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Updated October 21, 2009

Who is MSU’s “Ultimate Professor”?  According to an online survey conducted by The Standard, it’s none other than our own Dr. Joseph Hughes, Professor of Modern & Classical Languages!  I’m thinking that trumps Marketing Department Head Dr. Robin Luke’s status as “Teen Heartthrob Turned Teacher.”

COAL Experts Cited.  University Communications currently is running two stories on the MSU home page featuring interviews with COAL faculty.  English faculty Brian Shawver  and Dr. Jean Stringham were interviewed for  ”Classic Literature Brings Many Chills, Much Contemplation for Readers,” and Dr. Kelly Wood, Communication Department Head, comments on how “Dating Digitally Heightens Communication, Regrets.”

Homecoming Tailgate Party Less Than Two Weeks Away!  Simply Delicious will again cater our alumni/faculty lunch at our tailgate party in Bearfest Village on Saturday, October 31.  This is a great opportunity to bring the family out, socialize with colleagues, and meet alumni.  The college is again making up t0 100 tickets to the Homecoming game available to college employees (maximum four per employee).  To reserve your tickets, please call Pat O’Neill at 836-5247 or email her at PatriciaOneill@MissouriState.edu.  We also would appreciate your letting us know if you plan to come for lunch.

Full Schedule of Fall Activities Continues.  There is no shortage of good stuff to enjoy in the college during the next few weeks.  Here’s a sampling of opportunities to enjoy great music, art, film, theatre, and other events.

Updated October 15, 2009

Now that President Nietzel has addressed the budget situation in several forums and the campus discussions are beginning in earnest, I’d like to share with you my perspective on how the College of Arts and Letters can best respond to the challenges we face.  I hope you will join me and your colleagues in an ongoing conversation about how we can thrive and not just survive in this environment. 

Principles

Before we imagine and evaluate possible courses of action, we should be deliberate in establishing what principles and assumptions will guide our ultimate decisions.  Here are a few I think are important.

  • Stay committed to the mission and priorities that we have articulated.  These become more important as resources tighten, not less.  The size of our ambitions may fluxuate with changes in resources, but the values that underlie those ambitions do not.
  • Take the long view.  When cuts and reallocations become necessary, we must not make them in ways that will hurt our long-term ability to compete for the best students, faculty and staff or our capacity to deliver on the commitments we make to them.  For example, we could decide to make severe cuts in support for equipment and faculty travel in order to maintain the current number of faculty lines being filled.  However, in the long run that would just make it more difficult for current faculty to do their work well and for us to recruit excellent new faculty.
  • Do the right things regardless of the budget.  Good practices are good practices, and we are not driven to them only when money gets tight.  Reviewing programs to determine where and how resources can best be deployed, seeking efficiencies, and responding to growth opportunities are things we have been doing all along and will continue to do. 
  • Keep things in perspective.  Potential cuts faced by the university and ultimately by our college are serious, but they are not catastrophic or crippling.  Unless events take a terrible turn for the worse, people aren’t going to lose jobs; departments are not going to be eliminated.  It’s unlikely even that programs will be cut, although some significant revisions may be called for in some areas.  We will weather this.  And if we do it well, we will find ourselves even stronger in future years than we are now.

What We Are Doing Now

As President Nietzel has said, we are fortunate in having some time to plan for the times ahead.  That said, faculty, staff and students are understandably wondering about what decisions already are being made and how they may be affected.  Here are some of the actions I have taken or have recommended so far.

