Forms and Resources

Resources on the Graduate Campus

• Faculty Committees 2009-2010
  A full list of this year's faculty committee assignments [PDF].

• Administrative Calendar
  The Administrative Calendar contains information about faculty, staff, and committee meetings and other relevant dates.

• Graduate School Administrative Services
  Graduate School Administrative Services is the graduate school's link to the institutional Business Office and provides support for the everyday operation of the graduate school, for everything from travel reimbursements to facilities requests (door keys, phones, furniture, and other physical plant matters).

• Room Reservations
  Joanie O’Brien (x6031, jobrien@lclark.edu) is the contact if you need to schedule a room for a make-up class or event.
• Staff Support
  Each department has staff support. Your department chair or program director will let you know who your support person is and the type of work this person is responsible for in the department.

• Adjunct Faculty Handbook
  The Adjunct Faculty Handbook (.pdf) provides resources and information for adjuncts, who may not be on campus as frequently as other faculty.
  

Forms

• Desk Copy Request Form
  Use the Desk Copy Request Form (pdf) to request desk or review copies of texts required for a course or under consideration for a course.

• New Course / Revised Course Proposal Forms
  If you would like to propose a new course, or make a change (major or minor) to an existing course, the appropriate forms are available below. Once the form has been completed, take it to your Departmental Chair for faculty review. After the chair's signature has been recorded on the form, you should submit it to the Dean's office, which will forward it to the Curriculum Committee. The Committee meets once a month to consider proposals.
  
  • Major Course Change/New Course Form [New fillable PDF form! Updated Dec. 2009] This form requires Adobe Reader 9. Download for free here.
  • Minor Course Change Form [New fillable PDF form! Updated Dec. 2009]
    This form requires Adobe Reader 9. Download for free here.
  • Program Proposal Form [MS Word form; updated Jan. 2010]
    This form requires Adobe Reader 9. Download for free here.
    
    Deadline for changes to the 2010-2011 curriculum: February 4, 2010. If curriculum changes have not been submitted to the Curriculum Committee by this date, they will not be able to go into effect for the 2010-2011 academic year.
  • Curriculum Cycle explanation [PDF]
    Graphic representation of the process and timing of curriculum changes
  • FAQs about curriculum changes [PDF]
    (How long do changes take to go into effect? What happens when a proposal is submitted to the Curriculum Committee? What signatures do I need? Etc.)

Campus Services

• Bookstore
  To order books for a course, email books@lclark.edu, include your name, department, course and section number, quantity of titles needed, book information (title, author, publisher, ISBN), and your office extension. The bookstore staff will attempt to fulfill your request and will suggest alternate titles if the specific one requested in unavailable.
• Copy Center
  Any photocopying you need to do should be arranged ahead of time through your Department office and sent to the Copy Center, located on the campus of the College of Arts and Sciences. Copy Center personnel pick up and drop off projects in the third floor workroom of Rogers Hall during weekdays at 10:00 am and 4:00 pm. You will find the appropriate paperwork for the completion of your job in your Department’s workroom. Copy jobs can be submitted online at http://lccopyit/ dsf/.
• Faculty Web Pages
  Each faculty member at the Graduate School of Education and Counseling has a website which contains basic information including a professional biography, a listing of publications, academic credentials, a photo, and a personal message. These websites are a resource for current and prospective students and other visitors to the graduate school website and are customized according to your personal preferences and needs. In order set up your website, contact Hanna Neuschwander (hanna@lclark.edu, x6054)
• Information Technology
  Information Technology (IT) staff is available to assist you in setting up your email account. Please feel free to email the IT Help Desk (consult@lclark.edu) or call x7225 if you would like assistance. IT staff are also available in Rogers Hall. You can leave a help request on the bulletin board outside Rogers 214. Web email is available from any off-campus computer. Thunderbird, the College’s preferred email software client can be downloaded online. A virtual drive with one gigabyte of storage is available from Webdisk. Email passwords can be changed, out-of-office messages set, email forwarded, and computer training classes scheduled from the Information Technology Web site.
• Mail Services
  Faculty mailboxes are located in the workroom on your department’s floor in Rogers Hall. Outgoing mail is picked up from the appropriate receptacles in these rooms daily at 2 p.m. Mail is delivered to the graduate school once a day by Mail Services.
• Parking and Transportation
  The Transportation Office requires that all faculty and staff register with the school any car(s) they plan to drive to and park on campus. Once you’ve registered your car you don’t need to register again unless you have a new car or your license plate numbers change. You can register online. In order to register your car you will need to enter your Lewis & Clark ID number.
  From September through April, the college has a parking fee for those parking prior to 7:00 p.m. on weekdays. Parking Permits can be purchased through the Transportation and Parking office, or HR staff can provide you with a form to have a monthly charge withdrawn from your pay on a pre-tax basis.