December 05, 2011
Vol. IV, No. 5
WheelerNotes
Advising Note - Scholarships at Gordon College:
Students occasionally ask advisors about the
availability of scholarships at Gordon College.
Information can be found on the website at
http://www.gdn.edu/fndscholarships/
Here are a few summary observations:
• The deadline is March 1 each year for the
following academic year.
• The application can be downloaded from
our website; hard copies are distributed in
the admissions office.
• Students complete one form—they do not
apply for individual scholarships though
we do have a listing of scholarships with
the criteria for each.
• After the applications are matched with
the criteria of the scholarships, a faculty
committee reads and ranks the
scholarships and then they meet to make
the awards.
• Last April we awarded approximately
120 scholarships.
Important Fodder for Syllabi: It has been brought to
our attention that some faculty ask students to leave
their belongings (book bags, coats, purses, etc) at the
front of the classroom on test days. Though this
practice may be a wise move to reduce the likelihood
of cheating, it does create an opportunity for someone
to snatch an expensive cell phone or such from a book
bag as they leave the classroom. If you intend to use
the “belongings at the front of the classroom” strategy,
please include the following note in your written
syllabus:
• You will be asked to leave books and other
personal items at front of room during tests.
• For that reason, you may want to leave
expensive electronic devices and other
valuable articles in cars or at home.
• The instructor will remain in the classroom
during the test, but he or she cannot
guarantee the safety of easily pocketed items.
Including this information in the syllabus will reduce
the liability of the instructor and the college should
expensive items go missing.
January Faculty Meeting: The faculty will assemble
at 2:00 pm in NURS 123 on January 25, 2012 for the
its first meeting following the arrival of President Max
Burns. Agenda is still flux but it will likely include:
• Consideration of Several Items from the Faculty
Senate
• Report from VP Fruitticher on the budget and
financial health of the college
• Report from VP Chamberlain on a number of
Student Affairs issues
• Comments from President Burns
• Details from Academic Affairs
BaskiNotes
“Nice to hear” . . . from Dr. Susan Glenn: One of
our former students who transferred to Southern
Polytechnic State University reports that he is doing
quite well, that he felt well prepared in both Computer
Science and Math for the rigorous courses offered at
SPSU. Dr. Glenn also tells us that right now we have
at least six CS students up at SPSU, and they are all
succeeding.
Program completion at GC@FVSU: Today,
Dr. Wheeler and I had the pleasure of handing out
completion certificates to 16 students who will
complete 30 or more hours in our program this term on
the Fort Valley State University campus. We were
inspired by the dedication and hard work these
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students have put into their academic work, some of
them against considerable odds. These students plan
to transfer to FVSU and several other schools, and I
am pleased to say that a few will continue with us at
Gordon.
GahrNotes
Dr. Cathy Lee, president of Southeastern Regional
chapter of Korean-American Scientists and Engineers
Association (KWiSE), participated in the 7th Annual
KWiSE Meeting in Los Angeles, CA on Oct 15, 2011.
This meeting was dedicated to graduate and
undergraduate students in the southern California area
for mentoring, networking and research presentation
opportunities. The KWiSE 7th Annual Meeting was
sponsored by Korean-American Scientists and
Engineers Association (KSEA) and Korean Federation
of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST). Dr.
Lee currently is establishing the foundation of KWiSE
in Georgia and southeast region.
Dr. Richard Schmude, Jr. finished refereeing a paper
for the journal Icarus.
HigginsNotes
We are very excited about the newest addition to our
SSC staff. Maria Cezus joined us around mid-term as
a reading tutor and study skills advisor. Although we
expect that most of her business will come from the
Learning Support classes, Maria would like to
emphasize that she can also help students from
college-level classes read more effectively. In
addition, Maria is an excellent resource for students
who need help with organizing study plans and honing
study skills. In the Spring 2012 semester, Maria will
be working on Mondays and Tuesdays from 10AM3PM. Please let your students know about this
valuable new SSC resource.
Office. Gordon is now Nationally Accredited in
Teacher Education. ☺
The Division, even though it is the smallest of all the
Divisions, was proud to finish second in the faculty
food drive for Thanksgiving. A real spirit generator
for the Division.
Dr. John Barnard was awarded a faculty
Development Grant to support his research.
Dr. Mike Mahan had a paper accepted for
presentation at the Georgia Science Teachers
Association in February, 2012. The paper covers the
topic of: “Connecting AYP to the content in the
Classroom”
Dr. Mike Mahan has been asked to join a Task Force
of the Georgia Professional Standards Commission
(GaPSC) on Science Education. The task Force will
look at the following:
1. The feasibility of preparing science
educators to teach multiple science subjects.
2. The needs of Georgia School Districts as
they relate to science teachers.
3. The preferences of those who hire science
educators with regard to content area
preparation.
The entire Division is excited about the pace of
construction on Smith Hall. We see changes
happening almost daily.
Tonya MooreNotes
GC@FVSU
GC@FVSU Professional Development Students get
ready for success!
With just over a week to go, the SSC is on its way to
posting record numbers. Despite the decrease in
enrollment this Fall, we have already surpassed 16,000
log-ins in a semester for the very first time. We have
also logged over 3,200 one-on-one tutoring sessions
this Fall—the first semester we have passed the 3,000session level. Thanks to everybody for all your
support!