  • Hires for FY11.  We are proceeding cautiously with planned searches.  We already were being fairly conservative about the number of open positions we planned to fill, so decisions to cancel any of these searches will be difficult.  One big unknown is how a proposed voluntary retirement incentive might affect our staffing situation.  So no college searches have been “frozen” at this point, but that remains a possibility.
  • Sabbaticals for FY11.  We plan to make sabbaticals available for FY11 (the application deadline is November 3).  However, we likely will be able to support fewer sabbaticals than in recent years.  All the college Deans are in agreement that we must continue to support sabbatical opportunities at some level.
  • New Faculty Summer Research Stipends.  We intend to honor our commitments to faculty we have already hired to provide new faculty research stipends in Summer 2010.  We will continue to evaluate how we can continue this program, which has been a highly effective recruitment tool.
  • Curriculum Review.  I have charged the Heads with asking the departments to examine their programs for opportunities where we might constructively streamline.  For example, in a degree program with multiple options, what would be the impact of reducing the number of options?  Would it hurt overall enrollments?  Would it allow for growth in other areas?  Could retirements by certain faculty be better absorbed?  What are areas that could be strengthened, even without new resources?  Are there seldom-offered courses that could be deleted?
  • Enrollment Management.  We will continue to pay attention to class sizes, periodicity, and staffing.  Over the past couple of years we have achieved significant savings in per course expenditures, for example, simply by offering classes in more efficient ways.  These are savings that we have redirected to increase support for equipment, faculty travel, and infrastructure improvements.  We will contine to look for ways to operate more efficiently, though not at the expense of providing quality educational experiences.
  • Growth Opportunities.  Reducing costs is one way to deal with budget reductions, but so is increasing revenues.  Some revenue increases reach us at the college level indirectly — for example, enrollment growth increases tuition revenue which gives the university more money to work with, which helps us all.  The Provost’s Office does get to retain a percentage of net tuition revenue growth, some of which is passed on to the colleges in proportion.  There are other entrepreneurial opportunities that can bring new revenues more directly.  For example, non-credit programs can generate funds directly for departments and programs.  Grants and contracts are other sources of revenue that have not been pursued much in our college.
  • Recruitment and Retention.  Of course, since tuition and fees account for more than half the university’s operating budget, enrollments are important.  But more important than mere headcount are the quality of students we attract and the success they have during and after their time with us.  In addition to the many ongoing efforts of departments we are undertaking several initiatives that should contribute to recruitment and retention, including: (1) establishing a new college advising office; (2) developing a college-based, interdisciplinary version of GEP 101; (3) planning a college “Talent on Tour” recruitment event in Kansas City next March; (4) piloting surveys to assess student and faculty perceptions of advising; (5) enhancing college recruitment materials; and (6) developing a college-wide Student Advisory Team.

Please let me know your thoughts as we move forward, and participate actively in discussions at the department level.  We will look for additional ways to facilitate conversations at a college level as we move forward.

Updated September 28, 2009

Last chance to order your COAL BearWear!  This Wednesday, September 30 is the last day to order your COAL polo shirt or fleece pullover and also the deadline to turn in payment to the Dean’s Office.  Visit the online “store” to place your order and send your check or cash to Craig 106.  Sorry, no credit/debit cards.  Orders will be ready by mid-October.

Tour Austria with the Concert Chorale this May.  September 30 also is the deadline to sign up and pay the first deposit for the companion tour to Austria with Dr. Guy Webb and the Concert Chorale.  Leave NYC on May 16 for an 10 day/8 night tour with stops in Salzburg, Obervellach, Graz and Vienna.  Details are available online, or contact Marie Murphree for more information.

Application deadlines for summer fellowships, sabbaticals approaching.  Applications for Summer Faculty Fellowships are due in the Dean’s Office (with Department Head approval signature) by October 26.  Applications for 2010-11 sabbaticals are due to the Dean’s Office (with Department Head approval signature) by November 2.

Plan to Party with COAL at the Homecoming Tailgate.  COAL will again host our own tent at Bearfest Village prior to the Homecoming football game on Saturday, October 31.  Last year we had great food, a great turnout, and a great time, so I hope you’ll mark your calendars now and plan to join us again.  We’ll start serving lunch around 11:00 a.m. and the game starts at 1:00 p.m.  The College also plans to purchase a block of tickets again.  Stay tuned for details.

Updated September 18, 2009

Get Your COAL BearWear. Another BearWear Friday has come and gone.  Don’t you wish you had had a cool Arts & Letters polo shirt or fleece pullover to show off?  There’s still plenty of time to pre-order your COAL apparell.  Just visit our online “store”  and reserve your items now.  Orders and payment are due by September 30, and items will be available for pick up in mid-October.  

Apply for Internal Research Funding.  Deadlines for Faculty Research Grants and Summer Faculty Fellowships are approaching.  Faculty Research Grant applications are due in the Dean’s Office (with Department Head approval signature) by September 25, and Summer Faculty Fellowship applications are due in the Dean’s Office (with Department Head approval signature) by October 26.  

