Note from Dean Franklin: First Day of Remote Learning

Dear Moody College of Business Students,

The day is finally here to begin remote learning on Wednesday, March 18. Our faculty and staff are ready to help you continue progressing on your academic journey and achieve your goals. We anticipate that you and our faculty may experience hurdles in getting settled into the new way classes will work, and that is okay. Throughout the coming days and weeks, we are keeping in mind the need for flexibility and communications.

Have you heard from your professor?
Our faculty should be communicating directly with you about how your class will be taught and what testing will look like moving forward. In this communication, faculty will be asking you to respond to confirm you received their instructions. It is important that you respond to them as quickly as you can. If you have not heard from a professor by Thursday morning, March 19, please contact them to request an update.

If you do not hear from your professor by 5:00 pm on Thursday, March 19, please send an e-mail to the Moody Business Office of Student Services at studentservices@louisiana.edu with specifics on the situation including course prefix/number/section and professor name.

Remote Advising Begins March 30
All in-person advising appointments scheduled for March 16-27 are cancelled. Advising will now be held remotely (i.e. phone, email, Zoom, etc.) and is scheduled to begin March 30. Registration for the Summer Intercession, Summer, and Fall semesters has also been postponed and is scheduled to begin April 14. Instructions on remote advising will be sent to you in the near future. Advising for 100% online MBA and MS Accounting students continues as normal. For updates, visit https://louisiana.edu/covid19-updates.

Remote Learning Resources
Visit the Moody Business student Moodle page “Ragin’ Business Students” at https://moodle.louisiana.edu/course/view.php?id=17433 for remote learning resources.

How to Contact Moody Business
Contact information for your Department or Program offices and our Office of Student Services is available at https://business.louisiana.edu/about-us/contact-us. Our faculty and staff directory is available at https://business.louisiana.edu/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-directory.

Reminders
• Please remember to check your University email and Moodle courses regularly for any messages or updates. If you need help, or do not have the technology to support remote learning, please reach out to your professor or department head.
• Check official University news and announcements related to COVID-19 regularly at https://louisiana.edu/covid19-updates and on the University’s social media accounts, including Facebook and Twitter.
• Follow Moody Business on Facebook and Instagram.

It is a unique time for each of us, and one that will make us more resilient. We will continue to provide you updates as they become available.

Sincerely,

Geralyn McClure Franklin, Ph.D.
Interim Dean
B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
moodybusiness@louisiana.edu