TEXT OF PRESIDENT McCORMICK'S MAY 25,
2010 RESPONSE TO THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON CHARGE S-1003, FALL
2010 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
I am writing in response to the Report and Recommendations on
Charge S-1003 on the fall 2010 Academic Calendar, as adopted by the
University Senate on April 30, 2010. I thank the members of the
Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee for their
attention to this issue and for their consideration of changes to
future academic year calendars by October 2010.
My administration is pleased to accept the Senate's recommendation to
make changes in the fall 2010 academic calendar in the designation of
class days in order to avoid the issues related to having the first
Monday class meeting take place near the end of the second week of
classes and after the close of the add/drop period. Specifically, I
accept the recommendation to have Monday classes meet on Wednesday,
September 8, 2010, and to have Wednesday classes meet on Monday,
November 22, 2010. By copy of this letter, I am notifying Arun
Mukherjee, Director of Space Management and Scheduling, and Don Smith,
Vice President for Information Technology, of the need to implement
these changes, and I thank them for the considerable work required to
make such changes in the room assignment process at this late date. I
further ask them to suspend the room assignment process for the 2011-12
academic year and beyond until the Senate has considered adjustments to
Monday class meeting days in future academic calendars. I approve the
Committee's solution to this academic calendar issue and anticipate
their timely recommendations regarding any similar changes needed in
the academic calendar for 2011-12 and beyond.
Sincerely yours,
Richard L. McCormick
c: Steven Diner, Chancellor, Newark Campus
Philip Furmanski, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Ken Isuo, Registrar
Arun Mukherjee, Director of Scheduling and Space Management
Wendell Pritchett, Chancellor, Camden Campus
Don Smith, Vice President for Information Technology