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Emergency Notification Test Message
by cc-student＠lists.umanitoba.ca 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

UM EMERG TEST MESSAGE ??? This is a test of the University of Manitoba's emergency notification system. On a regular basis, the University of Manitoba tests its ability to send urgent/emergency messages to ensure the system is working properly. If this were a true emergency, you would be provided with instructions on how to proceed. Please report any problems with the system to emergency(a)umanitoba.ca.

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Deadline for Dropping and Adding Courses; Declaring Graduation; Update your Address and Phone
by cc-student＠lists.umanitoba.ca 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

bw_horizontal[1] Registrar's Office September 15, 2008 Fall Term Fee Revision Deadline - Wednesday, September 17 . Last day to add Fall Term and Fall/Winter classes. . Last day to drop Fall Term and Fall/Winter classes with a full refund of tuition. Note: Students who are on Hold will not be able to use the registration system to add or drop courses. If you are on Hold and intend to drop a course(s) only, please contact your advising office <http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/> for assistance. You are financially responsible for all classes in which you are registered after September 17. . Last day to opt out of the UMSU Health & Dental Insurance Plan. For information about opting out of the UMSU Health and Dental insurance plan, please see the UMSU website <http://umsu.ca/> . Update your Contact information It is important that the university has up to date information so that you can be contacted by mail or by phone. . Update your address and/or phone information through Aurora Student: o Log in to Aurora Student and select Personal Information>View/Update Addresses and Phones o If the information displayed is not current click the link at the bottom of the page: Update Addresses and Phones. o Existing addresses are listed by address type and effective date. You may update an existing address by selecting the link next to the corresponding address. This will access the page that allows you to update the selected address and/or related telephone information. Only current and future dated addresses are displayed. o Insert the effective date (current date or a future date), update the contact information and click the 'submit' button. Planning to Graduate in February or May 2009? All undergraduate students must declare their intent to graduate through Aurora Student. The deadlines to declare your intent to graduate through Aurora Student are: o September 30 for February graduation o January 31 for May graduation. . Log in to Aurora Student, select Enrolment & Academic Records>Declarations>Declare Graduation Date. . Select your intended graduation month form the drop down menu and press 'submit'. SA_logo-tag_line Creating Opportunities for Student Success

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(UofM Notice) Welcome back reminders
by cc-student＠lists.umanitoba.ca 03 Sep '08

03 Sep '08

bw_horizontal[1] Registrar's Office September 2, 2008 Welcome to the Fall/Winter 2008-2009 session at the University of Manitoba. Fall Term Fee Payment Deadline - Wednesday, September 3, 4:30 p.m. . Avoid the line - pay online. Click <http://umanitoba.ca/admin/financial_services/revcap/StudentAccounts.htm> here for information on fee payment options and questions. . Access your fee account in Aurora Student. There are two ways to view your fees online: 1) Go to Enrolment & Academic Records. Click on Registration, select a term, and then select Registration Fee Assessment. or 2) Go to Enrolment & Academic Records. Click on Student Records, then select View Account Summary. . Information about fees, tuition, student organization, endowment, service fees, etc. is available at the Registrar <http://umanitoba.ca/student/records/fees/index.html> 's Office website. . Remember, if you have opted out of the UMSU Health and Dental Plan, you do not have to pay this fee to the university. Your account will be adjusted after the September 17 Fall Term revision deadline. . For information about opting out of the UMSU Health and Dental insurance plan, please see the UMSU <http://umsu.ca/> website. Check your schedule for classroom changes . Check you class schedule in Aurora Student in case any of your classes have changed locations. . Due to ongoing renovations, classes originally scheduled for 306 Tier, 408 Tier and 207 Buller have been re-located. . Check your class schedule in Aurora Student, using the Week at a Glance feature: o This screen allows you to view a schedule of your classes & events for the current week or a specifically selected week of your academic schedule. o Go to Enrolment & Academic Records. Click on Registration, select a term, and then select 'Week at a Glance' SA_logo-tag_line Creating Opportunities for Student Success

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Student Parking Update
by grnbrg 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

For those who have not yet paid for their 2008-09 student parking permit, the payment deadline has been extended to FRIDAY, AUGUST 1. If payment is not received by the deadline your parking reservation will be cancelled. In-person payments by cash, cheque or money order are accepted at the Parking Office (125 University Centre). Office hours are weekdays from 8:00am to 4:30pm. If you would like to mail a cheque or money order, please make payable to THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA and send to: Parking and Shuttle Services, 125 University Centre, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2. Write your name, Student Number and vehicle license plate number on the back. Be sure to indicate it is your parking permit fee. Payment must be received by the Friday August 1 deadline. Please note we are unable to process payments by credit card, debit card, or post-dated cheque. Please check the Parking and Shuttle Services website (umanitoba.ca/parking) for all the updates and information you need.

