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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Short version:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The grade submission deadline for Fall 2012 as currently planned is Friday Dec. 21 at 10:00 AM. Heads-up if you are giving a final on Wednesday Dec. 19 – quick turnaround on grading will be required to meet this deadline.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Long version:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I am the College of Engineering’s faculty representative on the University’s Curriculum Committee, and in our meeting last week the Registrar discussed timing on submittal of Fall 2012 grades. Typically semester grades are due the Monday after commencement, but this fall the University will be closed on that Monday (Dec. 24). The Registrar’s office plans to do the computer runs that are required to close out the semester from Friday afternoon to Sunday, so they need final grades to be uploaded by Friday morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I asked the Registrar if faculty with Wednesday finals could just assign incompletes if they can’t meet this grade submission deadline. The Executive Director of Scholarships and Financial Aid was at the meeting and he made the point that incompletes can cause problems for students who are on financial aid in terms of their making “satisfactory academic progress.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If early notice will help, please include the grade submittal deadline of Friday Dec. 21 at 10:00 AM in your planning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Reagan Sentelle Herman, Ph.D., P.E.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Director of Civil Undergraduate Program<br>Instructional and Research Associate Professor<br>Univ. of Houston Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engr.<br>N107 Engineering Bldg 1<br>Houston, TX 77204-4003<br>Phone: (713)743-1498 Fax: (713)743-4260<br>rherman@uh.edu<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=336 height=42 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CD9054.04274EF0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>