The first week of September was one that truly brought home the realization that’re

A Challenging Start…

The first week of September was one that truly brought home the realization that’re we’re starting classes again, and that our holidays are unyieldingly coming to another end. As we accepted our fate, we prepared and planned, and much of that involved getting information and using the services within the MyUSJ System. Services like the add/drop are very dear to so many students. Therefore the last thing anyone wanted, or was even expecting, was to experience unwarranted problems or sudden unfamiliarity with the system. It is however the unfortunate fact that several issues arose, and many students ended up becoming increasingly frustrated.

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  • A new policy seemed to show up out of nowhere.
  • Logging in the add/drop system was impossible.
  • An impossible schedule that required a 15 minute flight between classes from the Seminary Campus to the Nape Campus left several scratching their heads.
  • Students suffering problems became vocal.

Therefore, the Students’ Association decided to send our collective written frustrations in one voice to the administration. A google form was distributed to students to submit their “inquiries” so the SA could compile the voices to present in a meeting that was set up between the USJ Registrar and the Students Association. The meeting will be held this morning (Sept. 9, 2013) at 10:30am*. There are 4 objectives:

  1. To get student problems heard
  2. To get a response from the school on what went wrong
  3. To get clarification where necessary
  4. To know how they will act to solve issues.

A list of the submitted problems thus far have been distributed to the students to look at so there is a clear picture at the exact content that will be discussed. A statement will be issued sometime after the meeting that addresses the student queries.

Keep your eyes open to further news on this topic, and we will report on our Facebook page when we have the updates!

*the reported time in the emails sent to all students this morning was wrongly stated to be at “10am”. The meeting will start at 10:30am.