Associate Dean Sowle's Announcements, July 3 - July 14, 2023
Summer 2023 Pass/Fail Revocations. The deadline for revoking pass/fail for all elective Summer courses is Thursday, July 13, at 5:00pm. To revoke a pass/fail election, go to your Web for Students account and navigate to the appropriate link in the lefthand menu.
Changes to Summer 2023 Building Hours. Please note that the building will be closed on Sundays through the end of the Summer 2023 term. Complete building and library hours are available here.
Additional Spring 2023 CALI Awards. Congratulations to the following students for earning CALI Awards this past Spring. The complete list of CALI winners is available by clicking here. If a section or a course is not listed, that means the professor elected not to give a CALI award, or we have not yet heard from the professor. Congratulations to all of you who received an award -- you should be proud of your achievement.
Immigration Law & Policy (Prof. Kempster): Kali S. Alexakos
Law Practice Management (Judge Hartigan): Lauren Hipple
Legal Writing 2 (Prof. Rips): Jovana Paic
Video Game Law (Prof. Monahan): Jonathan L. McGehee
Notices to Graduating Seniors. If you are a May 2023 graduate, please read the information below about your Kent email and network accounts, and your locker. If you have any questions, please let me know.
•Network and Print Accounts. Your network account will be deactivated on Monday, July 31 (the first Monday after the July bar exam). Your free printing quota was reset to zero on Monday, May 15 (the first Monday after Commencement).
•Email Accounts. Your Kent email account is for life. You can continue to use your Chicago-Kent email as long as you choose to do so. Please click here for information about how to access your email account after your network access is deactivated (scroll down to the Email section).
•ID Cards and Library Access. Kent student ID cards will remain active until Monday, July 31 (the first Monday after the July bar exam), and Kent graduates may use the Library for bar exam studying.
•Clearing Out Lockers. Please clear your lockers out no later than Monday, July 31 (the first Monday after the July bar exam). Anything left in lockers after that date will be removed. If you are unable to clear your locker out by that date, please contact me to make arrangements for your locker contents to be set aside for you. Please note: This applies only to graduating students. If you are not graduating, you do not need to clear your locker out; you will keep your current locker until you graduate.
•Student Health Insurance. If you have student health insurance through IIT, your coverage will end on August 9, 2023.
•Fitness Center. Spring graduates will continue to have access to the Fitness Center until Monday, July 31 (the first Monday after the July bar exam).
Counseling Services. This is a reminder that the university provides counseling services free of charge for students. Click here for details on the available resources, including individual counseling through Skylight Counseling Services. In addition to resources available through the university, the Lawyers Assistance Program also provides assistance to law students. LAP provides free and confidential assistance to members of the Illinois legal community, and can help you with issues of addiction, stress, anxiety, depression, focusing, worries about the character and fitness process, and having a successful first-year transition. Click here for more information about LAP and the services it provides.
Joke of the Week. "I'm shopping, and I caught this guy who's comparing apples and oranges. So I walked over and said, 'Hey, you can't do that.' He said, 'Why not?' 'Because it would be like . . . forget it.'" (James Leemer)