Apply for 2010-11 Sabbaticals.  Applications for 2010-11 sabbaticals are due to the Dean’s Office (with Department Head approval signature) by November 2.  Sabbatical decisions are made by the Dean’s Office based on recommendations from the Dean’s Faculty Advisory Committee.  

COAL to be Recognized at September 26 Football Game.  At several home football games this fall each of the academic colleges will be acknowledged and briefly profiled.  COAL will be featured at the September 26 game against the University of Northern Iowa.  Rumor has it I’ll even be presented with a football autographed by the team :-)   In honor of the occasion, general admission tickets are being made available to COAL members for just $5 each.  If you are interested in these discount tickets, please contact Pat O’Neill in the Dean’s Office at 836-5247.  

Plan to Party with COAL at the Homecoming Tailgate.  COAL will again host our own tent at Bearfest Village prior to the Homecoming football game on Saturday, October 31.  Last year we had great food, a great turnout, and a great time, so I hope you’ll mark your calendars now and plan to join us again.  We’ll start serving lunch around 11:00 a.m. and the game starts at 1:00 p.m.  The College also plans to purchase a block of tickets again.  Stay tuned for details.  

President’s State of the University Address Scheduled.  Dr. Nietzel will address the campus on Tuesday, September 29 at noon in the PSU Theatre.  His remarks will be titled, “MSU’s Long-Range Plan:  Progress and Prospects.”  If you can’t attend in person, his address will be recorded and aired later on both KSMU and KOPT.    

Follow the Concert Chorale to Austria!  May seems a long way away, but plan now and the weekend after graduation instead of cleaning your office you can be winging your way to Austria on a 10-day/8-night companion tour with the MSU Concert Chorale.  Details are available online, or contact Marie Murphree for more information.  

Plenty of COAL Events Left to Enjoy in September.  If anyone tells you there’s “nothing to do” in Springfield, they haven’t looked at the calendar of events for Arts & Letters.  Here are a few of the opportunities remaining this month alone:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated August 24, 2009

Believe it or not, MSU is poised to set a new enrollment record this fall.  Though everyone was justifiably worried that enrollments could be down this fall, preliminary reports show that every college is up this fall and there are increases in all new student categories.  Enrollments in COAL appear strong across the board, and departments have done an excellent job in providing access while reducing the numbers of underenrolled sections.

Siceluff is officially open.  Although there still is some minor construction being finished and some cleanup remaining, Siceluff Hall re-opened to students, faculty and staff this morning.  Sometime this week you should take a few minutes to walk the halls and see what has been accomplished.  If you haven’t made it over by Friday, you can take a tour at the rededication ceremony  scheduled for 3:15 p.m.  We’d like to have a huge crowd on hand, so please mark it on your calendar.  Afterwards you can mosey over to the North Mall and enjoy some free BBQ at the Legacy Day picnic.

College picnic scheduled for Friday, September 11.  Speaking of picnics, the annual COAL picnic is two weeks from Friday, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Sequiota Park pavillion.  The college will provide chicken and beverages; watch for an announcement from your department offices about signing up to bring desserts and side dishes.

Ozarks Celebration Festival returns September 12-16.  The annual traditional arts and music festival returns to the Carrington Hall quad Saturday-Sunday, September 12-13, followed by the lecture series Monday-Wednesday, September 14-16.  Don’t miss Bells, Bluegrass & BBQ on Sunday afternoon.  The regular carrillon series concert begins at 4:00 p.m. in front of Meyer Library, followed by the annual Ice Cream Social & Concert Under the Stars featuring Hiland Dairy ice cream, BBQ from Hawgwild BBQ, and a return engagement by the Dan Tyminski Band.

It’s cool to re-tool — really!  Missouri State Online and Instructional Technologies’ “It’s Cool to Re-Tool” campaign is designed to provide a two-day clinic for colleges with each day consisting of a presentation/forum open to all faculty and one-on-one sessions with our instructional designers for faculty to retool their existing online courses.  Faculty can attend any of the several scheduled workshops, but the ones scheduled specifically for COAL are September 17 and 18.

All-college meeting materials are available online.  If you missed the all-college meeting last Thursday and would like to access the agenda, Powerpoint slides, or handouts, they all are available on the http://coal.missouristate.edu/.

Use the COAL news feed to advertise your events and share your accomplishments.  Please remember that the COAL news feed is your convenient tool to get the word out about events in your department and to let everyone know about good things that are happening.  It’s easy to submit a news item or calendar event.

