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Bulletin #3: Registration Times; Your Records in Aurora Student; New Registrar's Office Website
by Neil Marnoch 06 Jul '06

06 Jul '06

Bulletin #3: Registration Times; Your Records in Aurora Student; New Registrar's Office Website Aurora Student its all coming together Aurora Student, the University of Manitobas new student information system, is now active. This system will offer many services to students related to academic activity (e.g. registration, grades, fee statements) and replaces MyUMinfo Web Services, which be taken off-line at the end of the summer. Aurora Student is available now for you to find your registration time. Go the University of Manitoba homepage at umanitoba.ca. Click on the link to Aurora Student. Click on Enter Secure Area. To sign in, use the same ID (your student number) and PIN that you used in MyUMinfo. If you have trouble with your PIN, call the Registrars Office at 204-474-9420. Once you are signed in, click on Registration, then Registration Time and Status. You will see the date on which you can start registering for courses. All times start at 8:30 a.m. Once in, you can access the system again to continue your registration anytime, 24/7. If you intend to Transit from University 1 to Arts or Science, declare a major, declare graduation, or join a College, please check back on the week of July 10. The process of moving the academic records for all active students into Aurora Student is underway. This is a complicated process that is being done in several stages. When you go to Aurora Student for the first time, you may not be able to view your academic records. We are in the process of moving this information from the old system to Aurora Student. Please be patient. All records will be completed soon. Check back in the week of July 10 or after if you wish to view your academic records in Aurora Student. In the meantime, if you would like to view a full record of your completed study at the U of M go to MyUMInfo Web Services. This system will be available until the end of the summer. Note that all previous courses and grades have been moved to your new Aurora Student record, so you shouldnt have problems with prerequisites when registering for courses. However, if you encounter unexpected problems with your registration, such as a prerequisite error, please contact your faculty or school general office for assistance. New Registrars Office Website - umanitoba.ca/registrar Check out our new website for information on the new Aurora Student information system and how this system will be used to view academic records, and for registration and other academic activity. The new website also includes information on: Important Dates and Deadlines; Personal Information and Identification; Fee Information; Final Examinations; Grades and Grade Point Averages; Graduation and Convocation; Withdrawal and Return to Study; Transcripts and Enrolment Verifications. Also included is information for International Students and for students who are thinking about completing some of their Study at Another University. Note that information on using Aurora Student is being developed. Available now in the Whats New section is information on the services available in Aurora Student and how to log in and find your registration time. Instructions are available on how to check to see if you are eligible to register, or if you must first clear a financial or advisor hold. There is also information that will help you understand the Catalog and Schedule information. Coming soon are step by step instructions on how to register. We are also introducing a new feature called AskUManitoba. This will be your way to ask registration related questions and get a response right away. No waiting for an email to be answered. Get the information you need - when you need it. Simply type in your question and youll get an immediate response. AskUManitoba may also point you towards areas of the Registrars Office website where you can find more information related to your questions. AskUManitoba will be available on the Registrars Office website. Soon, youll also find AskUManitoba on the Help pages in Aurora Student. Look for the link to Help pages in the upper right hand corner of each Aurora Student page. Over the summer and fall well be adding to the information included in AskUManitoba and expanding the topics to other areas of the Registrars Office. Next Bulletin: Registration, Repeating Courses, and new VW regulations

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Aurora Student - Bulletin #2 -Signing in to Aurora Student and determining your registration time
by Neil Marnoch 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

BULLETIN #2: Signing in to Aurora Student and determining your registration time Aurora Student may be accessed on the University of Manitoba homepage at umanitoba.ca as of July 4, 2006. Look for Aurora Student in the Student Links area. In addition to the information below and in other bulletins, you may also obtain information on using Aurora Student on the Registrars Office website on or after July 4. Look for this website under the Current Students tab on the U of M homepage. Signing in to Aurora Student To sign in to Aurora Student, click on Enter Secure Area. You will be required to enter a User ID and PIN. Your User ID is your Student Number. As a returning University of Manitoba student, you will continue to use the student number assigned to you at admission. Your student number is recorded on your Student ID card. You will use the same PIN that you used the last time you contacted UMREG or MyUMInfo. If you have difficulty with your PIN, call the Registrars Office at (204) 474 9420 for help. You are Responsible for your PIN Keep your PIN number confidential. You are responsible for all activity that takes place with the use of your Student Number and PIN. You can change your PIN again, and as often as you wish, through Aurora Student. Go to Personal Information and select Change PIN. PIN Security Question The first time you sign in to Aurora Student you will be prompted to set up a PIN Security Question and Answer. This question and answer will be used to recover a forgotten PIN during future sign ins. Be sure to select a question and answer that is personal and will not be known to others. Hint: The security questions must be answered letter for letter (if you type "daisy" as your answer, the response "daisies" will be incorrect. Registration Access Times Once your Registration Time starts, youll continue to have access to the registration system for the remainder of the registration period. The system is open 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. Most returning students will register on or after July 24. Determine your Registration Time though Aurora Students Registration link on or after July 4, 2006. Go to Aurora Student (through the link on the U of Ms homepage at umanitoba.ca) then select Enrolment and Academic Records, then Registration, and then Registration Time and Status. On this page you can also check to see if there are any holds that may prevent registration, that your program is listed correctly, and that your student status permits registration. If your program is listed incorrectly, or if your student status does not permit registration, please contact your faculty or school general office. Next Bulletin: Getting Ready for Registration; Repeating Courses and New VW Regulations