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U of Manitoba 2008-09 Registration Information
by Neil Marnoch 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

bw_horizontal[1] Registrar's Office July 9, 2008 Get ready for your 2008-2009 registration at the University of Manitoba. Registration for most returning students will commence July 21. . Find your registration time on Aurora Student. Log in and select Enrolment & Academic Records. Select Registration and then Registration Time & Status. . Registration times were available on Aurora Student as of July 7. If you checked your time on July 7 or 8, please re-check your time as some registration times have since been corrected due to errors in the assignment of times. . On this page you can also check to see if: o You have any Holds that will prevent registration (including Advisor Holds for students in specific programs); o Your academic status prevents registration (e.g. academic suspension); o Your record is not currently active due to an absence from university. If you have a Hold that prevents registration, click the View Holds link at the bottom of the page to see what type of Hold has been applied. Note: if you have recently changed faculties and see that you have a Hold that is applicable to your old faculty, or if you have applied to graduate in October but are beginning a new program in September - contact a student advisor in your faculty to clear the Hold prior to registration. . Students in some faculties must declare a major, minor or concentration once a specified number of credits have been earned. Your record may have a registration Hold if this applies to you. . Students in the following faculties may declare a Major, Minor or Concentration through Aurora Student: o Major: Arts (General and Advanced); Management (Asper School of Business) o Minor: Arts (General and Advanced); Environment, Earth, & Resources (Riddell Faculty); and Human Ecology o Concentrations: Human Ecology . If you are planning to declare or change your major, Minor or Concentration but are not yet required to do so, please note you must do this prior to registration for the Fall/Winter terms. What's New for 2008-2009 . Fee assessments for 2008-2009 registrations will be available on Aurora Student as of July 28. . New Winter Term Fee Deadline o The deadline for payment of Winter Term Fees has been moved up to Thursday, January 8th, 2009. In past years the Winter Term fee payment deadline has been the Winter Term Revision Deadline. . UMEMERG o UMEMERG is a new way for the U of M to contact you in case of a campus emergency. Simply register your cell phone to receive emergency messages as text messages. If you don't have a cell phone you can register another phone to receive a voice message. o UMEMERG registration is available on the Personal Information and Registration menus of Aurora Student. o UMEMERG will be used to send emergency messages only. . UMSU Health & Dental o If you have been approved by UMSU to opt out of the insurance plan, you are not required to include the premium amount in your fee payment to the university. Simply deduct the amount of the UMSU Health and Dental Insurance premium (see your Student Fee Account) from your term amount owing and pay the balance to the university. The UMSU Health and Dental premium amounts will be deducted from your Student Fee Account after the Fall Term revision deadline (September 17). o You may apply to opt out of UMSU Health and Dental insurance coverage online. See the UMSU website at www.umsu.ca for details. Calendar Corrections . Written English and Mathematics Courses: The following courses satisfy the Written English Requirement and not the Mathematics Requirement as stated in the paper Undergraduate Calendar, p. 29, Appendix A: GEOL 1410 Natural Disasters and Global Change, 3 Cr.Hrs GEOL 3130 Communication Methods in the Geological Sciences, 3 Cr.Hrs Both courses are offered through the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth and Resources. . In the Faculty of Pharmacy chapter, p. 437 of the paper Undergraduate Calendar, Section 5: Program Requirements, the total number of credit hours for First Year should be 33, making the total credit hours for all four years 140. . In the General Studies section of the Extended Education chapter, Section 4.1: Academic Assessment Policy indicated that academic regulations were under review. Please note the new regulations have been approved by Senate as described below. The revised regulations are also included in the web Calendar. 4.1 Academic Assessment Policy Academic assessment gauges student success at the University. Formal academic assessment shall be done following each academic term for all General Studies students who have completed 30 credit hours or more of attempts. In order to be in "good standing" in General Studies, a student much achieve a Degree Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.00 or greater at each assessment period. Students in "good standing" may continue in General Studies or, preferably, transfer to a target faculty. Students who do not achieve a Degree GPA of 2.00 will be placed "on probation", which will appear on the student's transcript. Once "on probation", a student will be allowed to register for another term (or terms). At each point of assessment, students "on probation" must achieve a Term GPA of 2.00 in order to proceed. In order to clear probation, a student must achieve a Degree GPA of 2.00. While "on probation", students are encouraged to consult regularly with the General Studies student advisor and always prior to registration. If a student does not succeed in achieving a Term GPA of 2.00, they will be placed on "academic suspension" for one calendar year. A student on "academic suspension" is normally not allowed to register in another faculty or school at the University of Manitoba or to attend any other post-secondary institution during the time of suspension. Following the suspension period, a student may re-apply for admission to General Studies. Section 4.4 Courses Available to General Studies Students Please note the revised information below indicates that courses in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences may also be taken by students in General Studies without restriction. All courses in the following faculties and schools are available to General Studies students. Prerequisites may be required for some courses as specified in the course descriptions. Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences Faculty of Arts Faculty of Science I.H. Asper School of Business Please see the web Calendar for additional information on available courses. Remember - Make sure you contact a student advisor: . If you are unsure of your course selection and program requirements . If you are planning to repeat a course or take an equivalent course . If your program requires Advisor approval - check your Hold status in Aurora Student. SA_logo-tag_line Creating Opportunities for Student Success

