Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Appeal Number: 5284
Decision Date: March 5, 2019
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Boyuan Zhao
Student Email: halbert.zhao@hotmail.com

Course: MUSC 191
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2018
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: ARTH 242
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Request aegrotat (AG) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Shannon Perry

Course: ARTH 292
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Request aegrotat (AG) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Katherine Romba

Course: PHIL 259
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Request aegrotat (AG) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Nancy Salay


Dear Mr. Zhao:

I was sorry to read of the circumstance which you outlined in your letter of appeal. No doubt it was a difficult period in your life. After careful consideration of the documentation you submitted and the information supplied by the instructors including the course details, I have decided to grant your appeal and change the grades you received in ARTH 242, ARTH 292 and PHIL 259 (F 2018) to Aegrotat standing.

The instructors of these courses have already submitted replacement grades based on the work you have completed. They will appear on your transcript as follows:

ARTH 242 B+ along with the notation €œAegrotat: estimated grade€.
ARTH 292 B along with the notation €œAegrotat: estimated grade€.
PHIL 259 B along with the notation €œAegrotat: estimated grade€.

I wish you well in your course which you are completing this term and in your future studies.

Yours sincerely,


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

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Cc: Professor S. Perry
Professor K. Romba
Professor N. Salay