[CCoE Notice] Career Fair, Feb. 6th

[Shattuck, David P]

To the Instructors in Engineering,

                There is a Career Fair coming up 10AM to 4PM on Thursday, February 6th, at the UH Hilton.  You will likely receive an invitation concerning your attending this event; this email is NOT that invitation.

                Rather, this is a request made at the urging of our students.  Many of the students use the Career Fair as a step towards getting a job, on which they appropriately place a high priority.  Some may even choose to miss a class, despite the clear risk this involves.  I cannot directly condone that value judgment.  However, I can ask that you consider whether you might be willing to change the date of a quiz or other similar assessments to another day other than February 6th, if that does not significantly affect your course and its effectiveness.  I am aware that TuTh classes have lost a class day due to a recent ice event, and that no official announcement has been made about making up that date, to this point.  This is a pressure on all of us who teach TuTh classes.

                If you read my careful wording here, it should be clear that all choices are up to you.  All such choices are, indeed, entirely up to you.  For myself, on the days of previous career fairs, I have postponed a quiz in my own course, but lectured during the full period.  You should do what you think is appropriate for your course.  The web page for the Engineering Career Center is:

http://www.egr.uh.edu/career/

Thanks,

Dave
Dr. David P. Shattuck
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Cullen College of Engineering
University of Houston
Phone:  713-743-4422; Email: Shattuck at uh.edu<mailto:Shattuck at uh.edu>
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