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
hup://www.sletson.edp/offices/acadeniicaffairs/newsletter.pdf.
All items for THE NEWSLETTER should be sent to Judy Wand, Office of Academic Affairs, Unit 8358 [email protected],
by 4 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding publication.
Friday, October 20
Monday-Friday, October 23-27
Wednesday, October 25
Monday-Tuesday, October 30-31
Friday, November 3
Monday-Wednesday, November 6-8
Thursday, November 9
Thursday-Friday, November 23-24
OCTOBER 20, 2006
IMPORTANT EVENTS
Last Day to Drop Course without Academic Penalty.
University Faculty Meeting Cancelled
Academic Advising for Upper-class Students for Spring Semester
Sabbatical Applications due
Department Chairs submit Summer Grant recommendations to Deans
Registration for Upper-class Students for Spring Semester
Department Chairs submit Sabbatical recommendations to Deans
Academic Advising for First-year students for Spring Semester
Registration for First-year students for Spring Semester
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY (University Holiday)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SABBATICAL APPLICATIONS ARE DUE OCTOBER 25. Applicants are to: 1) submit ten (10) copies of their
complete application to their department chair. (If applicant is a department chair, he/she submits application to the
Dean and reminds the dean to write the detailed evaluation); 2) submit one (1) complete copy of their application to the
Office of Academic Affairs (Unit 8358 or 1st floor DeLand Hall); and 3) submit one extra copy of the "Sabbatical Leave
Application Form" (cover sheet only) to the chair of the Professional Development Committee: Tandy Grubbs, Unit
8276 or Room 252 Sage Hall. Applications received in the Office of Academic Affairs after October 25 at 4:30 p.m. will
not be considered.
Samples of successful applications are on reserve in the Library. Complete application guidelines are available from
the Office of Academic Affairs or online at http://www.stetson.edu/academicaffairs/profdevel.php.
SUMMER GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS DUE OCTOBER 25. Department Chairs are reminded to forward Summer
Grant applications and recommendations to their Dean by Wednesday, October 25.
From: Tandy Grubbs, Chair, Professional Development Committee
COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH INITIATIVE INFORMATION MEETING, Friday, October 20, 3:30 PM, DeLand
Hall Board Room. All faculty with an interest in working collaboratively on community-based research projects (CBR)
with students and community members are invited to attend this information-sharing meeting. Stetson has a small
amount of grant money to train faculty in using CBR and to provide resources to support CBR courses.
From: John K. Schorr, Professor of Sociology, 2006-2007 Director of the Stetson CBR Initiative
