Sabbatical website provides a proposal template and helpful information for completing the proposal.
Aug. 6 Regalia Repair Clinic ([email protected]). 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Aug. 11-13 New Faculty Orientation (TT)
Aug. 11-14 Ethics, Practical Reasoning, Agency: Sellars' Practical Philosophy Online workshop, Aug. 11-14, 2021. 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. daily. You are cordially invited to attend this online workshop on the practical philosophy of the influential 20th century American philosopher Wilfrid Sellars. Registration is free.
Aug. 24 Unit Head Retreat. More details will follow, including the location and/or Zoom Link
Aug. 26 CLAS Fall Startup meeting, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. More information to follow.
Aug. 27 Honest and Unrefined: Art Outside the Academy. Aug. 27 – Nov. 5, 2021. GVSU Art Gallery, Haas Center for the Performing Arts
Sep. 10 Paleo-Olympics, 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Sep. 30 Opening Reception for Honest and Unrefined: Art Outside the Academy: Sep. 30, 2021; 5 – 8 p.m. GVSU Art Gallery, Haas Center for the Performing Arts
Oct. 4 Tesla Quartet Beethoven concert. 7 p.m. Cook DeWitt.