Update Information

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Update Information

• Dr. Abraham, Associate Dean

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2012-13 Academic Calendar

• Semesters consist of 14 weeks of instruction 1
  week of finals. Typical 3-credit class period is
  80 minutes long twice per week (no break).
• Fall semester ranges from August 27 to December
  15. Thanksgiving break Wed (all day) through
  Sunday. Labor Day and Veterans Day are both
  Mondays.
• Friday September 7 is the last day for a student
  to register (with instructor) permission.
• Friday November 2 is the last day for a student
  to drop a class.

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2012-13 Academic Calendar

• Spring semester ranges from January 14 to May 4
  with the week of March 3 for spring break.
• Summer breaks into two 7-week sessions. Summer 1
  ranges May 13 to June 28. Summer 2 ranges July 1
  to August 17. Full 14-week session as well.
• Grades due on Wednesdays at noon after all
  sessions.

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Some New Staff

• Cheri Russo Communications and Marketing
  Manager, former journalist and web page editor at
  WOUB adjunct in journalism at OU. (replaces
  Jenny LaRue)
• Judith Carey-Nevin-- Library Director, former
  Reference Services Coordinator at Otterbein,
  Reference and Instructional Librarian at Piedmont
  Virginia Community College (replaces Ann Watson)
• Lindsey Moorerecent grad taking on a temporary
  assignment at our information desk. Made some
  nice contributions to our web pages as a student
  worker.

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New Web Pages

• Academics
• Academic Support
• Faculty/Staff
• News and Events Feeders

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New Items with Semesters

• Final Exam Schedule All classes have a
  pre-defined two-hour exam slot (including night
  classes). RCs will follow the same final exam
  schedule. Using last Saturday for Saturday
  classes. Athens will have a separate final exam
  schedule.
• Adjunct Rule Allows continuous teaching (no
  built in break) however load is limited to less
  than 30 semester hours over a two year period.

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New Items with Semesters

• Salary per credit hour adjusted approximately by
  a factor of 1.5 from quarters.
• Salary distributed over bi-monthly pays from
  September 15 to December 15.
• Objective for courses readily available in OCEAN
  system (or by request).

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Other Important Points (not necessarily related
to semesters)

• More unassigned adjunct space.
• Scantron moving out of the 3rd floor adjunct
  space.
• Instructor Office hours/location going online.
• Book orders into the registrars textbook system.
• Remind students about the date to drop a
  classremind them to double-check their schedule

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Other Important Points (not necessarily related
to semesters)

• Use the FS and FN to help stop financial aid
  fraud.
• Resolve discrepancies in your class roster by the
  end of the 2nd weekeveryone who is attending
  should be on your official class list (if not
  contact Cindy Maylemaylec), conversely everyone
  on your roster should be attending regularly (if
  not contact Phyllis Lanierhughesp).
• Need to submit syllabi to Fran Cordle
  cordle_at_ohio.edu