Fall 23 and Spring 24 Advisor Trainings

Fall 2023 Training Schedule

CAS Advising Kickoff will at Lambuth next year so please make plans to attend. We would also like to promote our online majors and minors at Lambuth so we will do a fair from 10  to 11 am  followed by the kickoff at 11:30 am. Collaboration and team work with Lambuth is essential so we are asking all departments to share a table with their Lambuth counterpart during the fair.

Sept 8th – Advising Kickoff At Lambuth

Oct 6th  –  Global Tech Experience with Angela Martin, Updates in World Languages with Robert Kelz,

Nov 3rd  –     CPOS, Career Services

Spring 2024

Feb 2nd – topic TBA

March 1st – topic TBA

April 5th – topic TBA

 

 

Students with financial holds who need to drop Spring 2023 classes

If you have a student who wants to drop a class or classes for Spring 2023 and they have a financial hold preventing them from doing so, please tell them to put in a Tiger Help ticket to the Registrar’s Office and we can do it administratively on their behalf. No approval is needed for Spring 2023 drops since if they did not have a financial hold, they would be able to drop themselves through April 8, which is our new 75 percent mark of the term for dropping classes online.

 

The financial holds recently were applied to block future term registrations (prior to Summer and Fall registration), but the system is an “all or none” so if there is a financial hold, Spring 2023 term is impacted as well.

 

Let me know if you have any questions.

 

Thank you!

Darla

Difference between Open Electives and Unapplied Electives

per Keri Kerr in the Registrar office

The Open electives are the number of credits still needed to make up the 120 total.  These are the true electives needed for the degree.  It calculates the number of required electives by taking 120 and subtracting the credits in required blocks like GenEd, major, concentration. Whatever is left to make up the 120 is Open electives.

The Unapplied electives are courses that are over the elective credits needed for the 120.   Any courses that are taken that do not fall into a requirement or the open electives category are Unapplied electives.   The student still receives credit in Banner for all electives though.

 

Courses being taught in English by World Languages and Literatures Faculty

Fall 2023
Courses being taught in English
by World Languages and Literatures Faculty

INTL 3700: State of the World
[MW 12:40-2:05; CRN 96346; Imbedded Honors section: 96347; permit required for both]
An examination of current world issues that may be political, social, economic, or cultural in nature. The emphasis is on gaining a diverse perspective on a variety of issues currently affecting our world, and how they are being portrayed across different media. Students will investigate subjects they find personally or professionally relevant. Class sessions will include discussions of current international news events, and of issues affecting a particular geographical region or a topic of transglobal implications.

LALI 4500: Japanese Culture and Society
[TR 9:40-11:05; CRN 93771]
Study of Japanese culture through hands-on activities along with reading and creating media resources on traditional, popular, and business culture of Japan. Through critical reading of the materials and classroom activities, students will develop critical perspectives and deeper understanding of Japanese culture, its traditions, and social practices.

LALI 4797: French Africa and North America
[TR 1:00-2:25; CRN 96273]
This course is designed for students who wish to further their knowledge of the French-Speaking world around them by looking at cultural conflicts in French-Speaking Africa and North America. This course will look at cultural issues and their implications in the contemporary world, including France and the Negritude movement, education and culture in Africa, the Maghreb and postcolonial Arabization, the complicated cultural relations with France, and Quebec’s conflict with language and religion. No knowledge of French required.

LALI 4798: Game of Thrones and the Middle Ages
[MW 2:20-3:45; CRN 96283]
Game of Thrones was one of the most successful series in recent television history. Roughly based on George R.R. Martin’s series of fantasy novels “A Song of Ice and Fire,” it portrays the violent struggles for power and independence between individuals, kingdoms, dynasties and continents and built on a long tradition of reinterpreting and reimagining the Middle Ages. But what are the Middle Ages? Through analysis both of the hit TV series and of the Medieval historical, literary, and philosophical texts it uses to build its world, this class will explore the many sides of this complex period of history and its continued legacy in our own time.

Feb 3, 2023 Advisor Training

Dear Advisors,

 

Thank you so much for attending today’s training. We shared great information about the ARMY minor, CPOS and creating generic plans for students who have not registered. Attached is the PowerPoint and the recording.

PowerPoint – Advisor Training Feb 3

https://memphis.zoom.us/rec/share/Jk25KryY9aNmNUHXHU6c5oEBh98WwBrsDPZ0sHKKUpBB_L0-TR1R_BHIJLHANBrw.bmYfO-vd3Tqo7zBR?startTime=1675450288000

Our next meeting is scheduled for March 3rd at 1 pm in Smith Hall Computer Lab, 110. Please send any agenda items or topics you would like to see discussed.

 

Thanks,

Rika

2023 CAS Scholarships & Awards dates

CAS Dept. Chairs, Directors, Advisors,

Please be aware of and publicize these important Spring dates in your departments:

 

Dates for CAS & Department Scholarships:

Jan. 31 — student applications for CAS & Dept. scholarships due in Tiger Scholarship Manager

mid-Feb. — Dept. scholarship review committees start reviewing applications

March 31 — scholarship committee selections (and alternates) due to Ron Serino

 

Dates for CAS Honors Assembly Awards:

March 14 — Dean’s Outstanding Student nominations due to Ron Serino (nomination letter, recommendation letter, and student letter)

March 22 — Department awardee names for Honors Assembly due to Ron Serino

April 20, 730pm in Rose Theatre — Honors Awards Assembly

 

​*Please remind your students, faculty, and staff that applications for

CAS department and CAS-wide scholarships for the 2023-2024 academic year are

due Jan. 31, 2023:

 

*Find CAS department and CAS-wide scholarships list on the CAS website (https://www.memphis.edu/cas/scholarships/.