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U Manitoba 2008-2009 Registration Information
by aurorastudent＠UManitoba.ca 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

bw_horizontal[1] Registrar's Office July 9, 2008 Get ready for your 2008-2009 registration at the University of Manitoba. Registration for most returning students will commence July 21. . Find your registration time on Aurora Student. Log in and select Enrolment & Academic Records. Select Registration and then Registration Time & Status. . Registration times were available on Aurora Student as of July 7. If you checked your time on July 7 to 9, please re-check your time as some registration times have since been corrected due to errors in the assignment of times. . On this page you can also check to see if: o You have any Holds that will prevent registration (including Advisor Holds for students in specific programs); o Your academic status prevents registration (e.g. academic suspension); o Your record is not currently active due to an absence from university. If you have a Hold that prevents registration, click the View Holds link at the bottom of the page to see what type of Hold has been applied. Note: if you have recently changed faculties and see that you have a Hold that is applicable to your old faculty, or if you have applied to graduate in October but are beginning a new program in September - contact a student advisor in your faculty to clear the Hold prior to registration. . Students in some faculties must declare a major, minor or concentration once a specified number of credits have been earned. Your record may have a registration Hold if this applies to you. . Students in the following faculties may declare a Major, Minor or Concentration through Aurora Student: o Major: Arts (General and Advanced); Management (Asper School of Business) o Minor: Arts (General and Advanced); Environment, Earth, & Resources (Riddell Faculty); and Human Ecology o Concentrations: Human Ecology . If you are planning to declare or change your major, Minor or Concentration but are not yet required to do so, please note you must do this prior to registration for the Fall/Winter terms. What's New for 2008-2009 . Fee assessments for 2008-2009 registrations will be available on Aurora Student as of July 28. . New Winter Term Fee Deadline o The deadline for payment of Winter Term Fees has been moved up to Thursday, January 8th, 2009. In past years the Winter Term fee payment deadline has been the Winter Term Revision Deadline. . UMEMERG o UMEMERG is a new way for the U of M to contact you in case of a campus emergency. Simply register your cell phone to receive emergency messages as text messages. If you don't have a cell phone you can register another phone to receive a voice message. o UMEMERG registration is available on the Personal Information and Registration menus of Aurora Student. o UMEMERG will be used to send emergency messages only. . UMSU Health & Dental o If you have been approved by UMSU to opt out of the insurance plan, you are not required to include the premium amount in your fee payment to the university. Simply deduct the amount of the UMSU Health and Dental Insurance premium (see your Student Fee Account) from your term amount owing and pay the balance to the university. The UMSU Health and Dental premium amounts will be deducted from your Student Fee Account after the Fall Term revision deadline (September 17). o You may apply to opt out of UMSU Health and Dental insurance coverage online. See the UMSU website at www.umsu.ca for details. Calendar Corrections . Written English and Mathematics Courses: The following courses satisfy the Written English Requirement and not the Mathematics Requirement as stated in the paper Undergraduate Calendar, p. 29, Appendix A: GEOL 1410 Natural Disasters and Global Change, 3 Cr.Hrs GEOL 3130 Communication Methods in the Geological Sciences, 3 Cr.Hrs Both courses are offered through the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth and Resources. . In the Faculty of Pharmacy chapter, p. 437 of the paper Undergraduate Calendar, Section 5: Program Requirements, the total number of credit hours for First Year should be 33, making the total credit hours for all four years 140. . In the General Studies section of the Extended Education chapter, Section 4.1: Academic Assessment Policy indicated that academic regulations were under review. Please note the new regulations have been approved by Senate as described below. The revised regulations are also included in the web Calendar. 