<div dir="ltr"><div>DUE Colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>The message below was sent yesterday from the Academic Senate Chair Ken Barish to all UCR faculty. FYI.</div><div><br></div><div>-Louie</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Louie F. Rodriguez </span></b></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Vice Provost and Dean </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Division of Undergraduate Education </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Professor of Education</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">University of California, Riverside</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="mailto:Louie.rodriguez@ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)">Louie.rodriguez@ucr.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://ue.ucr.edu/" title="https://ue.ucr.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,120,215)">ue.ucr.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Executive Assistant: Mona Nelson </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="mailto:mona.nelson@ucr.edu" title="mailto:mona.nelson@ucr.edu" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,120,215)">mona.nelson@ucr.edu</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> (951) 827-7750 </span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Cherysa Cortez via Senate</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:senate@scotmail.ucr.edu">senate@scotmail.ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM<br>Subject: [Senate] Available Instructional Adjustments<br>To: <<a href="mailto:senate@scotmail.ucr.edu">senate@scotmail.ucr.edu</a>>, <<a href="mailto:faculty@scotmail.ucr.edu">faculty@scotmail.ucr.edu</a>><br>Cc: Cherysa Cortez <<a href="mailto:cherysa.cortez@ucr.edu">cherysa.cortez@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="text-align:center"><i>Sent on behalf of Academic Senate Chair Ken Barish</i></div><div></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700">Available Instructional Adjustments</span></div><span id="m_-3957231409126361933gmail-docs-internal-guid-40272120-7fff-e790-f12e-cd03cfa0c95d"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Given recent events in the Los Angeles area, we understand that members of our campus community, including students, may have been negatively impacted. As a result, you might receive requests for instructional accommodations related to final examinations.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Though not required, as always, instructors have the authority to accommodate such requests and may consider switching from an in-person final examination to a take-home final examination. This is an acceptable option so long as the take-home final examination meets the requirements of </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">UCR's Senate Regulation</span><a href="https://senate.ucr.edu/regulations/division/full#01" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> SR 1.8.01</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We encourage faculty, departments, and deans to leverage flexibility and creativity to continue to deliver instruction to meet the needs of students and the goals of their courses.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Best regards,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Ken Barish, Chair</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Academic Senate</span></p></span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">- - - - - - -</span><br><span style="color:rgb(79,129,189);font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Cherysa Cortez</span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">
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