 

*All scholarship applications should go through the Tiger Scholarship Manager system (https://memphis.academicworks.com/) on the UofM Scholarship Office website (https://www.memphis.edu/scholarships/).

 

Final application due date is Jan. 31, but don’t wait too long to compile any supplemental information or letters of recommendation (if needed).

 

If anyone has any CAS or departmental scholarship or Honors Assembly award questions, please let me know.

 

Thank you and best wishes to all for a good new year in 2023!

New Policy Regarding Repeats of ENGL 1010 & ENGL 1020

This week the English Department has been working with the Registrar’s Office on a new policy.  We’re still awaiting final approval of the language of the policy from the Provost, but because it’s time sensitive we want to distribute it to you as soon as possible in case it will benefit any students who are registered for Spring 2023.  If you are aware of any students who were incorrectly advised to take ENGL 1010 and 1020 and then subsequently earned a grade lower than a C minus in that attempt, they may qualify to have that attempt excluded from their record if they have credit for the course from an earlier attempt or test score.  Here’s how the policy currently reads:

“Students who have ENGL 1010 or ENGL 1020 transfer work or test scores under review / in progress for U of M credit posting, and who are advised to take ENGL 1010 or ENGL 1020 and score a grade of D or lower in a later attempt, may petition with the Registrar’s Office to have the later attempt excluded. Additionally, students who were advised at the former institution and had a situation similar with ENGL 1010 or ENGL 1020 prior to transfer may also petition. The latter attempts of ENGL 1010 or ENGL must have occurred within three years of the AP score test date if the AP score is to be considered.

An email can be sent to Darla Keel at darkeel@memphis.edu to review the circumstances. If approved, the Registrar’s Office will update the repeats in Banner to reflect the earlier attempt as the official, final grade. This will allow students to be able to progress with courses that may require ENGL 1010 or ENGL 1020 as a pre-requisite and count the satisfactory attempt(s) towards graduation requirements.”

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,

Bridget

 

Ms. Bridget Wells
Assistant to the Chair & Dept Registrar

Department of English

Retroactive Credit and Language Requirement

Dear Advisors,

As the undergraduate coordinator in World Languages and Literatures, I am responsible for working with students who are submitting retroactive credit requests for basic language courses.  I occasionally receive requests from students who have been informed by advisors that, if they have placed into and passed 2020 of a particular language, they must apply for retroactive credit for 2010 of the same language in order to fulfill the language requirement.

In short, this is not entirely accurate.  It is true that UMdegree is looking for 6 hours of the same language at the 2000 level.  However, if a student has placed out of 2010, and then takes and passes 2020, they have in fact fulfilled the requirement as far as we are concerned, and do not need the retroactive credit for 2010.  A request can be submitted by the student’s advisor to the graduation analyst to force completion in UMdegree.

That being said, there are several situations in which students may want to petition for retroactive credit for language courses they’ve placed out of.  The two most common are:

  1. A student nearing the end of their academic career may be short on hours for graduation and wish to apply for retroactive credit for any or all of 1010 through 2020, depending on which level they’ve placed into.
  2. A student with a minor in a language may need to apply for retroactive credit for any or all of 1020, 2010 and 2020, since these are listed as requirements for the minor.

I also work with students who are native speakers of a language other than English, who received their high school diploma at a school where that language was the primary language of instruction, and who wish to apply for credit to satisfy the language requirement or fulfill hours towards graduation.  These students can be referred to me to start the process for obtaining credit.

One final note: The Registrar’s office usually only processes requests for retroactive credit while classes are in session (and this excludes the exam period).  Since the credit is posted to the student’s transcript in the semester in which they are currently enrolled, this can only be done during the semester.  Rare exceptions can be made if the student needs the credit to graduate that semester.

I hope all of this information is useful.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks.

Will Thompson

 

Dr. Will Thompson

Director, International and Global Studies

Director, Governor’s School for International Studies
Associate Professor of French

WLL Undergraduate Coordinator
Department of World Languages and Literatures

Tiger Smart Start FAQ Page

Dear CAS Advisors,

Below is an email from Ryan Crews about the SmartStart program.  Please be aware of the timeline. I will also post this information on the advising blog.

  • December 5th – Tuition and fee assessment (Student will see fees for the Tiger SmartStart program)
  • December 6th – students will receive an email with more program details
  • December 18thThe opt out option becomes available

There is also an FAQ link below. Please familiarize yourself with this info so you can help guide students through this new program that we expect will provide them significant cost savings and other benefits.

https://www.memphis.edu/auxiliary/smartstart.php#faq

Thanks,

Rika

Email from Ryan Crews

Good Evening Everyone,

With spring 2023 tuition and fee assessment beginning today and eBills set to go out December 5th, you may begin getting questions from students about the Tigers SmartStart program as they see the fees on their UofM accounts.

It is expected that students will receive an email with more program details on December 6th including opt out dates. Students who decide to opt out of the program for the spring will be able to do so beginning December 18th.

I wanted to share the FAQ link below and encourage you all to familiarize yourself with this info so you can help guide students through this new program that we expect will provide them significant cost savings and other benefits.

https://www.memphis.edu/auxiliary/smartstart.php#faq

Thanks,

Ryan

 

Ryan Crews
Director, Student Success Resources