2007-2008 Meetings and Administrative Calendar

Meeting Schedule

A&S Department Chairs - Tuesday, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Drake Room (unless noted otherwise)
   • August 21 - Des Moines Botanical Center
   • September 4
   • October 2
   • November 6
   • December 4
   • February 5
   • March 4
   • April 1
   • May 6 (if needed)

A&S Council - Wednesday, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Drake Room (unless noted otherwise)
   • September 26
   • October 24
   • November 28
   • January 30
   • February 27
   • March 26
   • April 23 (Organizational Meeting 3:20)

Faculty Senate - Wednesday, 3:30-5:00p.m.
   • September 19
   • October 17
   • November 14
   • December 12
   • January 16
   • February 20
   • March 12
   • April 16
   • April 30

Faculty Meetings - 3:45p.m. (location will be announced via e-mail)
August 23, 2007 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Parents Hall, Olmsted Center

Stalnaker Lecture - 7:00p.m.
   • September 18, 2007- Sheslow Auditorium

Honors Convocation - 6:30p.m.
   • April 15, 2008 - Parents Hall, Olmsted

DUCURS - April 17, 2008, Olmsted

Administrative Calendar

Listed here are dates on which materials are due in the Dean's Office during the 2005-2006 academic year. Dates for class-schedule related matters are tentative. When the specified dates fall on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday is the applicable date.

Case Statements for Authorization for Faculty Positions:
   • August 1, 2007

Travel Grant Requests for 2007-2006.
   • September 1 (Travel must be completed by May 31, 2008)

Office and Class Schedules for fall (all faculty):
   • September 11

Student Technology Fee Proposals:
   • TBA

Spring 2008 Schedule:
   •September 26

Summer 2008 Schedule:
   • October 10

Part-time/Adjunct Faculty Appointment Recommendations for Spring Schedule:
   • September 26

Part-time/Adjunct Faculty Appointment Recommendations for Summer Schedule:
   • October 10

Sabbatical leave applications:
   • October 1

Sabbatical Leave reports:
   • September 30 for academic-year sabbaticals, January 30 for calendar-year sabbaticals.

Review and reappointment of tenure-track faculty
   • Candidates for consideration this year: Recommendations to the Dean by October 1
   • Second-year faculty: November 15 (please do not submit papers before October 25)
   • First-, third-, fourth- and fifth-year faculty: February 15

Criteria and Procedures for Faculty Evaluation: Review and revision of existing statements (if requested by the Dean): December 3

Professional activities records To department chairs by first-, third-, fourth- and fifth-year faculty): January 28
To Dean by department chairs (their own): January 28

Faculty Award Nominations: February 1

Office and Class Schedules for spring: January 30

Professional activities evaluations
To the Dean by chairs (of faculty): February 15

Class Schedules for fall 2008: February 25

Part-time/Adjunct Faculty Appointment Recommendations: February 25

Honors Celebration Student Award Forms: April 1, 2008