{"277331":{"#nid":"277331","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Makeup Class Schedule Arranged for Second Snow Week","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDue to campus closures the week of Feb. 10, a makeup schedule has been implemented for faculty to use if needed. Classes can meet during allotted time slots from March 3-14 to make up for instructional class time. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/provost.gatech.edu\/spring-closure-makeup-schedule\u0022\u003Efull makeup schedule and details\u003C\/a\u003E are available on the Provost\u2019s website.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWeek one will provide meeting times for classes that meet on a Tuesday-Thursday schedule. Week two will provide for classes on a Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule. For those that do not meet in standard time blocks, they\u2019ll use the one that most closely matches their regular meeting time. Bonus\/conflict times have been allotted for courses that meet at non-standard times, need an additional meeting time, or for breakout\/study sessions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese additional meeting times are voluntary and will be used by faculty if needed. Other means of making up instruction outside of makeup classes are at the discretion of the faculty. The makeup period spans 11 days and uses 19 evening periods and 9 weekend periods. Spring break, including the weekends before and after, will not be affected by the makeup schedule.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther academic calendar changes were made in response to campus closures. The deadline to report midterm grades for progress reports and the deadline for students to drop individual classes were each extended by one week. Faculty should now report midterm progress reports by noon on Friday, Feb. 21. Students now have until Friday, March 7, to withdraw from individual courses and receive a \u201cW.\u201d Both \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/calendar.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecalendar.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/registrar.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eregistrar.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E have been updated to reflect these changes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMakeup classes will be voluntary, but faculty are advised to adhere to this schedule if makeup sessions are needed.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Makeup classes will be voluntary, but faculty are advised to adhere to this schedule if makeup sessions are needed."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2014-02-19 11:14:58","changed_gmt":"2022-05-25 15:38:57","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/provost.gatech.edu\/spring-closure-makeup-schedule","title":"Spring 2014 Closure Makeup Schedule"},{"url":"http:\/\/calendar.gatech.edu\/","title":"Campus Calendar"},{"url":"http:\/\/registrar.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of the Registrar"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"61451","name":"Academic Calendar"},{"id":"86921","name":"campus closure"},{"id":"12676","name":"registrar"},{"id":"8185","name":"winter weather"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["comments@registrar.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}