Hmmm...this comes close to matching Covenant College and Southern Adventist U.'s schedule. I still have two more weeks of classes to go at those schools...and THEN they have exams! And I still have until 12/17 before I'm done at Cadek.
Of course, having my UTC teaching done this soon DOES give me more time to finish up at the other schools...

-----Original Message-----
From: Helen Mcdearman <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 19:38:49 -0500
Subject: Re: [UTCSTAFF] Fall Schedule proposal

Go JIM...good schedule proposal.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Dr. James W. Hiestand" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] 
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 11:03:53 -0500
Subject: [UTCSTAFF] Fall Schedule proposal

 I propose the following fall schedule for UTC. 
 
1.  Start Fall classes  as we did this year on  Monday , Aug. 18.

2.  Start Fall Break at the end of the week and run it for the entire 
next week.  (this year Oct. 19- 25)

3.   Begin Thanksgiving Break after classes on Tuesday night (this year
November 25.)
 
4.   Run classes for a full week that now includes only one day of 
classes and Reading Day. (this year Dec. 1- 5)  Tuesday would be an optional
make-up day. 

 5.  Eliminate Reading Day and run Finals for the following full week, 
starting on Monday.  (this year Dec. 8-12)


 
   This schedule would give the same number of days for each day of the
week.   This is important for labs and other classes that may meet only once
a week.  Tuesday of the last week of classes would be an extra day that
could be used for any make-ups or skipped.   It would make it feasible to
really do something over Fall Break instead making it small parts of 2
weeks.   It would meet the calls for Wednesday of Thanksgiving Week being a
holiday and eliminate a following "dangling" Monday that makes up for the
Labor Day holiday.   It would provide a more rational schedule for Finals.
The 4 extra days  (2 at Fall Break, 1 before Thanksgiving, Labor Day) are
"paid for" by eliminating Reading Day and running Finals through the end of
the week where they now end on Tuesday.  This would still allow Graduation
to be comfortably before Christmas but not necessarily on a weekend.

   (It would also allow me to drive home to Buffalo over Fall Break where I
put up storm windows for my parents, instead of flying.  Thus I could see
lots of pretty leaves on the way.)

    Jim Hiestand

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