Announcements for the week of January 13

Spotlight

Message from Allix Wee (The Faculty Regent):
The inaugural Faculty Assembly will be held in the Lundring Events Center on Tues., Jan. 21, 1:30-3:30pm, immediately following the Winter Faculty Retreat.  The faculty retreat includes lunch; after its conclusion there will be a 15-minute break for some quick clean-up and socializing and then we'll dive back in to our business session. 

We are not likely to need the full two hours, but please assume the full time just in case.  Remember that this is the ONLY full faculty meeting for the entire spring semester! Business includes important votes, including the proposals from December's final faculty meeting, and some committee appointments for academic year 2020-21. The full agenda will be made available to you on Blackboard by Friday, Jan. 17.

Happy New Year, and enjoy what remains of your holiday break!

Events

• RSVP Requested: 2020 Winter Faculty Retreat, Tues., Jan. 21, 8:30am - 1:15pm, Lundring Events Center, Thousand Oaks Campus. Theme: Reflecting on our Past, Creating our Future. RSVP and Draft Schedule Here  All full-time and part-time faculty welcome!
   
• Planning and Leading Effective Meetings training, led by Dena Jenson, Director of our Center for Nonprofit Leadership. Begin the New Year with this short practice roundtable and learn new tips and strategies for planning, facilitating and supporting effective meetings with your key stakeholders. Two of the same sessions are offered. RSVP to acaffairs@callutheran.edu and note the session you would like to attend.
• Tues., Jan. 14, 3-4pm, Swenson 103 (Please RSVP by TODAY, Mon., Jan. 13)
• Mon., Jan. 27, 1-2pm, Ullman Commons 100
   
• History Lecture Series: Accommodation and Resistance, Tues., Jan. 14, 7pm, Lundring Events Center. David Livingstone (History) will speak on "The Maasai Respond."  Admission is free.
   
• University Chapel, Thurs., Jan. 16, 11:25am Samuelson Chapel. Jennifer Adams '19 will be speaking.
   
• Project CHESS Faculty Learning CIRCLE Collaborative application deadline today, Mon., Jan. 13-The Culturally Inclusive & Responsive Curricula for Learning Equity (CIRCLE) Collaborative brings together faculty learning communities (FLCs) from Cal Lutheran and Moorpark College to participate in a year-long professional development program that provides the tools to (re)design syllabi to be more culturally relevant, responsive, and sustaining for historically marginalized students. The application for the 2020-2021 cohort is now open to Cal Lutheran University and Moorpark College faculty. Program Dates- 3-Day Workshop: May 27-29, 2020;1-Day Workshop: January 8, 2021;3-Day Workshop June 2-4, 2021. To access the application, CLICK HERE. Project CHESS is a Title V HSI cooperative grant of Cal Lutheran and Moorpark College. Please contact Adrienne Arguijo-Morgan at aarguijomorgan@callutheran.edu or x3090 with questions.
   
• Interfaith Lunch for Faculty and Staff, Wed., Feb. 12, 12-1pm, Kingsmen Room (SU114).  Come together over lunch to learn about each other and mutually create a community of inclusion and welcome. This year, the topics of the lunches will center around chapters selected from Barbara Brown Taylor’s Holy Envy. You will find information on ways to acquire the text when you click on the registration link below. Seating is limited to the first 25 registrants. Click this link to register: Interfaith Lunch for Faculty and Staff Registration
   
• Nominations and expressions of interest are invited for two positions in the College of Arts and Sciences: Associate Dean for Inclusion & Research/Creative Scholarship and Associate Dean for Students & Faculty Affairs. These positions carry a negotiable term of service and will commence in Fall 2020. Position descriptions can be found here:  AD for Students and Faculty Affairs,  AD for Inclusion & Research/Creative Scholarship.  Specific details about the positions can be provided upon request. Please contact Dean Lavariega Monforti at jlavariega@CalLutheran.edu by Mon., Feb. 3, 2020 for nominations/expressions of interest.
   
• Congratulations to the 2020 Community Leaders Association Faculty Grant Recipients: Chia-Li Chien (SOM), Michael McCambridge (GSOE), Nancy Myers (GSOE), Michael Panesis (SOM), Brian Collins (Philosophy), Chris Njunge (PROS), Kirstie Hettinga (Communication) and Julia Fogg (Religion).  Click here to view descriptions of their projects.
   
• IRB Update - At this point, all of the researchers with ongoing projects that were previously approved by IRB have been contacted.  They have been asked to provide additional information and/or have been given the "green light" to resume their research. If you or your students have an ongoing research project and have NOT been contacted, please email IRB@callutheran.edu.  New IRB applications are now being accepted.  Click here to apply via the IRB website.
   
• Festival of Scholars: The last day to plan a session to be included in the 2020 Festival of Scholars is Jan. 27, 2020. Click here to complete the Session Request Form and return to fos@callutheran.edu or Ashley Morris at MC 1425.

Upcoming

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - Mon., Jan. 20 - Most administrative offices closed.
   
• January/February start dates for classes:
• Spring Semester classes begin Wed., Jan. 22.
• PLTS Spring Semester begins Mon., Feb. 3.
   
• Faculty Recital: Eric Kinsley, harpsichord, Sat., Jan. 25, 7:30pm, Samuelson Chapel. Donations accepted.