Important messages, dates and news from the Faculty office.
Monday June 22 - Friday July 3, 2020
Student Services Hiatus and Reduced Services 

Thursday June 25, 2020 
Faculty Board Meeting

Thursday June 25 - Saturday June 27, 2020
May - June Classes Exam Period

Wednesday July 1, 2020
Canada Day (the University will be closed)

Tuesday July 7, 2020
May-June Courses Grades Due
messageMessage from the Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic)
 
Good Afternoon,
 
I would like to provide some additional academic details regarding the Principal's notice sent on Monday about the holiday time on July 2nd and 3rd. These holidays are intended to be in recognition of the challenging and demanding schedules we all currently face, but I want to acknowledge there are some pre-scheduled educational activities that will need to continue during these dates.  Scheduled academic activities, including classes, exams, thesis defenses, for graduate and undergraduate students courses will proceed as planned during July 2nd and 3rd. Personal time will be granted to faculty and staff involved in these activities to use at a later date.
 
Thank you,

Mark F. Green, PhD, PEng
Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic)
boardFaculty Board Meeting
 
Please note that a special Faculty Board meeting will take place on Thursday, June 25, from 3:30-4:30 pm via Zoom. Please see the following details below to join the meeting:
 
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
 
Password: 430821
 
Or iPhone one-tap :
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Or Telephone:
Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
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Webinar ID: 825 7022 4296
Password: 430821
International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdfsQM7dgE
contagionContagion Cultures Lecture Series
 
This series is a Faculty of Arts and Science collaboration between the  School of Policy Studies and  Languages, Literatures, and Cultures,  Gender Studies,  Film and Media Studies, and Cultural Studies. 

Queen's Contagion Cultures Lectures help make sense of this pandemic through the expertise and insights of Arts and Science faculty members. This public-facing series asks important questions and explores complex responses. It deploys the powerful tools of Arts and Science humanistic analysis to help society grapple with our turbulent times. 

The series will be live-streamed on Zoom every Tuesday at 4:00 PM EDT/EST, beginning July 7, 2020.

The July 7 Event will include:
Energy, Climate Change, and COVID  - Warren Mabee, School of Policy Studies
Rethinking Mobility in Pandemic Times - Jennifer Ruth Hosek-Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

 For more info on the series please visit:  https://www.queensu.ca/sps/events  
remoteReminder - Remote Teaching Support
 
The Faculty of Arts and Science is offering support and practical resources to ease the shift to remote teaching. Our Workshop Series: Preparing for Remote Teaching will continue throughout the summer. Topics covered include course design, assessments, technology, asynchronous activities, designing PowerPoints, and more. Please see the schedule on our new page QUartsci.com/remote-teaching and join us when you can - no registration is required! We will also be adding additional resources to this webpage soon, including a list of technologies available to support teaching and how to get access to them, so please stay tuned for updates!

Questions can be sent to [email protected] where they will be triaged to receive the right type and level of support (multimedia, LMS or instructional Design).
internationalResponding to International Students During COVID-19
 
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a big impact on the immigration process for international students, with major implications still being seen in study plans, employment and visa applications.
 
Join the QUIC and the Office of the AVPI as we guide you through the questions students might be asking you, and tips for how best to respond.

This session will:
  • Clarify the role of RISIAs in advising international students
  • Provide an overview of the updates to the immigration process
  • Identify resources for staff and faculty to point students towards
This session will take place via Zoom on Tuesday, June 30th at 10:00 - 11:00.
 
Registration required. To register for the session, click here.
memoReminder - Grades Memo
 
Please review the  full memo .

Deadlines for submitting grades:
May - June courses Tuesday July 7, 2020
May - July courses
 Friday August 17, 2020
July - August courses
 Monday August 24, 2020
incompleteReminder - Incomplete Grades from Fall 2019 and Winter 2020
 
If a course instructor gave a student an incomplete grade in Fall 2019 or Winter 2020, the grade will remain incomplete (IN) until 15 September 2020 unless a change of grade is submitted sooner. The grade will lapse to an F on 15 September if the outstanding work has not been submitted, graded, and the grade change processed by that time. Instructors, please ensure that students with incomplete grades are aware of the deadline you have set for outstanding course work.
 
As students will not be returning to campus in September, please consider alternative ways to assess students' performance in the course, other than a deferred final exam. Options include alternative forms of assessment that can be submitted through OnQ, or unproctored quizzes in OnQ. If a deferred exam is the only option for completion of course work, please contact Arts and Science Online at  [email protected] as soon as possible to make arrangements for online proctoring of the exam.
 
Arts and Science online is providing a series of workshops for instructors on remote teaching. A recording of the recent workshop on assessment will be made available, and a specific workshop on alternatives to final exams will be held in July-August. You can find details of the workshops at  https://www.queensu.ca/artsci/remote-teaching
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