Spring 2008 registration opens on November 5. Be sure to check your updated Academic Progress Reports (APR) and contact your academic advisor. Remember, you cannot register in myWSU without discussing your classes and APR with your advisor and requesting that your advising hold be removed.

• Note: Check your spring 2008 schedule in myWSU (viewing your course schedule in myDDP will not be available until the new DDP website has debuted—see Coming Soon: New DDP Web site for more details).
• Spring 2008 is the last semester registration for courses still offered in the flexible enrollment format will be available.
• Students who have completed 60 credit hours but have not completed their WSU Writing Portfolios (EDP 100 or WP 99) will have spring 2008 registration holds placed on their accounts by the Writing Programs Office. Consult the Writing Portfolio instructions online (WSU Junior Writing Portfolio—DDP Students) and contact DDP Student Services with questions (800-222-4978).
• Students enrolled in six or more credits (semester-based and/or flexible enrollment) must complete at least 50 percent of their course work in each course to be able to register for the next semester (Course Completion Policy).

The DDP Web site will soon have a new look, new navigation, and much more! We’ve been working hard to update, reorganize, and refresh the DDP Web site content to make it more user-friendly and easy to navigate. You’ll find new, helpful options in myDDP and new Current Student “Help Centers” that make finding the information you need simple. Here’s a sneak peek of the new site:

The spring 2008 reinstatement deadline is Friday, December 28. Reinstatement applications must be received with payment by the Distance Degree Programs office no later than 5:00 pm on December 28. Applications received after 5:00 pm and incomplete applications, including those without payment, will not be processed.

You know you have a million-dollar business concept. But do you have the knowledge and skills to make it a reality? DDP’s newest major, Entrepreneurship, will provide the foundation you need to successfully launch your own business or lead product innovation at businesses from startups to well established corporations.

Offered in partnership with the College of Business, the online Entrepreneurship major builds on business fundamentals and offers a curriculum that develops a unique skill set necessary for successful entrepreneurship.

With the exception of one course, the Entrepreneurship major’s core requirements are now available through DDP. If you are interested in pursuing the online Entrepreneurship major, contact your advisor at 800-222-4978.

Your ASWSU-DDP student government officers are continually looking for ways to enhance students’ experience taking online courses. Many students have requested a way to connect and work with other students, so this summer A-DDP developed a “Hometown Locator” program. This program allows you to register in the system and find others who have also registered who live in your geographic area. You can find the program at http://aswsu-ddp.wsu.edu/hometown/. Give it a try!

Request your proctored exams for fall semester. Please review your options now and make plans with your proctor if expedited delivery will be necessary:

• Smart FAQ—Know How: Reduce delivery time
• Smart FAQ—Know How: Know when to request exams
• Smart FAQ—Know How: Faxing Exams
• Smart FAQ—Know How: Acceptable Proctors

DDP is partnering with The Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium to provide online tutoring assistance to students through eTutoring. All DDP students will have access to eTutoring’s free online professional tutoring services in the following areas:

• Writing
• Math (Developmental – Calculus)
• Statistics
• Accounting
• Biology
• Spanish

Changes were made and are effective fall semester 2007 to the academic regulations pertaining to undergraduate academic deficiency. You can find the updates made to rules 35-43 in the University Catalog.

A new requirement for majors in the College of Business, the global learning requirement, has gone into effect beginning this fall semester. The intent of the global learning requirement is to provide students with opportunities to develop skills and knowledge to succeed in the global marketplace. This requirement will apply only to students who were not certified into their major before the beginning of the fall semester, August 20, 2007.

This new requirement is an addition to the degree requirements for students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, which includes both Management and Operations and Management Information Systems majors.

Business majors who are not yet been certified by their department will be notified by their advisor by mail with a letter and an updated Academic Progress Report (APR). The updated APR will highlight changes to the student’s requirements relating to the global learning requirement. Because all students are at varying points in completing their degree and have taken different courses, the new requirement will affect each student in different ways.

If you are a working on a business degree and have not yet been certified into your Management and Operations or MIS major, please watch your mail for your upcoming letter and APR. When you receive that information, please contact your advisor if you have any questions.