Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 263
Decision Date: July 14, 2014
Associate Dean: J. Hugh Horton, Ph.D.
Student Name: Michael Gogovita
Student Email: 0mg45@queensu.ca
Mr. Michael Gogovita
0mg45@queensu.ca
Dear Mr. Gogovita:
I have carefully considered your request to have your appeal heard after the 21-day timeline for submission. After reviewing your file I have decided to deny your request.
The appeal timeline is in place to give students sufficient time to respond to an academic decision. The 21-day timeline offers students time to seek academic counseling, to write up and submit an appeal, and to collect the supporting documents necessary to the appeal. Further, the appeal timeline is in place to ensure that decision making takes place in a timely manner, allowing students to continue in their academic programs without ongoing concern for unresolved matters.
Exceptions to this regulation can only be granted in cases where extenuating circumstances beyond a student's control render the student unable to appeal within the specified timeline. The student must be able to show that the extenuating circumstances were ongoing. The student must also be able to demonstrate with supporting documentation that these circumstances prevented the student from acting between the time the original decision was received and the time at which the appeal was eventually initiated.
Your appeal does not describe any circumstances that are extenuating in nature and there is no supporting documentation provided. According to the notes in your student file, you took little responsibility for your academic plan at the end of your first year of studies, and you have not been in contact with the Faculty Office since that time, despite the recommendation to review your academic standing with an academic counselor in second year.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, you must submit a letter of intent to appeal within 21 days of receiving this decision. Appeal forms are available from this office (F200 Mackintosh-Corry Hall) or on the web at http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/help/forms. General information on appeals is available at http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/help/academic-appeals. You may contact Mr. Harry Smith, Dispute Resolution Mechanisms Coordinator for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative. His office is located in room 153 Richardson Hall and he can be reached by phone (533-6495) or e-mail (drm@queensu.ca).
Sincerely,
J. Hugh Horton, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies) 10007484Gogovita
Decision Date: July 14, 2014
Associate Dean: J. Hugh Horton, Ph.D.
Student Name: Michael Gogovita
Student Email: 0mg45@queensu.ca
Mr. Michael Gogovita
0mg45@queensu.ca
Dear Mr. Gogovita:
I have carefully considered your request to have your appeal heard after the 21-day timeline for submission. After reviewing your file I have decided to deny your request.
The appeal timeline is in place to give students sufficient time to respond to an academic decision. The 21-day timeline offers students time to seek academic counseling, to write up and submit an appeal, and to collect the supporting documents necessary to the appeal. Further, the appeal timeline is in place to ensure that decision making takes place in a timely manner, allowing students to continue in their academic programs without ongoing concern for unresolved matters.
Exceptions to this regulation can only be granted in cases where extenuating circumstances beyond a student's control render the student unable to appeal within the specified timeline. The student must be able to show that the extenuating circumstances were ongoing. The student must also be able to demonstrate with supporting documentation that these circumstances prevented the student from acting between the time the original decision was received and the time at which the appeal was eventually initiated.
Your appeal does not describe any circumstances that are extenuating in nature and there is no supporting documentation provided. According to the notes in your student file, you took little responsibility for your academic plan at the end of your first year of studies, and you have not been in contact with the Faculty Office since that time, despite the recommendation to review your academic standing with an academic counselor in second year.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, you must submit a letter of intent to appeal within 21 days of receiving this decision. Appeal forms are available from this office (F200 Mackintosh-Corry Hall) or on the web at http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/help/forms. General information on appeals is available at http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/help/academic-appeals. You may contact Mr. Harry Smith, Dispute Resolution Mechanisms Coordinator for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative. His office is located in room 153 Richardson Hall and he can be reached by phone (533-6495) or e-mail (drm@queensu.ca).
Sincerely,
J. Hugh Horton, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies) 10007484Gogovita
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