Good afternoon,

I hope you all had a smooth start to the New Year & semester. For those who are new, every Monday and Friday, I send my students an email with important reminders and opportunities. Please see below.

1) Funny: If you missed this funny video I put together for you, Click here.

2) Important Bookmarks:

• Academic Calendar: For important dates and deadlines (Drop/Add, Pass/Fail etc.) save this Academic Calendar by clicking here.

• Pass/fail policy: Before electing any courses as pass/fail, please click here to understand the restrictions and how to make this change. *Students are advised to keep all of their classes as graded, and then during the last week of classes, they can decide if they wish to convert any to pass/fail.

• Closed Course, Waitlist, & Override: Please click here to learn about closed and waitlisted courses. *For Overrides, click How to use an 'Override'

3) Upcoming Deadlines:

• Jan 17, Tues: Drop/add deadline for first seven-week session classes.

• Jan 24, Tues: Drop/add deadline for full-term classes. *Click here to save the RO Calendar

4) Ways to connect with me:

• Click Here for 1:1 Appointments

• Click here for Drop-In Advising

• Click here for Chat an Advisor

5) Friendly Reminders:

• Name: People spelling my name correctly is one way to make me feel belong here at U-M. Please take the time to spell my first name correctly.

• Email Reply: I will reply to your email within 48 hours unless it is an emergency.

Your Advisor,

Mai Ze Vang |A kind note: Mai Ze is my first name

"...feeling a sense of belonging in society starts with one’s name."