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South Georgia College Convocation Week Activities
August 6-10, 2012
(Subject to Change, as Necessary
Current as of Thursday, January 24, 2013 04:24:36 PM)
 

Monday, August 6  
   
8:30 a.m. (light breakfast) New Faculty/Staff Welcome
New Faculty/Staff Welcome in Peterson Hall Art Gallery
President and Cabinet, Division Chairs, Community Guests
 
10:00 a.m. Convocation, McGouirk Auditorium, Peterson Hall
All Faculty and Staff
 
11:30 a.m. Luncheon, Provided by the SGC Foundation, Large Meeting Room (220), Engram Hall
Faculty, Staff, and Retirees
 
1:30 p.m. Faculty Workshop, Stubbs Hall 142
Dean of Students Position and Plans; Athletics Report: Dr. Greg Tanner
Learning Support Advocacy Task Force (LSATF) Report: Mr. Duane Benson
Disabilities Services Update: Ms. Annette Nation
Counseling Services Update: Ms. Jessica Miller
Academic Support Center Update: Ms. Jasmine Flores
SGCO 1000 Report: Dr. Rick Reiman
Faculty Academy and Mentoring Experience (FAME) Update: Dr. Rick Reiman
SGC Cultural Events Update: Ms. Sue Miller
SGC/Waycross College Faculty Visits: Dr. Carl McDonald
 
3:30 p.m. Academic Division Planning and Faculty Office Time
 
4:30 p.m. Advising Workshop for New Faculty, Collins 224
Dr. Randy Braswell
 
  Faculty Affairs Committee Meeting
Thrash Hall Conference Room
   
Tuesday, August 7  
   
8:30 a.m. Academic Division Planning and Faculty Office Time
   
10:00 a.m. Faculty Workshop, Stubbs 142
Library Resource Usage Report: Ms. Jacqueline Vickers
Quantway Initiative Update: Dr. Carl McDonald, Mr. Duane Benson
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Report: Dr. Frank Holiwski
BSN Update: Dr. Scott Thigpen
SACS COC Institutional Level Change Report and Team Visit: Ms. Danielle Buehrer
Financial Aid and Class Attendance: Dr. Carl McDonald, Mr. Wes Brown
Academic Integrity: Dr. Carl McDonald
Regents’ Test Exemption and ENGL 1101: Dr. Carl McDonald
Parking: Ms. Sonja McCulloch
   
11:30 a.m. Lunch (on your own)
   
1:00 p.m.
 
Bus Trip to Waycross College for Campus Tour and Combined Faculty Meeting*
(Meet in parking lot behind Engram Hall by 12:45 p.m.)
   
Wednesday, August 8  
   
9:00 a.m. Faculty Workshop Stubbs 142
Consolidation Core Curriculum and Core Learning Outcomes:
Dr. Carl McDonald, Ms. Danielle Buehrer
   
11:30 a.m. Lunch on Your Own
   
1:00 p.m. Waycross College Faculty Visit/Campus Tour/Combined Faculty Meeting, Stubbs 142*
“The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning”
Dr. Tom Pusateri Associate Director of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Center
for Excellence in Teaching, Kennesaw State University
   
Thursday, August 9  
   
9:00 a.m. Advising of Returning Students/Faculty Office Time
Faculty Offices
   
3:00 p.m. Academic Division Planning Activities
   
4:00 p.m. Club Advisors Meeting
Powell Hall 109
Sue Miller
 
Friday, August 10  
   
9:00 a.m. – Noon Move in for New Residential Students Who Have Attended ROAR
   
9:30 a.m. New Student Orientation, Engram Hall
Academic Affairs, Student Success, and Enrollment Services Staff
   
10:30 a.m. New Student Advising/Registration, Engram Hall
All Douglas Campus Faculty
   
3:00 p.m. Session for New Students Attending ROAR, Engram Hall
   
Saturday, August 11  
   
Noon – 9:00 p.m. Move in for Returning Residential Students
   
Sunday, August 12  
11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Move in for Residential Students
   
Monday, August 13 Classes Begin
   
August 13 - 17 Late Registration/Drop-Add
   
   
*Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, August 7 and 8, are devoted to meetings of the combined South Georgia College and Waycross College faculties. On Tuesday afternoon SGC faculty will travel by charter bus to Waycross for a campus tour and meeting. On Wednesday afternoon WC faculty will travel to SGC for a campus tour and meeting. Topics to be covered at the combined faculties meetings include the following:
  • SACS COC Prospectus and team visit for institutional consolidation
  • Consolidated institution student complaint policy and process
  • Consolidated institution Complete College Georgia Plan
  • Consolidated institution goals
  • Consolidation and The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL)
  • Consolidated institution core curriculum and core learning outcomes
  • Consolidation timeline for Academic Affairs
  • Consolidated institution faculty governance discussion
  • Consolidated institution Academic Affairs organizational structure
  • Consolidated institution ASN and BSN degree programs