THE NEWSLETTER
THE NEWSLETTER is the Faculty/Staff newsletter of Stetson University, DeLand, Florida 32720, and is published on the first and
third Friday of each month during the Academic Year. All items for THE NEWSLETTER should be sent to Judy Ward, Office of
Academic Affairs, Unit 8358 [email protected] , by 4 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding publication.
DECEMBER 6, 2002
IMPORTANT EVENTS
Friday-Sunday, December 6-8
Monday-Friday, December 9-13
Friday, December 13
Saturday, December 14
Friday, December 20
Sunday, January 12
Monday, January 13
Tuesday, January 14
Reading Days
FINAL EXAMINATIONS
Commons closes 1:30 p.m.
Hat Rack closes 5:00 p.m.
Final Grades for Graduates due to Registrar by 9:00 a.m.
Commencement 9:00 a.m., Edmunds Center
Residence Halls close 3:00 p.m. for ALL STUDENTS
All Grades Due to Registrar by 9:00 a.m.
Residence Halls open at noon for all students
Hat Rack opens 2:00 p.m.
Commons opens 5:00 p.m.
New Student Registration
Activation of Registration by New and Returning Students
CLASSES BEGIN
ANNOUNCEMENTS
2002 Fall Commencement is scheduled for Saturday, December 14 at 9:00 a.m. in the Edmunds Center. The
Faculty Line of March forms at 8:30 a.m. in the Lower West Corridor of the Edmunds Center and all faculty should
plan to attend. Full regalia is required. The Line of March is published elsewhere in this edition of The Newsletter.
Minutes of the November 22, 2002 Faculty Meeting are attached elsewhere to this edition of The Newsletter.
Faculty meetings scheduled for the remainder of the 2002-2003 Academic Year are:
January 24, 2003 (Friday)
February 14, 2003 (Friday)
March 28, 2003 (Friday)
April 11, 2003 (Friday)
From: Jim Woodward, Chair, Council of Deans
Stetson Room, 11:45 a.m. -1:15 p.m.
Stetson Room, 11:45 a.m. -1:15 p.m.
Stetson Room, 11:45 a.m. -1:15 p.m.
Stetson Room, 11:45 a.m. -1:15 p.m.
Attention Faculty: A notification from the Registrar's Office of change in grade reporting process is attached
elsewhere to this edition of The Newsletter.
From: John Tichenor, Director of Institutional Research and University Registrar
HAND GRANTS DEADLINE. Faculty applications for Hand Grants for Professional Development Projects and Hand
Grants for Course Enhancement are now being accepted. They are due to Department Chairs on January 14, 2003.
The application is attached elsewhere to The Newsletter and can also be found in the "Faculty Professional
Development Opportunities" handbook, which is available through the Office of Academic Affairs as well as the
Academic Affairs web page (www.stetson.edu/offices/academicaffairs). A total of six grants of $2,000 each will
be awarded and not as printed in the 2002-2003 Faculty Professional Development Opportunities handbook.
From: Jim Woodward, Chair, Council of Deans
Florida's First Private University
