<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Dear Colleagues,</span></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Every quarter, we have students who experience emergencies or
hardships that require<s>s</s> flexibility in scheduling their final
exams or handing in their final assignments. This quarter we know that there
are at least 84 students in this situation -- those who were
displaced by the fire in the University Riverside Gardens apartment complex.
These students are being rehoused both on campus and in hotels, according
to their needs. Many of them lost their computers; they will be provided loaner
laptops through a partnership between ITS and the Library. The Library is also
prioritizing access to course reserve materials for those students who lost
their books and other materials. </span></p>

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R1.1.1.1 and R1.4, which address Grade Delays and Incomplete grades:</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>

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student’s record: a) when administratively the faculty member is not able to
assign a grade or b) when disciplinary proceedings are in progress.” 
(R.1.1.1.1)</span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">“The grade I (incomplete) denotes that a student's work was
of passing quality but incomplete for good cause.” (R1.4)</span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">In accordance with these regulations, unless the narrow
requirements for a GD are fulfilled, a student’s excused absence from the final
exam should warrant the grade I. (Completion of the coursework is normally
expected within one quarter, but this normative timeline can be extended by the
appropriate Dean). We encourage flexibility in determining criteria
for “passing quality” and “excused absences” for the students affected by the
fire and for any others who have experienced an emergency or hardship.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Basic Needs has set up a <a href="https://live-ucr-basicneeds2.pantheonsite.io/emergency-support" target="_blank">website</a> with
information for the students affected by the fire.</span></p>

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these students, you may donate to the <a href="https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/48303/donations/new?designation=studentsupportemergencyfund&amt=200.00" target="_blank">Student Support Emergency Fund</a>.</span></p>

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Highlander community.</span></p>

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Vice Chancellor</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ken Barish</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Chair, UCR
Academic Senate</span></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><img border="0" width="198" height="61" src="cid:ii_19e84008fcf4cff311" style="width:2.0625in;height:0.6354in"></span></p></div></div></div></div>
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