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
http://www.stetson.edu/offices/academicaffairs/newsletter.pdf.
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.
FEBRUARY 18,2005
IMPORTANT EVENTS
Friday, February 18
Monday, February 28
Friday, March 4
Monday-Friday, Mar 7-11
Sunday, March 13
Monday, March 14
Wednesday, March 16
Thursday-Friday, March 17-18 and
Monday-Thursday, March 21 - March 24
University Faculty Meeting, 12:00 noon, Stetson Room
Hand Award nominations due
Grade deficiency reports due to Registrar via BannerWeb
Residence Halls close 6:00 p.m.
SPRING HOLIDAYS
Residence Halls open 12:00 noon
Classes resume
Mid-Term Withdrawal date and Last Day to Drop Course without Academic Penalty
Academic Advising for Summer Session and Fall Semester
ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY WILL MEET TODAY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, at 12:00 noon in the Stetson
Room. A light lunch will be served beginning at 11:45 a.m. Faculty are encouraged to read/review distributed
information prior to the meeting in order to be prepared for the following agenda:
12:00-12:15 First Year Seminar (Grady Ballenger)
12:15-12:30 Proposed Senate & University Bylaw Changes (Michele Skelton & Faculty Senate)
12:30-1:15 Senate Diversity Initiative (Michele Skelton & Faculty Senate)
From: Jim Woodward, Chair, Council of Deans
MINUTES TO THE FEBRUARY 7, 2005, FACULTY SENATE MEETING are attached elsewhere to this edition of
The Newsletter and also are posted to Blackboard (http://blackboard.stetson.edu/).
From: Carolyn Nicholson, Secretary/Treasurer, Faculty Senate
NOMINATIONS FOR THE HAND AWARD FOR RESEARCH, CREATIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY AND
THE HAND COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD are due to the college/school/library dean/director by Monday,
February 28. Nomination information is available online at
http://helmet.stetson.edu/offices/academicaffairs/2004-05pdops.rtf. For a list of previous Hand Award
recipients, please refer to http://www.stetson.edu/offices/academicaffairs/hand_award_history.pdf or contact
the Office of Academic Affairs (x 7010 or [email protected]). Winners in each category are eligible for
consideration again in that category after ten years have passed.
From: Jim Woodward, Chair, Council of Deans
Florida's First Private University
