From: Breidenstein, Angela
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:12 AM
To: Class.of.2012
Cc: davemansen@alumni.trinity.edu; Tuttle, David; Chenault, Caldwell
Subject: Dessert follow-up, hot tip for this weekend, and academic info - from your faculty class marshal

Hi Sophomores,

It was great to see so many of you at Dr. Lee’s house yesterday!  I’m glad so many of you took advantage of the opportunity to eat dessert before dinner J, hang with the VP and hang out at her cool house, and connect with one another! 

A few of you were asking questions about major declaration last night.  I know we started to bring the idea to your attention with the October deadline for declaring – please know that there is another deadline for declaring in the spring.  The idea is that after you have enough hours to know with some amount of certainty that you have a major or more-than-likely-major, you will declare a major.  In order to do that, you do need to pay attention to the requirements that each department has for declaring a major (in the courses of study book).  Your advisor can help you, the registrar’s office can help you,  your professors can help you, and I can help you to make sense of this.  You have to declare before you reach junior status so that you don’t go for four years without a major – we want to know that you’re making progress toward completion! – but please know that you can change your major, add majors, add minors.   

The October deadline happens so the department has time to review your request to be accepted for a major (a form from the registrar’s office that you fill out) and also time for your first advisor to send your advising folder to your new advisor in your major.  So those of you who declared and were accepted will get a notice from the registrar’s office informing you of that and your new advisor.  This will happen again in the spring prior to registration for fall – so I’ll make sure to do a better job of writing you to explain all of that again in the spring.

Also, off the academic beat but on the Trinity beat – I noticed this REALLY COOL O-Rec happening (below) that I wanted to bring to your attention because (1) it’s FREE – and if you don’t have a bike you can likely borrow one or rent one for cheap through O-Rec (2) the weather is GREAT and (3) cycling in San Antonio, especially to the missions, is one of my FAVORITE ways to enjoy all that San Antonio has to offer and be a San Antonian!  If I were not in Boston for a meeting – where apparently it is snowing! – I’d be there in a heartbeat! Esp. because it’s good for your heartbeat!

All the best,

Dr. Breidenstein

DON'T YOU MISS THE FEELING of wind blowing in your hair? Come out for a pleasant afternoon bike ride on Saturday, Oct. 24, with your friends along the San Antonio River and explore

our city's four Franciscan Missions dating back to the mid-1700s.  This O-Rec event is free for students with a bike and only $40 for students who need to rent a bike.  Sign up early by

coming to Bell Center room 303 or calling ext. 8236.

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Angela Breidenstein, Ed.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Education

Trinity University

One Trinity Place

San Antonio, TX 78212-7200

Phone:  (210) 999-7587

Fax:  (210) 999-7592

Email: abreiden@trinity.edu