Members of the Institute community are invited to attend a discussion with local medical and public health experts on plans to respond to an influenza pandemic.
Date: September 9
Time: Registration and reception at 5:30; presentation at 6:30
Location: Irvine Auditorium
Welcome back, Faculty!
A brief update and refresher on preparing Moodle courses for the Fall semester.
1. Reminder: Moodle will be offline for Upgrade on August 17th and 18th
2. Course numbers are under a new naming convention Example: IP 555 will now be IPOL 8555. Please refer to this link to see how your course is named before submitting your requests. This will help expedite the process. http://go.miis.edu/courses
3. Course requests should not be emailed directly to the Help Desk.
4. How to request a brand new course http://go.miis.edu/moodlerequest
5. How to request a rollover course: http://go.miis.edu/rollover Remember, you must specifically request the course you want rolled over in the ‘Reasons’ field. Reasons like, “I taught this last year and will teach it again this year” does not translate as a rollover, and will be treated as a new course request.
6. The Help Desk is here for any questions you may have. x6656
The Student Affairs Office is compiling a list of Institute faculty, staff, and students willing to provide temporary “emergency” housing to incoming Fall 2009 students while they search for permanent housing. While we advise incoming students to plan on spending their first 3 to 5 nights in a hotel, there are students who take longer to secure housing and will begin to feel a financial strain.
The greatest need will probably be from Monday, August 17th through Friday September 4th. In years past, a rate of $10 to $20 per night has been typical, depending on the type of accommodations offered to the new student. If you are going to be in the area in August/September and are willing to spare a bed, a couch, or even the floor and some blankets, please email student.affairs@miis.edu with the following information:
Your Name:
Phone Number (or the best way to reach you):
Email (if other than “miis.edu” account):
Dates Able to Provide Temporary Housing:
Accommodations Provided:
Rate Per Night:
PLEASE NOTE: Emergency Housing is not typically arranged in advance. Often a student “in need” will come to Student Affairs requesting “same day” emergency accommodations. For that reason, it is important that you are willing to be flexible and that you are living in the area in August/September. Emergency Housing is not a form of a “sublet,” as you will need to be available to provide the student access to your home.