MavWire – Wednesday, April 8, 2020 – The University of Texas at Arlington

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Many students facing hardships

If you’d like to assist a UTA student who is facing financial challenges as a result of the global coronavirus outbreak, please consider giving to the UTA Emergency Assistance Fund. Your generosity will help Mavericks continue their UTA journeys.

To donate, visit giving.uta.edu/Give or text “HelpaMav” to 41444.

UTA policy on Pass/Fail and drop date

The University has made changes to the Pass/Fail Policy and extended the drop date for the spring semester. Among the new policies are:

The drop date has been extended to Tuesday, April 28, for all courses.
Students who choose a course to be graded Pass/Fail have until Tuesday, April 28, to make that election.
The decision on which classes are eligible for the Pass/Fail option will be made by each college/school’s curriculum committee.

Read more details about the Pass/Fail Policy.

If you have questions, please refer to the Pass/Fail FAQs or email viceprovost@uta.edu.

Mechanical and aeronautics engineering Professor Ankur Jain with students looking at a computer screen.

Engineering recognized for diversity

The College of Engineering earned a Bronze Award—the highest level of recognition—from the American Society for Engineering Education’s Diversity Recognition Program.

The society created the Diversity Recognition Program to honor engineering colleges that make significant, measurable progress in increasing diversity, inclusion, and degree attainment outcomes in their programs.

UTA Cares Awardees: Tiffany Kindratt, Julian Rodriguez, Atefe Makhmalbaf, Karen Magruder

UTA Libraries award OER grants to faculty

Four faculty members will receive grants from the UTA Libraries to support the adoption and creation of open educational resources (OER) that make college more affordable for students.

The funds, totaling nearly $31,000, come from UTA CARES, or UTA Coalition for Alternative Resources in Education for Students. OER include textbooks, videos, quizzes, and worksheets, as well as learning modules, lesson plans, syllabi, data, and more.

Virtual Happenings

Wednesday, April 8

Many students facing hardships

UTA policy on Pass/Fail and drop date

Engineering recognized for diversity

UTA Libraries award OER grants to faculty

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