September 2007

Faculty Newsletter

Regis University Las Vegas - Fall 2007

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First Night Assignments

First night assignments are a mandatory part of the College for Professional Studies at Regis University. If the class overview for your class includes a first night assignment, it is important that you collect the assignment. The inclusion of a first night assignment helps Regis maintain its academic standards while offering classes in an accelerated format. First night assignments that are not turned in on time will be subject to the same "late work policy" you apply to the other assignments in your class.

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The Big Move!
    - Our New Summerlin Campus
      is Now Open for Classes

Starting on September 11th, 2007, classes in Summerlin will be held at our new campus, located at:

1201 North Town Center Drive Suite 150 Las Vegas, NV 89144

The cross streets are Covington Cross and Town Center. Maps to this location are available at the front desk in Henderson.

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Calling All Parents!

Regis University maintains a No Unsupervised Children on Campus policy. Children are not permitted in classrooms, nor can they be left of campus without adult supervision - for example, sitting outside the classroom, in the break room, or in the reception area. We expect our faculty to observe this policy. If you have a student who attempts to bring a child into the classroom, please notify the front desk. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Institute for the Study of Online Business

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Journal of Online Business (ISSN: 1932-9288) is a refereed journal publishing high quality, unpublished and original research manuscripts in all areas of online business. It is published quarterly in an online format by the Institute for the Study of Online Business ( http://www.isoob.org ). The goal of the journal is to collect and disseminate new and relevant research results pertaining to all areas of online business. Articles with significant theoretical and practical applications are encouraged. They would like to personally invite you to submit your manuscript for publication in Journal of Online Business.

Every manuscript submitted for publication undergoes double blind review before it is accepted for publication. Since their reviewers come from all parts of the world, the review time taken varies between 1 to 3 months. Once positive reviews have been received, authors are expected to incorporate reviewer comments and make any necessary adjustments to their papers. Authors are required to provide the revised manuscript and ensure accuracy of their papers. Guidelines for submitting manuscript are located at http://www.isoob.org/mg.doc and complete manuscript submission can be undertaken by registering at http://www.isoob.org/members/xregister.html.

CALL FOR REVIEWERS

If you are interested in serving as a reviewer for the Journal of Online Business (ISSN: 1932-9288), please send JOB an email with a brief bio. Also let them know your area of expertise and the approximate length of time it will take for you to complete a review. They strive to complete all reviews within one month of submission, though the actual time taken varies depending on the reviewer. Submit your request by email to editor@isoob.org.

Their mailing address is:

Institute for the Study of Online Business
P O Box 2481
Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274

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Classroom Visits Underway

Regis Las Vegas Academic Committee classroom observation visits started at the beginning of the summer semester. The mission of the committee is to insure academic excellence and accomplishment of Regis syllabus learning outcomes. Several of our Summerlin and Henderson classes have already been observed by one of one the Academic Committee members. The target of the committee is to have rotating visits to each class during the academic year.

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Writing Lab Referrals

Yes, Regis is raising the bar for writing skills.

Please refer your students who need help with their writing and grammar skills to the free writing lab.

• -   Faculty must assign students who need writing help to the writing lab by means of a written referral (see front desk for copy).
• -   Require students who are assigned to the writing lab to have a sign-off from the lab instructor
• -   Reflect the failure to comply with a writing lab assignment in a student's grade
• -   Let administration know about students who will not or can not improve their writing skills
• -   Promote Smarthinking.com as an additional writing tool for students (each student receives 10 free hours of Smarthinking services)
• -   Make available a list of writing tutors we have compiled
• -   Welcome our writing lab instructors to your first class session so she can briefly describe the program.

Green Valley Campus Hours:	Summerlin Campus Hours:
Monday and Wednesday	Wednesday
4pm to 6:30pm	4pm - 6pm
Room 115	Room 102
Sherrie Bodenstab	CJ Hannon
837-6738
Bodenstab_S@Earthlink.net
Additional Hours by Appointment

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Las Vegas Tutors

In addition to our free writing lab, if you feel your students need additional tutoring you can refer them to the below website for instructions about tutoring access.

http://www.regis.edu/regis/asp?sctn=cur&p1=spsug&p2=tutor

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Announcing the Next Faculty SPRAC Competition
by Padgett, Laura L. On Monday, August 20, 2007

October 1, 2007 is the deadline for applications for the next faculty SPARC competition
Faculty are encouraged to submit proposals for SPARC funding in the next round of competition. The deadline for submitting applications for this competition is October 1, 2007.

The Sponsored Projects Academic Research Council (SPARC) is a group open to all faculty and staff persons who aspire to promote scholarship and research activities on campus. Members come from all three schools at Regis and represent all disciplines. The purpose of the fund is to enrich and expand scholarly and research activities among faculty by awarding research grants. These grants supplement existing resources within the respective schools.