4.1 Academic Assessment Policy Academic assessment gauges student success at the University. Formal academic assessment shall be done following each academic term for all General Studies students who have completed 30 credit hours or more of attempts. In order to be in "good standing" in General Studies, a student much achieve a Degree Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.00 or greater at each assessment period. Students in "good standing" may continue in General Studies or, preferably, transfer to a target faculty. Students who do not achieve a Degree GPA of 2.00 will be placed "on probation", which will appear on the student's transcript. Once "on probation", a student will be allowed to register for another term (or terms). At each point of assessment, students "on probation" must achieve a Term GPA of 2.00 in order to proceed. In order to clear probation, a student must achieve a Degree GPA of 2.00. While "on probation", students are encouraged to consult regularly with the General Studies student advisor and always prior to registration. If a student does not succeed in achieving a Term GPA of 2.00, they will be placed on "academic suspension" for one calendar year. A student on "academic suspension" is normally not allowed to register in another faculty or school at the University of Manitoba or to attend any other post-secondary institution during the time of suspension. Following the suspension period, a student may re-apply for admission to General Studies. Section 4.4 Courses Available to General Studies Students Please note the revised information below indicates that courses in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences may also be taken by students in General Studies without restriction. All courses in the following faculties and schools are available to General Studies students. Prerequisites may be required for some courses as specified in the course descriptions. Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences Faculty of Arts Faculty of Science I.H. Asper School of Business Please see the web Calendar for additional information on available courses. Remember - Make sure you contact a student advisor: . If you are unsure of your course selection and program requirements . If you are planning to repeat a course or take an equivalent course . If your program requires Advisor approval - check your Hold status in Aurora Student. SA_logo-tag_line Creating Opportunities for Student Success

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NEW UPDATE: Student Parking
by Parking Services 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

***ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS WHO HAVE REGISTERED FOR 2008-09 STUDENT PARKING*** ======================================================================== Thank you for registering for student parking at The University of Manitoba. Payment for your Student Parking Permit will now be accepted between Tuesday, July 8 at 9:00am and Wednesday, July 16 at 5:00pm. Acceptable methods of payment: online (24/7), in person (during Parking Office business hours), or by mail. Please visit umanitoba.ca/parking/payment.html for complete information. Thank you, Parking and Shuttle Services parking_services(a)umanitoba.ca Ph: 204-474-9483

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Student Parking Update
by Parking Services 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

***ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS WHO HAVE REGISTERED FOR 2008-09 STUDENT PARKING*** ========================================================================= Thank you for registering for student parking at The University of Manitoba. Please be advised that we will begin accepting payments for parking permits starting THURSDAY, JULY 3. To find out what parking lot you have been assigned, login to JUMP (umanitoba.ca/jump) using your Student Number and Aurora PIN. Please continue to check the Parking and Shuttle Services web site for updates (umanitoba.ca/parking). Thank you, Parking and Shuttle Services parking_services(a)umanitoba.ca Ph: 204-474-9483

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China Earthquake Relief
by cc-student＠lists.umanitoba.ca 22 May '08