Updated Friday, June 5, 2009

The colleges of Arts & Letters, Humanities & Public Affairs, and Natural & Applied Sciences are co-sponsoring a half-day summer workshop for faculty and staff interested in exploring ideas for incorporating the 2009-10 public affairs theme in their teaching and other activities.  The workshop will be held Friday, June 26, 9:00 a.m. – noon in PSU 313.  Light breakfast refreshments will be served at 8:30 a.m.  So far about 20 people have registered their attendance online.  You can do the same via this registration site.

Earlier in May Associate Provost John Catau sent to faculty a summary of academic policy changes that will take effect in academic year 2009-2010.  A copy of this summary is now available on the COAL web site.  Changes include the new plus/minus grading system, changes in the course repeat policy, and new procedures for declaring majors and being admitted to degree programs.  Everyone needs to be familiar with these changes when we begin classes in the fall.

Save these dates for fall.  Be sure you have the following August events on your calendars.

  • Fall faculty contracts begin Monday, August 17
  • Showcase on Teaching and Learning Wednesday, August 19, 8:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m., Strong Hall Atrium Register Online
  • All-college Meeting Thursday, August 20, 9:00 — 11:00 a.m., location to be announced
  • New Student Convocation Sunday, August 23, 2:00 — 3:00 p.m., JQH Arena

Plan now to make that first week a welcoming one for new faculty.  If your department will have new faculty coming in this fall, think about the following ways to help smooth their transition.

  • Find out if your department office has a current email address for the new person and send him/her a note over the summer.
  • See if your department office knows when the person will be moving to Springfield and send a welcoming card to his/her new address.
  • Buy the new person lunch during the week before classes or the first week of classes.  Wouldn’t it be great if enough people in the department did this so that the new person didn’t have to buy lunch for two weeks?
  • Invite the new person (and family) to your home early in the semester.

COAL’s busy summer season is heating up.  The Missouri Fine Arts Academy opens Sunday, June 7 and runs for three weeks.  Tent Theatre officially opens with Altar Boyz Wednesday, June 10, with a special Staff Appreciation Night performance on Tuesday, June 9.  And the MSU Summer Choir under Dr. Guy Webb’s direction begins rehearsals Tuesday, June 9.   See the COAL web site for more calendar items.

Updated Monday, May 4, 2009

Mark Biggs will become acting head of media, journalism & film effective July 1.  When Karen Buzzard returns to the faculty at the end of her current term Mark will begin a two-year appointment as acting head.  Mark was selected through a formal internal search process.  Please congratulate Mark as we wish him and the department well.

 

The colleges of Arts & Letters, Humanities & Public Affairs, and Natural & Applied Sciences are co-sponsoring a half-day summer workshop for faculty and staff interested in exploring ideas for incorporating the 2009-10 public affairs theme in their teaching and other activities.  The workshop will be held Friday, June 26, 9:00 a.m. – noon in PSU 313.  Light breakfast refreshments will be served at 8:30 a.m.  Later this week a general announcement will be sent out and you will be able to RSVP for the workshop online.  Here’s a brief description:

Evolving Economic Realities:  Linking Public Affairs to the Arts and Sciences

This workshop provides an opportunity for faculty to share ideas based on the 2009-10 public affairs theme as they plan teaching and learning strategies for the upcoming academic year.  Following a brief information session on the theme and campus-wide plans, participants will spend time brainstorming possibilities for injecting the theme into their courses, departmental activities, and student organizations.  They will then develop specific ideas in group discussions.  This will be a largely unstructured workshop, with emphasis on giving participants the chance to exchange ideas informally.  In sponsoring this event, the colleges of Arts & Letters, Humanities & Public Affairs, and Natural & Applied Sciences hope to stimulate cross-disciplinary discussion and focus attention on how the public affairs theme can enrich teaching in the arts and sciences, in particular.  The workshop is open to all faculty.

 

COAL will host a continental breakfast reception for our spring graduates, Friday, May 15, 8:00-9:15 a.m.  The reception will be in the atrium of First & Calvary Presbyterian Church, just north of JQH Arena, prior to our commencement ceremony at 10:00 a.m.  Please RSVP to the Dean’s Office (6-5247 or CollegeofArtsandLetters@MissouriState.edu) if you plan to attend.

