Professors granted discretion over excused absences

Jack Rooney | Wednesday, September 3, 2014

This semester, the University initiated a new excused absence policy to include religious holy days, official military duties and mandatory off-campus legal proceedings and to exclude mild illness, such as a headache or cold, Cathy Pieronek, associate dean for the College of Engineering said. Pieronek, who worked with a group of faculty members to revamp the