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Office of the University Registrar 220 Thackeray Hall
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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To:!!! ! Members!of!the!University!Community!
Subject:!!! Important!Notice!Regarding!the!Academic!Calendar!
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Please!note!that!the!University!Academic!Calendar!for!Fall!2008!includes!a!one"day!Fall!Break!for!
students!on!Monday,!October!13,!2008.!!Classes!will!not!be!held!on!this!day.!!To!maintain!the!required!
minimum!number!of!class!meetings,!Monday!classes!will!meet!on!Tuesday,!October!14,!2008.!!Tuesday!
classes!will!not!meet!the!week!of!October!13.!!
University!offices!and!buildings!will!remain!open!and!staffed!during!Fall!Break.!
The!shifting!of!Monday!classes!to!Tuesday!and!the!cancelling!of!Tuesday!classes!during!the!week!of!Fall!
Break!may!be!confusing!at!first.!!However,!the!experience!at!other!institutions!seems!to!be!that!this!
works!as!long!as!everyone!is!well!informed!of!the!changes.!!Your!assistance!in!getting!the!word!out!will!
be!needed!to!make!this!a!success!at!Pitt.!!In!particular,!ALL!FACULTY!TEACHING!COURSES!AFFECTED!BY!FALL!
BREAK!ARE!ASKED!TO!NOTE!THE!CHANGE!ON!THEIR!SYLLABI!AND!MAKE!ANNOUNCEMENTS!THE!FIRST!DAY!OF!CLASSES!AND!
REGULARLY!THROUGHOUT!THE!TERM!PRIOR!TO!THE!FALL!BREAK.!
In!the!past,!the!Fall!Calendar!has!included!14!class!meeting!days!on!Monday,!Wednesday,!Thursday,!and!
Friday,!and!15!on!Tuesday.!!As!a!result!of!the!change!to!the!Calendar,!there!will!be!14!meeting!days!for!
classes!each!day!of!the!week!in!Fall!2008.!!!
Programs!that!do!not!follow!the!University!Academic!Calendar!are!not!affected!by!this!change.!!!These!
include!the!first!professional!degree!programs!in!Medicine,!Dental!Medicine,!Pharmacy,!and!Law,!as!well!
as!the!Joseph!M.!Katz!Graduate!School!of!Business.!!The!Calendar!directs!students!in!these!programs!to!
their!Dean’s!Office!for!information.!
Copies!of!the!calendar!have!been!distributed!separately.!
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