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Aurora Student - Bulletin #1 - New Terms, Subject Codes and Catalog Searches
by Neil Marnoch 14 Jun '06

14 Jun '06

BULLETIN #1: New Terms, Subject Codes and Catalog Searches The self-service area of Aurora Student will be available July 4, and through it, you will be able to access and update personal information, register for courses, and obtain fee statements, grades and more. Watch for more information on the Registrars Office website later this month. The online Calendar (rules, regulations and program requirements), the Course Catalog (course descriptions) and the Class Schedule (course times and locations) are currently available through umanitoba.ca. Use the Calendar to learn about rules, regulations and program information. The Class Schedule is at the moment preliminary. Most courses are now entered on the schedule. Additional information, such as section comments, will be entered by the end of June. Whats New New Term Structure Starting this September, Regular Session for most students will be split into two Terms: Fall 2006 and Winter 2007. When you register, or search for classes in the Course Catalog or Class Schedule, youll need to search each Term (in which you want to take courses) in order to see the complete course offerings. Terms in Aurora Web Months Regular Session Fall 2006 September to December Winter 2007 January to April Medicine, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene and Med Rehab Students Bannatyne Undergrad 2006-2007 July to June For example, if youre a Science student and want to see whats available in September, select Fall 2006. If you want to see whats available in January, select Winter 2007. If youre a Dentistry student, select Bannatyne Undergrad 2006-2007. New Subject Codes in Course Numbers Courses in Aurora Student are identified with a subject code, not a department number. For example, 017.120 is now PSYC 1200. This means you will need a subject code for each of your Catalog and Schedule searches. The drop down menus on the online Course Catalog and Class Schedule include the names of the Subject areas, so you wont need to know the codes, but because some departments have divided their courses into several subjects, you may need assistance in identifying the subject area you want. For example, the department of French, Spanish and Italian (044) now offer their courses as French (FREN), Spanish (SPAN), or Italian (ITAL). A complete list of Subject areas, organized by faculty and department, and also offered alphabetically is available on the Calendar main page. Hint: If you would like to search for courses in more than one subject at once, while searching the Course Catalog or the Class Schedule, press and hold the Control or Command key while selecting subjects you wish to include in your search. New Ways to Search the Course Catalog and Class Schedule The main change you will see in the online Catalog and Schedule will be the course search tools: * If you want to see course descriptions, search the Aurora Course Catalog. * If you want to see the course offering for the coming year, search the Aurora Class Schedule. Note: Although the Catalog and Schedule went live on the web in early May 2006, they are still in development. You will see changes to these functions over the next month that will improve ease of navigation. Searching the Course Catalog 1. Select the Term you want to search. 2. Select a Subject Area (and any other option you want to include in your search). Notes: - Courses displayed in search results may include courses offered in Fall 2006 AND Winter 2007. - Only courses which are offered during the Term you selected will have an active web link to the Class Schedule. If you want to see courses in another Term, youll need to perform another search using that Term. - You MUST include a Subject in each search. Searching the Class Schedule 1. Select the Term you want to search. 2. Select a Subject Area (and any other parameter you want to search). Note: - Terms in Schedule are currently marked view only. Once your registration period starts, you will be able to select courses and register through the schedule. - Only courses offered in the Term you selected will be displayed. - You MUST include a Subject in each search. See BULLETIN #2, June 21, for information on Registration and Fees, along with new regulations on Voluntary Withdrawals and course repeats. Registrar's Office, University of Manitoba

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Bursary Support for International Students
by Jane Lastra 25 May '06

