Weekly Digest: Home Office Edition

Good morning everyone. It's hard to believe that we've been working remotely for almost a month. I'd just like to share my thanks to everyone. Even though I'm in my home, I still feel connected to you all, and I know we're doing good work to help our students. I appreciate everyone's flexibility and humor, the questions and communication on Slack and via email, and your general awesomeness! Please don't hesitate to let me know if I can do anything to help!

Congratulations to Kathy Lou for winning the Franklin College Transfer Champion Award!

This award is given annually by the Franklin College Office of Transfer Academic Services to a Franklin College advising professional who has demonstrated kindness, compassion, and support for transfer students. Well done Kathy, and we all send you long-distance high-fives!

Please keep sending me home office and employee of the week photographs. (mjenn@uga.edu) Thanks to everyone who has sent some in already. I've received so many that I'll publish a few every week. Keep them coming!

Please contact me at mjenn@uga.edu if you have suggestions or if there is anything you'd like me to include in the digest.

Registration Time Tickets

• Registration Time Tickets have now been assigned for Fall 2020. Students can now see their time tickets in Athena, and emails were sent April 8.
• As a reminder, the time ticket schedule has been changed to April 14 through April 27. Incoming Fall 2020 students do not have time tickets.

Bulldog Basics Needs Donations

• Bulldog Basics is receiving numerous requests from students for supplies. They now have the capability to non-contact pick-up options with students in need. If you would like to donate items, send an email to bulldogbasics@uga.edu .
• See this link for details and for a list of their most needed items: https://www.fcs.uga.edu/ssac/bulldog-basics

DAE at a Distance Changes

• For the safety of our students and staff, DAE is temporarily suspending laptop pick-ups until after Governor Kemp's shelter-in-place order is lifted. Furthermore, laptops, given their value as state property are not presently being mailed. DAE will, however, continue to mail WiFi hotspots as students request them. DAE appreciates your partnership in this effort and will continue to keep you updated as the situation evolves.

Fall 2020 Chemistry/Biology Exam conflicts in Athena

• When students register, they may notice a time conflict between Chemistry 1212 and BIOL 1108 (Dr. Parr's sections) in the evening exam hour listed in Athena. These classes do have overlapping test times listed in Athena. The good news is that the tests themselves are NOT overlapping; they are on different days during the semester. Students can see the exact dates on Athena.
• Feel free to reassure students and urge them to read the notice at the top of the course listing in the schedule of classes for an explanation.

UGA Resource Guide for Student, Faculty, Staff

• The Provost's Office sent out a helpful resource email. I've copied the information and pasted it into a Word document, and also updated the UGA "Online Resources for Students" Smore with this information. I've attached the Word Document for those who are interested.

For those advisors using TAP (with thanks to Danielle for the alert)

• TAP forms for summer are still due on April 14th. No extension has been granted.

Wednesday April 15th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm.

• Small group area meetings to discuss Admissions' Orientation updates. Your lead will be in touch.

General Information

• Faculty with classes already on the books are being encouraged to transition their classes online this summer. But this is a suggestion, not a mandate, so some may decline and cancel their classes instead
• Departments are being asked to suggest courses they want to add to the summer schedule, given the large number of students whose summer study abroad programs were cancelled, so we may see additional classes offered or additional seats added to existing sections.
• Everything is in flux right now, so keep an eye on the schedule of classes. We'll update you as we get information.

From Romance Languages

• The number of seats in SPAN 3030E and SPAN 3050 has just been raised to 40. Those courses require SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020 first.
• SPAN 3010, 3020, 3050, and SPAN 4120 will be changed to the Summer Thru Session. If any other course is offered, it will be Thru Session too. Students are not recommended to take 2 of those courses at the same time, even if you have the prerequisites.

Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Summer Courses (Thanks to Kathy Bolt and Elizabeth for sharing!)

• An email will go out to faculty this week asking them to make a decision about canceling ASAP, as well as asking them to decide if their summer classes will be taught at the scheduled days/times or asynchronously. If they choose to move to asynchronous instruction, they should tell their departmental sectioning officer to change the course in Banner to reflect this. This can't be done until later this week because of EITS update, but once it happens, students shouldn't need to email faculty OR get time overrides in Banner; they should be able to tell based on how the course displays whether it's asynchronous, and if it is, they should be able to register for it or another course without a time conflict issue.

STAT 2000 (Thanks Anne Marie Vencill!)

• All STAT 2000 classes will be taught asynchronously over the summer, including the tests. If you have a student who needs STAT 2000 and something else and there's a time conflict, have them email Anne Marie Vencill at amvencill@uga.edu. They must include their 81x number with their correspondence.
  

• Dance major plans
• ARST 2005 flyer
• COVID-19 Virtual Design Sprint flyer
• WILD 1100E flyer
• ADSC 2020, 2400, 2520 flyers
• UGA Resources for Faculty/Staff/Students document
• Fontaine Center Spring 2020 Virtual Programs announcement

Dance Department Updates

• Thanks to Amber we now have updated Dance major plans.
• See attached for details.

Upcoming Free Programs Provided by The Fontaine Center & Health Promotion Department

• For more information on all of our Spring 2020 programs, check out our Be Well UGA @ Home page. These include virtual nutrition appointments and virtual wellness coaching, among other great options.
• See attached announcement for program details

Free Wall Street Journal Access

• Any student, staff, or faculty member at UGA can have a free membership to the WSJ by going to WSJ.com/ActivateUGA and setting up their account using their UGA email address.
  

Fall Online Math Courses (thanks to Umesh!)

• The Math Department has submitted proposals for online versions of all of the courses required for engineers and intends to offer a complete selection of online courses in fall for students who may not be able to return to campus safely until a vaccine is developed.
• The courses will be 1113E, 2250E, 2260E, 2500E, 2700E and 3300E.
• The department is willing to add capacity in these courses to meet demand as needed. They also have faculty who won’t be able to teach on campus until vaccinated, so capacity shouldn’t be a problem.
• They are working on adding these to Banner, but may not be able to do so before registration starts.

HIST 3432, The History of Modern Science, Fall 2020

• Taught by Dr. Short, a brilliant historian, this course covers the historical changes to our culture through the medium of science. It's a great option for pre-med and science majors who need to think through the historical and ethical considerations of science in humanity.

ARST 2005, Understanding Anatomy, Sculpting and Drawing the Figure Fall 2020

• This course will be open to non-art students, specifically those studying in the sciences.

ENGL 2330, American Literature, Summer 2020

• New online summer course

• This course will examine some of the major authors of early America, from Herman Melville to Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson. As a class, we will read and discuss a wide variety of stories--some strange, some familiar, to better understand American literature.

WILD 1100E, Wildlife in America, Summer 2020

• See attached flyer for details

MUSI 3550, Music Theory for Non-Majors, Summer 2020

This course will be offered online this summer!

Computer Science professor seeks survey responses:

• Two of my undergraduate research students (CSCI 4960) are investigating obstacles faced by international Asian students when pursuing degrees in Computer Science. In order to do that, they need some help from majors, non-majors, Asians, and non-Asians alike. Please help them out by completing and sharing their anonymous online survey.
• YOU CAN TAKE THE SURVEY HERE:
• https://ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9TZFTYB0pmtldRP
• (c. 5--10 mins completion time)
• PLEASE SHARE WITH NON-MAJORS:
• Sharing the survey with non-majors will help just as much as taking the survey itself.

COVID-19 Virtual Design Sprint

• Organized through UGA’s Innovation District, this program is open to any UGA student, and begins on April 13.
• See the attached flyer for details.