Faculty and Staff

CLAS Academic Advising Center (C-1-140 MAK, 1-8585, [email protected])
Electronic advising repository
Office of Fellowships: Deadlines and other info on Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright, Udall, Eisenhower, Truman, Gates Cambridge, etc. scholarships

Affiliate Elections and Governance page

Approval for Off-Campus Assignments (a page where students can log in and download the approval letter)

Awards

Faculty and Staff awards page covering CLAS and university awards
Glen A. Niemeyer Award (from Provost's website)
- Criteria for Niemeyer Award
- GAN Nomination Form
Fellowship award opportunities for students, upcoming workshops, advice for students (i.e. writing personal statements for nationally competitive awards), advice for faculty (i.e. writing strong letters of recommendation for nationally competitive awards) www.gvsu.edu/fellowships

Calendars

Academic Calendar

The CLAS Teacher newsletter, sent to Visitors, Affiliates, and Part Time Faculty in August and December

The CLAS Teacher Archive

Committees (CLAS) reports (see Elected Faculty Governance Annual Reports)

Task Forces

Declaring Education Majors and Minors

Directories

Department Unit Head & Coordinators Directory
Faculty Directory -- see People Finder

Elections

Facilities Requests

Facilities request form

Faculty Activity Reports and Faculty Activity Plan

Please use the Digital Measures "Activity Insight" online database program to compile and print your FAR and Faculty Activity Plan (which can be done on the final DM screen titled "Workload Planning). To print your Faculty Activity Plan select "Workload Plan" as a Rapid Report, or go to "Run Custom Reports," then select "Workload Plan. Login to Digital Measures

Faculty Exchange

Since 2009, the GVSU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has had a faculty exchange agreement with an institute in Germany, the Pädagogische Hochschule in Schwäbisch Gmünd (PHSG; www.ph-gmuend.de). The PHSG is a small university of education, with about 3000 students, that prepares teachers for elementary and non-university-preparatory secondary schools. It is located about 35 miles east of Stuttgart in the state of Baden Württemberg. The PHSG offers courses in English, Math, History, Natural and Social Sciences, Art, Music, Physical Education, Health, and Educational Psychology. Our exchange agreement has normally brought one PHSG faculty member to GVSU in the Fall, and sent one GVSU faculty member from CLAS to PHSG in Spring/Summer. The deadline for CLAS faculty applications is October 15. Information and application for PHSG.

Faculty Expertise & Scholarly Interest

Faculty Recognition

"Go Bag" webpage for checklists and resources for fast transitions to remote learning

Governance

University Governance website
Affiliate Elections and Governance page
CLAS TT Faculty Governance (Bylaws, Elections, Committee descriptions)
Committee membership (see governance & election page)

Late Add

Office of Undergraduate Research (OURS)

Online catalog

Organizational Chart of the CLAS College Office and Unit Heads (as of Sept. 14, 2022)

Out of the Box Workshops (hosted by Faculty Council and supported by the College)

Outcomes of OOTB workshops

Personnel Materials

For Candidates

CLAS Standards & Criteria for Personnel Evaluation (on Provost's website; requires log in)
CLAS Nomination for Promotion and/or Early Tenure (see Provost's site for Request to be Considered for Promotion or Early Tenure)
CLAS Personnel Committee (CPC) Guidelines for Personnel Portfolios
CPC Chair Notes for Third-Year Faculty Seminar
CPC View on Student Evaluations
FDC Statement of Principle on Teaching Evaluations

Fall 2022 Personnel Process Calendar:

August 29 Candidate submits portfolio to Unit Head

October 14 Units submit promotion materials (promotion to Professor) to the Dean’s Office (CLAS Personnel Committee) Earlier submissions are welcome!

November 18 CLAS Personnel Committee submits recommendations to the dean

December 16 Dean notifies candidate and Unit Head of recommendation

Winter 2023 Personnel Process Calendar:

January 31 Provost makes decision and notifies appropriate people.

(more to come)

For Unit Heads

CPC Guidelines for Unit Heads and Colleagues

Below please find links to both CLAS-specific forms tailored to our college’s needs and to the rest of the university forms you will need which are located in the Provost’s personnel workbook:

Procedure for Transmittal of Materials
How to Add and Remove Users
CLAS Transmittal Forms: Electronic Submissions, Paper Submissions.

The faculty personnel actions workbook on the Provost's site contains

Template for Electronic Submission of Personnel Materials to CPC
Candidate Waiver Form
Draft Agenda for Unit Personnel Meeting
Report of Unit Faculty Vote

Ballots

Contract Renewal Decision

Tenure Decision

Promotion Decision

Draft Minutes: Personnel Meeting

Post-Unit Personnel Meeting TT Faculty Comment Forms

Reappointment or Tenure

Promotion to Associate Professor

Promotion to Professor

Affiliate Review and Promotion

Provost website: Affiliate Faculty Review Guidelines & Senior Affiliate Faculty Promotion Procedures

Affiliate promotion form

University repository for college and departmental personnel policies

https://www.gvsu.edu/upr/

Policies (University)

Professional Development Funds

Regalia for faculty

New faculty can receive assistance acquiring regalia.
The CLAS Dean's Office has a kit containing some of the materials needed for repairing regalia such as large hook-and-eye, cord, buttons, thread to match most regalia, etc. Email [email protected].
Need to borrow a gown? CLAS has a limited supply of regalia to borrow. Email [email protected].

Research funding

Risk Management

Are You Appropriately Managing Risk When Engaged in Experiential Learning Activities with your Students?

A reminder that all faculty engaged with experiential learning with students should review the risk management website for CLAS: Risk Management

Proper identification of student status is important for determining insurance coverage, getting assistance with export controls, providing appropriate liability coverage, and numerous additional protections and procedures

All programs which have students studying abroad should be run through Padnos International Center.
Student engaged with research with faculty fall into one of four categories

a) They are enrolled in a course.

b) They are paid employees of the university (including those that are paid by an external or internal grant).

c) GVSU sanctioned group (i.e. music ensemble on tour).

d) Volunteers. Any student not part of an identified GVSU group would be a volunteer. Conferences & non-registered students doing research are two examples of volunteer students. If they are volunteers, they must follow GVSU's Volunteer policy.