THE NEWSLETTER
THE NEWSLETTER is the Faculty/Staff newsletter of Stetson University, DeLand, Florida 32720, and is published each Friday. All items
for THE NEWSLETTER should be sent to Maggie Dobson, Office of the Provost, Box 8358, not later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday of each week.
APRIL 29, 1994
IMPORTANT EVENTS
Wednesday, May 4
Thursday, May 5
Friday, May 6
Saturday-Thursday, May 7-12
Saturday, May 7
Wednesday, May 11
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
ACADEMIC HONORS CONVOCATION
Elizabeth Hall Auditorium
Last Day of Classes
Reading Day
Final Examinations
Annual Stetson Employee Picnic
Campus-Wide Staff Recognition
Breakfast-Stetson Room
ANNOUNCEMENTS
REMINDER-COLLEGIAL SEMINAR, today at noon in the Private Dining Room. Dr. Richard Kindred is the presenter.
See last week's edition of The Newsletter for details. From: Paul Steeves, Coordinator, Collegial Seminars
REMINDER-The Cultural Studies Reading Group will meet today, Friday, April 29, at 4:30 p.m. to discuss Janice
Radway's "Reading the Romance" in Mukerji & Schudson's Rethinking Popular Culture. Please join us. For copies,
please contact Rusty Witek, ext. 7729. The meeting will be held at Stephanie Athey's home-call ext. 7718 for
directions. From: Stephanie Athey
The annual Academic Honors Convocation will be on Wednesday, May 4, 1994, at 10:00 a.m. in Elizabeth Hall
Chapel. College/school, Department, and University-wide awards will be presented. Please help us encourage
student attendance at this important event. From: Jim Beasley
REMINDER-"INTERNET: A PRACTICAL APPROACH" will offer another roadmap for the "information super
highway." Featuring Ed Krol and Scott Yanoff, it will explore such topics as what's on the Internet and how to
find it; sending/receiving electronic mail; browsing databases and library card catalogues; transferring files to and
from other computers on the network; using Gopher, Archie, and other retrieval routes; and participating in Usenet
discussion groups and bulletin boards. You are invited to participate in this live videoconference beginning at 1:00
p.m. on May 5 in Room 5L. From: Terry Grieb
The Artists and Lecturers Committee is seeking your input regarding program ideas. If you have knowledge of a
program or speaker that you would like to come to Stetson during the 1994-95 academic year, please send the
request to the Artists and Lecturers Committee. Please include as much of the following information as possible:
Name of speaker or group, approximate cost, approximate date on campus, plus any other related information.
Send request to James Wright, Campus Box 8377, by May 2, 1994.
From: James Wright, Chair, Artists and Lecturers Committee
EDITOR'S NOTE: There are two more editions of The Newsletter for this academic year-May 6 and 13. Please
plan accordingly-don't be disappointed!
