Issue 1 - August 13, 2013

Dear Colleagues,

We're excited to present our inaugural issue of Academic Affairs Weekly.

Each Tuesday, Academic Affairs will send out a weekly information email that will provide a one-stop shop for the emails that we usually send throughout the week: events, news and deadlines. These will also be archived on the Academic Affairs website for your reference. Our hope is that important information will not get buried (I for one have 16,000+ emails!). We'll include links to necessary forms and documents, and periodically we'll include updates from others in Academic Affairs. This is a work in progress, so if there are ways we can improve, please let us know.

This week, you'll find the annual back-to-school items: information about Opening Convocation, the Faculty Retreat, and syllabi language (please note that there is an update on LSS due to specificity of the laws in this area).

Here's to a productive year ahead,
Susan

Opening Convocation

Friday August 23, 2013
11:00 am
Wilson Gymnasium
Faculty should report to Multipurpose Room by 10:30 am in regalia.

Luncheon with Convocation speaker, Matthew Bogdanos
12:30 pm
Austin Reading Room in Nicholson Library
RSVP by 5:00 pm Wednesday, August 21 to msymons@linfield.edu

Retired Colonel Bogdanos, author of the first-year read "Thieves of Baghdad," will present the keynote address. The book tells the story of the mission to recover priceless archaeological treasures stolen from Iraq's national museum after the start of the war in 2003.

More information on Convocation speaker.

Faculty Retreat

The Faculty Retreat is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, October 25-26, 2013.

Syllabus Preparation

Please review the Faculty Handbook, Appendix K for "Guidelines for Syllabus Preparation."

Submit a copy to Academic Affairs. One electronic copy of all of your syllabi are due in the Academic Affairs Office (email to Meridith Symons at msymons@linfield.edu) "not later than ten days after the beginning of the semester." Interpreting that as ten business days, syllabi will be due by September 9th, 2013.

The Linfield Curriculum syllabus information will be sent directly by the Curriculum Committee.
The Linfield Curriculum (General Education Requirements)

Your syllabus must include an academic integrity statement. Include a clear statement that you "adhere to the college policy on academic honesty, as published in the Linfield College Course Catalog."
Academic Integrity Statement

Your syllabus must include the following disability statement.
Updated July 2013

McMinnville:
Students with disabilities are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. If you are a student with a disability and feel you may require academic accommodations please contact Jennifer Gossett, Learning Support Services Coordinator (LSS), as early as possible to request accommodation for your disability. The timeliness of your request will allow LSS to promptly arrange the details of your support. LSS is located in Walker Hall, Room 126 (503-883-2562). We also encourage students to communicate with faculty about their accommodations.

Portland and DCE:
Students with disabilities are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. If you are a student with a disability and feel you may require academic accommodations contact Cheri White, Program Director of Learning Support Services (LSS), as early as possible to request accommodation for your disability. The timeliness of your request will allow LSS to promptly arrange the details of your support. LSS is located in Loveridge Hall, Room 24, (503-413-8219). We also encourage students to communicate with faculty about their accommodations.

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