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News archive - March 2020

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Teaching the the Faculty of Mathematics in spring 2020

Update for instructors in the Faculty of Mathematics

  1. Classes run from 11 May to 4 Aug and will be delivered wholly and solely online.
  2. All courses become single section courses.
  3. Each course with more than one instructor will have a coordinator identified by the Chair, Director or Associate Dean.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Engineering update: Important updates for instructors (W2020 and S2020)

Update for instructors in the Faculty of Engineering

If you are aware of any students who are not enrolled in your course but who were planning to write your final exam (typically as a supp exam or to clear an INC), please communicate with those students or talk to your associate chair/director to ensure those students know exactly what is happening. This is especially important if you no longer have a final exam in your course this term!

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Finance Operational Modifications due to COVID-19

Update for employees

Per University guidance dated March 16, 2020 advising all Waterloo employees to work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, certain business operations and processes within Finance have been modified. 

Monday, March 23, 2020

Month end P-Card extension

Update for employees

Finance is issuing the following guidance on March 15, 2020 P-Card expense coding and related P-Card approvals due to COVID-19. 

P-Card transactions incurred up until March 15, 2020 must have their coding and approval completed by end of day on March 31st. Typically, coding is locked down the 25th of each month, however, this month’s deadline has been extended.   

Monday, March 23, 2020

Senate approved motions on CR/NCR use for W2020 numeric grades

Update for faculty and course instructors

Course instructors can elect to use CR or NCR in place of numeric grades for Winter Term 2020 if they judge that they do not have enough information to give numeric grades.

Students will be able to ask to convert numeric grades to CR or NCR for a specific period after the end of Winter Term.