Eduardo Ochoa, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, made the following announcement via e-mail on Friday, Dec. 5 to the campus community.
As many of you are aware, many students - particularly freshmen - have been unable to obtain an appropriate number of units for the Spring semester. This morning I had an emergency meeting with the School Deans and others to determine how best to assist our students. We are committed to having every freshman obtain at least a 12 unit schedule. To help ensure that, we are implementing the following plan:
A supplementary registration period will run from Tuesday, Dec. 9 to Thursday, Dec. 11 for all first-time freshmen admitted in Fall 2008.
Academic Schools and departments will open new lower-division sections to accommodate their registration. This registration period will begin at 9 a.m. on Dec. 9 and the system will remain open for registration and add/drop through 10 p.m. on Dec. 11.
A substantial number of lower- division General Education courses are being added for this registration. Vice President Furukawa-Schlereth has provided emergency funds to Academic Affairs for that purpose.
Additionally, the Office of Admissions and Records will have a registration help lab open in Schulz Information Center, Room 2007, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from Dec. 9-11 to offer any assistance.
Additionally, undeclared students needing advising should contact the ACE office as there will be additional staff as well as expanded hours of operation Monday through Thursday.
The Schedule will be further refined for Reg 2 (Jan. 12-16) to accommodate the needs of all other students.
It is important to remember that we expect this to be a one-semester problem, and it is due to the late-breaking mid-year State budget cuts (Approximately $2 million for Sonoma State University).
You may also hear from some of your freshman students that they have concerns in regard to their campus housing. Given what we now know, we will not charge late fees for January (payment is generally due Jan. 1). Students will be allowed to pay for their housing after Reg 2 without any penalties.
We appreciate that this unprecedented situation has caused considerable anxiety among the affected students and their families. We are taking extraordinary measures to address the problem, and we thank you for your patience and understanding.
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