VOLUME 40, Number 11............................................................................................................ 21 March 2008

WEEKLY CALENDAR

26 March................................................................................ VCS Faculty Meeting, 8:10 a.m., Lynn G155/119

26 March........................................................................................ CPB Faculty Meeting, 8:30 a.m., VPTH 112

27-30 March........................................................................................... SVM Spring Colloquy Cruise, Bahamas

27-30 March............................................. American Animal Hospital Association Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL

WELCOME Linda Hoult joined VTH in the Medical Records Department.  She recently moved to Lafayette from Danville, IL and previously worked in the Medical Records Department at Provena United Samaritans Medical Center. ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ VET VITTLES Vet Vittles is open from 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday.  ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ SVM/VIS Information Desk (Veterinary Computer Network & Medical Illustration) Phone:  4-1153      ( E-mail:  help@vet.purdue.edu      : Hours:  8:00-12:00 & 1:00-5:00, Mon.-Fri. ----------------------------------------------------- Emergency (Server Problems Only) Dave Chasey  -  477-6264 Jim Morrison  -  423-2054

CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Mindy Anderson, VTH, and her husband on the birth of their daughter on Saturday, March 15, 2008.  Gabriella Grace weighed 6 lbs. 15 oz. and was 19” long. ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ Lab Animal Care Weekend Schedule March 22-23 Cell phone #427-5731 (with voicemail) Office phone #62968 (if you want to leave a message not requiring an immediate response)

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ON THE CIRCUIT

(Reports for March 15-21)

TRAVELER(S)                              DESTINATION                                                                   PURPOSE

Mimi Arighi..................................... Washington, DC........... Attend the American Association of Veterinary

                                                                                                                      Medical Colleges Annual Meeting

Yi-Ning Chen, Yung-Yi Chen,....... St. Paul, MN......... Attend the North Central Avian Disease Conference

   Tsang Long Lin, Ching

   Ching Wu

Lyn Freeman................................... Keystone, CO....................... Attend the Veterinary Endoscopy Society

                                                                                                                         Meeting and give a presentation

Academic Regulations Governing "End-of-Semester" Examinations

The academic regulations governing "end-of-semester" examinations and activities are as follows:

The final examination period is intended for the end-of-semester examination.  No examination or quiz may be given during the week (three days in summer session) preceding the final examination period of the semester (examinations for laboratory, intensive, or mini-courses excluded).  It will be the responsibility of the department head, or where appropriate the school head, to ensure that none of the departmental or school faculty uses the week (three days in summer session) preceding the final examination period to administer an examination.

Students scheduled for more than two [final] examinations in one calendar day are entitled to reschedule any examinations in excess of two.  Similarly, the students faced with a direct exam conflict are entitled to reschedule either examination.  It is the responsibility of the student to make the necessary arrangements [with the instructor for rescheduling his/her individual examination] before the last week of regularly scheduled classes.  Course instructors shall not penalize a student who chooses to reschedule an examination under these options.

University regulations on the intended use of incomplete grades and the procedure for filing a Registrar’s Form 60 with the department when an incomplete grade is assigned state:

A grade of incomplete is a record of work that was interrupted by unavoidable absence or other causes beyond a student’s control, which work was passing at the time it was interrupted and the completion of which does not require the student to repeat the course in order to obtain credit.  The incomplete grade is not to be used as a substitute for a failing grade.

When an instructor reports a grade of incomplete, he/she shall file in the departmental office Registrar’s Form 60 stating the reasons for the grade and what is required of the student to achieve a permanent grade.

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THIRD YEAR MID SEMESTER FINALS SCHEDULE - SPRING 2008
24-Mar	25-Mar	26-Mar	27-Mar	28-Mar
VCS 536
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
G210
MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
31-Mar	1-Apr	2-Apr	3-Apr	4-Apr
VCS 517
10:30 am - 11:20 am
G167
7-Apr	8-Jul	9-Apr	10-Apr	11-Apr
14-Apr	15-Apr	16-Apr	17-Apr	18-Apr
21-Apr	22-Apr	23-Apr	24-Apr	25-Apr
VCS 531			VCS 523
12:30 pm -1:20 pm			1:30 pm  - 3:20 pm
G167			G210
28-Apr	29-Apr	30-Apr	1-May	2-May
FINALS WEEK

School of Veterinary Medicine
FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE - SPRING 2008
	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
	April 28, 2008	April 29, 2008	April 30, 2008	May 1, 2008	May 2, 2008
1ST YEAR DVM	BMS 508	BMS 502	BMS 512/521	BMS 513	CPB 553
	MICRO DEV ANAT II	COMPAR ANAT	SYST MAMM PHYSL	PRINS PHARMCLGY	PRINS VET IMMUN
	8:00-10:00 am	8:00-10:00 am	8:00-10:00 am	8:00-10:00 am	10:20 am-12:20 pm
	1136	2214& 2213/2191	1136	1136	1136
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				VM 530	VCS 502
				APPL & INTEGRA II	BEHAV HUSB DIAG
				1:00-3:00 pm	2:00-4:00 pm
				1136	G210