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Notes and Deadlines Archive

9/2/08: Course Registration Issues

  • Freshman English: There are no more openings in English 102 or 101A. If you did not get in, or have been displaced, you need to take 101 this spring, and 102 next fall. In the meantime, this semester, we suggest that you take a social science elective (sociology, anthropology, psychology, economics, or political science at either 100, 200, or 300 level), or if you've already got that from AP or transfer credits, take a liberal elective (most things other than architecture, engineering or business).
  • Studios: All students must re-register for the section of the studio they are taking. If you don't do this, you won't get a grade at the end of the semester.

9/3/08

  • AIAS meeting at 6:00 pm in the Locraft Room.
  • Last day to identify and remove personal items in public areas including studios (unless in, under, or immediately adjacent to a desk), east and west aisles of Crough on main level and mezzanine, jury spaces, etc.). If you have any personal items, put them in your footlocker or take them home. That includes thesis projects, models, presentation boards, lamps, tables, etc. Clearly mark your property with your name and phone number in large letters.
  • First day that you can claim an unidentified and unclaimed personal item for your own. Are you in the market for a used parallel straightedge or other goodie? After Wednesday, help yourself. Anything unclaimed by Saturday September 6 (see below) will be out the door.

9/5/08

  • Last day to Add or Drop a course. After this you can only get out by Withdrawing.
  • CSI meeting at 1:00 p.m. in the West Mezzanine Jury Room. Elect officers, plan activities for the year.

9/6/08

  • Campus facilities crews will arrive in the morning to cart off any personal items remaining in public areas (See note for 9/3/08). They will bring bolt cutters to remove locks except where used to secure clearly identified footlockers and stools.

9/8/08

  • Crough cleanup: Campus facilities crews were delayed this past weekend due to the heavy rains. They will now expect to arrive Tuesday 9/9 at about noon to start clearing out personal items. Please make sure all personal items to be retained are either placed on top of your desk or are very clearly identified with your name and either the words "Fall 2008" or your phone number. A lock will not keep unidentified items from being thrown out.
  • Registration: The deadline for adding or dropping a course has passed. If you must get out of a class, you can withdraw up until 11/7/08

10/3/08

  • 2:10 pm: Next school-wide ("Town Hall") meeting. This meeting has been rescheduled from its original 10/1 date.

10/6/08 - 11/3/08

  • CUArch hosts an exhibition based on a new Birkhauser published book, Exhibition Schools of the Future. For more, click here.

10/10/08

  • Last Day to ask to audit a course. See Brenda or Annette and use the add/drop form to request audit status.
  • Freshmen mid-semester grades posted. If you are a freshman, go check. If you're not doing well in any course, go speak with your teachers and TAs and get things back on track for a good grade at the end of the semester.

10/23-25/08

  • Design Council Fall Event

11/5/08

  • Last "Town Hall" meeting of the semester.

11/7/08

11/9/08 (Sunday)

  • Undergraduate Admissions Open House for prospective freshmen.

12/5/08

  • Organizational meeting for any students interested in working over winter break to fix up our building. We will discuss in greater detail schedule, work forms and compensation. Noon, Mezzanine lounge. Organized by Elizabet Emerson.

12/12/08

  • Last day of final exam period
  • TAKE ALL PERSONAL ITEMS WITH YOU or throw them out in a trash can or the big dumpster in "Crough Alley", by Monday morning, December 15. Anything left behind, even if locked, will be thrown out during winter break when we will be sprucing up our building for the upcoming semester and the accreditation visit.

12/15/08
  • EVERYTHING GETS THROWN OUT. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE HERE OR NOT. DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING BEHIND.

1/12/09

  • First Day of Classes for spring semester. Welcome back. Important new information can be found on the following webpages:
    • The Studio Layout showing where each studio will be meeting this semester
    • A course timesheet showing when and where each class is meeting this semester
    • A new FAQ (answers to Frequently Asked Questions) for the School of Architecture and Planning that has links to all of the forms you use and lots of information you are always asking about.

1/23/09

  • Last day to add or drop a course. After this, NO CLASSES MAY BE ADDED, and courses may not be dropped, but only withdrawn. NO EXCEPTIONS will be made.

1/30/09

  • Last day to request a change of grade for a course taken in fall of 2008. To download a request form, click here.

2/7/09-2/11/09

  • Accreditation Visit. Click here for the basics from NAAB. The schedule is posted in the lobby and Miller space of Crough Center. The team consists of:

Team Chair, Representing AIA

Bradley D. Schulz, AIA, LEED® AP

Principal, JMA Architects, Las Vegas, NV

Representing AIAS

Je'Nen M. Chastain

University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Representing NCARB

Albert C. Hamersky, AIA

Lincoln, NE

Representing ACSA

Clark E. Llewellyn, AIA
Dean, University of Hawaii

Observer

Richard C. Lessard, AIA, NCARB

CUA alumnus

  • Monday, 2/9/09, 3:00-4:00 pm (NEW TIME!), Koubek Auditorium - School-wide meeting with students and the accreditation team only. The team wants to hear what the students have to say. Attendance is required. Studios will be cancelled during this time period.
  • Wednesday, 2/11/09, 11:00-12:00 pm, Koubek Auditorium - School-wide meeting with students, faculty, and the accreditation team. Attendance is required.

3/11/09

  • Town Hall Meeting

Spring Break

3/9/09 - 3/20/09

  • Advising Period. Sign up to meet with your advisor before registering for summer and fall '09 classes. Students who do not have their advisor's signature on their worksheet (not Dave's or Brenda's or anyone else's unless they are your assigned advisor) will not be able to register online. If you don't know who your advisor is, check on CardinalStation or see the list that will be posted on the vending machine. Also, see the links above for advising information, as well as information posted to the CUArch FAQ website.

3/30/09

  • Special Lecture: Leon Krier. 5:30 pm, Koubek. A reception and signing of his new book, The Architecture of Community, will follow the talk.

4/2/09 - 4/3/09

  • Antoine Predock at CUA as the first Walton Family Distinguished Critic in Design and Catholic Stewardship. Events include:
    • Thursday, April 2
      • 10:00-12:30 and 1:30-4:30 Review of studio work of the Cultural Studies/Sacred Space Graduate Concentration. All are welcome to attend.
      • 5:30 Public Lecture in Koubek Auditorium.
    • Friday, April 3: 1:00-4:00 Pin up and public discussion open to entire school.

4/22/09

  • BIM Symposium - Spring Semester Design Council event, 5:30 -7:30 pm, followed by reception. Guest speakers include Phil Bernstein (AutoDesk), Deke Smith (buildingSMART Alliance), Paul Seletsky (SOM), Joe Jarboe (Clark Construction)