2021-22 Academic Calendar - "Town Hall"?

[James Gallicchio]

Oh, just to clarify, that's 8-9pm EDT, i.e. in about 4 hours. Apologies for
the short notice and for the confusion! :-(

On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 3:45 PM James Gallicchio <jgallicc at andrew.cmu.edu>
wrote:

> Hi again everyone,
>
> I finally have a meeting scheduled with the provost for tomorrow morning,
> 8:30-45am (... yup, 15 minutes...).
>
> To make sure we're all on the same page before that meeting, I'm gonna be
> available *today, 8-9pm* at this meeting link
> https://cmu.zoom.us/j/3575432412 to discuss what I will bring up tomorrow.
>
> I mostly want answers to two questions.
>
>    1. *Why was the semester length changed?* We've heard many different
>    reasons, none of which are strong justifications for the change:
>       - Desire for longer winter break
>       - Advisors & other staff feeling pressure to work on Christmas
>       - Vague COVID restrictions
>       - Vague legal requirements
>    2. *How is the university going to communicate this change to
>    students, parents, and faculty?* Students & parents have a right to
>    know this change is happening, and faculty *need to know* in order to
>    adjust curricula well in advance of the start of the fall semester.
>
> Also, of the 60ish who responded to the last poll I sent out, ~85% said
> that we should propose moving the start of Spring 2022 back a week. So I
> will bring that up with the provost as an alternative calendar.
>
> See some of you this evening, and hopefully I will have more to share
> after tomorrow morning.
>
> -James
>
> --
> *James Gallicchio*
> BS Candidate | Computer Science
> Carnegie Mellon University | Class of 2023
> jamesgallicchio at gmail.com
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>


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*James Gallicchio*
BS Candidate | Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University | Class of 2023
jamesgallicchio at gmail.com
US C: +1 (856) 994-5658
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