Faculty & Staff - Faculty Participation Calendar

2008-2009 Academic YEAR


August 22-23 PC(USA) Ordination Exams (Exegesis exams due on August 28.)
August 26-27 Faculty Retreat at CTS
September 2 Advisor/Advisee Conferences (8:30-10:00 and 1:30-3:00)
September 4 Opening Convocation at Columbia Presbyterian Church (10:00-11:00)
(Faculty will line up at 9:45 and process in full academic regalia at 10:00.) Classes will dismiss at 9:30 and resume at 11:30. Convocation Luncheon will be served in the Ellis Room/refectory at 12:30.
September 5 CTS Community Picnic on Oldenburg Quad (6:00-8:00)
September 23 Faculty Book Club (4:30-6:00)
October 6 Dean’s Lunch in the Dobbs Room (12:30-1:45) Speaker: Ann Clay Adams
October 7 Founders’ Dinner in Oldenburg Quad (7:00-8:00) Reception at President’s Home (6:00-7:00)
October 7-8 Board of Trustees Meeting
October 14-16 Smyth Lectures by Cheryl Bridges Johns in the HC Chapel (10:00-11:15)
October 20-21 Mid-Course Assessments
October 20-24 Assessment & Examination Week
October 27 Dean’s Lunch in the Dobbs Room (12:30-1:45) Speaker: Bill Brown
October 28 Faculty Book Club (4:30-6:00)
November 7-9 Conference on Ministry (Please be available to participate in at least one Conference on Ministry Nov. 7-9 or Feb. 20-22. Duties to be assigned)
November 7 President’s Advisory Council Luncheon in the Ellis Room (12:30-2:00)
November 14 Deadline for library reserve lists and bookstore textbook lists for Winter Term
November 25 Faculty Book Club (4:30-6:00)
December 2 Dean’s Lunch in Dobbs Room (12:30-1:45) Speaker: Jeffery Tribble
December 6 CTS Christmas Banquet (6:00-8:00)
December 8-12 Assessment & Examination Week
December 11 Faculty/Staff Christmas Lunch in the Ellis Room (12:30-2:00)
December 15 Deadline for library reserve lists and bookstore textbook lists for Spring Term
December 16 Faculty Book Club (4:30-6:00)
January 23-24 PC(USA) Ordination Exams (Exegesis exams due January 29.)
January 27 Faculty Book Club (4:30-6:00)
February 6 PCUSA Bible Content Exam (10:00-12:00)
February 10 Dean’s Lunch in the Dobbs Room (12:30-1:45) Speaker: Bill Harkins
February 20-22 Conference on Ministry (Duties to be assigned. See note on Nov 7-9.)
February 24 Faculty Book Club (4:30-6:00)
March 9 Dean’s Lunch in the Dobbs Room (12:30-1:45) Speaker: Mark Douglas
March 16-17 Mid-Course Assessments
March 16-20 Assessment & Examination Week
March 24 Faculty Book Club (4:30-6:00)
April 14 Dean’s Lunch in the Dobbs Room (12:30-1:45) Speaker: Charlie Raynal
April 14-15 Board of Trustees Meeting
April 15 Deadline for library reserve lists and bookstore textbook lists for Summer Term
April 20-22 Colloquium Lectures
April 20 Alumni Picnic (5:30); Colloquium Worship Service (7:30)
April 28 Faculty Book Club (4:30-6:00)
May 11-15 Assessment & Examination Week
May 12 World Trust Workshop with Dr. Shakti Butler in HC Chapel (9:00-4:00)
May 13 Evaluation Day (8:30-12:15); Faculty/Staff Lunch (12:30-2:00)
May 14 Final Faculty Meeting to Approve Degrees (9:00-10:00)
May 15 Baccalaureate at Columbia Presbyterian Church (7:30); Reception at Presidents’ Home (8:45)
May 16 Commencement at Peachtree Presbyterian Church (10:00)
May 26 Faculty Book Club (4:30-6:00)
June 1 Deadline for library reserve lists and bookstore textbook lists for Fall Term

Recurring Events

Faculty meetings are held in the President’s Room on the 1st Thursday of the month. There will be no faculty meeting in January, June, July, and August. The September faculty meeting will be held at the Fall Faculty Retreat.

Faculty luncheons are held on Wednesdays at 12:30-1:30 in the Dobbs Room, except during Assessment & Examination Weeks, Spring Break, and the month of January. There will be no faculty luncheon on weeks when the faculty/staff Christmas Luncheon and End of the Year Luncheon take place.

 

RED = Command performance.  If circumstances require you to miss the event, please communicate in advance with either the President or Dean of the Faculty.

BLUE = Participation highly desirable for the well-being of community and yourself.

BLACK = Information