22 May '08

This message is being sent on behalf of the Office of the President. Dear Colleagues: I am writing in the aftermath of the recent earthquake in China, to ask for your assistance, and to advise you of the initiatives the broader Chinese community of Winnipeg is undertaking to help the survivors of this tragedy. As many of you are aware, an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 - first reported as 7.8 - hit the province of Sichuan, China, on Monday, May 12. As of May 19, the death toll had reached 34,000 and more than 250,000 were injured. These numbers are expected to rise rapidly in the days to come. Beichuan, a small town at the epicenter of the earthquake, was flattened in seconds. Thousands of students lost their lives in school on that Monday afternoon. The devastation and deaths are of such magnitude that the Government of China has declared three days of national mourning, the first ever in the Chinese history. We have all read stories of natural disasters and sometimes it is hard to comprehend destruction and devastation that is located far away. For many of our students, faculty and staff, however, this tragedy is all too real. Sichuan Province is home to many international students at the University of Manitoba, and several of our professors have their hometowns within 200 km of the epicenter. Furthermore Sichuan University is a sister university of the University of Manitoba, and Winnipeg is a sister city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. Dr. Feiyue Wang, a member of our Department of Environment and Geography as well as the Department of Chemistry, and Chair of the Manitoba Chinese Tribune, has advised me that the Chinese and Chinese-Canadian communities of Winnipeg are co-coordinating efforts to provide care and support to the victims of this earthquake. A major benefit performance is planned for May 25 at the Canad Inns - Polo Park. I am attaching the poster describing this event for your information. Your attendance would be most appreciated. If you would like to make a donation, please make your cheque payable to the Canadian Red Cross, earmarked "China Earthquake". You may drop the cheque at the event venue, or at the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre, or mail it directly to the Canadian Red Cross National Office, 170 Metcalfe, Suite 300, Ottawa, ON K2P, 2P2. If you wish, you may donate directly with your credit cards at www.redcross.ca <http://www.redcross.ca/> . Most importantly, do not forget that our University has many Chinese students, scholars of Chinese origin, and friends of Chinese ancestry in the community. A friendly smile would help them immeasurably, as would an inquiry about their families and friends. Whatever their circumstances, it will help them to know that though they may be far from home, here they are not alone. Sincerely, Emőke Szathmáry, Ph.D. President and Vice-Chancellor _____

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Winter Term 2008 VW Deadline and Summer Session Registration
by cc-student＠lists.umanitoba.ca 20 Mar '08

20 Mar '08

Reminder: The Voluntary Withdrawal Deadline for Winter Term 2008 and Fall/Winter 2007/2008 (spanned) courses is Thursday, March 20. You can withdraw from classes through Aurora Student. Students who are on Hold due to outstanding tuition, library books, parking fines, etc. must obtain assistance from a student advisor in their academic unit or the Registrar's Office. Summer Session registration commences the week of March 24 to March 28. Students will be assigned one day during this week in which to register. Each day during this first week of registration an equal number of spaces are released to the registration system. There is no advantage to students who are assigned a registration day that is earlier in the week. Beginning Monday, March 31 all students may register. Check for your registration time on Aurora Student > Enrolment & Academic Records > Registration > Registration Time and Status. Please note: . Register at your earliest opportunity. Space is limited and courses that are in high demand will fill during the first week of registration or shortly after. . If you are planning to repeat a course you must obtain approval from your faculty/school/University 1 office prior to registration. . Check course descriptions to ensure you are not selecting a course that may not be held for credit with a course you have already completed toward your degree or intended program. . Check course descriptions to ensure you have the prerequisite for courses you have selected. . Note changes made to the Student Fee Account in Aurora Student. Fee Deadlines are based on the start date or 'part of term' in which course is offered. The total amount owing for Summer Session is displayed on the main fee account screen in Aurora. Click on the link below the Summer Session fee term to display amounts owing with each associated fee deadline. . Students who register for Summer Session courses are responsible for all assessed fees. Your registration will not be cancelled for non-payment of fees, however, student with outstanding balances after the fee deadline will be placed on Hold. If you decide not to attend a course(s) you have registered in, make sure you withdraw your registration prior to the start of the class to ensure that fee assessment is reversed. . Note that some fees, including Field Work Fees are non-refundable upon registration. You may view Field Work Fees and Lab Fees attached to courses by clicking on the class link in the Class Schedule. Neil Marnoch Registrar, University of Manitoba 400 University Centre 204 474 9425

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