The fall 2007 reinstatement deadline is Friday, August 10. Reinstatement applications for fall 2007 semester must be received with payment by the Distance Degree Programs no later than 4:00 pm August 10. Applications received after 4:00 pm Friday and incomplete applications, including those without payment, will not be processed.

Students can now request verification of their enrollment status for current or past terms from the WSU Registar’s Web site. Go to www.registrar.wsu.edu/Registrar/Apps/StatementRequest.ASPX to download the request form; then mail or fax the request for an official letter from the Registrar verifying academic work.

Students who recently completed course(s) at another institution will need to request the final transcript for the course(s) be mailed to: WSU Admissions, PO Box 641067, Pullman, WA  99164-1067, so your academic progress report can be updated.

Fall text information on the Bookie order site will be posted when texts are in stock and ready to be shipped (Bookie Online Text Orders). Previously, text information was posted at a specific time, orders and pre-orders were taken, and then materials shipped when all items were ready. Now, when items are listed, they will be ready to package and ship as soon as you order. If items are not yet in stock, they will not be listed on the Bookie order site but you may reserve text materials needed for the course by filling out the online request. The texts will be listed online as they become available.

If you need to check what materials will be required for your course, you can find them by selecting the "More Information" link in the DDP course listing. General information is available in the "Course Materials" box, and specific text information can be found by using the "Textbook/Media Details" link.

You can check the status of your financial aid by speaking with a financial aid advisor or accessing your account online (myWSU; log in with your WSU Network ID and password and select "Finances," then "Student Aid"). Through myWSU, you can also verify your student account balances, confirm the mailing of your financial aid checks, or disbursement of direct deposits. For questions regarding financial aid, please call 800-222-4978 and ask to be transferred to the Office of Student Financial Aid.

The graduation application deadline for December 2007 graduates is October 11, 2007 for DDP students. Students are encouraged to apply once they have completed 90 credits. If you have not yet applied, please contact Chrisi Kincaid at 800-222-4978. As of August 1, the graduation application fee is $38.95. Please be sure to enclose a check made out to WSU with your graduation application form.

DDP Media Rental Return Policy for Courses Completed Summer 2007: DDP rental media is the property of Washington State University and must be returned to DDP. It is your responsibility to return the material by the deadline or you will incur one or more nonrefundable late fees. Students who do not return rental media by the summer deadline (materials must be delivered to DDP by August 31) will be charged a late fee. Students could incur up to two additional late fees for failure to return rental materials. See the table below for dates and fees.

SUMMER SEMESTER RENTAL MEDIA LATE FEES Media Return Deadline: AUGUST 31, 2007
Rental Material Return Date	If Original Rental Fee Was $30	If Original Rental Fee Was $60	If Original Rental Fee Was $90
On or before August 31, 2007 (Rental material returned to DDP and received by August 31 is considered on time.)	No late fee	No late fee	No late fee
September 1–21, 2007 1st Late Return Fee will be (You will be charged a late fee for rental materials that arrive at DDP between the dates of September 1 and September 21.)	$20	$40	$60
September 22–October 12, 2007 2nd Late Return Fee will be (You will be charged a 2nd late fee for rental materials that arrive at DDP between September 22 and October 12.)	$20 (total of $40 in late fees)	$40 (total of $80 in late fees)	$60 (total of $120 in late fees)
After October 12, 2007 3rd Late Return Fee will be You will be charged a 3rd late fee for rental materials that arrive at DDP after October 12.	$20 (total of $60 in late fees)	$40 (total of $120 in late fees)	$60 (total of $180 in late fees)

Using an address label provided in your box, return DDP rental media to DDP via a delivery service that provides shipment tracking or delivery confirmation. Include all of the media for each course in the original packaging (e.g., videotape or CD sleeves) showing the barcode number; this number is used to log your materials in as returned. Please make a note if you had any problems with your media during the semester.

Track your shipment through the delivery service you used and check My DDP to confirm processing of the return (select "Shipment History" on your "Student Menu" page).

