CTAAR Newsletter

RU Bookstore Administrative Change

Beginning with Spring 2009, the Rutgers Bookstores in New Brunswick will be run by Barnes and Noble instead of Follett.

Faculty should be aware of the change, particularly during the current transition period. The following information regarding the change appeared in the University Human Relations Digest:

Over the next seven weeks, Follett will be transitioning out of New Brunswick campus bookstores and will be replaced by Barnes & Noble. Textbooks for this fall semester will be returned starting October 1. Most nontext related course materials (trade or general reading books) will be returned by the end of September. Follett will not be fulfilling special order requests during this period. Starting October 1, all sales will be final. For more information, call Wayne Beach or ask to speak to a manager at 732-246-8448.

[Updated Nov 2008] Information about the bookstore transition has recently been posted for faculty and students.

President McCormick's Address, Sept 19

President McCormick will address the university on Friday, September 19, 2008 at 1:00 PM, in the Rutgers Student Center on College Avenue.

Those who are not able to attend can view the president's address on RU-TV. You can watch RU-TV from any computer on campus by using the new RU-TV online viewer.

Click "Tune In" to start the RU-TV online viewer. You must accept the "security" warning and (if asked) allow it to connect to the network. You may need to install Java (free download) before it will work. More information and troubleshooting is available at the RU-TV web page.

2008 Faculty Conference on Undergraduate Teaching

The 2008 New Brunswick Faculty Conference on Undergraduate Teaching will be held on September 26, 2008 in the Douglass Campus Center.

More information and the online registration form are available at http://ctaar.rutgers.edu/council/index.html.