Now there is a new Department Directory available online that makes it easier to connect. Improvements include more complete contact information for units and staff such as unit postal addresses, staff email addresses, and links to faculty bios.
Gopher Day of Coderetreat - January 12, 2017
Our first Gopher Day of Coderetreat successfully brought developers together for a day of dedicated, deliberate practice. Altogether, 40 programmers (from first-year students to 20-year professionals) spent the day pairing, discussing, and learning. Feedback from the event has been universally positive and Ian Whitney is assembling a group of people interested in organizing next year’s event.
Gopher Day of Data - January 13, 2017
The first Gopher Day of Data event brought approximately 80 students, staff, and faculty together to work on 11 data and analytics projects. Verbal feedback from participants was positive; more feedback is being collected to determine whether to repeat this event annually.
Office of the Registrar updates
The registrar's staff have been busy with term transition activities wrapping up fall term and looking ahead to spring. Here are some numbers for you:
- Fall term activities
- Over 275k fall grades for have been posted, however follow-up continues for incomplete and non-reported (NR) grades.
- Of the 18k NR grades posted, more than 14k have already been resolved to another grade.
- Fall graduation numbers to date are 3,253 posted degrees for all careers.
- Spring term activities
- Approximately 240k enrollments for spring for over 55,000 student
- Approximately 2,860 spring 2017 graduation requests are being processed
Retirement
Congratulations to Dianne Danov. After many years of service Dianne, Associate Director for Compliance, Athletic Aid and Scholarships, will be retiring in early-February. An open house reception is scheduled for January 31. Contact Tina Falkner for details.
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