Colby-Sawyer College Opening Week Schedule 2006
Monday, September 4
Labor Day (College Holiday)
Tuesday, September 5
8:30 – 9:45
New Employee Welcome Reception.
Newly hired full-time, pro rata and adjunct faculty and all new staff, please RSVP to Human Resources, ext. 3740.
Continental Breakfast.
Cleveland, Colby, Colgate Archives,
Susan Colgate Cleveland Library/Learning Center.
10:00 – 11:30
All-Campus Meeting and New Faculty and Staff Introductions.
Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center.
11:45 – 1:30
Orientation for New Adjunct Faculty and Special Appointment Faculty.
Returning adjuncts are cordially invited to attend. Lunch provided.
Joe Carroll, Interim Academic Dean;
Dave Sauerwein, Vice President for Student Development and Dean of Students;
Deb Taylor, Academic Vice President and Dean of Faculty.
Alumni Lounge, Ware Campus Center.
1:45 – 2:45
Beginning Blackboard.
For all interested faculty
This brief hands-on overview will be critical to anyone new to Blackboard Course Management Software.
Sophie Tagliatela, Applications Analyst, Information Resources.
Computer Lab, Susan Colgate Cleveland Library/Learning Center.
3:00 – 4:00
Meeting for Writing 105 Instructors.
David Elliott, Writing Coordinator, Instructor of Humanities, and Director of the English Language and American Culture Program. Colgate Hall, Room 304.
3:00 - 4:00
Academic Policies Committee Meeting.
Laura Alexander, Committee Chair and Assistant Professor, Natural Sciences.
Colgate Hall, Room 312.
4:00 – 5:30
Reception for All Faculty and Staff to Celebrate the Start of the Academic Year.
The President's House and Garden
Wednesday, September 6
9:00 – 2:00
Academic Council Mini Retreat.
Colby Farm.
9:00 – 10:00
How Smart is “Smart”? - Teaching and Learning in a CSC Smart Classroom.
For all interested faculty.
This workshop is for anyone who wants to make the most of technology and audio-visuals in the classroom. Specific questions related to making presentations work are encouraged.
Jean Goldsborough, Technology Specialist, Information Resources.
Ivey Science Center, Room 101.
10:15 – 11:00
Mobile Computing in the Classroom: The Ivey Science Center Laptop Cart.
Workshop for faculty members who will be teaching in the Ivey Science Center, you using the mobile laptop cart in class.
Koreen Bennett, Program Assistant, Institute for Community and Environment and Department of Natural Sciences;
Jean Goldsborough, Technology Specialist, Information Resources.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center.
2:15 – 3:15
Meeting for Pathway Faculty. Randy Hanson, Associate Professor of Social Sciences and Education and Liberal Education Coordinator. Alumni Lounge, Ware Campus Center.
4:00 – 5:15
Faculty/Staff Orientation Leaders Discussion of the Common Reading. Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center.
5:15 – 6:15
Orientation Leaders Dinner.
Dining Hall, Ware Campus Center.
Thursday, September 7
9:00 – 10:30
Faculty/Staff Orientation Leaders Meeting.
Erin Echols, Assistant Director of Campus Activities and Co-coordinator of Orientation; Lynn Garrioch, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Education and Co-coordinator of Orientation.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center.
10:30 - Noon
Orientation Leaders Training (in groups)
Erin Echols, Assistant Director of Campus Activities and Co-coordinator of Orientation.
Lynn Garrioch, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Education and Co-coordinator of Orientation. Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center
Noon – 1:30
Lunch for All Faculty, Staff and Student Orientation Leaders.
Dining Hall, Ware Campus Center.
1:30 – 2:30
New Academic Advisors Meeting. Maurissa Abecassis, Associate Professor of Social Sciences and Education and Coordinator of Academic Advising. Ivey Science Center, Room 201.
2:30 – 3:30
All Academic Advisors Meeting.
Maurissa Abecassis, Associate Professor of Social Sciences and Coordinator of Academic Advising. Ivey Science Center, Room 201.
Friday, September 8
9:00 – 1:00
New Student Check-In. Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center.
9:00 - Noon
Academic Department Meetings. Various Locations - See your Department Chair.
1:30
Convocation Line-up for Faculty and Staff. Admissions area corridor, first floor, Colgate Hall.
2:00 – 3:00
Convocation 2006. Tent on front lawn of Colgate Hall.
3:00 – 4:30
Faculty/Staff Orientation Leaders Meet with Students in Orientation Groups. Immediately following Convocation. The Quad (if rain, then Dan and Kathleen Hogan Sports Center).
6:15 – 7:00
Honors Program Reception with Students and Honors Advisory Group
Ann Page Stecker, Professor of Humanities and Wesson Honors Program Coordinator. Thornton Living Room, Colgate Hall.
Saturday, September 9
9:30 – 10:00
Academic Advising Group Meetings. Various Locations.
10:00 - Noon
Individual Academic Advising Meetings. Various Locations.
11:30 – 12:30
Thank You Lunch for Pathway Instructors and Orientation Leaders.
Dining Hall, Ware Campus Center.
1:00 – 1:30
Orientation Keynote Speaker Presentation. Presentation and Conversation with Judy Muyskens, Vice President for Advancement. (All faculty invited to attend; Pathway instructors strongly encouraged to attend.) Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center.
1:30 – 2:45
Pathway Instructors Meeting with New Students. Various Locations.
2:45 – 3:45
Faculty/Staff Orientation Leaders Meet with Students in Orientation Groups. Various Locations.
Sunday, September 10
All Day.
Returning students arrive.
2:00 – 4:30
Class of 2010 Service Project. (Optional event for Faculty/Staff Orientation Leaders). The Curb, Sawyer Center
Monday, September 11
All Day.
Classes begin . . . . Have a great year!
