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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 Magie Dobson, Office of Academic Affairs, Unit 8358, not later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday of each week.
Sunday, January 9
JANUARY 7, 2000
IMPORTANT EVENTS
Noon
3:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Monday, January 10
Wednesday, January 12
7:00 p.m.
Residence Halls open
New Student Orientation and
Registration
Commons opens
Validation of Registration by
Returning Students.
CLASSES BEGIN
Thurman Lecture Series
C. T. Vivian-Stetson Room
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Faculty Senate will meet Monday, January 10, at 6:45 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge. Dinner will be served in
the Faculty Lounge preceding the meeting at 6:00 p.m. All interested faculty are invited to attend the meeting.
From: Debbi Dinkins, Secretary/Treasurer, Faculty Senate
REMINDER: HAND GRANTS DEADLINE. Faculty are reminded that applications for Hand Grants for Professional
Development Projects and Hand Grants for Course Enhancement are due to Department Chairs on January 14 (the
School of Music to Associate Dean by January 28). The application is attached elsewhere to The Newsletter.
From: Jim Woodward, Chair, Council of Deans
THURMAN LECTURER C.T. VIVIAN TO PROBE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT'S 21st CENTURY MEANING. Civil
rights pioneer and strategist Dr. C. T. Vivian will launch The Spring 2000 Howard Thurman Lecture Series at 7:00
p.m., Wednesday, January 12, in the Stetson Room. An expert on interracial conflict resolution and a colleague
of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he will speak on the topic "Martin Luther King: 21st Century Man." With
John Lewis, Stokely Carmichael, Marion Barry and Diane Nash, he was at the core of the Nashville youth
movement of the 1960s. He served as one of Dr. King's lieutenants during nonviolent protest efforts in Albany,
Georgia; Birmingham; Danville, Virginia; St. Augustine; and in Selma, Alabama, starting point of the 1965 Selma
to Montgomery voting rights march, which is considered one of the most significant protest demonstrations of the
modern civil rights movement. David Halberstam venerates Dr. Vivian's legendary work in his epic book, The
Children.
In 1972, he became dean of the chapel at Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina, dean of alternative education
and national director of the Seminary Without Walls. Vivian was the first member of Dr. King's staff to write a
book analyzing the civil rights movement, 1969's Black Power and the American Mvth. He also is founder of the
Black Action Strategies and Information Center (BASIC), Atlanta, which teaches the principles of managing a
multiethnic workforce. From: Jefferson Rogers, Director, Howard Thurman Center
LUNCH AND LEARN SERIES. The Counseling Center staff invites all faculty and professional staff to the Spring
Lunch and Learn Series where we discuss topics concerning the University and our students. The first Lunch and
Learn will be January 19 at noon in the Private Dining Room. The cost is $4.50. To make a reservation, call the
Counseling Center at ext. 8900 or email [email protected]. We hope to see you there. From: Don Sanz
