General Education Course Substitution Appeals - Jan 2014 Update

Processing General Education Course Substitution Appeals

Gen Ed Appeals are still being processed in one of two ways:

1)      DSS Gen Ed Appeals:  For appeals based on the presence of a documented disability (for example, a mathematics appeal), students should fill out the DSS Gen Ed Appeal form with help from a DSS counselor who will verify that documentation exists to support the appeal.  DSS Counselor Sue Haddad @ Rockville coordinates these appeals – she has access to the DSS Appeal Form Based on the Presence of a Disability and will consult with you if you have questions.  Completed forms require the signature of a DSS counselor, a department chair when appropriate, and are then forwarded to Sue.  A Gen Ed Appeals Subgroup decides upon each appeal by e-mail, so there is not a distinct deadline per semester, but earlier submissions are best BEFORE or early during the semester that the student hopes to graduate.

2)      Appeals for all other General Education Course Requirements (Foundation & Distributions) are to be completed by the student, signed by a Department Chair, next signed by a counselor, and then forwarded to Anne Schleicher at the Germantown Campus.  As a designee of Dr. Sanjay Rai, I review appeals, check for a historical precedence, and make a recommendation if appropriate before sending them on to Dr. Rai for approval.  If you have a question about whether an appeal has been granted previously / seems possible / or other questions, please contact me to discuss.

See the General Education Course Appeal Form here, and find it always by searching for “General Education Appeal Form” on the MC Home Page.  http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/uploadedFiles/EDU/Departments_-_Academic/General_Education_Program/General_Education_Subpages/GenEdAppealForm.pdf

Welcome Center Hours - January 2014

Here’s the update on January 2014 Welcome Center hours from Stacey Gustavson. 

Our normal hours at Rockville are M,W, F: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tues, Thur: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

For the first week of classes we are currently planning to be open:

Monday, Tuesday: 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Wednesday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thursday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

We will return to normal hours for the second week of classes.

Graduation Application Dates

Update provided by Melissa Gregory on 12/4/13

The Board of Trustees requested submission of resolutions of expected graduates for fall, spring, and summer prior to the end of those terms.  The Board now pre-approves the list of graduates for each term.

To submit the list of expected graduates to the Board on time, it was necessary to change the deadlines for graduation applications. The deadlines will change as of summer 2014 – see below:

Fall:                      June 2 – October 1

Spring:                October 2 –March 1

Summer:              March 2 –June 1

The spring deadline will not change, so there won’t be any disruption for students.  However, there will be no exceptions to the deadlines.  If a student’s name is not on the pre-approval list that goes to the Board of Trustees, the student cannot graduate in that term.  In the past the graduation coordinators used their own discretion regarding exceptions on late graduation applications.  That is no longer possible. 

The deadlines have been changed on our forms, on the web, and in the online catalog.  Let Melissa Gregory know if you run across any place that has been missed.