Help Save Summer SI

Your Humble Blogger got the following email during the noon hour on Thursday. Supplemental Instruction may be canceled for summer classes, including MC101. If you believe SI should be saved, read the email below and send the emails it asks for.

Dear SI Leader and Instructors,

It has been brought to my attention that the GCC Administration will be cancelling the summer SI Program based on the assumption that students will not attend SI in summer due to longer class hours.

Those of us involved in the program know that the availability of SI workshops becomes even more critical to the successful completion of classes in the short summer session.

Many students have asked me how they can let the GCC Administration know their feelings regarding summer SI, so I am forwarding this information along.

If you or your students would like to have a voice regarding the cancellation of the summer SI Program, please send an email to:

Michael Ritterbrown (Dean of Instructional Services) at michaelr@glendale.edu.

And please include a "CC" to Dr. Mary Mirch (Vice President of Instruction) at mmirch@glendale.edu and also

Dr. Jim Riggs (Interim Superintendent/President) at jriggs@glendale.edu.

Below is the list of SI's which they are planning to cancel for the summer:

Accounting 102 (5 units)
Biology 122 (4 units) - 2 sections
Chemistry 102 (5 units)
CS/IS 101 (5 units)
CS/IS 112 (3 units)
MASS COMM 101 ( 3 units)
Math 100 (3 units)
Math 103 (5 units)
Math 146 (pending)
Physics 105 (4 units)
Psychology 106 (3 units)

If you or your students participate in SI and support the availability of the summer SI workshops, please ask them to voice their support.

Thank you for your continued support of the program,

Nancy