SUBJECT: Make-up Days Following Class Cancellations
Due to Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath, the College was closed for an entire week of classes. Since it would have been impossible to make up all of the missed instructional time, we have petitioned SUNY, the State Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Education for relief in order to shorten our semester by that amount of time. Our regularly scheduled make-up days will be employed for other closings as needed. Therefore, the day classes that would have run today, Thursday, November 8th, are now scheduled to be made up on Thursday, December 20th.
Many faculty members have already made alternative arrangements to ensure that students receive the full course content and we applaud these efforts. Options to make up work lost as a result of Hurricane Sandy include the use of D2L or an extension of class time for evening classes. Weekend faculty should feel free to use the regularly scheduled make-up days of Saturday, December 22 and Sunday, December 23 to hold classes if needed. Faculty should contact their department chair or academic associate dean for assistance.
I wish to thank the members of the calendar committee for their comments and suggestions throughout this very difficult period, as well as the Faculty Association and the members of the Board of Trustees who provided their advice and counsel.
Thank you for your flexibility and understanding. Let us hope that the weather improves for the remainder of the semester and that our students and colleagues who are suffering from the aftermath of the storm recover quickly and completely.
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