ACADEME

ACADEME: A UGA ACademic ADvising and MEntoring on-line Newsletter

Volume 2, Number 1
Spring, 2005

ACADEMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The Board of Regents has made some noteworthy changes in the Regents Test.

1. The RGTE and RGTR courses, formerly considered remedial courses, are now called skills courses.
2. Students who are placed into these courses will earn a grade of “S” if they pass the Regents Test in the term in which the course(s) is taken.
3. Effective Summer, 2003, students may exempt/satisfy the Reading portion of the Test with a minimum 510 Verbal SAT or 23 ACT Reading score. The Essay portion is satisfied with a minimum 650 on the SAT II English Writing Test, or a 3 on the AP in English Lit and Composition or English Language and Composition or a 4 on the International Baccalaureate (IB) higher level English test.
4. Finally, effective Spring, 2005, the Essay portion of the Test may be satisfied with the following combinations of SAT Verbal scores and grades in ENGL 1101:
   
   

   SAT Verbal of 530 (ACT 23) and above with a grade of “A” in ENGL 1101
   SAT Verbal of 590 (ACT 26) and above with a grade of “B” in ENGL 1101
   
   
   The Office of the Vice President for Instruction is working with the Registrar and Admissions Office to have these newest exemption possibilities programmed into IMS as quickly as possible.
   

• The University Council approved changes to the Presidential Scholar and Dean’s List requirements. The minimum number of hours in which students must be enrolled during Fall and Spring semesters in order to qualify for recognition has been changed from 12 to 14, with at least 12 hours in courses graded A-F. During the Summer, students must complete at least 9 hours (with at least 6 grades A-F) to qualify for Presidential Scholar and at least 6 hours (total) to qualify for Dean’s List. These changes are effective Spring, 2005.
  
• There will no longer be hard copies of the UGA Bulletin or OASIS Schedule of Classes. The on-line Bulletin is found at http://www.bulletin.uga.edu and OASIS https://oasisweb.uga.edu.
  
• The application deadline for National Student Exchange for Fall, 2005 and Spring, 2006 is February 28, 2005. For more information about NSE, please call 542-7774, stop by their office (325 Tate) or go to the NSE web site at http://www.nse.org.
  
• Requirements for Collegiate Entry into the Honors Program for first-year students are found at http://www.uga.edu/honors/prospective/collegiate.html.
  

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• The Academic Advising Coordinating Council (AACC) is hosting a Spring Special Topics Workshop on Friday, January 21, 2005, in the Georgia Hall of the Tate Center, from 10:00 am -12 noon. The topic is “Legal Issues in Academic Advising” and Jason Lane (Legal Affairs) and Rebecca Macon (Registrar) will serve as panelists. No registration is required, but if you have particular questions you would like addressed, please send them in advance to acrowthe@uga.edu, jlewis@coe.uga.edu, or huttol@uga.edu.
  
• The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Region 4 (Southeast) Conference will be held March 6-8, 2005 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Information about this conference is found at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Regional_Divisions/region4/confindex.htm
  
• NACADA now offers an on-line Graduate Certificate in Academic Advising. For more information, see http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/GraduateCertificate/index.htm.

For more information about academic advising at the University of Georgia, including the previous issues of this newsletter, see http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/advising/academe.htm or contact any member of the AACC (Council membership roster found at http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/advising/aacc.htm).

The University of Georgia
Office of the VIce President for Instruction
301 Franklin House
480 E. Broad Street
Athens, GA 30602-1695
Phone: 706 542-4336
Fax: 706 542-0544