THE NEWSLETTER
THE NEWSLETTER is the Faculty/Staff newsletter of Stetson University, DeLand, Florida 32723, and is published on the first and third Friday of each month during
the Academic Year. The most recent of edition of THE NEWSLETTER is also posted online at http://www,stetson.edu/offices/academicaffairs/newsletter.htm .
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.
Monday, October 4
Monday-Tuesday, October 11-12
Friday, October 15
Wednesday, October 20
Friday, October 22
Wednesday, October 27
Monday-Friday, October 25-29
OCTOBER 1,2004
IMPORTANT EVENTS
Applications for Tenure and/or Promotion due to Department Chair (A&S and
Business) or to the Music Associate Dean, or to the appropriate supervising Librarian
FALL BREAK CANCELLED
Grade deficiency reports due to Registrar via BannerWeb
2005 Summer Grant applications due
Mid-Term Withdrawal Date and Last Day to Drop Course without Academic Penalty
2005-2006 Sabbatical applications due
Academic Advising for Upper-class Students for Spring Semester
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Faculty Senate will meet Monday, October 4, 2004, in the Faculty Lounge in the Carlton Union Building.
Senators and invited guests meet for dinner at 6:00 p.m. The meeting begins at 6:45 p.m. and all faculty
members are encouraged to attend.
From: Carolyn Nicholson, Secretary/Treasurer, Faculty Senate
The University Faculty will meet Friday, October 15, 2004, at 12:00 noon in the Stetson Room. Agenda items will
be announced electronically at a later date. A light lunch will be served beginning at 11:45 a.m. Minutes of the
University Faculty Meeting held September 17, 2004, are attached elsewhere to this edition of The Newsletter.
From: Jim Woodward, Chair, Council of Deans
Please note the change in times for Fall 2004 Commencement as listed in the 2004-2005 Academic Calendar
(found at http://www.stetson.edu/offices/academicaffairs/acadcal04-05.htm). Commencement for graduate degree
candidates will be held in the Elizabeth Hall Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December 17, 2004. Commencement for
undergraduate degree candidates will be held in the Edmunds Center at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 18, 2004.
The ceremonies were first split last spring to reduce overcrowding in the Edmunds Center, and met with favorable
response, especially from our graduate students.
From: Judy Ward, Commencement Coordinator
Recipients of 2004 Hand Grants: Please submit a written report and evaluation of your summer activities to your
Department Chair and to the Office of Academic Affairs by November 1, 2004.
From: Jim Woodward, Chair, Council of Deans
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