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Message from the Dean
Dear Colleagues:
Please let’s have a good showing for the State of the University events. The picnic and laser show sound like big fun on Peace Day.
Friday will be the first session of the A&S Assembly. I look forward to sharing some observations with the faculty then.
Thanks.
Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, Dean
State of the University Week
If you ordered apparel for the State of the University address, it is available for you to pick it up at the front desk of the A&S Dean’s Office, Gardiner Hall 2nd Floor.
8 a.m. Sept. 15 - And Still We Rise: The Unconquerable Spirit of Simmons College of Kentucky
8 a.m. Sept. 16 - New Faculty Breakfast Reception
6 p.m. Sept. 16 - Celebration of Faculty Excellence
2:30 p.m. Sept. 17 - State of the University Address
11:45 a.m. Sept. 18 - Belknap Engineering & Applied Sciences Research Park Flyover Bridge Event
6 p.m. Sept. 18 - The Spectacular
2 p.m. Sept 10 - State of the College Address and Faculty Reception
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Research & Teaching
- Please remember to post your syllabus to the Blackboard site of your course under the "Syllabus" heading. Instructions for naming and posting are available on the Blackboard site. If a syllabus is posted but not named correctly it will not be visible to the program that locates syllabi for SACS review. Please check the listing here (downloadable PDF) to see if your course is listed as missing a syllabus, and if it is listed, please check to see if you've followed the naming conventions.
- The University Writing Center is launching a program to organize and facilitate faculty writing groups for junior faculty at UofL. The goal is to provide support, community, accountability, and feedback for junior faculty working on research writing. Our writing groups provide a regular setting in which faculty can get peer feedback on writing projects, discuss writing-related issues, or just have time for writing. Each meeting will be facilitated by a senior member of the University Writing Center staff who will coordinate workshop time, as well as offer mini-workshops as needed, or respond to individual questions. The groups will meet Tuesdays from 5-6:30 p.m. in the University Writing Center, starting in late October. We are planning three different groups – Humanities/Arts; Science/Engineering; Social Science/Education/Business – meeting on different weeks. Each group will meet once every three weeks. More information can be found in the Faculty Resources section of the University Writing Center website, or email Bronwyn Williams, director of the University Writing Center.
- Regarding research: did you know there is a new Proposal Clearance Form? Contact the A&S Research Office for assistance when proposing sponsored research and creative activities.
A&S News
- Season ticket packages are now available for the 2014-15 slate of shows presented by University of Louisville Theatre Arts. The theatre department will present five mainstage shows starting in September with “Eda (Everyman),” the Yoruba version of the medieval morality play “Everyman.” The production is presented by UofL’s African American Theatre Program (AATP). More information
- Mark your calendars for “A Decade of UofL Faculty Authors Celebration” Thursday, October 23, 6 PM at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. Join the Commonwealth Center for Humanities and Society for a celebration to recognize 10 years of A&S faculty excellence in publishing and to and introduce the new leadership of CCHS.(A&S faculty authors: please send a jpeg of your book or journal issue cover and bibliographic information to tracy.heightchew@louisville.edu for inclusion in the event!)
- The Center for Asian Democracy and the Asia Institute-Crane House present a panel discussion on “Even My Pen Has a Stand: Exhibit Talk on Political Cartooning and Political Change" on Thursday, September 18th from 6:00-8:30pm. A panel discussion on political cartooning and political change with
- Zunar, Malaysian political cartoonist
- Joel Pett, Pulitzer-prize-wining editorial Cartoonist for the Lexington Herald-Leader
- Jason Abbott, Director of the Center for Asian Democracy
A reception featuring Malaysian food catered by Chef Peng Looi of Asiatique and August Moon will immediately follow the exhibit talk. Admission is free and open to the public. Download the PDF flyer
- A&S All Star Series - Professor Lee Dugatkin presents “The Evolution of Goodness: Why Are Animals and Humans Ever Nice” - For more information and to pre-register / Download the PDF flyer
- The Department Political Science presents “Scotland Decides: The Scottish Referendum on Independence
and the Future of the (Dis?)United Kingdom.” Join Political Science professors (and Brits!) Dr. Jason Abbott and Dr. Tim Weaver for a Q&A on the Scottish independence campaign on the day of the historic vote. Thursday, September 18th • 12:20pm • Ford Hall, Room 305. Free pizza! Download the PDF flyer
For the Chairs
- Fall 2014/Spring 2015 Schedule Proofs: The registrar’s office has sent the final Fall 2014 schedule proofs and they are being forwarded to your respective offices for review. If any corrections need to be made, please note them on the proof and return the corrected proof to Mona Francis. If your schedule is correct on the proof, please send Mona an e-mail message indicating that no corrections need to be made. All corrections must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 22. Final Spring 2015 proofs will be forthcoming within approximately one week. As you communicate with us and/or the Registrar’s office concerning corrections, please be explicit about the semester for which you are requesting changes be made.
- Fall 2014 Curriculum Committee Deadlines Reminder: The deadline for submission of materials that will have to be passed along to the University’s General Education Curriculum Committee for its review (new GE courses, CUE course proposals) will be OCTOBER 3. All other materials that departments want action on in the fall should be submitted to Mona Francis no later than NOVEMBER 14.
Congratulations!
- Tracy K'Meyer, Professor and Chair in the Department of History, has received the Oral History Association award for Best Article in 2012-13 for her piece, “Remembering the Past and Contesting the Future of School Desegregation in Louisville, Kentucky, 1975-2012” Oral History Review (2012).
- A&S Advisor Eddie Bobbitt is the recipient of this year’s WLKY Bell Award. The Bell Awards program recognizes individuals in the community who have demonstrated the true “spirit of Louisville” through selfless volunteer efforts and seeks to inspire all residents to engage in community service. Read more at WLKY’s webpage.
- Kudos to Dr. Grapperhaus, Chemistry, for his new NSF award of $420,000 entitled "Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Ligand Centered Catalysts for Reversible Proton Reduction."
- The UofL Quiz Bowl team performed well at the University of Kentucky ICCS Tournament. The tournament was intended for college freshmen and first year players. The A team went 8-1 and finished second, while the B team went 4-5 to finish to tie for fifth. 4 out of 6 of the Quiz Bowl team members were from A&S: Cate Heady (Undecided), Max Brown (History), Erica Fields (Political Science), and Christian Vennemann (Biology).
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