 

Plans are being finalized for moves associated with the reopening of Siceluff Hall.  The Siceluff renovation is reported to be on schedule, with actual moving to begin the first week of August.  Faculty and staff in departments affected by the moves will receive information specific to their situations.  Here is a quick summary of what is slated to occur:

·         MCL will vacate the third floor of Craig Hall and move to Siceluff; English will leave Pummill and move to Siceluff.

·         Several changes will occur in Craig Hall after MCL moves out, including:

o   All full-time faculty and staff in Media, Journalism & Film, Theatre & Dance, and Communication that do not need to be located elsewhere (e.g., Strong Hall, Student Media Center, lower floors of Craig) will move to the third floor of Craig. 

o   The Media, Journalism & Film departmental offices will move to where the Modern & Classical Languages departmental offices currently are located.

o   The COAL New Media Lab will move from Craig 338 to Siceluff, and Craig 338 will become a shared office space for graduate assistants in Communication and Media, Journalism & Film.

o   Craig 321 will become a seminar room to be shared by departments in Craig Hall.

o   The Missouri Fine Arts Academy office will move from the Dean’s Office Suite to the third floor of Craig.  Angela Barker will move from Pummill Hall to the Dean’s Office Suite.

o   Pending approval of the construction proposal, the wall separating Craig 316 and 316A will be removed to enlarge 316, which will become a computer classroom to be shared among college departments.

·         Siceluff 126, formerly planned as space for the Writing Center, will be a technology-enhanced classroom designed to facilitate collaborative teaching and learning methods.  This classroom is being funded from the Siceluff renovation budget and other money allocated from the Provost’s Office.

 

There will be a campus power shutdown on Saturday, May 16.  You should have received information about this already, but be reminded that most buildings on campus will be without power during a 36-hour period beginning Saturday, May 16.  The following information has been provided by Administrative Services regarding online processing of final grades. 

To accommodate the important task of posting end-of-the semester grades, a reliable generator will carry the Cheek Hall computer room, thereby ensuring access to the necessary files from computers off-campus. On-campus entry will be accommodated via Glass Hall Computer Labs 229, 234 and 235 (10a-6pm on Saturday, and noon to midnight Sunday).

 

Freshman Convocation will be Sunday, August 23 at 2:00 p.m. in JQH Arena.  Recently you should have received a memo with information about the event and an order form to request rental regalia if you do not own your own.  This year Ms. Kelli Wolf Moles will be the featured speaker. Ms. Moles received the 2008 Outstanding Young Alumni award and was a former student member of the university’s Board of Governors (July, 2003 – September, 2005).  I urge you to participate in this event and be part of launching the new year for our new students. 

 

The latest issue of the COAL newsletter, Expressions, is now available.  This issue highlights the role of technology in the arts and letters and features some of the most cutting edge work being done by our students.  Many thanks to Angela Barker and Marie Murphree, who do a tremendous job producing the newsletter yet  modestly refuse to publish their names as editors.  Also be sure to check out the monthly online version of Expressions. 

Updated Monday, March 30, 2009

All-College Meeting with President Nietzel & Provost McCarthy Rescheduled
Due to his being called to Jefferson City for a meeting with the Governor, Dr. Nietzel has had to reschedule his meeting with our college faculty and staff for Wednesday, April 8, 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the PSU Theatre.  The President and the Provost are holding town hall meetings with each of the colleges to discuss challenges and strategies related to recruitment, enrollment, and budgets.  If your schedule permits, please make every effort to participate in this important discussion.

Dr. Karen Buzzard Returning to MJF Faculty; Applications Accepted For Acting Department Head
Following seven years as Head of the Media, Journalism & Film Department, Dr. Karen Buzzard will return to that department’s faculty when her current appointment ends on June 30, 2009.  Karen is looking forward to a sabbatical in 2009-10 during which she will complete work on a book and other research while she prepares for her return to full-time faculty.  Applications for the position of Acting Department Head are now being accepted and are due by Wednesday, April 8.  Contact Dr. Roger Stoner, chair of the search committee, for more information.

Fall 2009 Registration Goes “Live” With Banner
On March 31 faculty will receive an email from the Registrar with information about Fall 2009 registration using the new Banner system.  The system goes live for students on April 1, with seniors and graduate students beginning to register April 6.  Information on new registration procedures is available online.

