Hello Geology Majors,
I hope that you are doing well and that you had an enjoyable Easter weekend if you celebrated it. We are now in the eleventh week of the semester, and I expect that many of you will be having your final midterm exams this week and next week. This signals that we are entering the last quarter of the spring semester, and this means that the deadline to withdrawal from a full semester course will be soon (Friday, April 21, 2023). Thus, I want to discuss the withdrawal deadline.
Withdrawing from a Course
There 75% or three quarter point of the semester is the deadline to withdraw from a full semester course, and this deadline is the end of the day (11:59 pm) on Friday, April 21, 2023 for the Spring 2023 semester. The deadline is your final opportunity to drop a course for the spring semester without completing a Petition for Late Withdrawal or a Medical Withdrawal.
There are many reasons for withdrawing from a course, and I would be happy to discuss your situation and explain the academic consequences of withdrawing from a course. Before you withdraw, you should also talk to the Husker Hub about the potential impact on your scholarships and/or financial aid. It is also still possible to pursue a Medical Withdrawal from courses if you withdraw yourself by the Friday, April 21st deadline.
Withdrawing from a course could impact your course plans for the Summer 2023 and/or Fall 2023 semesters. Thus, it is time to discuss Priority Registration again.
Priority Registration for the Fall 2023 semester started on Monday, March 27th. Remember, the registration times are set as follows:
Seniors (89+ credit hours) and Graduate Students - Now
Juniors (53-88 credit hours) - Now
Sophomores (27-52 credit hours) - Now
Freshmen (0-26 credit hours) - Now through the end of day today (Tuesday, April 11th)
Open Registration - Tomorrow (Wednesday, April 12th) through Sunday, August 20th
Your registration date has been posted to MyRed, and this is your first opportunity to enroll in classes for the Fall 2023 semester. Once your Priority Registration date and time have passed, you can enroll at any time until classes start this fall. However, you can build your schedule for the fall semester and load the courses into your Shopping Cart now before your registration date arrives. Using your Priority Registration date is the best way to ensure that you get the courses that you need for the Fall 2023 semester. With open registration starting soon, now is the time to enroll in classes for the Fall 2023 semester to have a chance to enroll in the classes that you need and want.
Registration Holds
It is often impossible for me to lift a registration hold via email, and sometimes, I cannot lift a registration hold during a drop-in meeting. If you have a registration hold related to graduation planning, probation, or being in your first year, you need to schedule and attend a meeting with me to complete the required advising to have the registration hold lifted. To use your Priority Registration time or to enroll during open registration, you must not have any holds on your registration.
For the Spring 2023 semester, I am taking in-person, Zoom, and phone meetings in 45-minute blocks from 8:30 am to 12:15 pm and 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm every weekday outside of my drop-in advising hours, and I am taking drop-in meetings via Zoom only on Mondays and on Fridays from 1 pm to 3 pm.
You can schedule a meeting with me by using the Student Success Hub via this link, by calling the College of Arts and Sciences Academic and Career Advising Center at 402-472-4190, by calling me at 402-472-4319, or by emailing me at dpellatz@unl.edu. You can find instructions for how to access and schedule meetings in the Student Success Hub system here. You can also find information about my virtual only drop-in meetings at https://cas.unl.edu/drop-in-advising-schedule.
Best wishes, Doug
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