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FAS Updates and Important Deadlines
For All Staff and Faculty
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June 17, 2020
In this Update:
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Sunday June 21, 2020
National Indigenous Peoples Day
Monday June 22, 2020
May - June Classes End
Monday June 22 - Friday July 3, 2020
Student Services 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)
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 Faculty 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 :
US: +16699006833, 82570224296#, 1#,430821# or +19292056099,b82570224296#, 1#,430821#
Or Telephone:
Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 929 205 6099 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 346 248 7799
Webinar ID: 825 7022 4296
Password: 430821
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Town Halls
Join us for a Town Hall to ask questions or to just listen in on the conversation and stay connected to our community. We will be available at 12:00 PM (EDT) on Thursday this week (
June 18) via Zoom (
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81409656334). As always, please also feel free to email us at
[email protected].
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Reminder - Share your Thoughts on EDII
Our FAS EDII Committee would like to hear back from you! Please participate in our
ThoughtExchange by the end of the day tomorrow,
June 18, to suggest actions that we can take to improve EDII in our Faculty. Our Committee will begin analyzing results of the
ThoughtExchange on
June 19, and will report back to our community as soon as possible.
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The murder of George Floyd (Minneapolis), and the deaths of Regis Korchinski-Paquet (Toronto) and Breonna Taylor (Louisville), and the protest and violent unrest that has erupted over the past week, highlights the significance of the work of the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS) Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigeneity Implementation (EDII) Committee and the importance of engaging all members of our Faculty in responding to the continuing issues faced by our community members.
The FAS EDII Committee stands in support of Black staff, students, and faculty, and community at large. We strongly condemn anti-Black violence and systematic racism against the Black community. We reaffirm our commitment to anti-racism around the world and at home here at Queen's University. This anti-racist work is crucial at this pivotal moment in time.
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CAUCE Webinar
The following webinar is available through CAUCE (Canadian Association for University Continuing Education). Queen's is a member of CAUCE and therefore registration is free.
Promoting Engagement in your Remote Delivery Course
Note: Password for online registration is Education2020
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Reminder - 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, 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).
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Reminder - Student Services Hiatus and Reduced Services
From June 22-July 3 2020, Student Services will take its usual summer hiatus. During this time, as summer courses will still be in progress, the academic consideration portal and support will be available. Student Services will not be responding to inquiries (autoreplies will be set up) with the exception of emergencies or pressing matters, which should be directed to [email protected]. The following staff members will also be available during this time:
June 22-24: Haley Everson, Bruce Griffiths, Claire O'Brien, Kevin
O'Brien
June 25:
Haley Everson,
Claire O'Brien,
Kevin
O'Brien
June 26:
Kevin
O'Brien,
Claire O'Brien
June 29:
Bruce Griffiths
June 30:
Bruce Griffiths
July 1 Closed
July 2:
Haley Everson,
Claire O'Brien
July 3:
Haley Everson,
Claire O'Brien
The office will return back to full services beginning July 6.
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Deadlines for submitting grades:
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Tuesday July 7, 2020 |
May - July courses
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Friday August 17, 2020 |
July - August courses
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Monday August 24, 2020
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Reminder - 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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Student eNewsletters
For the latest student eNewsletters, please see
queensu.ca/artsci. You can find our emails to students in the bottom right corner of our homepage.
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Follow Us on Twitter!
Don't forget that we have a Twitter account for Arts and Science Faculty and Staff! Get news and updates from the Faculty and the rest of the University, as well as another place to access the Staff & Faculty E-newsletter. Follow us
@QUASfacultynews
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