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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">TO: ALL ENGINEERING FACULTY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Fall 2016 Grading
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: red; ">VERY IMPORTANT!!! PLEASE NO “NR” GRADES for FALL 2016!!!</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">A reminder that it is very important that we
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">DO NOT HAVE ANY “NR” Grades for ANY STUDENTS for FALL 2016!!</span>
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Having an NR listing impacts academic standing, student financial aid and graduation certification.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">If you are unsure of the grade to assign, here are a few helpful suggestions:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; ">If the course is a Senior Honors Thesis or Master’s Thesis the student should receive a grade if the work is complete.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; ">If the work is not yet complete, the grade issued should be “IP” (in progress).
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; ">If the course is a PhD dissertation, the student should receive a grade if the work is complete.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; ">If the work is not yet complete, the grade issued should be “IP” (in progress).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; ">If the student stopped attending your course but didn’t drop it, you should assign a grade of “F” if that is the grade that they “earned.”
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; ">If you and the student have entered into an Incomplete Grade Agreement, the grade issued, should be “I” (incomplete) until the student has completed the work. The Incomplete
Grade Agreement form is filed with the department. Once the work is completed<span style="color:#1F497D">,</span> you can enter the earned grade via the online grade change workflow through your faculty center. The grade change must be submitted within one
academic year or the grade of “I” will be converted<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>
automatically to a grade of “F”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Fall 2016 Grading Timeline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Grade rosters were generated on Monday, November 28. Students who have applied to graduate will be indicated on grade rosters.<span style="color:#1F497D">
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<b>Monday, December 19, 2016:</b> Grades must be posted by 11:59PM.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Tuesday, December 20, 2016:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "> End of Term Processing begins. Grade Change access
suspended (all terms).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Wednesday, December 21, 2016
</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Grade Change (all terms) via Work Flow may continue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Thanks for taking care of the NR grades! Please let me know if you have questions or you need<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Miranda<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span> clarification!
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "> <span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Many thanks!
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</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Lesley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Miranda Vernon-Harrison Lesley Sisk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Director, Graduate Student Affairs Director, Undergraduate Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Cullen College of Engineering University of Houston<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">E421 M Engineering Bldg. 2 Cullen College of Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">713-743-4219 E316 Engineering Bldg 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:1.5in"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">
</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Houston, TX 77204-4007<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:4.0in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Office (713)743.4203
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:1.5in"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "> </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><a href="http://www.egr.uh.edu%20(website)"><span style="color:windowtext">www.egr.uh.edu
(website)</span></a> <a href="mailto:ldsisk@uh.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">ldsisk@uh.edu</span></a> (email)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></span><style><!--
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