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Newsletter – August 12

Academic Advising and Student Support

Please join us in welcoming Chip Curry to URock. Chip is available along with URock Director, Deborah Meehan, for advising and registration, tutoring requests, special learning accommodations and other services to support your student success. Appointments can be made by calling the URock front office.

Buying Your Fall Textbooks

Most books for URock courses are available through the UMA Bookstore website. Students can order by phone or online. If you order your textbooks through the UMA bookstore by August 23, they will be delivered to URock by August 29 and you only pay $2 in shipping charges!

Upcoming Proctored Testing

If you need to take an exam other than during its regularly scheduled time, you will need to schedule your test through the URock front office. Our normal hours are Tuesdays at 8AM or Thursdays at 4PM. A photo ID is required and, in many cases, instructor permission. Sorry but Friday testing is not available in the summer.

Registration Continues for Fall Term

Pre – registration continues for fall 2013 classes with no money or financial aid due through August 14. You can still register after August 14 but some form of payment will be due. Use the Distance Learning Class Search for the most comprehensive information about all UMS course offerings of all types at URock. Remember to check your financial aid award offer in Maine Street and adjust your credit hours based on your actual enrollment. Otherwise, your aid will not post to your student account. For help with course selection, please set up an advising time through the [log in to unmask]">URock office asap!

New Student Orientation

New student orientations for entering fall students will be held at URock. Students have the choice of Tuesday, August 27 at 9:30AM or Wednesday, August 28 at 4:30PM. Please preregister by calling URock at 596-6906. New students will hear tips from a panel of experienced students, sign up for a library and student ID card, review technologies, meet staff and make new friends. Attendance is highly recommended! As one new student said last fall, “This was a great use of my time to get a lot of good information very quickly.”

Fall Math Boot Camp

Five Town CSD Adult Education will be returning to URock this fall for another round of Math Boot Camp. This is a fast paced and excellent math refresher designed for those of you who wish to score into 100-level math on the Accuplacer Placement Test. You must be willing to do weekly homework and to take quizzes. There is no charge for the course but you must pay a book fee of $25. Math Boot Camp will run Fridays, 9AM – Noon from September 13 through December 20. Interested students should email Deb Meehan for more info and to register.

Drop In Technology Support for Summer        Mondays Noon – 1:00PM

Ask any of your technology questions at an informal drop in session in the computer lab every Monday from noon to 1:00PM. No question is too small or too big.  No need to register in advance.

Special URock Hours the Week of August 26

During the semester break the week of August 26, URock will be open at the following times: Monday – Thursday 8AM – 5:30PM and Friday, 8AM to 4:00PM. Please note that URock staff will be at UMA on the morning of Friday, August 30 until 11AM. The office and the campus will be open but there will be limited services before 11AM.

Enjoy Our Picnic Tables by the Shore!

If the rain ever stops, we urge you to enjoy the view and cool breezes down at the shore at the URock picnic tables. There is a cigarette butt disposer by the tables. Please put all other trash in the dumpster.

File Your FAFSA!

There is still time to file your 2013 – 2014 FAFSA and receive aid for fall 2013 and spring 2014. For help, visit with our MEOC rep, Sally Daniels, on Mondays at URock. More info and Sally’s dates at URock listed here.

URock Sweats and Tees

We have just received a shipment of new URock sweatshirts, sweatpants, T-shirts, long sleeved shirts and more. There’s lots of new colors and designs. Check out the inventory.

View Our Latest Videos on You Tube

Check out some new videos on the URock YouTube Channel.

Visit URock on Facebook!

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