November 16, 2009
This year’s entering freshmen "have always lived anxiously with high-stakes educational testing."
—Mindset List for the Class of 2013 (Beloit College)
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The Office of the Provost has initiated a Common Book project. The project is chaired by Constance Relihan in the College of Liberal Arts. She is chairing a committee that will read multiple books and recommend three books to the Provost for final approval. The Common Book will begin with the fall 2010 class. A component of launching the project will be a University-wide Convocation that will occur the Sunday afternoon before the first day of class fall 2010. The Division of Student Affairs is responsible for planning the Convocation. This will impact the timing of Welcome Week activities. A committee will be assembled soon and planning will begin. Please contact Keri-Anne Davis (davisk1@auburn.edu) if you are interested in participating in reading the book entries or planning the Convocation.
More information on this topic will be made available via the mid-term work group report on Development activities. However, it is so important that I thought it also should be in these notes. The Development Workgroup has identified four fundraising projects:
(1) The Center for Student Leadership and Service,
(2) Emergency Student Aid,
(3) Memorials Fund, and
(4) Student Health and Wellness Center.
Total fundraising goals are approximately $30 million. Beginning in the spring semester, the Vice President for Student Affairs will be spending 30-40 percent of his time on raising money for Division initiatives. We need everyone’s help to identify potential prospects.
Staff members in the Division of Student have been invited to participate in UNIV courses and coordinate learning communities as part of the overall University effort to retain first-year students. A few have followed through on invitations to teach UNIV courses. Thank you. In addition to UNIV courses, the Division of Student Affairs also will establish a series of Learning Communities. This is a great opportunity for us to get involved with advancing student learning beyond the classroom. I hope you will participate. Please contact Keri-Anne Davis (davisk1@auburn.edu) if you are interested in participating.
The sign-up sheet for the Holiday Traditions Cooking Workshop on Thursday, November 19 is available in suite 3130, room 3149. This cooking workshop has limited space available and currently has a waiting list to participate.
Tickets for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince are available in suite 3130, room 3149. Dinner and a Movie, featuring an Italian meal, will be held on Tuesday, November 17, at 7 p.m. in the Auburn University Student Center ballroom. A costume contest will be held at 6:45 p.m. A limited number of tickets are available for this event.
A G: drive was added to your computer so files can be shared. Only employees under the VPSA office have access to aupics.
Below are the directions to the drive. Let Denise Greer know ASAP if you do not have access.
1. Go to start
2. Right click on my computer
3. Click open
4. Double click on stdaffrs on 'pacs08ms\Group' (G:)
5. Double Click on aupics
You have until Tuesday, November 17 to make a donation to the United Way. Please bring you donations to Stephanie Bond in room 2101 on the second floor in the Student Center.
A Banner system upgrade is scheduled for the weekend of Nov. 20. This upgrade is required for Auburn University to retain support from the vendor and to remain in compliance with federal regulations. Both Banner Admin and Self-Service will be unavailable from 5 p.m. Nov. 20 until 7:45 a.m. Nov. 23. Please note that Blackboard will be available via AU Access. For more information, contact the Office of Information Technology HelpDesk at 844-4944 or helpdesk@auburn.edu
The statements are complete in ESP and can be printed. Don't forget the due date has been moved to November 17 to allow PPS time to process the transactions by month end.