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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Registration for graduate students begins Monday, March 24, 2014; therefore, I will be sending the registration request email to the MSW listserve on <b><u>Friday, March 21, 2014, at 5:00pm</u></b>. This email will include instructions for submitting your registration requests as well as the Registration Request Forms listed below. Please note the following changes:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Foundation students (those who do not have a BSW degree from a CSWE accredited program) will still be required to submit a registration request for all Foundation classes. <b><u>You will use Registration Request Form A for Fall 2014 courses. Please note that you may register for the Social Work elective Summer 2014 and no permit will be required (there are no Foundation classes available during the Summer semester)</u></b>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Concentration students (those who either have a BSW degree from a CSWE accredited program OR those who have completed all 8 Foundation classes) can register for SWK 507, 508, 509, 510, and SWK 597 (or 570) without registration permits. Those classes no longer require permits to register. Please also see #3 and/or #4 for the classes which still require registration permits.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Returning part-time Concentration students (and Foundation students who will be completing the last of their Foundation classes Spring 2014) who will be starting the field practicum (SWK 554) Summer 2014 <b><u>ARE NOT</u></b> eligible to register for the online field seminar. Your first semester in concentration field must be in the classroom. <b><u>You will use Registration Request Form B for Summer classes and Form B for Fall 2014 classes. Please note that if you successfully complete SWK 554 Summer 2014, you will be eligible to take SWK 554 (field practicum) online Fall 2014.</u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Returning Concentration students who have already completed, or are in the process of completing, their first semester of concentration field practicum <b><u>will use Registration Request Form A for Summer and Form B for Fall 2014</u></b>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>PLEASE NOTE</u></b>: There has been a change to the May Mini 2014 graduate offering this year. SWK 597.01M Elective – Costa Rica – requires prior approval from the instructor, Dr. Rebecca Judd, and only those pre-approved for the class will be issued registration permits. If you are one of the students already approved for the trip to Costa Rica, I will automatically issue the registration permit for the May Mini class. All other students will need to take one of the social work electives (SWK 597) offered Summer 2014.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please review your degree plan carefully to make sure you are only submitting your request(s) for classes in which you are eligible to attend in order to avoid registration delays. Please be aware that any student registered for a class in which they are not eligible to attend will be administratively dropped from the class, i.e., Foundation students registering for SWK 507, 508, or 509, etc. Additionally, if a registration request is submitted requesting permission to register for a class in which you are not eligible to attend, your request will be returned for correction.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As always, please don’t worry if you are placed on a waiting list for a specific class. We’ve never turned a student away yet because of a full class. Just be aware that waiting lists aren’t usually cleared until a week or two before the start of the new semester.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have any questions regarding any of this information, please email me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for your help in making this a smooth registration beginning next week.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pam<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:28.0pt;font-family:Chiller;color:#C00000'>Pamela Hammond<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Chiller;color:#002060'>School of Social Work<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Chiller;color:#002060'>Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Chiller;color:#002060'>P. O. Box 3011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Chiller;color:#002060'>Commerce, Texas 75429-3011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:Chiller;color:#00B050'>(903) 886-5880 – New phone number<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:Chiller;color:#00B050'>(903) 468-3221 – fax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:Chiller;color:#00B050'>Pamela.hammond@tamuc.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>