Undergraduate and graduate faculty in the College for Professional Studies, the Rueckert- Hartman School for Health Professions and Regis College are eligible.

Specific guidelines concerning the competitions are available on the Academic Grants' web page. The web page may be found by (1) going to the Regis University home page, (2) type in Academic Grants in the search box. (3) click on Regis Sponsored Grants and (4) click on the Faculty Fund.
Questions may be addressed to Bud May (303-458-4206), Rick Blumenthal (303-458- 4304) or Laura Padgett (303-964-3616). If you would like an application, please contact Laura Padgett by phone

Steven D. Berkshire, EdD, MHA, FACHE, SPHR
Dean, Graduate Programs - College for Professional Studies (CPS)
sberkshi@regis.edu

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Post Materials for Your Students Online

Get started by contacting ITS and requesting space on the academic server - usually an email will work fine: its@regis.edu. Affiliate faculty has access to "academic" web space and can build their own websites with course information they would like their students to access.

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Take a Class at Regis

If you've taught one 3-credit course within the previous four semesters, then you can take classes for free. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3...

1. Apply for an academic program as either a degree seeking or non-degree seeking student.
2. Meet with your advisor (Kathy or Linda) to decide which class to enroll in.
3. Talk to a campus associate to enroll in class. Make sure you tell them you are an affiliate faculty member!

For more information visit http://www.regis.edu/regis.asp?sctn=facst&p1=res&p2=spsu&p3=nws&p4=fc contact Kathy Cunningham at 702-990-0375.

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Guide To Online Faculty Grading

Logging On:

1. Go to Http://Webadvisor.regis.edu
2. Click on Faculty
3. Click on Grading
4. Choose Begin using online grading
        WebAdvisor will ask for your login and password. Your login can be found by clicking What's my user ID. Enter your last name and social security number, then hit submit. (First time users: password is your birthdate - MMDDYY.)
5. Click on submit.

Grading:

1. Enter either the Term, the Start and End Date, or leave everything blank.
2. Click Submit.
3. Under final/midterm grading box choose Final grading.
4. Pick one class to enter grades.
5. Click Submit.
6. Enter the grades. for all the students.
7. Click Submit.
8. Click on grading link and repeat the steps for additional courses.

Questions? Call: 1-800-388-2366
Undergrad: Ext. 3642
Graduate: Ext. 4363

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Want Your Students to Do Research
Out of a BOOK Rather than Websites?

    - Tell Them About Our New
      Library Agreements!

Regis Library has maintained an agreement with UNLV the past several years, which allowed Regis students to use Lied Library and to have 10 books checked out from UNLV at any one time. Given the low number of Regis students who took advantage of this arrangement we have decided to terminate our contract with UNLV the end of August 2007.

The agreement we have with the Paseo Verde Public Library in Henderson will remain in effect. In addition, we have initiated an agreement with the College of Southern Nevada (formerly the Community College of Southern Nevada) so that Regis students will have the same library rights and privileges there that they previously had at UNLV. The Charleston campus of CSN, located at 6375 W Charleston Blvd, is a few miles from the Regis Summerlin campus. The Henderson campus of CSN is located at 700 College Drive. In order to check out materials from the CSN libraries, make sure to identify yourself as a Regis student.

As a Regis student registered with CSN libraries, you will no longer be able to check books out directly from UNLV. However, if there are UNLV books you need, CSN will be able to get them for you quickly through interlibrary loan. If you would prefer instead to maintain your direct borrowing privileges at UNLV, you can set up an account there as a community borrower using your valid state ID and a major credit card.

If you have questions, please contact:

Tom Riedel
Distance Services Librarian
800-388-2366, ext. 4261
triedel@regis.edu
http://www.regis.edu/library

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Regis Grade Due Dates

Term	Due Date
5W1	Friday, October 5th
8W1	Friday, October 5th
5W2	Friday, November 9th
5W3	Friday, December 14th
8W2	Friday, December 21st
SMG	Friday, December 21st
VAR	Variable Due Dates

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Regis Academic Calendar

Fall 2007

Term	Class Begin	Class Ends	Tuition Due	Last Day to Drop
5W1	8-27	9-30	9-02	9-04
5W2	10-01	11-04	10-07	10-08
5W3	11-05	12-09	11-11	11-12
8W1	8-27	10-21	9-02	9-04
8W2	10-22	12-16	10-28	10-29
SMG	8-27	12-16	9-02	9-04

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Dates to Remember

September 3rd, Monday: Campus Closed for Labor Day
September 4th, Tuesday: Fall 2007 Graduation Application Deadline
September 8th, Saturday: Make-Up Day for Labor Day Classes
September 29th, Saturday: Deadline for Fall Student Teaching Application
November 22nd, Thursday: Campus Closed for Thanksgiving
December 1st, Saturday: Make-Up Day for Thanksgiving Classes

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