Welcome Back! The College of Arts and Sciences hopes you and your student had a restful winter break! Now that we are in the heart of winter and colds and flu are common, remind your student he or she can go to the DeWeese Health Center for treatment. If your student must miss class due to illness, recommend he or she reach out to the instructor by phone or email prior to the absence. Florence Summer Institute Deadlines to participate in the Florence Summer Institute are quickly approaching. The priority deadline is February 1, 2016 and the final deadline is March 1, 2016. The program runs June 2 through July 2 and allows students to earn six or seven hours of credit. All courses are taught in English. This is an excellent opportunity for your student to immerse him or herself in a new culture, rich in history! Learn more about the program here. Summer 2016 Schedule and Registration The summer 2016 schedule will be available for viewing by students on Monday, January 25. Summer scheduling for all students, regardless of class standing, will begin on Monday, February 22. Your student may register for a maximum of 12 credit hours in the summer. Summer courses are offered in three week, five week, or eight week sessions. Intersession Start: End: Duration: Summer I Start: End: Duration: May 23 June 10 3 weeks Summer II Start: End: Duration: June 13 August 6 8 weeks June 13 July 16 5 weeks Summer III Start: End: Duration: July 18 August 20 5 weeks Transient Coursework Spring Semester Advising If your student cannot take Advisors will see students on a drop summer courses through Kent in basis starting Monday, January 11 State University, suggest he or through Friday, January 22 from she speak to an academic advisor 8:30 am to 11:00 am and 1:30 pm about the possibility of taking to 4:00 pm. During drop in advising, courses transient, or as a guest, advisors will be happy to assist your at an institution closer to home. student with spring 2016 scheduling Paperwork must be completed in questions or concerns. advance to apply credits from other schools to the Kent State Advisors will begin seeing students University transcript. Students for required advising starting on must have at least a 2.0 KSU January 25 and continuing through grade point average to be the end of the semester. Please approved to take courses encourage your student to meet with transient. Visit this site to see his or her advisor early in the how courses would be applied by semester in order to be prepared for Kent State University. fall 2015 registration. Featured Faculty Member: Dr. Zhao, Associate Professor of Computer Science Dr. Zhao's research focuses on physically based simulation and visualization, natural phenomena, modeling, general purpose computing using graphics hardware, and information visualization and visual analytics. In the past four years, Dr. Zhao has been awarded grants totaling more than $800,000, including a recent $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research on a cloud-based visual analytics software system to advance transportation studies. To learn more about Dr. Zhao, click here. Advising Twitter Advising Instagram Advising Website Copyright © *|2015|* *|CAS:Office of Undergraduate Advising and Student Services|*, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: KSU College of Arts and Sciences Office of Undergraduate Advising and Student Services P.O.Box 5190 105 Bowman Hall Kent, Oh 44242 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can unsubscribe from this list