Don’t turn away from the art of life
From Heather Hayton – An essay on the nature and value of arts and humanities. Don’t turn away from the art of life By Arnold Weinstein (Brown University), in the NY Times
Data requested at Faculty Forum on Compensation
From Christine Riley: As promised, I’m sending along the website where you can find the CUPA data we referenced. CUPA is the gold standard for staff salaries in higher education, and they are the only organization [that I know of] that surveys faculty salaries by discipline. This information is publicly available. http://www.cupahr.org/surveys/fhe4.aspx Look for the …
Clerk’s Committee Minutes from February 16, 2016
Clerk’s Committee Meeting Minutes Tuesday February 16, 2016 1:00 pm Attending: Dave Dobson (Clerk), Gwen Erickson (Recording Clerk), Sarah Estow (Social Sciences and recorder for this meeting), Sherry Giles (Business, Policy, and Sports Studies), Sadie Hunter (Traditional Student representative), Lisa McLeod (Humanities), Alex Ricks (CCE Student representative), Beth Rushing (Vice President for Academic Affairs & …
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Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda for February 23, 2016
Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Tuesday February 23, 2016 1:00 pm Gathering and Moment of Silence – 3 minutes Approval of Minutes from February 9, 2016- 2 minutes For approval: Nominations for Nominating Committee and review of slate – 5 minutes For discussion: Staffing policy for departments and programs – 10 minutes For approval: New committee proposal: Enrollment Committee – 5 …
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Ad hoc Admission Committee Minutes, February 8, 2016
Ad hoc Admission Committee Meeting February 8, 2016 8:30-9:30 a.m., Bauman 210-C Attending: Steve Shapiro, professor of physics, Michael Dutch, professor of business management, David Hildreth, professor of education studies, Kami Rowan, associate professor of music, Heather Hayton, professor of English, Arlene Cash, vice president for enrollment management, Jeannine Harrell, student representative (traditional), Cyndie Basinger, …
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Information on books from the bookstore
I was asked to share the following from Virginia Rogers in the bookstore: I am writing to let everyone know that the Guilford Bookstore will have to return all remaining books for spring the week after Spring Break. Please pass along to faculty and ask that they encourage students to purchase their books before this …
Title IX obligations for pregnant students
Rachel Riskind suggested the following video to help faculty understand their best practices and obligations toward pregnant students. Please take a look. Here’s the full site: http://www.thepregnantscholar.org/ Here’s the video page directly: http://www.thepregnantscholar.org/title-ix-basics/#tab-1450385862526-2-4
Clerk’s Committee agenda for February 16, 2016
Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda – Tuesday February 16, 2016 1:00 pm 1. Gathering and Moment of Silence – 3 minutes 2. Approval of Minutes from February 9, 2015 – 2 minutes 3. Review of Faculty Forum on Feb. 10 – next steps? – 20 minutes 4. For discussion: Staffing policy for departments and programs – …
Center for Principled Problem Solving recruits faculty fellows for next year
[From Mark Justad] 2016-2017 CPPS Faculty Fellowship Announcement and Call for Applications The Center for Principled Problem Solving is seeking letters of interest from Guilford College faculty members for 2016-2017 CPPS Faculty Fellowships. The CPPS Faculty Fellowship offers Guilford College faculty members the opportunity to advance the work of principled problem solving at Guilford over …
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Clerk’s Committee Meeting Minutes, February 2, 2016
Clerk’s Committee Meeting Minutes February 2, 2016 1:00 – 2:15 PM Bauman 1st Floor Conference Room, Bauman Telecommunications Building Attending: Dave Dobson (Clerk), Gwen Erickson (Recording Clerk), Sarah Estow (Social Sciences), Sherry Giles (Business, Policy, and Sports Studies), Sadie Hunter (Community Senate), Alex Ricks (Student Government Association), Beth Rushing (Vice President for Academic Affairs & …
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