What is the SFS Retreat?
The Planning Committee for the 2009 Student-Faculty-Staff (SFS) Retreat is accepting applications from Stony Brook University students who would like to be considered for participation in this year's event. The SFS Retreat will begin when buses leave campus at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2009, and will end on Saturday, November 7 at 4 p.m. when we board buses to return to the Stony Brook campus.
This overnight retreat will be held at the Glen Cove Mansion in Glen Cove, N.Y. In this, its twenty-fifth year, the retreat brings together a diverse mix of 60 Stony Brook students, faculty, staff and administrators who will focus their attention on our theme:
Undergraduate Liberal Education in the Twenty-First Century.
What are the Benefits of Attending?
The SFS Retreat is an annual Stony Brook tradition where select students, professors and administrators are invited to participate together as a "think tank" to better understand and continue to improve our campus. Because space is limited for all parties, it is considered an honor to attend.
The specific benefits of attending are:
- Being a part of dialogue to help improve the campus, the campus climate and the student experience
- Spending a night off-campus with respected scholars and educators
- Helping faculty and administrators understand the Stony Brook experience from students' points of view.
- It’s a lot of fun, free and the food is great!
How do I apply?
The Planning Committee for the 2009 Student-Faculty-Staff (SFS) Retreat welcomes applications from students who are active in campus life, would like to become more involved, and those who think they can add value to the important theme of this year’s retreat. The application process is competitive, so please make sure to submit your materials in a careful and timely manner.
To apply to the 2009 SFS Retreat, please click on the link below.
Student-Faculty-Staff (SFS) Retreat Student Application 2009
Please note that on the last page of the application, you will be asked to upload your one-page, double-spaced response to one of the following three questions. Please write your response ahead of time and copy and paste it into the application before submitting. Only applications with essay response will be considered complete.
1. A college education is, indeed, about more than just obtaining a degree. Please discuss one or two major goals of a college education. That is, what should students be able to do, think about, know or understand as a result of a university/liberal education?
2. As a student who has gone through the present diversified education curriculum requirements, what additions to the Stony Brook general education curriculum do you think will provide our students with a diverse educational foundation that will facilitate lifelong active and adaptive learning and inspire engaged global citizenship?
3. Research on college student success demonstrates that there are deep and important connections between what students learn in the classroom and the kinds of activities and learning experiences they are involved with outside of the classroom. What creative curricular changes could you suggest that would help student connect in-class with out-of-class learning?
Applications can only be submitted online and all submissions must be received
by 5 p.m. on Friday, October, 9, 2009.