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8. Wed Dec 5 16:24:25 EST 2007
Folks,
It's now OFFICIAL. The PROVOST finally got a silly e-mail out pointing to
the web page below. Enjoy the odor of burnt rubber and the screech of the
tires????
Onward,
dlr (em tiodi)!
7. Wed Dec 5 15:01:29 EST 2007
Folks,
The Official Fall 2007 Final Exam Schedule now appears to be posted
on the Registrar's Site here:
Fall 07 Final Exam Schedule
It appears that the results for us and the silliness posted here:
Final Exam Information
are consistent. The official announcement promised has yet to appear, but
I expect that we are OK now. Cross your paws.
dlr
6. Tue Dec 4 14:40:47 EST 2007
Folks,
RE: FINAL EXAMS, again. FIU'ed
Perhaps not. Please read the following:
"
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 13:38:54 -0500
From: Office of the Provost
To: faculty-list@fiu.edu, northupl@fiu.edu, jwest@fiu.edu,
joyce.elam@fiu.edu, buenoj@fiu.edu, leonard.strickman@fiu.edu,
lillian.kopenhaver@fiu.edu, szuchman@fiu.edu, ray.thomlison@fiu.edu,
rosa.jones@fiu.edu, amir.mirmiran@fiu.edu, george.walker@fiu.edu,
grossman@fiu.edu, ciccazzo@fiu.edu, rockj@fiu.edu, mooret@fiu.edu,
luis.miron@fiu.edu, probstl@fiu.edu, beersm@fiu.edu, bejare@fiu.edu
Subject: Final Exam Schedule
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: FIU Faculty
FROM: Office of Space and Scheduling
DATE: December 4, 2007
RE: Final Exam Schedule
Yesterday, an erroneous final exam schedule was sent out to all faculty
members. We sincerely apologize for this error and expect that we will
have a completely corrected version available to faculty, staff, and
students no later than noon on Wednesday, December 5, 2007. This is our
highest priority, and the Office of Space and Scheduling will be manually
reviewing the schedule to ensure its accuracy during the course of today.
The corrected version will adhere to the original final exam schedule
posted at the beginning of the semester and will include all special
accommodations/changes that were previously approved by the Office of
Space and Scheduling.
Under separate cover, we will send out multiple communications to students
to inform them as well.
We apologize for any confusion this has caused and look forward to a
successful completion of the term."
Once SPACE & SCHEDULING promulgates a new OFFICIAL Final Exam Schedule, I
will finalized my Final Exam Information Page. Apologies --- FIU'e again.
dlr
5. Tue Dec 4 08:30:38 EST 2007
Folks,
Gee wasn't that fun?? It turns out that the Final Exam Scheduling
Dust appears finally to have settled. The Exam Schedule, found here:
Final Exam Information
is now "official". Enjoy?? dlr
4. Mon Dec 3 15:00:43 EST 2007
FOLKS!! THE FOLLOWING WAS E-MAILED to me by my department chairperson:
"Dear Colleagues,
Anna has just told me that Space and Scheduling is having to
undertake major revisions to the Fall final exam schedule, so the schedule
you have announced to your students might not be valid. She was told that
individual faculty will be emailed this afternoon the rooms and times for
their final exams. You will need to warn your students as soon as possible
of possible changes, both by making announcements in the classrooms and on
your webpage.
Best,
J
"
When I know the true state of affairs, I will alter my exam page
appropriately. FIU lives up to its initials again.
dlr
3. Tue Oct 30 16:46:54 EDT 2007
Folks,
Just a gentle reminder: Friday, November 2, 2007 is the last day
to freely drop courses/withdraw from the University EASILY. Thereafter,
things are neither certain nor easy --- since an appeal to the Registrar
for a late drop requires that complete written justification and evidence
supporting the case be provided. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that
the appeal will be approved by the Registrar's Office. [A committee does
the deciding.]
The results of Test 2 in all sections taught by me are readily
available. Come pick up your second and in some cases first test(s). My
advice is that if your total for the two tests is less than 100 of the 200
points possible at this time, you should drop and try again in a
subsequent term.
Regarding INC's: If you are not passing the course with a grade
of C or better, you don't qualify. At this point in time, an incomplete
is NOT AN OPTION in any case. If you ask after November 2, 2007, and you
are not passing, I will suggest the route of the appeal for a late drop.
Keep this in mind: with an INC you must complete the work on your own,
etc.
Onward(?),
d.l.r.
2. Tue Oct 9 20:16:56 EDT 2007
Calculus II Folks,
The date for Test 2, as given in the Initial Itinerary was
incorrect. The date of Test 2 is not 23 October 2007, but is, instead
18 October 2007, the preceding Thursday. Apologies. The coverage will
be the same, however, through Section 8.5.
Apologies,
d.l.r.
1. Tue Aug 21 10:54:43 EDT 2007
Folks,
The first thing you need to do is to go to your class's page and
click on the Essential Handouts link. Then all the items on that
page need to be printed or down-loaded for convenient viewing. Read each
carefully. Then go to the FAQ page as questions arise. This
should take care of many of the routine queries that arise at the
beginning of the term. Explore the site further to your heart's
content. If you have additional questions, you may ask in person or via
e-mail but you must provide an appropriate subject line and "sign" your
post so that I can identify you, if you actually expect to get a
reply. Incidentally, if you have registered for one of my courses and
have not satisfied the pre-requisites or have been out of school so long
that you have forgotten them, do yourself a favor by dropping the
current course and adding one for which you have the knowledge to proceed
with some hope of success. I do not grade on a curve. I do not allow
the use of calculators in Calculus I, Calculus II, or Differential
Equations at exam time. You will not be allowed to use derivative
tables, integral tables, or tables of trigonometric function values or
identities. Kindly do not keep a qualified student
out by registering for a Mathematics course that you do not have the
preparation to pursue with a reasonable probability of success.
Onward, into the magic or into the abyss??
d.l.r.