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. 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-Friday, March 3-7
Sunday, March 9
Monday, March 10
Wednesday, March 12
Friday, March 28
Monday-Friday, March 31- April 4
MARCH 7, 2003
IMPORTANT EVENTS
SPRING HOLIDAYS
Residence Halls open 12:00 noon
Classes resume
Mid-Term Withdrawal date and Last Day to Drop Course Without Academic Penalty
University Faculty Meeting, 12:00 noon, Stetson Room
Academic Advising for Summer Session and Fall Semester
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Faculty Senate is scheduled to meet on Monday, March 10, 2003, 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. The agenda will be posted on the Faculty Senate intranet site at
https://beret.stetson.edu/facultv_senate/.
From: Noel Painter, Secretary/Treasurer, Faculty Senate
ETTER McTEER TURNER AWARD. Faculty and staff are invited to offer nominations for the Etter McTeer Turner
Award, which will recognize the graduating senior who has achieved the highest standard of excellence in
academic performance, leadership, community service, personal character, and integrity. The award was initiated
by the J. Ollie Edmunds family, through the Gualala Foundation, to honor the service of the late Etter McTeer
Turner, and provides a companion student award to the William Hugh McEniry Excellence in Teaching Award,
which also was established by Dr. Edmund's Foundation to recognize faculty members. A committee, including
faculty appointed by the Faculty Senate, will review all nominations and determine the award recipient. Please
provide as much background information as possible for each person who is nominated. Nominations should be
delivered to the Office of Academic Affairs, Unit 8358, by Friday, April 11. 2003. The winner will be announced at
May Commencement.
From: Jim Woodward, Chair, Council of Deans
ALGERNON SYDNEY SULLIVAN AWARDS. Faculty and staff are invited to offer nominations for the 2003
Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards. These awards are given annually to the man and the woman in the May
graduating class "whose personal example and influence throughout the campus community best exemplifies the
finest spiritual qualities of humanity and high character." This prestigious award generally is considered among the
highest recognition given to a graduating senior and is given at many universities jointly by the institution and the
Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation in New York. A committee, including faculty appointed by the Faculty
Senate, will review all nominations and determine the awards recipients. Please provide as much background
information as possible for each person who is nominated. Nominations should be forwarded to Michelle Espinosa,
Unit 8338, no later than Friday, April 11. 2003.
From: Michelle Espinosa, Dean of Students
Florida's First Private University
