Hello Geology Majors,
I hope you are doing well as we work through the final few weeks of classes for the Spring 2024 semester. This is the time of the semester where I know that things can be particularly stressful, and you don't have to endure this stress alone. Working with your classmates as you are allowed will help with your coursework and hopefully reduce your stress. Seeking help from your course instructors will also help, and you need to use office hours to seek this help rather than leaving it to immediately before or after class. Reaching out for help can be difficult, but it is critical to your long term success. If you don't know who to reach out to, I would be happy to help you with getting connected to good resources.
This week, I will be away from my office on Thursday, April 25th and Friday, April 26th. This means that I won't have advising appointments on Thursday or Friday, and I won't have Zoom drop-ins on Friday. It will likely be difficult for me to respond to any emails while I am away, so please be patient with any delay in my email response times. I should be back in the office with normal advising hours starting on Monday, April 29th.
Open Registration for the Fall 2024 semester is now underway. During Open Registration, registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Any student who is eligible to enroll may access MyRED to enroll. Nebraska Now and unclassified students (e.g., students-at-large and visiting students) will be able to register now.
Any holds on your MyRed record that impact your eligibility to enroll in classes will continue to impact your ability to use open registration. This includes holds related to required advising for first year students in their first or second semester, to required advising for students who will be starting their final year of their degree (based solely on credit hours completed), and to required advising for being on Academic Warning. I can help with lifting holds related to required advising, but you will likely need to discuss the hold during a scheduled meeting rather than a drop-in meeting or just stopping by my office. I would encourage you to contact the office on campus related to any other holds, and I would be happy to direct you if there is any confusion.
Now is the time to enroll in your schedule of classes for the Fall 2024 semester if you haven't already done so.
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Best wishes, Doug
Spring 2024 Advising Schedule
I will taking in-person, Zoom, and phone meetings in 45-minute blocks from 8:30 am to 12:15 pm and 1:15 pm to 5:00 pm every weekday when I am not taking Zoom drop-in advising meetings. I will also be taking Zoom drop-in advising meetings on Wednesdays at 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm and Fridays at 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. Zoom drop-in meetings are being coordinated by the College of Arts and Sciences with a schedule and a link to the Zoom room available at https://cas.unl.edu/drop-in-advising-schedule.
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.
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