THE NEWSLETTER
THE NEWSLETTER is the Faculty/Staff newsletter of Stetson University, DeLand, Florida 32720, and is published each Friday. All items
for THE NEWSLEl 1ER should be sent to Judy Ward, Office of Academic Affairs, Unit 8358 [email protected], by 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
JANUARY 19,2001
IMPORTANT EVENTS
Tuesday, January 23 Last day to Add Course for Credit
Last day to Drop Course without Financial Penalty
Friday, January 26 University Faculty Meeting, 12 Noon, Stetson Room
Friday, February 9 University Faculty Meeting, 3:00 p.m., Stetson Room
Friday, February 16 University Faculty Meeting, 12 Noon, Stetson Room
University Faculty Meeting, Friday, January 26, 2001, in the Stetson Room from Noon - 1:15 p.m. Discussion will
focus on Volume III of the SACS Self-Study, President's Staff Follow-Up Action Plan to Self-Study 2000
Recommendations and Suggestions. This document is found at https://beret^ along with
Volume I Self-Study Report and II, Compliance Report. Academic quality and the role of faculty will also be
discussed. A light lunch will be served starting at 11:45 a.m. From: Kandy Queen- Sutherland
University Faculty Meetings scheduled for the remainder of the academic year:
February 9, 2001
Stetson Room, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Grievance Procedures; Introduction of Revised Faculty By- Laws,
Revised Senate By-Laws, and Faculty Handbook Appendix
February 16, 2001
Stetson Room, 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Approval of Senate By-Laws, Faculty By-Laws, Faculty Handbook
Appendix; Discussion on IB issues
March 30, 2001
Stetson Room, 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
April 20, 2001
Stetson Room, 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
From: Jim Woodward, Chair, Council of Deans
The Faculty Senate will meet Monday, January 22 at 6:45 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge. All faculty are welcome to
attend. Senators and invited guests are reminded that dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m. From: Mike Bitter
"Show of Bad Faith: How Russians and Americans Have Betrayed Each Other" is the lecture that will be
sponsored by the Russian Studies program on Tuesday, January 23, at 4:00 in room 25L. The lecturer will be Dr.
Lawrence Uzzell, director of the Keston Institute of Oxford, England. Keston is the leading research center
focusing on religious rights in communist and former communist countries. From: Paul Steeves
Book Signing- Former Development Office staff member Jack Fortes will have a book signing Saturday, January
20 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Muse Book Shop, 112 S. Woodland Blvd. Fortes has written a fiction
novel of the big band era titled, "The Band Leader". An additional book signing is scheduled for March 3 at the
Lake Helen Library. From: Jack Fortes
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