Hello Math and Data Science Majors,
I hope you are doing well and that you were able to enjoy your Labor Day Holiday week. This week marks an important point of the Fall 2024 semester as it is your last chance to make major changes to your schedule. Today (Tuesday, September 3rd) is the last day to enroll in a course for the Fall 2024 semester without special permission, and today (Tuesday, September 3rd) is the last to drop a course for the Fall 2024 and receive a 100% tuition refund. If you are going to make a significant change to your Fall 2024 semester schedule without needing a lot of special permissions, it must be today (Tuesday, September 3rd). Please keep this mind as you work through classes today.
Friday, September 6th is the last day to drop a course for the Fall 2024 semester to have the course removed from your record as well as to receive a 75% tuition refund. While you will need special permission to enroll in any classes, this is another significant chance to change your schedule for the fall semester. If you have questions, my advising availability is listed below, and I would be very happy to help.
Since your course schedule for the fall must be mostly settled by the end of this week, this is the week to truly settle into your fall semester schedule. I encourage you to make the choices about when it makes sense to study and to do homework around your class times and other commitments. When making these choices, be realistic about what you can commit to for the rest of the semester. For example, don't commit yourself to studying on Friday evenings and/or Saturday mornings if you know that you won't be able to do it regularly. Need help with doing this? The CAS Academic Navigator, the CAST Academic Success Coaches, and I would be glad to help.
Fall 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 Mondays 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.
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Best wishes, Doug
Fall 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 Mondays 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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