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FAS Department Updates, and Important Deadlines
All Staff and Faculty
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November 16, 2017
In this Update:
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Important Dates and Deadlines
Friday November 17, 2017 from 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Faculty Board -
CANCELLED
Saturday November 18, 2017 from 9:00am to 4:00pm
Fall Preview
Tuesday November 21, 2017 from 11:00am to 12:00pm
Coffee Cram Marketing Workshop for FAS Staff and Faculty: A website that works without all the bells and whistles.
Register here.
Tuesday November 21, 2017 from 4:00pm to 6:30pm
THINK Grad School Social for 4th year students at the University Club (Grad Chairs and supervising faculty should plan to attend)
Tuesday November 21, 2017 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Dean's Honour List with Distinction Reception, at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Heads and Chairs should plan to attend)
Wednesday November 29, 2017
Deadline to submit agenda items for Faculty Board
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 CANCELLED: Faculty Board Meeting
The Faculty of Arts and Science - Faculty Board Meeting scheduled for Friday, November 17, 2017 has been CANCELLED due to insufficient business. The next Faculty Board meeting is scheduled for Friday, December 8, 2017 at 3:30pm, in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies Building - Room 101.
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November 18 Fall Preview Volunteer Info
Saturday, November 18th is the second of the two Fall Preview Events.
Please have your volunteers arrive to the BioSciences Complex by 8:30am to locate their booth and get settled in. All booths must be fully assembled by 8:45am. As usual, there will be tea, coffee and timbits provided for all department volunteers. The fair runs until 2:00pm; please ensure your booth is staffed right up until then and that no booths are dismantled prior. After 2pm, volunteers are free to go and our team will take care of clean-up. If you sent any 3D objects or table supplies please make sure your volunteers take those with them.
Thank you for your participation.
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Think Grad School Social 2017
It's that time of year again. The
Think Grad School Social is taking place on
Tuesday, November 21 at the University Club from 4-6:30pm. We were hoping to have the grad chair from each department present along with any students interested in sharing their grad school experience and research. The format this year is changing slightly - we will begin with a short student panel where students will share their experiences and research and we will then move to the usual mix and mingle. If you know of a student who would be a great fit for our panel, please have them contact
Kate Clarke to inquire about signing up. Please RSVP to Kate Clarke by Thursday, November 16 if you are able to attend the social.
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Faculty180 Training for Departments
In addition to public training sessions available via the
Queen's Workshop Registration tool, the Faculty180 team (Queen's ITS) can provide private training sessions to Faculties and Departments at large. We are happy to deliver the training at a location convenient to you, and can tailor the training to any specific needs or concerns your faculty members may have.
We recommend booking 1.5 hours for these sessions, which will generally cover the following topics:
- navigating Faculty180;
- bulk-importing citation information and publications;
- entering & editing data, with a particular emphasis on the data required for the Annual/Biennial Report;
- previewing existing CV templates (incl. the QUQAP CV) & creating personal CV templates.
- importing/exporting with the Canadian Common CV (CCV) (if applicable)
For further information or to book a training session, please contact one of the members of the Faculty180 team directly;
Stephen Beauregard: x79188 or
Emily Harmsen: x32014
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Polanyi Awards
Applications are sought from outstanding early career scholars/researchers who are either continuing to post-doctoral studies or who hold a faculty position. Applicants must have received their doctoral degree on or after September 1, 2014. The prizes, valued at $20k, are awarded in each of the Nobel areas: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Economic Science. Queen's can submit up to three applications per area and complete applications are due in the School of Graduate Studies on or before December 1, 2017. For more details, check out these links:
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United Way Campaign
The Queen's United Way campaign has reached 57% of its goal - staff, faculty and students are aiming to raise $320,000 to support the local United Way. Last year, more than 55,000 people benefited from United Way KFL&A funded programs. "Every dollar donated this year helps to make a difference in our community," says Michael Fraser, Vice-Principal (University Relations) and Executive Sponsor of the committee. "For example a $20 monthly donation can provide winter boots for 170 children this winter, while a $50 monthly donation can provide one-to-one support for 63 people living with disabilities."
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Reminder: Faculty Writing Retreat
Stimulate creativity. Get started on a grant proposal. Find quiet time to write.
Thursday, December 7, 2017. 8:30 am - 5:00 pm. Donald Gordon Centre.
The Office of the Vice-Principal (Research) is pleased to announce that registration is open for our next Queen's Faculty Writing Retreat. The program, aimed at the busy scholar, will again consist of a full day, comprising discussions and consultations, mixed with long blocks of uninterrupted writing time. The retreat is free for registered participants, and includes lunch. Space is limited.
We encourage you to set this time aside to stimulate your creativity and to write. Proposal reviewers and writing consultants will be available for private one-on-one consultations.
Questions may be directed to
Jefferson Chuong. Registration will close on November 30 or when all available spaces are filled.
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Reminder: Mandatory Training for Timekeepers
Over the last several months, Human Resources has been working to ensure that vacation taken by employees is accurately entered into the University's Time and Labour System in the Human Resources PeopleSoft System (HRPS), and that overall vacation balances accurately reflect vacation balances owed to employees. As part of the meetings and discussions on vacation reporting with various departments, faculties, and shared service units across the University, there was a clearly identified need for additional training to support Timekeepers in accurately entering time, particularly vacation time in HRPS. As a result, Human Resources will be conducting training for Timekeepers. Read more about sessions and registration
here.
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Reminder: Hands-on-training sessions for Tableau and PS Student Queries
New email address for ASC Reporting and PS Student Query questions
Carol Kavanaugh is retiring in early 2018! Lydia Scholle-Cotton will be replacing Carol as Senior Research and Planning Analyst. During the transition period until the end of March, please use this joint email account to contact them:
[email protected].
Hands-on Training Sessions for Tableau
Tableau has been used
to visualize data about Queen's Student Degree Plan Registrations, Course Enrolments, Classes Taught and Degrees Granted. There are additional Tableau visualizations on secure shared folders on the Queen's Active Directory, accessible by netid logon. Contact
ASC Reporting
if you wish to have access to these visualizations. Training sessions are as follows:
- Introduction to Tableau
- Drop-in Sessions for Tableau advanced (or curious!) users
- For available dates, times, and more details, click here.
Hand-on Training Sessions for PeopleSoft Student Queries are scheduled as follows:
- Thursday, November 30, 2017, 1:30-3:30 pm
All sessions are in Jeffery 156. Please email
[email protected] to register for any of the training sessions, or if
your Department would like your own session.
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