THE NEWSLETTER
THE NEWSLETTER is the Faculty/Staff newsletter of Stetson University, DeLand, Florida 32723, and is published online at
http://www.stetson.edu/academicaffairs/newsletter.php 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.
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Wednesday, May 6
Thursday, May 7
Friday, May 8
Saturday, May 9
Tuesday, May 12
Wednesday, May 13
Thursday, May 14
Monday, May 18
MAY 1,2009
IMPORTANT EVENTS
FINAL EXAMINATIONS
Residence Halls Close 6:00 p.m. (except for those students participating in Commencement)
Final Grades for Graduating Students Due to Registrar via BannerWeb by 9:00 a.m.
Baccalaureate 7:00 p.m., H. Douglas Lee Chapel
Undergraduate & Graduate Commencements, Edmunds Center
Residence Halls Close 6:00 p.m.
Residence Halls open 12:00 noon for Summer Session
Activation of Registration Deadline - Summer Sessions 1 & 3
Summer Classes begin - Sessions 1 & 3
Last Day to Add Summer Course for Credit - Session 1
Spring Semester Grades for All students due to Registrar via BannerWeb by 9:00 a.m.
Last Day to Drop Session 1 Course without Financial Penalty for courses in progress
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MINUTES OF THE APRIL 17 UNIVERSITY FACULTY are attached elsewhere to this edition of The Newsletter.
From: Judy Ward, University Faculty Secretary
MINUTES OF THE APRIL 6 FACULTY SENATE MEETING are attached elsewhere to this edition of The Newsletter.
From: Stuart Michelson, Faculty Senate Secretary/Treasurer
2009 SPRING COMMENCEMENT INFORMATION:
BACCALAUREATE: Friday, May 8 at 7:00 PM in the H. Douglas Lee Chapel, Elizabeth Hall.
Faculty line of march will form at 6:30 in the Elizabeth Hall corridor. University Chaplain Michael Frank will deliver the
sermon and Kyle Knappenberger, 2008 Giffin Scholarship Recipient, will sing the anthem. A reception will follow at the
fountain (rain plan: duPont-Ball Library).
COMMENCEMENT: Saturday, May 9 - EDMUNDS CENTER
9:00 AM: School of Music / School of Business Administration (both graduate and undergraduate students). The
faculty line of march will form at 8:30 a.m. in Fraternity Row (rain plan lower west corridor). Commencement speaker
Richard McMahan, Stetson Trustee, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Student speakers will be Hassan
Anderson (Music) and Andrew Davis (Business).
2:00 PM: College of Arts & Sciences (both graduate and undergraduate students).The faculty line of march will form
at 1:30 p.m. in Fraternity Row (rain plan lower west corridor). The commencement speaker John Churchill, Secretary of the
Phi Beta Kappa Society, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. Student speakers will be Isa Adney
and Gentry Mander.
Full regalia is required for Baccalaureate and both commencements. The Line of March is attached elsewhere to this
edition of The Newsletter. The "Hail and Farewell Celebration" will be staged in the Rinker Field House from 11:00 a.m. -
1:00 p.m., offering students, parents and faculty from the schools and college a chance to meet, greet and eat between the
two ceremonies.
From: Judy Ward, Commencement Coordinator
STETSON
UNVERSTY
