Well, I just read the Dean's update posted on October 25th. One of the biggest questions regarding the upcoming spring term was answered. Unfortunately, the Lagniappe semester that has been discussed for quite some time has been clarified for the graduate students. The dean has stated plainly there will be no Lagniappe semester for the graduate students at the Freeman School. He also stated that as far as he is aware no graduate program would have the Lagniappe semester.
My understanding was as the dean also stated that this was for students who paid full time tuition for the Fall and Spring. This would be a bonus (for lack of a better word) for those of us who did as the university asked and returned to be good citizens of the school and city. Sort of a reward for going through the experience we have over the last 9 weeks and came back to keep the school strong. The Lagniappe semester was part of the incentive of us sticking with the school.
Well I am sure most of you have already read the dean's message for yourself, I just wanted to say something about it as the news was deflating to say the least.
Kevin