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- In accordance with KSU
policy, if you have a documented disability and require reasonable
accommodations to obtain equal access in this course, you should contact
the course instructor at the beginning of the semester, or when given an
assignment for which an accommodation is required. Students with
disabilities must verify their eligibility through the
Student Disability Services
in the Michael Schwartz Student Services Center
(330.672.2972).
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KSU is
committed to Affirmative Action:
Affirmative Action is the name given to programs
whose primary intent is to:
- Eliminate
unlawful discrimination in employment and educational opportunities;
- Remedy
lingering effects of past discrimination;
- Create systems
and procedures to prevent future discrimination.
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- University regulations are
rigid almost beyond belief about who may receive forbearance in
their late-completion of course requirements. So, if late-completion
seems like something you're contemplating then speak to the
instructor as early as you can ... the alternative may be that
neither of us has an alternative! Pre-planning is crucial. Of
course, demonstrable emergencies such as your illness, death of a
close family member, or your dog ate your zip-disk for example, are
all relatively easy to handle — but a failure to plan for the
'Final' is less likely to weigh into the decision equation.
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'Snow
Days' ~ I want to be sure that we all understand when and how classes
are delayed/cancelled due to inclement weather …
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Whenever the Winter weather becomes inclement then somewhere in the
university administration a gnome makes the vital decision whether the
university should be closed or not. That gnome is a particularly strong
and robust fellow ~ he never gets the flu and seems impervious to frigid
conditions. He rarely decides that it's ever too cold, windy or snowy
enough to cancel classes. However, when he does declare a weather
emergency then he disseminates the news on local radio and television
stations. He doesn't tell staff or faculty any differently than other
university customers. Thus, faculty and staff get no earlier notice
about these decisions and have no better knowledge about his thinking
than those who listen to the weather reports. No-one knows the identity
of this gnome.
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KSU has a 'don't ask, don't tell' policy on weather. Please don't
ask for weather forecasts, we cannot tell... Office personnel are
instructed to never relay messages about weather warnings, snow
advisories or even the current weather on campus. They're instructed to
never make guesses about the weather's prospects for Kent. Remember,
most of us don't even have a window in our offices so we have little or
no knowledge about the present weather outside.
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The
KSU Home Page always has accurate and up-to-date information ―
excepting that it is not updated with the morning's snow situation until
sometime after 8:00 a.m. and so an early morning closing won't
necessarily be reflected until after the breakfast hour. But since most
SPSY students typically don’t have a.m. classes that's hardly a hardship
to us... I am usually in my office most of the day on Wednesdays prior
to our SocLng class. Call on me if you have questions ~ however, keep in
mind that I’m as much in the dark about weather forecasting as you’ll
be.
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