COMM Connections

Hello COMM Students!

The second week of the semester has started. Today is the last day to add a class through MyRED, and the last day to drop a regular session class and receive a 100% refund and have nothing recorded on your official record. Hopefully you are settled into your schedule and beginning to set a good routine for balancing your classes, extra curriculars, and health and wellbeing for the semester. Continue reading…

 

ACADEMIC ADVISING

Carmen Kelle pictureI will be out of the office August 30 – September 5th – I will be taking my youngest daughter to college in New York State – if you need immediate assistance on an urgent issue while I am gone, please contact Tony Lazarowicz, Ph.D. Director of Academic Advising, 107 Oldfather | (402) 472-4190 | tlazarowicz2@unl.edu. Or you can email casadvising@unl.edu. Otherwise, feel free to schedule an appointment with me for after September 6th. All required advising appointments should be scheduled with me after September 12th!

Advising appointments are available for meetings via In-Person or Zoom. This week those appointments are 30 minutes to help answer more questions about drop and add, scheduling, or class questions. Appointments will move to 45 minutes later in the semester. Visit MyPLAN to schedule an appointment. Instructions for connecting to the Zoom meeting are in your appointment confirmation email sent to your huskers.unl.edu email account.

If you need help identifying or connecting with other advisors or a career coach, contact the CAS Academic and Career Advising Center at casadvising@unl.edu or (402) 472-4190.
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DROP-IN ADVISING

Drop-in advising is great for short questions about course information, grade option, completing forms and other things of that nature. Students should schedule an academic advising appointment to discuss degree plans and goal setting. Drop-in advising is available via zoom only, Tuesdays from 1- 3 p.m. and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. You will enter the Zoom waiting room at https://unl.zoom.us/my/casadvising and be seen in the order you entered. I will not be available for drop-ins this week! Continue reading…

 

NE UNICAMERAL PAGE PROGRAM

Legislative pages are selected in the fall each year to work for the upcoming legislative session, beginning the following January. Pages respond to Senator's request lights on the legislative floor. They run errands, deliver messages, photocopy materials, get food and drink for the Senators, assist the presiding officer, set up and staff committee hearing and perform other duties as assigned. The page application deadline for the 2023 legislative session will be October 7th at midnight. The page selection committee will meet in mid-October to interview and select individuals to fill those positions to start January 4, 2023. Continue reading…

More details at: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/unicampages/
 

SCHLECK CAS INQUIRE LECTURE “American’s Uncertain Search for Truth and The Fate of Universities”

Julia Schleck, associate professor and vice chair in the Department of English, will start the 2022-23 CAS Inquire lecture series with "America's uncertain search for truth and the fate of universities" on September 6 at 5:30 p.m. in the City Union Swanson Auditorium. The talk is free and open to the public and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Register for the Zoom link at go.unl.edu/casinquiresep22. Continue reading…

 

Gilman Scholarship Information Session

Gilman Scholarship Information Session with Global Experiences (Education Abroad) next Wednesday, August 31, at 2:00 pm in Nebraska Union: Chimney Rock. Freshmen to juniors, Pell Eligible Detailed information about the Gilman Scholarship and additional events is available here. Continue reading…

 

ACADEMIC CALENDAR FALL 2022

August 29 - Last day to drop a full semester course and receive 100% refund
September 2 - Last day to drop a course and not have it recorded on a students’ record
September 5 – Nov 11 – All withdraws reported with a grade of “W” on the academic record
September 5 – Labor Day – no classes – UNL Offices Closed
September 9 – Last day to withdraw from a full semester course and receive 50% refund
September 9 - Final day to apply for a degree in December 2022
September 12 - Last day to submit tuition and fees payment without penalty

 
Originally published August 29, 2022 - Submit an Item