MahaNotes
The Teacher Education Division finally received two
frameable citations from the National Council for
Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Both
citations are framed and hanging in the Division
GC@FVSU students had an opportunity to
participate in Mock Interviews on November 28, 2011
to cultivate their job readiness skills. Our students
have been carefully preparing all semester by
developing cover letters, resumes, professional
development portfolios and learning how to dress in a
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professional setting , says Mrs. Tonya Moore
(instructor). The interviewers (local HR professionals)
were very impressed with how prepared the students
were and their ability to thoroughly answer tough
interview questions. Students experimented with
individual, peer and panel interviews
WhitelockNotes
Scott Plato, one of our Applied Music Instructors, just
signed a recording/distribution deal for his future CD,
AG3. The company is Soundset Recordings based in
Arizona. The recording will be listed in a catalog
movie companies use to find soundtracks. The CD
will be out in early 2012. His group is the Atlanta
Guitar Trio, www.atlantaguitartrio.com.
The Band and Choir Holiday Concert is tonight,
December 1. It’s a free concert of band and choir,
open to the public and all students - no admission
charge. It starts at 7:30 pm.
We had an instrumental music concert on November
29 featuring the Gordon Band, Jazz Ensemble,
Woodwind Ensemble, and Brass Ensemble. The
concert included both seasonal music and standard
ensemble repertoire.
Our Theater program presented The Glass Menagerie
By Tennessee Williams from November 16-20.
Synopsis: Amanda Wingfield, "a little woman of great
vitality clinging frantically to another time and place,"
shares a St. Louis tenement apartment with her adult
children, Laura and Tom. Laura is a young woman
crippled from a childhood illness and from an
extremely shy personality. She has "failed to establish
contact with reality." Tom is a poetic, frustrated son
who works at a mindless warehouse job, supporting
his family after his father left home for good.
Together, despite their extraordinary dysfunction, they
nearly find happiness in this life.
Dr. Doug Davis is guest-editing a special issue of the
Society for Literature, Science and the Arts' journal,
Configurations, on the fiction of Kim Stanley
Robinson.
Dr. Davis’ paper, " Technological Distances: Science,
Technology, and Flannery O’Connor ," has been
accepted for presentation at the Louisville Conference
on Literature and Culture Since 1900, which will take
place in February of 2012.
Matthew Silverman has had the following published:
Many Mountains Moving: “Hell’s Kitchen: An Early
View”; The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume V:
Georgia (2011): “Mud Angel of Macon” (formerly
“The Mud Angel of Mississippi”), “Separation Grows”
and “Why There is No Fifth Season”; Yellow
Medicine Review: “Where it is Always Ten ‘til” and
“Devil beats his wife”; Because I Said So: Anthology
(2011): “One Minute Cat” and “Outside”; Straylight
Literary Arts Magazine (2011): “Why There is No
Fifth Season”; Poetica Magazine: (2011): “Standing in
Front of the Western Wall I Realize”;
Generations: A Journal of Ideas and Images (2011):
“How I Remember Hurricane Katrina with my Father”
and “On the Thirteenth Night after the Hurricane”;
Knocking at the Door Anthology (2011): “Touching
Air in Hell’s Kitchen”; The Broad River Review
(2011): “Unsold Lot #9”; Tapestry (2011): “The Mud
Angel of Mississippi” and “Secret Salted Wings”.
Dec 5
Dec 6-9
Dec 19 – Jan 2
Nov 19 –
Dec 16
Jan 2, 2012
Jan 3 (T)
Jan 4 (W)
Jan 4 (W)
Jan 4 -11
Jan 5 (R)
Jan 9 (M)
Jan 9-11
Jan 9 -11
Jan 11 (W)
Jan 16 (M)
Jan 18 (W)
Jan 20 (F)
Jan 23 (M)
Jan 27 (F)
Feb 3 (F)
Mar 1 (R)
Mar 12-16
Mar 18
Mar 21 (W)
Apr 2 - 20
Apr 30 (M)
May 1 thru
May 4 (T- F)
May 11 -Friday
Dates & Deadlines
Last day of classes
Final Exams
College Closed
Open Registration for Continuing Students
New Year’s Holiday – College Closed
Staff Report
Faculty Report
Pymt Deadline - Early & Open Registration 4:00 pm
Open Registration for Continuing Students
NSO – Alumni Memorial Hall
Group Advising and Registration
Classes begin
Late Registration
Drop/Add
Payment Deadline for Late Registration and
Drop/Add Periods – 4:00 pm
Last day to receive refund for reduction of hours
MLK Holiday, College Closed
Faculty Enrollment Verification Deadline 8AM
Bookstore Charges End – 12:00 pm
Financial Aid Disbursed
Deadline for Student Petitions for Reinstatement to
Class Rolls
Refunds Available on Higher One
Midterm – Withdrawals after March 1 will be an
automatic WF except in cases of hardship as
documented & approved by processing a Student
Petition.
Spring Break for Faculty and Students
Residence Halls reopen at 4:00 pm
Georgia History and U.S. Constitution Exam
Early Registration for Continuing Students for
Summer and Fall 2012
Last day of classes
Final Exams
Book Buy-Back – Bookstore
Graduation
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