Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Appeal Number: 6370
Decision Date: January 13, 2020
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Sarah Caza
Student Email: sarahcaza31@gmail.com

Course: ENGL 237
Term: Fall
Year: 2019
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline


Dear Sarah Caza:

I was sorry to read of the difficult circumstances you were coping with during Fall term. No doubt your mental health challenges along with your father€™s illness has been difficult to deal with and I will grant your appeal to drop ENGL 237 (F 2019) past the academic deadline based on that circumstance.

I encourage you to continue to work with your health care providers and if this is a chronic condition Sarah, you may want to register with QSAS who can help support both your health and academics by putting in place appropriate accommodations so you can meet your course work requirements.

Going forward, I encourage you to pause and evaluate your progress in courses during week 7 of the term and if you have been unable to keep up with the course requirements or feel that dropping a course is in your best interest, you should do so by the week 8 drop date deadline.

Note that any change in academic registration may impact government or private-firm student financial assistance eligibility and/or funding. Please consult with the Student Awards Office, Office of the University Registrar, Gordon Hall, to understand the potential implications of changes to course or program registration and/or the consequences of not successfully completing the required course load.

Yours sincerely,


Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)


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