Your checklist for a successful semester
Your checklist for a successful semester
 University of Wisconsin-Platteville                                                                        September 2017
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Your checklist for a successful semester
This month kicks off another new semester at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and we’re excited to get started. To help our students prepare for the weeks ahead, we developed this checklist with steps to help you start your semester off right. Read more
Then, watch The Pioneer Connection and our social media pages for more tips and resources to help you reach your goals. From all of us at the Distance Learning Center, good luck with the coming semester!

Share your best wishes with Dawn
After 33 years with the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and nearly two decades as the leader of the Distance Learning Center, Executive Director Dawn Drake is retiring. 
Drake wrote the grant that launched the DLC in 1997, and has been instrumental in the education of hundreds of students in the years since. She has led program development, contributed years of research and experience to the field, and created a legacy focused on education by founding the Dawn Drake Excellence in Distance Education Scholarship.
As we honor her time at the university, we want our students, faculty, and alumni to join in the celebration. Share your favorite memories or best wishes with Dawn as she prepares for her next chapter.

Differing paths lead to lifelong passions
Embarking on a singular path has never been William Yang’s style.
“Early on, I started into biological sciences and bioengineering. I wanted to pursue something that would allow me to create and innovate in the medical field,” Yang said. “Project management is a totally different world, and I kind of started to like it. It was more applicable to what I had been doing.”
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Check out PASS Tips to navigate the new layout
This summer, PASS got a makeover, making it more user-friendly for students and staff. To help you get acquainted with the new and improved system, our advising team created PASS Tips. These documents walk through common tasks you'll complete in PASS, along with screen shots of each step of the process. Some examples include:
Review the full list of PASS Tips
To do list
Complete the Student Services Survey to help guide improvements at UW-Platteville Online. The link was sent to students on Aug. 30, at their uwplatt.edu email account.
Complete the UW-Platteville Participation Policy activity in each of your classes. Students who do not complete the activity by Sept. 14 will be adminstratively dropped from their courses.
Important dates for full semester online courses
September 5 – First day of courses
September 14 – Deadline for students to complete the UW-Platteville Participation Policy activity in each of their courses.
September 15 – Responses due for the Student Services Survey
September 18 – Last day to drop an online course and receive 100 percent of refundable tuition
Visit our Academic Calendars page for all dates.
Important links
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Desire2Learn
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