25 May '06

Attention Undergraduate International Students $260,000 Available in Bursary Support Financial need-based assistance is available to eligible current full-time undergraduate international students for the 2006/07 academic year to assist with second term tuition fees. To be eligible for assistance, students must complete a University of Manitoba bursary application form. Applications will be available to students after July 17, 2006 at the following locations: Financial Aid and Awards Office - Room 422 University Centre Building International Centre for Students - Room 541 University Centre Building University of Manitoba Students´ Union - Room 101 University Centre Building Available online for printing at: http://www.umanitoba.ca/student/fin_awards/ The deadline date to apply is October 1, 2006. Successful applicants will be notified in writing prior to the December holiday break. Please direct all inquiries to: Financial Aid and Awards Room 422 University Centre Building Tel: (204) 474-8197 Fax: (204) 474-7543 E-mail: awards(a)umanitoba.ca

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Nominate your best teacher! Deadline extended
by Cheryl Richardson 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

ATTENTION: GRADUATING STUDENTS The deadline date to nominate professors / instructors for the Saunderson and Stanton teaching awards has been extended until Monday, April 24, 2006. You are eligible to nominate your favourite professor or instructor for these awards if you are graduating this May or have already graduated from a previous University of Manitoba program in the last three years. Successful recipients of these teaching awards will be honoured at May Convocation. Nomination forms are available for pick-up at the Financial Aid and Awards Office (422 University Centre) and also on the department website as a pdf document at the following address: http://www.umanitoba.ca/student/fin_awards/saunderson_stanton_teaching_ awards.htm Completed nomination forms must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 24th to the Financial Aid and Awards Office, 422 University Centre (completed forms can be faxed to 474-7554). Cheryl Richardson Awards Officer Enrolment Services 422 University Centre University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 (204) 474-9533 Fax: (204) 474-7554 email: Cheryl_Richardson(a)umanitoba.ca

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2005 Tax Forms available
by Neil Marnoch 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Students who were registered in the 2005 tax year may access their T2202a tax form at MyUMInfo. Go to umanitoba.ca/myuminfo. Log in and select 'My T2202a form'. Next select the '2005 taxation year' from the drop down menu. If you have difficulty accessing the form, or if you have questions regarding the information on this form, please call the Registrar's Office at 474-9420. Neil Marnoch Registrar, University of Manitoba

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Notice of planned Internet outages. Plus a note about viruses
by Dianne Cox 22 Aug '03

22 Aug '03

The UofM IST has scheduled two network outages on different nights this weekend -- the first one brief, the second one for 5 hours. For details, please see: http://umanitoba.ca/acn/outages If you have any questions or concerns regarding this service outage, please contact me or the Support Desk 474-8600 support(a)cc.umanitoba.ca p.s. Let me take this opportunity to recommend to everyone with Windows Operating systems ensure you are protected against the latest viruses. Carry out these basic computer hygiene steps: - run Windows Update either automatically or every week. - update your antivirus software patterns either automatically or every day. [If you don't have one installed already, get Trend OSAV. see: umanitoba.ca/acn/antivirus ] Dianne --- Dianne_Cox(a)umanitoba.ca /(204)474-9793 Fax:-7920 /Rm 623 Engineering-3 User Services /Academic Computing & Networking (IST) /U of Manitoba

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Major network outage - all day Sunday July 13
by Dianne Cox 10 Jul '03

10 Jul '03

This announcement is being sent to students with cc email addresses at the University of Manitoba. There is no need to reply. _______________________________________________________________________ The University of Manitoba central computing system and network services will be unavailable on Sunday, July 13, 2003, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. to allow for electrical power changes in the central computer room. UofM e-mail, dial-up connections, and the entire UofM website and associated services such as WebCT and library databases will be unavailable. Login and file servers for Novell and Unix systems will be down so the ACN student computer labs on campus will not be usable. Independent computer systems such as those operated by Computer Science, Physics, and Engineering should continue to function normally. If you have questions or concerns please contact the Support Desk support(a)cc.umanitoba.ca 474-8600 Dianne --- Dianne_Cox(a)umanitoba.ca /(204)474-9793 Fax:-7920 /Rm 623 Engineering-3 User Services /Academic Computing & Networking (IST) /U of Manitoba

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U of Manitoba IST announcement re your mail.
by Dianne Cox 13 Mar '03

