ACHIEVING BALANCE: TECHNOLOGY AT CHRISTENDOM COLLEGE

Step 1: It is the student’s responsibility to submit medical documentation to the Academic Success Coach at the beginning of the semester. If the impairment or disability arises during the semester, the student must submit medical documentation as soon as possible. If a student fails to submit medical documentation in a reasonable time and manner, then he or she cannot expect an academic accommodation.

Step 2: The student is required to meet in-person with the Academic Success Coach for an interview, in which he will discuss his accommodations with the Academic Success Coach. During this process, the Coach will negotiate within the approved academic accommodations. However, a situation may arise in which a student requires a reasonable accommodation not included on the aforementioned list. Should this be the case, the Academic Success Coach and/or student will meet with the Academic Dean, who will make the final decision and sign an eligibility letter for the student with his approved accommodations.

Step 3: From this point onward, it is the student’s responsibility to request the accommodation from his or her professor(s) for every assignment for which he or she would like to utilize the accommodation. It is advised that the student meet with his or her professors within the first two weeks of the semester, showing the professor the eligibility letter as proof of the student’s approved accommodations. If a student does not responsibly make a request for a specific assignment or give the professor sufficient time to work out the details of the request (3 business days), then the student cannot expect the accommodation.

Nota Bene: The signed letter will allow academic accommodations for one full academic year. While it is not necessary to resubmit medical documentation each academic year, it is the student’s responsibility to contact the Academic Dean and the Academic Success Coach at the beginning of each academic year to reassess the student’s need and receive a renewed letter of approved accommodations. Any questions students might have regarding academic accommodations should be directed to the Academic Dean or Academic Success Coach.

Achieving Balance: Technology at Christendom College

As with all aspects of culture, the technological ingenuity of man shines brightest when it magnifies the grandeur of God, is placed at the service of the common good, and is ordered toward the perfection of the person. Christendom College clearly recognizes the positive advantages that computers and related devices can bring to daily life. Yet the College grants pride of place to a Catholic moral and intellectual formation offered through a personal community of students and mentors. In order that a strong sense of this community be encouraged, the College seeks to instill a balanced and healthy detachment from an inordinate use of the opportunities provided by technology. We believe that in so doing the virtues will better flourish in a context of friendship and communion, both human and divine. For this reason the

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