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It has come to the attention of Rise' Axelrod, that a few Biology
students may have a conflict with their Final Exam schedule. Please
reference to Professor Oro's response to Rise' in regards to this issue.
I believe the students have another option if they run into a conflict.
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From: Rise Axelrod <rise.axelrod@ucr.edu><br>
Subject: Re: Biol 05LA exam conflict<br>
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 09:00:03 -0800<br>
To: John Oross <john.oross@ucr.edu><br>
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Professor Oros, <br><br>
Thank you very much. I appreciate the apology and the explanation. If I
hear reports regarding any other Biol 05LA students in future, I will
know how to advise them. <br><br>
Sincerely, <br>
Rise B. Axelrod <br>
Professor and Director of Composition <br>
rise.axelrod@ucr.edu <br><br>
On Dec 2, 2005, at 2:09 PM, John Oross wrote: <br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="Times, Times" size=4>Dear
Professor Axelrod,</font></blockquote><br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="Times, Times" size=4>I
am writing to offer an apology and an explanation about the time conflict
between your ENG 1C class and the evening exam in my lab class (Biol
05LA). Basically, I am surprised that this even came to your
attention because of the measures we take to avert and/or circumvent this
problem. Most students never encounter this problem because we make
note of the date and time of the lab exam in the official Schedule of
Classes each quarter that this course is offered; thus students usually
avoid signing up for classes or labs on Monday evening. However,
some circumstances occur that necessitate students signing up for Monday
evening classes. In order to accommodate these students we let them
know at the beginning of the quarter, both verbally and in the lab
manual, of the time and date of the exam and that they will need to be
alert for instructions coming later in the quarter about what they need
to do to deal with this conflict. Starting in week 6 of the quarter
we inform the students, via their TA's and the course website, of the
alternative that exists for those students with class conflicts - we
offer an earlier 5:00 PM sitting of the exam. All they have
to do is to put their name on a list that is present in the lab rooms
during one of the regular lab sessions for weeks 6-9. Once their
conflict has been substantiated, they are authorized to sit in the early
session. Ms. Hsiao and Fong failed to do this. This was not
true for all of you students; another 1C student, Audrey Kim, followed
this procedure with no difficulty. </font></blockquote><br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="Times, Times" size=4>From
this presentation, I hope you can see that there was no willful attempt
to make your students miss this important session of your class. In
closing, I would like to apologize for any problem or stress this
situation may have caused you and would welcome any response that you
might have.</font></blockquote><br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="Times, Times" size=4>Sincerely,</font></blockquote><br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="Times, Times" size=4>John
W Oross</font></blockquote><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>-- <br>
John W. Oross <br>
Academic Coordinator <br>
Biology Dept. - SPTH 1360 <br>
University of California <br>
Riverside, CA 92521 </blockquote></blockquote></x-html>
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