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Campus Closure
The campus will be closed from December 24, 2014 to January 2, 2015. In the interest of safety and security, all campus buildings will remain locked and secured during the holiday break, with the exception of those that have been scheduled to be occupied.
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Library Hours
The Library will close at 12:00 noon on December 23rd, 2014 and will re-open on January 5th, 2015 (the Library’s hours can be found online here). |
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Rec Center Holiday hours 2014
Dec 19-23 11 AM – 5 PM
Dec 24- Jan 4 CLOSED
Jan 5 – Jan 11 11 AM – 5 PM
Jan 12 Resume Regular Hours
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Bookstore Hours
Bookstore Holiday Hours are as follows:
Dec 17-19 9:30am – 4pm
Dec 22-23 9:30am – 4pm
Dec 24-Jan 2 – Closed
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Information Technology
The Pacific McGeorge IT offices will be closed for the holiday break; however all of the network functions are scheduled to remain online and most core services will be remotely monitored.
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Grade Posting
Grades are received from professors on a rolling basis according to their custom due date schedule. The Office of the Registrar processes grades weekly Monday-Thursday, with grades being posted and visible on your transcript on Inside Pacific each Friday around 12 noon. An email will be sent out each Friday to all students indicating the list of courses that have been posted for the week. Grade release dates are:12/19/2014, 1/9/2015, 1/16/2015 and 1/23/2015.
Exam Materials
All returned exam materials will be in a master file and available for a single pick up from the Office of the Registrar. You will be required to present your Pacific Id and provide your exam id number when picking up exam materials. Exam materials will not be available prior to the schedule below, as grading posting is the highest priority and will be completed first.
Exam materials return is scheduled as follows:
– Monday, January 26 10:00am – 5:30pm
– Tuesday, January 27 8am-11am & 2pm -5:30pm
– Wednesday, January 28 8am-11am & 4pm -6:15pm
– Thursday, January 29 8am-11am & 2pm -5:00pm
– Friday, January 30 8am-2:00pm
After January 30th, exam materials may be picked up anytime during regular business hours. If your work schedule prohibits you from picking up during these hours, please contact the Office of the Registrar at sacregistrar@pacific.edu to request to schedule an individual pick up appointment.
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Spring First Assignments & Booklists
By close of business, Tuesday, December 16th, all received Spring Semester first assignments, syllabi, notes from professors and general link to the booklist will be posted to the Faculty Support Office’s (FSO’s) Sakai site. Click here to log-in to Sakai, then from “My Sites” select “Faculty Support Office.” As we receive additional documents from professors, we post them, so please check back. Any syllabus or first assignment over 5 pages in length will also be copied for student pickup – come to the hallway bins outside of the FSO – look for the bright pink “Spring” bins. The Spring Semester book list is available on the Bookstore webpage. |
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Fall Returned Mid-Semester Assessments & Mid-Term Exams
Returned mid-semester assessments and mid-term exams from the Fall 2014 Semester will be removed from the FSO hallway bins on January 16th.
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Deadline to complete the Health Insurance Waiver Process for the spring 2015 semester
The Health Insurance Waiver period for the spring semester opens on December 1, 2014 and the Waiver Deadline is January 23, 2015 – emails will be sent to all students from the Stockton Insurance Office in December with specific instructions on the waiver process.
If you completed the waiver process for the fall 2014 semester and it was approved by the Stockton Insurance Office, there is no need to waive health insurance coverage for spring.
If you missed the fall deadline to waive your health care coverage, or your insurance needs have changed since the fall, it is very important you read emails and follow through with instructions given by the Stockton Insurance Office by the given deadline; there are no exceptions to this process.
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Seniors, it’s time to do your Moral Character Application!
Each state has its own character, fitness, and other qualifications for admission to its bar. For a list of these requirements, visit the National Conference of Bar Examiners website at ncbex.org (look under Publications for the “Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements”).
For those who are planning to practice in California, please note the following:
Applicants must undergo a background check and receive a positive moral character determination. The process generally takes upwards of six months, and may take longer if there are areas of concern. Click here for detailed information about this process.
Please also note: A Moral Character Application is not considered complete without Live Scan fingerprinting. Fingerprints are used to determine whether the applicant has a prior criminal record. Your Live Scan Fingerprinting must be completed within 90 days of filing your moral character application. Live Scan Fingerprinting will be available on campus this spring at Senior Day the week after Spring Break, or alternatively, you can go to any live scan vendor to have your fingerprints done.
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Registration Now Open for the 2015 Pacific McGeorge Summer Abroad Programs!
Antigua/Guatemala
Courses: May 28 to June 20
Field Placement: June 22 to Aug. 7
The Inter-American Summer Program in Guatemala is a truly bilingual and inter-cultural approach to legal education. Substantive law classes are taught in Spanish or English, depending on student proficiency. The program also offers Spanish language classes and bilingual field placement. Learn more here.
Salzburg, Austria
Courses: July 5 to July 24
Pacific McGeorge’s long-standing program on International Legal Studies is a three-week program that offers international and comparative law courses in both the public and private law fields. Classes are held in the Law Faculty building at the University of Salzburg, located in a renovated 16th Century palace in the heart of Salzburg’s historic Old Town. Learn more here.
For more information contact Summer Abroad Programs at mcgeorgesummerabroad@pacific.edu or 916-739-7021.
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Save the Date: Women’s Self-Defense Class
Date: January 24, 2015 (Saturday)
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: 3451 5th Avenue, Human Resources Training Room
The Public Safety Department, in cooperation with the Office of Student Affairs, and the McGeorge Women’s Caucus, will be sponsoring a women’s self-defense course. The three hour course is based upon the Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) Systems and is instructed by Lisa Thew. Class size is limited. Additional classes will be offered in the future. Students as well as staff are invited to take this valuable training. There is no fee for the class.
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Mark your calendar for these upcoming dates:
1/12/2015
First day of classes for Spring 2015 semester.
1/16/2015
Last day to pick up your fall returned mid-semester assessments and mid-term exams from the bins in the FSO hallway.
1/19/2015
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No Classes
1/14/2015 and 1/15/2015
CDO Presents 2D/3E Resume Drop.
1/17/2015
Recreation Connection Ski & Snowboarding Trip.
1/20/2015
Add/Drop Deadline (last day to add/drop classes without administrative approval) and last day to submit application to graduate in May, 2015.
1/21/2015 and 1/22/2015
CDO Presents | Peer Mock Interview Program for 1D/1E/2E.
1/23/2015
Deadline to complete the Health Insurance waiver process or you will be auto-enrolled in the student plan.
1/26/2015 – 1/30/2015
IP Week
1/28/2015 and 1/29/2015
CDO Presents | Alumni-Faculty Mock Interview Program.
1/31/2015
Barrister’s Ball
2/2/2015 – 2/6/2015
Diversity Week
2/12/2015 at 5:00 PM
Faculty Enrichment Series Presents Jo Becker
2/13/2015, 2/14/2015, and 2/21/2015
20th Annual Benjamin Frantz First Year Mock Trial Competition
2/19/2015
CDO Presents | 15th Annual Public Interest Job Fair
More information about upcoming events may be found online in the Student Calendar.
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