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Attached is the POLS Spring 2021 course schedule. If you are teaching an online class and want it set
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If you can review over the weekend and <b>let me know by Tuesday</b> that would be great because, as the Provost said, the schedule will go live next Thursday and while students will not be enrolling yet they will be begin to plan and plan for advising. I
am currently sending this to faculty, and lecturers. Some GTA information and additional courses they are teaching are yet to be added. Thank you so much,
<span style="color:rgb(23,78,134)"><i><b>Linda Pickerel, Administrative Associate</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 17, 2020 3:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> KU Lawrence Faculty and Staff <kulfs@ku.edu>; KU Graduate Teaching Assistants <kugta@ku.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Spring Semester and Winter Session Course Planning</font>
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<span style="font-size:24.0pt; color:#0051BA">Spring Semester and Winter Session Course Planning</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%">Colleagues, </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%">Student advising for the spring 2021 semester is quickly approaching. To best serve our students and ourselves, it’s important that as soon as possible we complete our spring course offerings, as well as our
offerings for winter session courses held during the academic break. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%">The spring course schedule is set to be released on Sept. 24. It is critical for students and advisors to work with schedules that are as complete and accurate as possible to facilitate advising and enrollment.
Here are some important reminders to assist with efforts to plan courses.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%">The spring semester enrollment window for currently enrolled students begins Oct. 15 and extends to Nov. 10. For course planning and advising purposes, it is very important the schedule be
complete and accurate at the time of its release. </span></p>
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</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%">If spring course offerings in your unit are not yet finalized, please make it a priority to work with scheduling officers and the Office of University Registrar (OUR) to finalize offerings
as soon as possible.</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%"> If you have any issues with finding classrooms or enrollments being too large for classrooms, please work with OUR as needed.
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%">As an institution, our goal is to have a vast majority of students advised and enrolled prior to Thanksgiving, when many students will return home for the remainder of the calendar year.
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%">The extended academic break runs from Dec. 12, 2020, through Jan. 31, 2021. Spring semester courses begin Feb. 1, 2021, with the exception of spring courses in the School of Law, which begin
on Jan. 25. </span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%">Course offerings during winter session – anytime between Dec. 28, 2020, and Jan. 22, 2021 – can be in any format: in-person, hybrid, or online. Please be aware that in-person classes will
be centrally assigned to a room and building to maximize campus-wide energy efficiency, support facility project plans, and facilitate enhanced cleaning.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%">Physical distancing principles and practices used to develop the fall course schedule will continue in the spring. Class periods will remain shorter. Maximum course capacities remain reduced
for on-campus and hybrid classes. Classroom facilities are arranged to accommodate physical distancing guidelines. </span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%">Classrooms used for spring semester courses will be the same ones currently used for fall. These spaces are already arranged to accommodate physical distancing. If you anticipate using a
classroom not already in service this fall, please alert Operations, <a href="mailto:kuoperations@ku.edu">
kuoperations@ku.edu</a>, as soon as possible. CARES Act funding, which can support classroom configuration and technology modifications, expires by Dec. 31, and requests must be handled while funding is still available.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%">I appreciate the work that has been undertaken to address student needs during the fall semester as well as preparation for the semesters to come. I know so many of you are working hard to deliver an exceptional
experience for our students through incredible challenges. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%">Respectfully, </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%">Barb</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%">Barbara A. Bichelmeyer</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%">Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor</span></p>
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