Category: Announcements

UPDATE: FSEMs, previously scheduled to end on Tuesday, Nov. 21, will now be taught through Tuesday, Dec. 5.

Stay tuned for updates on the FSEM class schedule from the Provost.  Dates are determined in consultation with the Registrar’s Office.

Questions? Email [email protected]

Some power has been restored to some locations, allowing these updates for students.

The Lynn Business Center in DeLand is fully functional and DeLand graduate programs for the School of Business Administration will resume on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017.

DeLand graduate programs for the College of Arts and Sciences previously scheduled for Thursday and Saturday in Davis Hall will be moved to the Lynn Business Center, and students will receive information from their faculty about the location of classes.

The Center at Celebration’s power is on. The facility is undamaged and will reopen for on Thursday to hold their graduate programs on site at the Celebration campus.

Undergraduate classes at the DeLand campus remain canceled, and residence halls and apartments are closed until Duke Energy can fully restore power to the university. The earliest that undergraduate classes will resume is Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. Unlike some universities and colleges in the region that either never lost power or already have power restored, Stetson University’s main campus remains without power, and that includes the central cooling plant that services most of the university residence halls and classrooms. Until power is restored to the main campus, the university is not able to set a specific date for classes to resume, residence halls to reopen and the campus to reopen.

Some essential personnel have been asked to return to work to support the resumption of graduate programs at the Celebration campus and in DeLand at the Lynn Business Center on Thursday.

Stetson University College of Law faces a similar situation. It cannot resume classes and cannot open campus until power is restored. As a result, all classes and activities are canceled through Sunday, Sept. 18, including weekend classes scheduled for this weekend. The College of Law has asked faculty, staff and students to plan for resumption of operations on Monday, Sept. 18, 2017.

The next update will be at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017.

Hurricane Irma Update, Sept. 5, 12:30 p.m.

Stetson University’s Office of Public Safety and its Emergency Management Team are closely watching the direction and progress of Hurricane Irma, now a category five hurricane, as it approaches the British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. There are multiple paths the hurricane can take this week including over Central Florida, potentially impacting Stetson University’s campus locations in DeLand, Celebration, Tampa and Gulfport. More

FSEM Instructors:
Find below a few announcements from the FSEM Team.

• Thank you for your assistance during the first few weeks of the seminar. With your help, we have successfully facilitated several first-year student concerns. See also Colin MacFarlane’s student alert notice on first-years requiring additional support and important information about Stetson’s Student Success Collaborative.
• FSEM Syllabi and Teaching Apprenticeship Syllabi are due. Submit to [email protected] or deliver to Maribel Velazquez at Flagler Hall by August 31, 2017. Indicate your interest (or not) in sharing your syllabus with other instructors.
• Note that suggested language for learning outcomes related to mentoring and student integration components of FSEM is available at FSEM Resources.
• The following areas have provided resources for your consideration. Click on each for details or search for others using “Resources”.

Honor Council

Writing Center

Information Literacy

• A draft FSEM Manual & Resource Guide is available. Interested in providing content? Contact Us.
• Each FSEM has a class experience budget of $150 to spend on an activity that is social, academic, or both. To receive an immediate cash reimbursement, submit receipts for the FSEM experience directly to Maribel Velazquez in the English Department Office (second floor of Flagler Hall). If you prefer the University pay the vendor directly, please contact Maribel Velazquez at least one week prior to the event to receive a Departmental Purchase Order (DPO). The DPO allows you access to a number of restaurants and businesses in town in lieu of direct payment.
• I promised a poll in August to identify your best availability to participate in the Fall 2017 FSEM Student Success Workshops. However, I am awaiting confirmation on FSEM Leadership from the Provost. In the meantime, please think about workshop topics and possible facilitators. Also, might you have interest in a forum to come to consensus on which of the expectations (5 General Learning Outcomes and 3 QEP priorities) are most critical to the FSEM and which are optional? The poll will include these questions so stay tuned.
• Provost Painter is reviewing the outcomes of the FSEM Instructor Welcome Back Workshop (August 2017) and the FSEM Transformative Learning Institute (May 2017). Stay tuned for announcements.

Here at home, we are coping with the passing of sophomore Nick Blakely. And in Texas, colleges and universities are dealing with the onslaught of Hurricane Harvey. And the list keeps growing. Thank you to those of you who have shared actions you/your students are undertaking to commemorate Nick’s life or support victims in Texas.

Special thanks also to the many who have sent suggestions and items to be posted at the FSEM Blog. Please do not hesitate to share what you/your students are doing so that we can share with the FSEM community and others. Submit your announcements, questions, ideas, and recommendations to [email protected].

Have a productive semester.
RAR

ROSALIE A. RICHARDS, Ph.D.
Interim FSEM Director
Associate Provost for Faculty Development
Professor of Chemistry and Education