WSU does not mail bills to students for current tuition due. Avoid costly oversights by checking your fall 2007 billing in myWSU, under Finances.

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.

The Course Completion Policy is changing! Beginning with fall 2007 for spring 2008 enrollments, 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.

Students residing near the WSU Learning Centers in the Yakima, Longview and Wenatchee areas will have the opportunity to schedule free, half-hour advising sessions at the OPEN HOUSES, October 2-4. Please contact your academic advisor for more information.

DDP’s financial aid counselor will be visiting Open Houses at WSU Learning Centers in Yakima (October 2), Longview (October 3), and Wenatchee (October 4). Call the appropriate Learning Center (http://learningcenters.wsu.edu/) if you would like to make an appointment to discuss financial aid. The financial aid counselor will also be available at Cougar Campus Experience in Pullman on October 5.

DDP academic advisors currently are working to update students' Academic Progress Reports (APR) for spring 2008 registration, which opens November 5, 2007. The most recent copy of each student’s APR will be posted to My DDP by September 30.

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.

The deadline for the ASWSU-DDP Scholarship for spring 2008 is November 1, 2007. For details, visit http://distance.wsu.edu/scholar/

The 2008-09 WSU Scholarship Application will be available in early October at http://www.finaid.wsu.edu/scholar/. The deadline for application submission is January 31, 2008.

Distance Degree Programs 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). If you are not enrolled in EDP 100 or WP 99, log in to My DDP and select "WP 99" to request enrollment. Your first hold can be released when your EDP 100 or WP 99 enrollment is processed and three papers or the exam have been submitted. If you have had two or more Writing Portfolio holds placed, you must complete the portfolio before the hold can be removed. Students are allowed only two semesters to complete the portfolio. Contact DDP student services (800-222-4978 or distance@wsu.edu) if you have questions.

Although the graduation application deadline for December 2007 graduates is October 12, 2007, DDP students must make sure their application and application fee of $38.95 arrive at the DDP office by 5:00 on Thursday, October 11. This is because our office must process the payment, and then get the graduation application to the Registrar’s Office no later than 5:00 pm on Friday, October 12.

Make checks payable to WSU.

Beginning spring 2008, students submitting the Former WSU Student application will be charged a $25 application fee. You must check your bill (including your fall 2007 bill) in myWSU (www.wsu.edu) , choose Finances on the left, then University Account options. Please also note that students will be assessed a 7% late payment penalty on any unpaid tuition and mandatory fee balance remaining on October 5.

First: I want to thank everyone for their patience and good wishes while I was out in July and August recuperating from surgery. Everyone was so patient with my absence and the many emails and cards touched me deeply.

Now I must be out again for additional surgery but the overall prognosis is very good. I will be having surgery on October 1, and I will be officially out for six weeks. I will, however be working from home after week three. While the healing process requires me to rest a lot--no lifting and very little bending--I have zero patience with sitting around watching my toes twitch while my brain turns to mush, so working from home is a good compromise. Students may contact DDP at the toll free number or the student services email and ask for assistance from other DDP advisors in my absence.

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!

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:

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

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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 that students can register for flexible enrollment courses. 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.