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Congrats, Scholarships, and Updates

CONGRATULATIONS TO: Russ Keeling is to be commended for his superior performance in teaching two sections of COM 115 last semester. Russ' overall mean scores on the Faculty Evaluation administered through the Honors College were 1.05 and 1.08, which are in the top quartile for the fifty-eight Honors...

Posted to HeadsUp (Weblog) by Kelly McNeilis on 02-28-2008
February Faculty Meeting and other items of interest

So we had to cut short our faculty meeting today, I'm sure you were crushed. Actually, we were only about 10 minutes from being done anyhow. For those of you following along in your hymnals, we got through the Agenda (2_20_08.doc) items 1, 2, and 3. We discussed the impact of the new Banner registration...

Posted to HeadsUp (Weblog) by Kelly McNeilis on 02-20-2008
Playing Catch Up

Hey everyone, These last couple of weeks have been busy with candidate interviews and deadlines for just about everything. This week's HeadsUp includes a number of catch up items, news you can use, and "to do" items for this week. 1. I'm going to be out of town this week . John Bourhis...

Posted to HeadsUp (Weblog) by Kelly McNeilis on 02-04-2008
The Start of Another Spring Semester

Ahh, it's that time again; new students, new classes-old classes, new routines, new deadlines, and new resolutions. I usually don't make New Year's resolutions, but if I had to pick something I wanted to do new this year it would be that "to slow down" a bit--smell the roses. Sometimes...

Posted to HeadsUp (Weblog) by Kelly McNeilis on 01-17-2008
Welcome 2008!

What a great, long holiday break! Even I had 10 days off! Seems like the university was closed for an extra long time this year, but who's complaining, right? This HeadsUp is all about calendar items for you for this semester. I've included faculty meeting dates, colloquium dates, and other FYI...

Posted to HeadsUp (Weblog) by Kelly McNeilis on 01-02-2008
Our future is being created!

The word that comes to mind after our faculty meeting Wednesday is WOW. Your thoughtful contributions regarding our response to the external review speak volumes about what we value and want to spend our time doing in the next couple of years. You were honest in your comments and your concerns, while...

Posted to HeadsUp (Weblog) by Kelly McNeilis on 12-05-2007
December 5 Faculty Meeting Notes

Hey everyone, it's crazy busy this time of the semester, I know. We've got department head interviews starting at the end of this coming week and through next week. We're reviewing files for the 2 asst professor positions right now as well. I realize it's overwhelming, but the end is...

Posted to HeadsUp (Weblog) by Kelly McNeilis on 12-02-2007
It's time to talk turkey!

--Thanksgiving turkey, that is. I hope that you all have a restful and peaceful holiday break this weekend with your friends and family. Gobble, gobble In this Head's up post, I've got a couple of news, reminders and "to do" items for you to be working on. TO DO Department Conditions...

Posted to HeadsUp (Weblog) by Kelly McNeilis on 11-20-2007
Priorities, Priorities and more Priorities!

Thank you everyone for a lively faculty meeting, despite that steamy room we had! After all our conversations, deliberations, consternations, and salutations, I think we achieved some REAL progress in moving towards our External Review Response. Below are the main points we covered during the meeting...

Posted to HeadsUp (Weblog) by Kelly McNeilis on 11-08-2007
Ohh, the November Chill!

Don't you just love Springfield weather. Warm one day and cold the next. At least the sun has been out. I have to admit, the fall colors are beautiful, but for how much longer. Did anyone see that silly gorilla on campus Wednesday? Who does he think he is??? This post is chock full of general information...

Posted to HeadsUp (Weblog) by Kelly McNeilis on 11-02-2007

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