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:/.'w\vvv.stetson.edii/otTiccs/academicaft'aiisi)cwsletter.pd1'.
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, February 5
Friday, February 16
Monday, February 26
Friday, March 2
Monday-Friday, March 5-9
FEBRUARY 2, 2007
IMPORTANT EVENTS
Department Chairs forward Hand Grant applications to Academic Affairs
University Faculty Meeting, 12:00 Noon, Stetson Room
Hand Award nominations due to College/School/Library dean/director
Grade deficiency reports due to Registrar via BannerWeb
SPRING HOLIDAYS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEETS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, at 12:00 noon in the Stetson Room. A light lunch will
be served beginning at 11:45 a.m. Agenda items include guest speaker Dr. Steve Briggs, President of Berry College,
who will lead discussion on the "course unit" system. Minutes of the January 19 University faculty meeting are attached
elsewhere to this edition of The Newsletter.
From: Jim Woodward, Chair, Council of Dean
THE FACULTY SENATE WILL MEET MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2007, 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.
From: Susan Peppers-Bates, Secretary/Treasurer, Faculty Senate
APPLICATIONS FOR HAND GRANTS are due from Department Chairs to the Office of Academic Affairs by Monday,
February 5.
From: Jim Woodward, Chair, Council of Deans
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
26. Nomination information may be requested from the Office of Academic Affairs and is also available online at
http://helmet.stetson.edu/offices/academicaffairs/profdev.rtf. Winners in each category are eligible for consideration
again in that category after ten years have passed. A list of previous winners is available in the Office of Academic
Affairs or online at http://www.stetson.edu/offices/academicaffairs/hand award historv.pdf.
From: Jim Woodward, Chair, Council of Deans
SURE GRANTS - SUMMER 2007: Applications for undergraduate research internship positions for the summer of
2007 are due on Friday, February 23, 2007. Applications and additional information can be found at the SURE web
site: www.stetson.edu/other/SURE or by contacting Kevin Riggs, Chair of the Undergraduate Research Committee, at
kriqqs(a>stetson.edu or 822-8914.
From: Kevin Riggs
STETSON
UNIVERSITY
