Final Grade Reporting Schedule for Fall 2015:
 
Key Dates:
·         Wednesday, November 25, 2015: First day to post final grades for Full Term.
·         Tuesday, December 15, 2015 [12:00 p.m. Midnight]: Last day to post final grades.  All final grades due this date.
Non-Attendance Grading Reminders
·         In order for The University to comply with U.S. Department of Education regulations, instructors are now required select one of the following reasons when a grade of “F” (or “NC”) is assigned as a midterm or final grade: Earned, Never Attended, or Stopped Attending.
·         Faculty should assign grades of “F” (Never Attended) or “F” (Stopped Attending) as soon as it becomes evident that the student has never attended or stopped attending class. 
·         “F” (Stopped Attending) grades will also require the submission of a Last Attend Date.
·         For more information on non-attendance grading, please view our information page.
Office of the University Registrar
(205) 348-2020
registrar@ua.edu
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​The University of Alabama was fortunate to welcome nearly 160 new faculty members in Fall 2015. These faculty come from a variety of educational backgrounds and institutions and are exceptionally well qualified to help the University carry out its teaching, research and service missions. Every UA college or school hired new faculty for 2015-2016, and we thank those of you who served on search committees to help bring them to The Capstone.
 
Please visit the new faculty webpage created by the Office for Academic Affairs at http://provost.ua.edu/new-faculty.html to see the results of our searches. You’ve probably already met many of the new additions in your colleges and schools. We hope this page will help you recognize new faces across campus.
 
We are delighted to have these new faculty members at UA and look forward to welcoming them at various events throughout the academic year (see the new faculty event schedule and other resources at http://provost.ua.edu/welcome-new-faculty.html).

In support of the terrific Alabama Reach Program, Faculty Senate is again partnering with the OCTSA (Office of Clerical and Technical Staff Assembly) in an initiative that connects UA's foster youth, orphans, emancipated minors, wards of the State, and homeless students with gift cards during the holidays and when needed thereafter. Senate has reached out to faculty in the past and the response has been extremely positive. Think about these students among us and consider helping them with a gift card. Please see the attached flyer for details, and share it with your colleagues.

We ask that donations be made by November 20. Gift cards or check donations can be sent to JoAnn Oliver:  Capstone College of Nursing, Box 870358 or give the donation to your college faculty senator before November 17. Checks need to be made out to "The University of Alabama". Include your email address and amount of your gift card for a receipt acknowledging your donation.
 
LINK: https://onlinegiving.ua.edu/giving/givingForm/begin?division=2&account=743**

Funds Collected will be distributed equally in the form of gift cards among the
Program’s 52 STUDENTS. 
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Thank you-
 
Donna Meester
Faculty Senate President 

TO ALL UA FACULTY:
 
Now is the time to turn in any materials you would like to have custom published for the spring term to the Academic Publishing Service in the University Supply Store.  The APS publishes course readers, lab manuals, class notes, and out-of-print books at a very reasonable cost to students.  The APS clears all copyright permissions (where necessary), masters your materials, applies pagination, and binds the materials according to your specification.  Materials are then made available on the shelves along with any other course materials.  And remember, labs on campus no longer have print credits, and students can purchase your class notes from the Supply Store cheaper than they can print the notes themselves.  Contact Jeff Smith in the Supply Store at 8-9654 or jwsmith@bama.ua.edu for more information.  The APS has served the UA community for 23 years.