Student Handbook 2010-2011 - Holyoke Community College

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out an alternate PIN. For more information, go to MY HCCthen My Online Services during the Priority Registration sign-upperiod.Add/Drop PeriodAdd/Drop is the four-day period at the beginning of eachsemester when course changes may be made without a formalwithdrawal. Courses dropped during Add/Drop do notappear on the student’s HCC transcript. After Add/Drop,students wishing to leave a course must officially withdraw,and the course and withdrawal (“W” grade) are recorded onthe transcript.Students who do not meet the Self-Service registration criteria(see previous section on online services) or have notreceived an alternate PIN from their advisor must receivewritten approval from a college advisor or counselor to makecourse schedule changes. A discussion with an instructordoes not constitute an official course change. Section changeswithin the same course do not require approval. Bothcourse and section changes are subject to availability of seatsin the desired course.Add/Drop for the 2010-2011 academic year will take placeon the following dates: September 7-10, 2010 and January24-27, 2011.WithdrawalWithdrawal from a Course:Students are withdrawn from a course in the following ways: A student may drop a course during theAdd/Drop Period (first four days of the semester)without being recorded as enrolled in that course.Refunds for dropped courses are made in accordancewith the college’s refund policy. Attendance: Instructors will notify the registrar ofany student on their class list who does not attendthe course during the first two weeks. The registrarwill issue a WX grade and consider the student to bewithdrawn from the course. A student who is issueda WX grade is not eligible for any refund for thatcourse. In addition, a student who is issued a WX isnot eligible for financial aid for that course. Excessive Absences: Instructors may dismiss a studentfrom a class due to excessive absences, issuingan AW grade. AW is not calculated into the GPAand may not be removed if the student later withdrawsfrom the course.Course Withdrawal by Student: The student mustbring to the Welcome Center a completed CourseWithdrawal form. For courses that begin before 4p.m., the form must include the course instructor'ssignature. An instructor must honor a student'srequest to withdraw from a course (provided noprevious “WX” or “AW” grade was issued.) For thefall 2010 semester, a student may withdraw from acourse through November 23. For the spring 2011semester, a student may withdraw until April 22.The withdrawal grade assigned is “W” as the student’sfinal grade.Withdrawal from the collegeCollege withdrawals must occur before the last day of classes.Students taking day classes must meet with a college counselor(FR 233) for an exit interview, then bring a completedwithdrawal form carrying the counselor/advisor’s signatureto the Welcome Center. The date the Welcome Centerreceives the completed form becomes the official withdrawaldate. A withdrawal grade for each course is determined inaccordance with the policy for course withdrawals. AW andWX grades that were previously issued in a course remain onrecord, even when a student withdraws from the college.Financial Aid and WithdrawalsA student’s initial financial aid eligibility for each term isgenerally based on the enrollment status at the end of theadd/drop period (usually the first four days of the term). Ifthe student subsequently withdraws from the college beforecompleting 60 percent of the term, the college must applya federal and/or state formula to determine how muchunearned aid must be repaid respectively by the student andthe college. When calculating the unearned aid, the collegemust use the date the student began the withdrawalprocess as the date of withdrawal from the college. This datenormally is the date the student obtained the withdrawalform(s) with the intention of fully withdrawing from school.Contact the Financial Aid Office (FR 201) for more detailedinformation.30
General Policies & ProceduresHIV/AIDS PolicyThe deans of Student Services of the Community Collegesin Massachusetts have agreed to follow guidelines set bythe American College Health Association (ACHA) publishedin the ACHA Special Report, 1986. The positionstaken and recommendations made by ACHA derive fromthe best medical information available about AIDS andits transmission. Because of issues that balance privaterights with the public health, ACHA recommends analyzingand responding to each case individually. The mostappropriate and primary response of colleges must be usingeducation to increase awareness of accurate informationregarding the modes of transmission of the disease andpreventive practices. Current knowledge indicates thathealth risks do not often exist in the normal and usualeducational setting. Students in the health professionsstudy areas constitute a separate category since they are ina clinical setting where exposure to blood and body fluidswhile caring for their patients requires a different standardfor self-protection.Bulletin Board PolicyGeneral1. General college-related information may be postedon all bulletin boards (see below on campus andcommunity postings) except for those boards designatedfor department or union purposes. Requestsfor bids and proposals are posted on a board on thethird floor of Frost building and are coordinated bythe Business Services Department. Union bulletinboards are located on the second and third floors ofFrost, the second floor of Donohue, the first floor ofC, and the second and third floors of Marieb building.Department bulletin boards are designated bythe department name placed at the top of the board.No materials are to be posted on walls, doors, orwindows.2. Use only thumb tacks on bulletin boards. Do notuse staples, glue or stickers or any other adhesive.3. Materials will be removed periodically.Campus PostingsAll materials which members of the college communitywish to post must be clearly identified by the nameof the originating office or group. Postings should beremoved after an event has occurred. Unidentified postingswill be removed. The campus postings boards arelocated in the following locations:Building Floor BoardFrost Building 2nd floor mid-hallway; across frommiddle elevatorMarieb Building 3rd floor under clock on south endof buildingBartley Center 1st floor across from the Check-Inand Control RoomCommunity PostingsIndividuals or organizations not having a relationship tothe college may post only on bulletin boards designatedas Community Boards. At Holyoke Community Collegethese boards are located in the following locations:Building Floor BoardG Building 1st floor across from the BookstoreG Building 3rd floor outside entrance to building(in walkway)Job PostingsStudent job postings must be advertised throughthe Career Services Office, on the third level of theKittredge Center. The office will identify the prospectiveemployer to the potential student applicant.On-campus student work-study jobs are posted outsidethe Financial Aid Office, FR201.College job opportunities are posted on the HumanResources board certain other bulletin boards on campus.These job postings may only be removed after theclosing date noted on the posting. Further informationon the positions may be obtained from the HumanResources Office.Campus Closing NotificationIf an instructor is late arriving for a class, he/she may beout ill and the class may be cancelled. For cancellations ofindividual classes, check the bulletin board outside OfficeServices in FR 225.If the campus offices will be closed or there will be delayedopening, the announcement will be posted on the collegewebsite. The website provides the earliest posting and mostdetailed information. In addition, the following radio andtelevision stations will carry announcements:WACE, WHYN, WHMP, KIX 97.9, WGGB-TV andWWLP-TV, WRSI, WSHM TV-3.Students may also call the HCC Hotline at (413) 552-2900,ext.1418 for information about cancellation of classes due tobad weather. Please do not call the college switchboard forthis information. Note that cancellation of day classes andevening classes sometimes differs.31
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