1. Some Things You Need to Know and Do

2. Addresses Phone Numbers Email Addresses Directory Info

9. Dire medical info Prescription medicine, include mgs and timing of dosage Known allergies Blood type, if you know it Immediate family contact information

10. Permanent Local Mailing Diploma

11. Diploma address

12. Permanent address Where do I send the diploma, if need be? How do I reach the people who would need to give a hospital permission to do surgery?

13. Mailing address

14. Local address Where would we send an object or document related to your college education or graduation? What door would we knock on, should you vanish? What phone number(s) do we use to contact you?

15. Email address @.ttu.edu @.gmail.com @.yahoo.com @.hotmail.com Teacher’s junkmailTeacher’s inbox etc.

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18. Holds Registration Day & Time

19. How do you know on which day YOU register? Registration Status answers “What’s MY day and is there anything blocking me?”

20. Holds A hold is a block that prevents some action.

21. Holds, cont’d The hold information you see in Raiderlink tells you what you need to know. Read it carefully.

22. Holds, cont’d The information in MyTech is first entered in a system called Banner. This is what your Holds screens look like there. Same boxes; different arrangement.

23. Holds, cont’d Future hold Past hold Current hold If you wonder, politely ask the staff member to read you the From and To boxes. That will help both of you!

24. Advance Registration 1. How do you know when Advance Registration begins? 2. How do you know on which day YOU register? 3. When do you register for summer classes? For fall classes? For spring? QUIZ

25. 1. How do you know when Advance Registration begins? Use the Academic Calendar on the main TTU website (www.ttu.edu). It will give you the range of days during which students are “turned on.”www.ttu.edu Students begin registering at different times based on their status as a senior, junior, etc. StatusQualifications SpecialDepends Seniors90+ hours Juniors60-89 hours Sophomores30-59 hours Freshmen0-29 hours 2. How do you know on which day YOU register?

26. 3. In which two months does Texas Tech register for classes? When do you register for summer classes? For fall classes? For spring? Spring Summer I Summer II Fall

27. Other links of interest Enrollment Verification: documentation sometimes needed by your parent’s insurance companies.

28. Other links of interest Academic Transcript: If something isn’t there, you’ll need to follow up. It’s your job!

29. Degree audit: A tool to help you with what has been completed and what is still needed. Other links of interest Doesn’t work for Arts & Sciences majors at the moment!

30. Other links of interest GPA calculator: a handy tool

31. Emergency Alert Notification System

32. Emergency Alert Notification System, cont’d

33. www.ttu.edu/emergency

34. Texts are sent from 806-742-3177. Recordings are sent from 806-744- 9336.

35. Emergency Alert Notification System, cont’d Shots Fired Student Training

37. Information Sources TechAnnounce messages are on the Raiderlink home page and are sent to your email address. You can indicate Preferences which limit the number of items.

38. TechAnnounce messages

39. Information Sources, cont’d The English and Philosophy Depts also send out messages to all our majors and minors with information about dept activities as well as information we think you need to know about. Be sure and put the appropriate email address in your safe senders list! English_undergrads@lyris.ttu.edu Philosophy_undergrads@lyris.ttu.edu

41. www.english.ttu.edu

45. This link will take you to teacher- written descriptions of our English classes!

46. You can find catalog descriptions in Look Up Classes as well as in the catalog.

47. I am not sending you here for this! You are RESPONSIBLE for knowing the prerequisite! You are also responsible for knowing when you can REPEAT a class.

48. www.philosophy.ttu.edu

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