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ANNOUNCEMENTS

December 5, 2005

• Final Fall Grades
• Validation
• Registration
• Privacy
• Address Changes
• Graduating Senior Stuff

FINAL FALL GRADES

Final grades for fall semester are due from faculty on December 30th. Final grades (report cards) will NOT be mailed to you automatically at the end of fall semester. You may check your grades on-line via the web by accessing the Student Information System. If for any other reason you need a printed copy of your final grades, you may request one in writing at the Registrar's Office, via regular mail, or by fax at 651-696-6600. There is no charge for this service.

VALIDATION

SPRING SEMESTER VALIDATION PROCESS

For those who have pre-registered for Spring 2006:
1. Beginning Wednesday, January 18, 2006, check the Student Information System (SIS) to see if you have any validation holds. Holds will appear immediately on the main page after logging in to your SIS account.

2. If you do not have any holds listed, you have automatically been validated for spring - no need to check in with the Registrar's Office!

3. If you do have holds, you must visit the office that has placed this hold on your validation, and make satisfactory arrangements to clear this hold. Once the Registrar's Office is notified that you've cleared all holds, you will be validated. Validation should be completed the first day of class, Monday, January 23rd. The last possible day to validate is Friday, February 3rd. If you don't validate by the February 3rd deadline, you will be dropped from all of your courses and lose your status as a student.

4. If you decide not to return for spring semester, you must notify the Dean of Students Office to arrange for a temporary or permanent withdrawal from the college.

NOTES: You have to be validated in order to: appear on class lists, drop/add courses, declare grading options, access course folders, etc.

QUESTIONS about registration or validation? Have a change of address? New phone number? Please contact the Registrar's Office by phone (x6200), email (registrar@macalester.edu) or by stopping in to the office located on the first floor of 77 Mac.

REGISTRATION

See the Registration Instructions menu option for details.

PRIVACY INFORMATION

The following is defined as "directory information" and may be disclosed to ANYONE.

• Student name
• LOCAL address
• LOCAL phone
• Date of birth
• Major field
• Dates of Attendance
• Degrees and awards received
• Most recent previous educational institution attended
• Participation in officially recognized sports & activities
• Weight/height of members of athletic teams

If asked for any other information about you or your educational records, we would require a written authorization from you or your parent(s) before we would release it. There are some times when information will be released without your authorization (e.g., a court order); those exceptions are outlined in detail in the student handbook. Faculty or staff with a legitimate educational need to know the information in your record do have access to it.

If for any reason you do not want the information outlined as "directory information" released to anyone who asks, you simply have to request in writing that all directory information about you be restricted. There is a form in the Registrar's Office that you can sign for this purpose. Your request is effective throughout the end of the academic year, and you must renew it yearly.

ADDRESS CHANGES

Moved? Please tell us! Our office is the repository for address and phone numbers for current students and their parents. If you or your parents have moved recently, drop by and fill out an address change form. We won't automatically change your parent(s) address just because you change your own permanent address; we don't like to make assumptions. Forgive us if it seems like we're asking the obvious -- we want to be sure your family members get the appropriate mailings at the right addresses!

GRADUATING SENIOR STUFF

If you have worries (serious or otherwise) about your graduation status, you may make an appointment with Jayne to review your status. Five to fifteen minutes to make sure that there are no hitches with your graduation is worth the effort. Call x6200.

Some of the things you should remember to do: file an Intent to be Graduated form, revise major/core/minor plans, check your family addresses.

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