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General Updates

In partnership with the central Academic Advising office, we will be offering an FSEM advising and registration refresher workshop on Wednesday, October 9th from 3:00 – 4:30pm (Driscoll South, suite 30 – check in at front desk). This workshop is aimed at providing practical tips and information to ensure faculty feel prepared for the Winter 2020 advising and registration period. Register here.

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Advising Updates

Monday, October 7th
Academic advising and registration period begins and alternate pins are ready for deletion (not sure what this means? register for our advising & registration refresher above!). All undergraduate students should be advised and cleared to register by Friday, October 25th.

Monday, October 28th
Registration for Winter 2020 opens for undergraduate students

Academic Advising and Pin Deletion

ALL First- year students should meet with their FSEM mentor to review their schedule and to have their alternate PIN deleted.

All Undeclared second-year students should meet with a staff academic advisor in the Academic Advising Office for advising and pin deletion. (303-871-2455; advising@du.edu)

All declared majors meet with their departmental advisor for advising and pin deletion.

Business students or those intending to apply for Secondary Admissions to Daniels should attend a group advising sessions and/or meet with a Daniels Undergrad Programs Academic Advisor (303-871-6910, DCBundergrad@du.edu).

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Sunday, October 20:
Last day to drop (W Assigned) without approval
Last day to drop via PioneerWeb

Monday, November 4:
Last day to drop courses with instructor approval

Monday, November 4:
Last day to drop courses with instructor approval

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Winter interterm courses are great for students who are looking to take advantage of the winter break between fall and winter quarters. Choose from a variety of course types (travel, on campus and online courses) and course schedules (some are as short as 1 week!).

Contact uap@du.edu or visit the Interterm website for more information (Note: students must apply to register for travel courses by October 15, 2019).

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Mentorship Updates

As discussed at the FSEM training, we would like for you to submit early alerts for any students that already seem to be exhibiting some warning signs. Submit Faculty Feedback and/or an SOS Referral for students so we can provide support early!

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Upcoming Events

Date: Friday, October 4
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Location: Lindsay Auditorium, Sturm Hall

When women run for office, they win just as often as men win. So why aren’t there more women in office? Because they don’t run. Join Congresswoman Diana DeGette, State Representative Leslie Herod, and former State Attorney General Cynthia Coffman in a panel discussion and networking event aimed at demystifying the process of running for office.

For more information and to RSVP, visit: http://bit.ly/2ksk9D8

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Date: Tuesday, October 15
Time: 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Location: TBD

The Department of Languages & Literatures invites you to a special performance by Italian rapper and social activist Amir Issaa. Issaa, whose mother is from Rome and father is from Egypt, addresses themes of citizenship as an activist and artist.

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Date: Wednesday, October 30
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Location: Kvistad Events Room, Anderson Commons

We are pleased to announce our Call for Submissions for the fourth annual celebration and showcase of first-year writers’ responses to DU’s One Book, One DU shared prompt.

We welcome One Prompt responses in all genres—including multimodal texts (e.g., songs, videos, graphic arts/comics) and spoken performances—by first-year students. If your work is accepted, it will be displayed at the showcase event on Wednesday, October 30th from 6pm–7:30pm. For more information and submission guidelines, visit the One Book website.

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Share your updates!

Email Leah at leah.ogrady@du.edu to share your announcement, update, or event with the FSEM community!