SEMINAR AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

Important Information about Seminars

Registration
Although you may register for seminars right up to the start of the semester, if you wish to ensure a place, or to be included in a possible lottery, you need to register early! (See below.)

When a seminar is oversubscribed, a lottery determines who will be admitted. FOR LOTTERIED SEMINARS ONLY: To be included in a lottery (if one is needed for your first-choice seminar): your registration must be received in the office by 9:00 a.m. on Friday, December 11th. The Lottery is December 15th       NO phone registrations will be taken! Only your first-choice seminar will be eligible for a lottery.

Seminar confirmations will be mailed out during the week following the lottery; confirmations for registrations received
           after the lottery will be mailed as they are received.

No prerequisites for any seminar. Enrollment is on a space-available basis.

Any change in registration must be reported to the office promptly…please!

If you know that you will miss the first two sessions of a seminar or a total of four sessions for discretionary reasons, such as vacation, travel, etc., please do not sign up for that seminar.

Scheduling and Location 

Seminars begin during the week of February 8th and run weekly for 10 sessions, unless specified otherwise. An extra week has been scheduled at the end to make up for a snow day. 

Unless specified otherwise, morning seminars meet from 10:00 a.m. until noon, afternoon seminars from 1:30–3:30 p.m., on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday; Thursday seminars meet 9:30–11:30 a.m. No afternoon sessions on Thursdays; no seminars on Fridays.


Withdrawals and Absences

People who are absent for the first two sessions of a seminar without notifying the office of an emergency will be dropped from the seminar and replaced with people on the waiting list.

If you must withdraw from a seminar for health or other pressing personal reasons, please report this to the office immediately, telephone 585-3756. Someone else may use your place.

Because a large number of withdrawals cause inconvenience to moderators and participants, please select seminars carefully so as to minimize withdrawals.

If you are going to miss a session, please notify the moderator as early as you can.