13 Mar '03

A Bulk Mail filter on central University mail will go into effect Monday March 24. Your participation is needed to ensure you do not lose any subscriptions or other bulk mail you've requested. ---- In an effort to reduce the amount of spam, IST is pleased to announce that a bulk mail filter (DCC) will be activated on the University's central mail servers, cc.umanitoba.ca and ms.umanitoba.ca, as of Monday, March 24. To read more about the bulk mail filter, you can start from the ACN home page at: http://umanitoba.ca/acn and under "IST/ACN Computing News" click on "Bulk Mail Blocking - AVOID LOSING MAIL" You can check your bulk mail summaries on a web page or have them mailed to you each week. Both methods are available at: http://umanitoba.ca/acn/spam Presentations are being scheduled over the next two weeks on the bulk mail filtering and white list. They are currently scheduled for: Bannatyne campus: Monday, March 17. 12:05-1:00 pm. Theatre C. Basic Med Sciences Monday, March 17. 1:30-2:30 pm. Theatre C. Basic Med Sciences Fort Garry campus: Tuesday. March 18. 1:00-2:00 pm. IST Theatre-160 Dafoe Bldg (off Library lobby) Wednesday, March 19 1:15-2:15 pm. IST Theatre-160 Dafoe Bldg. (off Library lobby) Thursday, March 20 2:00-3:00 pm. 340 University Centre. Microcomputer Centre. Tuesday, March 25 1:30-2:30 pm. 340 University Centre. Microcomputer Centre More presentations will be scheduled as needed. In summary it is important to: - start now checking your bulk mail summary to catch good mail and white list it. - develop the habit of checking the bulk mail summary on an ongoing basis into the future. Since it is only kept for seven days, choosing the mailout subscription method may be preferable at the start. We hope this service will be of assistance in reducing spam though it will not catch all of it. Your feedback on how this bulk filtering approach works for you in the weeks ahead will be very important in shaping our maintainence and support of it. If you have any questions about DCC, please contact the Support Desk support(a)cc.umanitoba.ca 474-8600 Regards, Dianne --- Dianne_Cox(a)umanitoba.ca /(204)474-9793 Fax:-7920 /Rm 623 Engineering-3 User Advocate /Academic Computing & Networking (IST) /U of Manitoba

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UofM ccu accounts expire Friday (Oct.4) if not reclaimed
by ACN Computer Accounts Administrator 01 Oct '02

01 Oct '02

[This message is being sent to student owners of ccu accounts @cc.umanitoba.ca. There is no need to reply. If you have already renewed your account, kindly disregard this message. If you are not registered or not renewing your account this fall please read Section 2 below.] 1. RETURNING STUDENTS: If you are registered at the University of Manitoba for the current session (03R), and have not already renewed your ccu email-internet-unix account this fall using 'claimid': --------------------------------------------------------- Please go through 'claimid' BY 2 P.M. THIS FRIDAY (Oct 4) to avoid having your cc.umanitoba.ca account expire. --------------------------------------------------------- If you are in Faculty of Management courses, you need to go through claimid a separate time, selecting the 'ins' system for account renewal. Unrenewed accounts will be expired this weekend starting late Friday afternoon, October 4. Claimid will not be available all weekend - possibly not until Monday afternoon, October 7. Renewed accounts remain active until next fall: Friday, October 3, 2003. If you are registered in 03R but claimid still does not recognize you, please contact the Computer Accounts Office or Help Desk (contact information below). For more information about your accounts and how to renew, see http://umanitoba.ca/acn/accounts/student.html 2. IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED THIS FALL OR CHOOSE NOT TO RENEW YOUR ACCOUNT: Please use the CC Mail Management page to set a forwarding address and/or an auto-reply ('vacation message') to inform senders of your new situation. Go to: http://mail.cc.umanitoba.ca For details on what to do and what happens to your account after it expires, please see: http://umanitoba.ca/acn/accounts/student.html#norenew If you are graduating, you may wish to sign up for a mail-forwarding "address for life" through the University Alumni Association: http://umanitoba.ca/alumni/online_community 3. QUESTIONS? If you have questions or concerns, please contact me or one of IST's support offices: IST/ACN Computer Support Desk: Room 628 Engineering Bldg Phone: 474-8600 E-mail: support(a)cc.umanitoba.ca Bannatyne IST Help Desk: Room S206 Medical Services Bldg Phone: 789-3541 E-mail: Help_Desk(a)umanitoba.ca Shirley Hares --------------------------------- Computer Accounts Administrator Room 629 Engineering Bldg, Fort Garry campus Phone: 474-9788 E-mail: Computer_Accounts(a)umanitoba.ca Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30-12, 1-4:30 Also open over noon hours until Friday Oct. 4

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