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April 18, 2006
News Briefs
Financial agreement signed online
The university is moving yet another paper form online. And this one may delay your registration.
Students must sign the university’s Financial Agreement and Disclosure document online before they register. Previously, the agreement came in paper form to students in their acceptance letter or in their financial aid package. The form explains the financial procedures and policies for tuition and fee payments. Students not signing the form before their registration window opens could be affected in which courses a they receives.
To assist in gathering the signatures, students are prompted to sign the agreement when they sign on to Piperline.
The move is continuing the university’s trend to eliminate paper forms.
Student Accounts Director Judy Dehnel said 7,000 students throughout the university were flagged as active students who must sign the form. Of those, 2,000 have signed the agreement.
Class wait lists now unavailable
Registration has gotten more complicated. New this for this registration session, once a class is full, students wishing to take the course will not be put on a wait list. Instead, they must watch for a slot to open, select an alternative course or ask for permission from the professor.
University Registrar for Undergraduate and Graduate Schools Laurie Herbrand said the the change is designed to clear up misunderstandings about courses. Herbrand said some students see as the wait list as being registered for the course. She said students who do not get into a course should immediately talk with the professor about adding the class. From there, the student will immediately know if they need to go searching for another class. The decision was a collaborative one made among the campus scheduling office, the Center for Academic Services, and the CLA dean’s office.
Some graduate classes use waiting lists, however, they will be moving away from them in the future Herbrand said. The decision does not affect the School of Law, which has a separate registrar’s office and registration process.
Registration started on April 17 and ends on April 28.
Local author shares experiences
Author Rob Kesselring was the featured speaker on April 7 at the first of several Friday Readings hosted by the English department. GLC 100E was full during the reading from his book, Daughter Father Canoe, Coming of Age in the Sub-Arctic and Other Stories of Snowdrift River and Nonacho Lake. He talked about how to use the outlet of writing to “tell the truth about a trip.”
Kesselring told a tale of courage in a personable and sometimes fatherly manner. During the lecture, Kesselring spoke of overcoming self-doubt as a writer, prompting newer writers to learn about themselves. In real life, as on paper, “When someone makes a mistake, we learn from it and move on” he said.
Kesselring illustrated parallels between his writing and challenges faced in real life. “You don’t find responsibility like an item on a grocery list, it finds you” he said.
Kesselring said he is perpetually trying to improve his work. As he stood at the podium with all eyes upon him, he looked up with a smirk, and said “As I’m reading this, I’m editing it.”
For more information or to purchase Robert Kesselring’s new book, visit www.robkesselring.com.
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Posted by dwright at April 18, 2006 01:01 PM
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