• Meet the President
• Meet the VPAA
• Getting Started
• Contact
• Checklist-Beginning Semester
• Checklist-End of Semester

Meet the President

The President of Georgia Southwestern State University

Kendall Blanchard is serving as the 10th President of Georgia Southwestern University. He came to GSW as the interim president in January of 2007 and was named to the permanent position in June.

Kendall Blanchard grew up in Gainesville, Florida. After graduating from Gainesville High School he went to Olivet Nazarene College in Kankakee, Illinois, where he graduated with an AB in English. The following year he taught English and coached high school basketball at Grant Park (Illinois) High School. He then matriculated to Vanderbilt University where he received his Masters of Divinity degree. Subsequently, he attended Southern Methodist University, earning his M.A. and Ph.D. in cultural anthropology. A few years later he completed a one-year post-doctoral program at Johns Hopkins University.

Blanchard’s first university teaching position was at Middle Tennessee State University where he served as Chair of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work. Subsequently, he served as Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Emporia State University (Kansas), as Dean of Arts and Sciences at Lamar University (Texas), as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Tennessee at Martin, and as President at Fort Lewis College in Colorado.

Blanchard has been active in many professional organizations as a member and an officer. He has belonged to several honorary and civic organizations. He has also been active in international education and has served as a consultant to a variety of organizations and communities.

Blanchard’s research interests include the anthropology of religion, the anthropology of education, and the anthropology of sport. He has written and published widely in a variety of areas. His major publications include The Economics of Sainthood: Religious Change among the Rimrock Navajo (Fairleigh-Dickinson University Press), The Serious Side of Leisure: The Mississippi Choctaws at Play (University of Illinois Press), and The Anthropology of Sport (Greenwood Press).

Kendall Blanchard is married to Connie Garcia Blanchard. Connie has a PhD in Spanish Literature from the University of Kansas and has taught and served as an administrator at several universities (e.g., Emporia State, Murray State, Southeast Missouri, and the University of Kansas). The Blanchards have five children and three grandchildren.

President Kendall Blanchard Administration Building Phone: (229) 931-1360 Email: kab@canes.gsw.edu

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Meet the VPAA

The Vice President for Academic Affairs

Greetings!

I am pleased to welcome you to the finest learning community in the University System of Georgia. I and all of your colleagues at Georgia Southwestern State University are pleased that you have chosen to practice the art and craft of teaching here at GSW.

At Georgia Southwestern, students are our primary concern. However I and my office can help you in ensuring that students are learning optimally, please do not hesitate to contact my office so that we can do all we can to make your affiliation with the university one that is mutually beneficial. You are joining with other dedicated professionals who care deeply about their students and who are devoted to their chosen areas of study. Education is transformative, and I can think of no higher calling than to work with students as they go about enhancing and transforming their lives for the better.

I appreciate your dedication to this service of helping our students. If I can be of service to you, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best Wishes,

Brian U. Adler

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty

Brian U. Adler, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty Georgia Southwestern State University Phone: (229) 928-1361 Email: badler@canes.gsw.edu

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Getting Started

GETTING STARTED

The purpose of this website is to provide you with quick reference to information you need as a new part-time faculty at Georgia Southwestern State University.

1. Par-time faculty are under the direct supervision of the Chair of the Department or the Dean of the School/College in which they are hired.
2. The Chair/Dean is responsible for providing to each part-time faculty member an appropriate orientation to university policies and procedures
3. Part-time faculty should receive an annual evaluation as part of the annual faculty evaluation process
4. Part-time faculty must provide students with a mean of contacting them and with hours during which they will be available for contact in person, by phone, or by email

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

The following forms can be found at Human Resources Forms and should be submitted to the Vice President for Academic Affairs Office before the beginning date of employment. Your first paycheck will be released pending receipt of all requested documentation.

1. Security Questionnaire and Oath as required by the State of Georgia
2. Faculty Information Data Form
3. Employment/Reference/Educational/License Information Form. Please note that only the "Educational History" section needs to be completed.
4. Authorization/Consent and Release Form
5. Disclosure Form

Additional documentation that should be submitted to the Academic Affairs Office include:

1. Updated curriculum vita or resume which includes employment at GSW
2. Official transcripts requested and mailed directly from college or university from which you have received a degree. The mailing address is:

Note: Your first paycheck will be released pending receipt of all requested documentation

To Contact the Office of Academic Affairs:

Dawn Knapp,
Administrative Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs
Phone: (229) 928-1361
Email: dknapp@canes.gsw.edu

GSW Classified Employment Application
GSW Faculty Application
Part-Time Instructor Interest Form
Federal Tax Forms
State of Georgia Tax Forms
Direct Deposit Form
Payroll Change of Address

TECHNOLOGY

• Request For Email
• BANNER-Finding your roster and entering grades
• Public Safety
• Library
• Student Support Services

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Contact

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Checklist-Beginning Semester

Please ask the Chair of your Department or the Dean of the School if you have any questions about any of these topics.

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Checklist-End of Semester

Please ask the Chair of your Department or the Dean of the School if you have any questions about any of these topics.

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