Hello Math and Data Science Majors,
I hope you are doing well as we have enter the month of April for the Spring 2024 semester. I believe this month is going to feel long compared to the other months of the spring semester since we won't have any holidays or vacations. Additionally, the spring semester will have two full weeks in May if you include the week of final exams, so I believe this will make the month of April feel longer.
I am happy to report that my advising availability has returned to normal, but I am behind on answering emails due to being away and the increased number since Priority Registration began. While I am doing my best to get caught up, I don't believe that will happen immediately, so I would recommend scheduling a meeting or using my Zoom drop-ins for now. The CAS Advising Nights would also be an opportunity to meet with me.
Priority Registration for the Fall 2024 semester has started! Priority registration is the period in which students may begin enrollment for the next fall or spring semester. Registration appointment times are assigned to avoid overloading the registration system during the high demand period. Your registration date and time was assigned and announced on MyRed on Monday, March 4th, and you have access to view the schedule of classes for the Fall 2024 semester now. You also have access to load classes for the Fall 2024 semester into your shopping cart, so you can still building your Fall 2024 semester now even if your registration time hasn't arrived yet.
Priority Registration "appointment times" are assigned to eligible students based on their current class level (actual earned hours). Within each class level appointment times are distributed randomly each term from earliest to latest. The priority class levels and appointment dates for registration are:
1. Graduate Students & Seniors (89 credit hours or more) - Now!
2. Juniors (53-88 credit hours) - Now!
3. Sophomores (27-52 credit hours) - Now to Thursday, April 4th
4. Freshmen (0-26 credit hours) - Friday, April 5th to Tuesday, April 9th
No one is assigned a priority registration date and time on Saturday or Sunday. Priority Registration is not open to students who will be new, first-time freshmen, new transfer students, Nebraska Now students, or unclassified (e.g., students-at-large and visiting students) undergraduate students. A few students in special programs will also have their priority registration date and time set earlier or set earlier within their class level to aid them in enrolling in more specific courses or course sections.
Once Priority Registration concludes on Tuesday, April 9th, Open Registration for the Fall 2024 semester will begin. During Open Registration, no appointment is needed and initial registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Any student who is eligible to enroll may access MyRED. Nebraska Now and unclassified students (e.g., students-at-large and visiting students) will be able to register on or after Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
Any holds on your MyRed record that impact your eligibility to enroll in classes will impact your ability to use your Priority Registration date and time. 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 start thinking about your schedule of classes for the Fall 2024 semester if you haven't already done so. Outside of the disruptions listed below, I have should have plenty of advising time available between now and the start of the Open Registration to help everyone.
CAS Advising Nights
We’re here to help you succeed! Priority enrollment can be a hectic time for students and advisors alike. Here are some extra opportunities to get help planning next semester’s classes. Connect with our knowledgeable academic advisors in a relaxed atmosphere. No appointment is necessary, just stop by 107 Oldfather Hall on March 21st, March 27th, and April 2nd from 5-7 pm. We will also host a night via Zoom (https://unl.zoom.us/my/casadvising) on April 8th from 5-7 pm.
Newsletter Feedback
If you ever have questions or feedback about anything in the weekly newsletter, please let me know by shooting me an email. Sometimes, it is difficult for me to know if these emails are actually being read and/or found useful.
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.
Math Department Events
The Math Department has many upcoming events that might be of interest to you along with a weekly (or almost weekly) colloquium series. A listing of all upcoming Math Department events can be found at https://events.unl.edu/math/upcoming/.
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