what to watch for
Friday, January 21
Last date to add Winter Term Classes
Friday, January 21
Last date to drop Winter Term classes without financial penalty
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what's happening in FAS
- Message from the Dean
- Town Hall for students
- Deferred exams
- Academic advising during add/drop
- Degree quick check
- Info session on QUIP internships
- Women in Science and Engineering conference
- (Un)Hacking Downstream Consequences
- Mental health promotion week
- #ICYMI
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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
Welcome to the 2022 winter term in Arts and Science. I hope you had a relaxing and safe break and are ready for the start of our term.
While we planned to start this term remotely, we did not expect to be starting it under new public health restrictions in Ontario, as well as in other parts of Canada and the world. I appreciate that you may be disappointed, feeling nervous, and/or anxious about the pandemic, the start of the term, and your future. I understand and please know that I will communicate with you regularly this term, will also listen to you, and will work to address your concerns. Supporting you and all of our students, staff, and faculty is our top priority.
Please see below for details and to register for our first Town Hall of the year for students to take place on Tuesday, January 18, from 10:30 to 11:30 am. I will be joined by members of the Faculty’s senior leadership team, and special guest Dr. Samantha Buttemer from the Queen’s School of Medicine, to answer as many questions as possible and keep our community connected as well as informed.
If you have any questions about your academics, please contact one of our academic advisors. You can book a virtual meeting through our online booking system found on our Academic Advising web page under ‘Advising for All Students.’ If you need additional assistance, please call us at 613-533-2470.
Once again, I wish you the best for the start of term. I hope to see you at our upcoming Town Hall.
Sincerely,
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Barbara Crow, PhD
Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science
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TOWN HALL FOR STUDENTS
You are invited to join Dean Barbara Crow and members of the Faculty’s senior leadership team, and special guest Dr. Samantha Buttemer from the Queen’s School of Medicine, for a Town Hall for students on Tuesday, January 18 from 10:30 to 11:30 am. Please join us to ask questions and/or just listen in and stay connected with our community.
We would like to request that you submit your questions in advance to deanartsci@queensu.ca by noon on Monday, January 17. We strongly encourage you to send in your questions, which we will prioritize answering verbally during the event; however, you will also have the opportunity to post last minute questions or comments in the chat. We will answer these questions verbally, rather than providing written answers to the questions in the chat, and we will post relevant website links whenever possible.
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DEFERRED EXAMS
The deferred exams schedule has been released and you can expect to receive details directly from your professor. Deferred exam dates have been extended to accommodate all exams that were missed due to the cancellation of in-person exams in December and will be held between January 13 to 23.
If your exam is being run through Examity, you will receive a message through an onQ course announcement with instructions for how to sign up for an Examity timeslot. Don’t forget to check the onQ site regularly. If your exam is run through onQ or is in another format (take-home assignment), your professor will communicate the date and time of the exam.
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ACADEMIC ADVISING DURING ADD/DROP PERIOD
From January 3 to 21, academic advising will be offering 20-minute virtual appointments on a first-come, first-served basis (Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to noon and 1:00 to 4:00 pm) to accommodate as many students as possible during the add-drop period. You can now book an advising appointment through our new online booking system. Appointments open on a rolling 48 hour basis (e.g., a 1:00 pm appointment for Thursday would become available for booking at 1:00 pm on the prior Tuesday), so please check back regularly for new openings.
If your issue is more complex and is not urgent, we advise you to book an appointment after Friday, January 21 when our regular advising schedule resumes. If you need advising and cannot call during our regular office hours, please email us at asc.registration@queensu.ca.
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DEGREE QUICK CHECK
To ensure you’ve met all your degree requirements, please review your Academic Advisement Report in SOLUS using the My Academics link, then click View my advisement report. Learn more on our Course Planning and Options web page. If you have any questions, you can access our Degree Quick Check form to have your Academic Requirements Report reviewed by an Academic Advisor.
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INFO SESSION ON QUIP INTERNSHIPS
Test-drive a career and gain a competitive edge with a paid, professional internship. Queen’s Undergraduate Internship Program (QUIP) provides you with the opportunity to participate in a 12-16 month work experience after your second or third year of studies. Learn more about the program and what the experience could bring to your degree at the upcoming QUIP information session on Tuesday, January 18 from 5:30 to 6:30 pm.
Hear from a previous intern to learn how QUIP helped him secure a job in his field at a vaccine company (during the pandemic) in Toronto.
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FAS SUBSIDY FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (WISE) NATIONAL CONFERENCE
The first 25 Arts and Science students to register for the WISE 10th Annual National Conference will have their full ticket price subsidized by The Faculty of Arts and Science Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigenization Fund. Students will be required to pay for their registration up front and will then be reimbursed by WISE at the end of the conference. Along with Arts and Science the Faculty of Engineering has committed to an equal subsidy and the School of Graduate Studies will be sponsoring and hosting a booth at the event. The virtual conference takes place January 22 to 23. Learn more about the conference, opportunities and to register on the WISE website.
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EXPERIENCE VENTURES - (UN)HACKING DOWNSTREAM CONSEQUENCES
(Un)Hacking Downstream Consequences gives you an opportunity to work in a cross-disciplinary team to produce solutions to real-world problems. The event will occur online between February 22 and March 3, with synchronous and asynchronous pieces. This is a paid opportunity for up to 35 undergraduate students enrolled in second year and above in any discipline at Queen’s University. Students will receive a $325 honorarium for their 16 hours of participation.
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MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION WEEK
We encourage you to participate in and learn more about the resources and series of online events being offered by groups across campus for Queen's Mental Health Promotion Week, from January 24 to January 28. Bell Let's Talk Day, Wednesday, January 26, initiates a national conversation on mental health, and the #queensletstalk Mental Health Promotion Week connects this conversation to Queen's University. It also acknowledges the many student-led organizations and clubs that contribute to the mental health education, advocacy, and support at Queen's that happens throughout the entire year. Learn more about the virtual events being offered by units across campus on the Mental Health Promotion Week website.
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