COAL  Lecture Series Premiere of Documentary Will Kick Off Public Affairs Conference Week
 Artist-in-Residence Patrick Mureithi will present Icyizere: Hope, a documentary of the ongoing reconciliation process between survivors and perpetrators of the 1994 Rwanda genocide.  Muretihi earned a B.S. in Mass Media from Missouri State in 2001 and during 2008-09 has served MSU and Drury University as artist-in-residence through a joint appointment.  The premiere, featuring comments by Mureithi, will occur Monday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m. in the Plaster Student Union Theatre.

Stay In Tune With COAL News and Events
The COAL web site publishes news of the latest faculty and student accomplishments as well as a full calendar of events.  Make sure your news and events are listed by submitting items using the easy online forms.  Here is a sampling of the many great COAL events happening in April.

  • Continuing through May 18 Exhibit – Native Art of the Americas Meyer Library, Duane G. 306
  • Mar 31, 5:00 PM Spanish Movie Night Craig Hall 0205
  • Apr 02, 7:00 PM Guest Artist: Ronald Radford, flamenco guitar Springfield Art Museum
  • Apr 02, 7:30 PM Reagan Louie: 30 Years of Photographing Asia Karls Hall 101
  • Apr 02, 7:30 PM Oedipus Rex Craig Hall Coger Theatre (continuing through April 05)
  • Apr 03, 7:00 PM Jazz Appreciation Month: Jazz Gallery
  • Apr 06, 12:00 PM Conversations on China Plaster Student Union, Robert W. 314 A
  • Apr 07, 7:30 PM Missouri State University Symphony Orchestra Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts, Juanita K.
  • Apr 13, 7:30 PM Chamber Singers Concert Ellis Hall 217b
  • Apr 15, 7:00 PM University Film Series: Persepolis The Moxie Cinema, 431 S Jefferson, #108
  • Apr 16, 7:30 PM All Bands Concert Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts, Juanita K.
  • Apr 19, 3:00 PM Faculty Recital: Hye-Jung Hong, piano Ellis Hall 217b
  • Apr 21, 7:30 PM Faculty Recital: Paula Patterson, mezzo-soprano Ellis Hall 217b
  • Apr 27, 7:30 PM Patricia R. Pierce Guest Artist Recital Ellis Hall 217b
  • Apr 30, 7:30 PM Spring Dance Concert Craig Hall Coger Theatre (continuing through  May 3)

    • Updated Friday, February 6, 2009

    Budget Updates

    • Governor Nixon’s recent suspension of payments from the Lewis and Clark Initiative for higher education capital projects will not affect the renovation of Siceluff.  Since this project is so far along it will not be subject to review.
    • Next year’s budget continues to be debated in Jefferson City.  We still have no definitive word on what holdbacks there might be in the current FY09 budget year, so everyone is urged to continue to be conservative in expenditures.
    • I have authorized most of the college’s active searches to go forward.  We are holding back on a handful of searches, in some cases filling them with one-year appointments.
    • The college is awarding six sabbaticals in the 2009-10 academic year.  During the current year seven sabbaticals were awarded.
    • President Nietzel continues to require his advance approval for all international travel.  The International Education Committee continues to function as usual, granting up to $1,000 support for international travel, with each award subject to the President’s approval.

    Digital Measures/Activity Insights Online Faculty Profiles

    • CV information that you submitted last summer was entered into the Activity Insights database by Dean’s Office staff.  You should be hearing from your department heads soon instructions on how to access your individual profile.  By February 28th you need to have reviewed your profile and (1) checked existing information for accuracy, and (2) entered any new information to bring your profile up to date through December 2008.
    • The primary concern right now is to get right the information on research and creative activity.  There are other “holes” in the data at present, but President Nietzel wants to use the aggregate data on scholarly accomplishments to update the Public Scorecard this spring.
    • As you review and update your research and creative activity information, please pay attention to two things: (1) Make sure that all information is accurate and current; and (2) Make sure that your specific accomplishments have been put in the right categories. 

    Banner Student Module Training Available

    • The Banner Student Module goes live April 6.  Anyone who currently uses the Faculty Advisor Resource Center (FARC) needs to learn how to use the new Banner system to access information for which we now depend on the FARC.  A number of training sessions are scheduled throughout February and I strongly encourage everyone to take advantage.

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