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.
APRIL 3, 2009
IMPORTANT EVENTS
Monday-Friday, March 30-April 3
Tuesday-Thursday, April 7, 8 and 9
Friday, April 10
Friday, April 17
Friday, April 24
Wednesday, April 29
Thursday, April 30
Friday - Wednesday, May 1-6
Wednesday, May 6
Thursday, May 7
Friday, May 8
Saturday, May 9
Monday, May 18
Academic Advising for Summer Session and Fall Semester
Pre-Registration for Summer Session and Fall Semester
Good Friday (University Holiday)
University Faculty Meeting, 12:00 Noon, Stetson Room
Academic Honors Convocation, 12:00 Noon, H. Douglas Lee Chapel
Classes End
Reading Day and Thursday Evening Course Final Exams
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 Hails Close 6:00 p.m.
Grades for All students Due to Registrar via BannerWeb by 9:00 a.m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY WILL MEET FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2009, at 11:45 a.m. in the Stetson Room. A light lunch
will be served. Agenda items will be distributed electronically. Minutes of the March 27 University faculty meeting are
attached elsewhere to this edition of The Newsletter.
From: Judy Ward, University Faculty Secretary
THE FACULTY SENATE WILL MEET MONDAY, APRIL 6, AT 6:30 P.M. 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 6:30 p.m. and all faculty
members are encouraged to attend.
From: Stuart Michelson, Faculty Senate Secretary/Treasurer
HAND ART CENTER DEDICATION. The Stetson community is invited to the dedication of the new Homer and Dolly
Hand Art Center at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 3, in front of the new building, which faces the Quad between Sampson Hall
and the duPont Ball Library. The Hand Art Center includes two galleries and will house Stetson's extensive collection of art
by Modernist painter Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938). Twenty-six of Bluemner's works will be on display at the dedication.
From: Cindi Brownfield
HONORS CONVOCATION is scheduled for Friday, April 24, 2009, at 12:00 noon in the H. Douglas Lee Chapel in
Elizabeth Hall. If your department or organization has an award for outstanding achievement to present on this occasion,
please notify the Office of Academic Affairs, Unit 8358, by 12:00 noon, Monday, April 6, following the procedures posted
online at httpV/www.stetson.edu/administration/academicaffairs/media/HonorsConvocation.doc.
From: Judy Ward
STETSON
UNIVERSITY