Lost your return address labels? Return rental media to:

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Based on student and instructor feedback, DDP has decided to discontinue its flexible enrollment course offerings. Flexible enrollment courses will be phased out during the upcoming 2007-2008 academic year. We are currently evaluating all flexible enrollment courses for redesign and conversion to the semester-based format. We hope to convert most courses to the semester-based format, and use the conversion process to add new and robust elements to each course. This process will ensure that all DDP courses reflect our commitment to providing students with a dynamic learning environment and the best distance learning experience available.

Spring semester 2008 will be the last semester registration that flexible enrollment courses will be available. Students enrolling in flexible enrollment courses will still have the ability to extend the course up to two additional semesters, provided that all conditions of the course extension policy have been met.

Flexible enrollment courses are no longer identified by "x" after the course number. In WSU time schedules of classes and the DDP online course listing/catalog, flexible enrollment course names/numbers will be the same as all other WSU courses (e.g., Fine Arts 101x displays as Fine Arts 101) and will be identified by "FX" in a descriptor field (similarly, semester-based courses will be identified by "SB").

Other policy changes to flexible enrollment course registration and tuition that were announced before the Memorial Day weekend will not be implemented as planned. Flexible enrollment tuition will remain at per credit rates (flex credits are excluded from full-time tuition caps) but will increase to the rate noted in the tuition information above; registration for flexible enrollment courses will continue to be possible at any time, not just during the University's open registration period until summer/fall 2008 registration opens.

Starting fall 2007, DDP will move from the course management system WebCT 6/Blackboard Learning System CE (webct.wsu.edu) to the Blackboard Academic Suite (blackboard.wsu.edu). Students who have started flexible enrollment courses prior to fall 2007 will complete these courses in the current WebCT 6 (Blackboard Learning System CE) environment. All DDP courses that start fall semester 2007 will be offered in the Blackboard Academic Suite. The change to Blackboard Academic Suite will introduce a significant difference in the look and feel of the environment, including some changes in terminology.

Here’s a quick look at some of the terminology changes you can expect:

WebCT 6/Blackboard Learning Systems CE	Blackboard Academic Suite
Course Content Page (Course Homepage)	Home
Course Tools	Navigation Bar
Learning Modules	Lessons

We believe that you will find the Blackboard Academic Suite to be a very user-friendly learning system, with an easy to master interface. We are excited to support students, faculty, and staff as we move into this new environment. Tutorials and technical support will be available to help you get up to speed. As CDPE works to make this conversion as smooth as possible, we’d like to thank students, faculty, and staff for their patience and willingness to embrace this change together.

Learn more about the academic seminars by clicking on the name of the seminar in the table below. You must officially register for the course and attend the seminar to earn academic credit. Be sure to ask your academic advisor how one or more of these seminars might fit into your academic plan of study.

Fall 2007 Academic Seminars at Open Houses
Date	Location	Time	Seminar	Instructor
October 2	WSU LC—South Central WA (Yakima/Goldendale)	5:30–8:30 pm	W St 499 (1 cr) Gender, Sexuality and Environment in Popular Culture	Noel Sturgeon
October 3	WSU LC—Cowlitz & Wahkiakum (Longview)	2:00–5:00 pm	H D 499 (1 cr) Maintaining Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace	Jeanie Pittman
October 4	WSU LC—North Central WA (Wenatchee)	5:30–8:30 pm	Psych 499 (1 cr) A Users' Guide to Human Memory	Paul Whitney
October 4	WSU LC—Grays Harbor & Pacific (Grays Harbor)	5:30–8:30 pm	W St 499 (1 cr) Gender, Sexuality and Environment in Popular Culture	Noel Sturgeon
October 5	Pullman—Cougar Campus Experience	1:30–4:30 pm	H D 499 (1 cr) Maintaining Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace	Jeanie Pittman
October 8	WSU LC—North Olympic Peninsula (Port Angeles)	5:30–8:30 pm	Psych 499 (1 cr) A Users' Guide to Human Memory	Paul Whitney

The following 2007-2008 tuition rates were recently announced for DDP semester-based and flexible enrollment courses:

• Flexible Enrollment: $232/credit (all flexible enrollment credits are charged per credit)
• Semester-based Undergraduate:
  
  • Resident: $315/credit; $3145 full time (10-18 credits)
  • Non-resident: $460/credit; $4598 full time (10-18 credits)