Since I was invited for an interview, I decided to check out Nova's student handbook.
Hoo boy. These people are serious. Formal attire (shirts/ties, no shorts, no miniskirts, sandals, etc.), no food/drinks in lecture halls, required attendance. All these rules®s might make you forget that you're living in southern Florida. Is there anyone else who finds this just a bit too onerous to deal with?
From the handbook:
Hoo boy. These people are serious. Formal attire (shirts/ties, no shorts, no miniskirts, sandals, etc.), no food/drinks in lecture halls, required attendance. All these rules®s might make you forget that you're living in southern Florida. Is there anyone else who finds this just a bit too onerous to deal with?
From the handbook:
Attendance percentage will be calculated separately for each course. Students can scan their ID
card from 10 minutes before the start of class until 10 minutes after the class begins (20 minutes
after the hour) for each session. For lecture sessions that are more than one hour in length and are
consecutively scheduled, a student will be required to follow the attendance-taking procedures by
scanning in at the start of the first hour unless otherwise noted in the course syllabus or announced
by the instructor during the class session.
Students with less than 80 percent attendance in more than 20 percent of the total number of courses
during the M1 and M2 academic years will have this lack of compliance in attendance noted on their
Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE).
Unannounced spot checks of the attendance will be conducted. Students who need to leave
during a lecture or block of lectures must scan out in order to verify if they are in violation of the
Code of Conduct. Any student discovered scanning in for another student will be considered to be
in violation of the Code of Conduct and will be reported to the Student Progress Committee. Both
the student who is documenting attendance for another and the student who is the beneficiary of
the act will be subject to charges of academic fraud and subject to disciplinary action, up to and
including dismissal.
...
Those failing to comply may be dismissed from the classroom and/or the campus resulting in an
absence for the day. Noncompliance with the dress code requirements may be designated in a
students MSPE.
...
Students inappropriately dressed or groomed may be requested to leave the campus. In this
circumstance, an unexcused absence will be recorded until the student returns properly attired.
Questionable or disputed cases of dress or grooming shall be presented to the dean, whose decision
shall be final. Repeated violations will be considered improper professional behavior and may result
in disciplinary action. When a class requires special dress (such as the wearing of scrub suits in
anatomy laboratory), it will be the only exception to the dress code allowed during that time.
...
Food, beverages, and tobacco are not permitted in the lecture halls, laboratories, or university clinics.
card from 10 minutes before the start of class until 10 minutes after the class begins (20 minutes
after the hour) for each session. For lecture sessions that are more than one hour in length and are
consecutively scheduled, a student will be required to follow the attendance-taking procedures by
scanning in at the start of the first hour unless otherwise noted in the course syllabus or announced
by the instructor during the class session.
Students with less than 80 percent attendance in more than 20 percent of the total number of courses
during the M1 and M2 academic years will have this lack of compliance in attendance noted on their
Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE).
Unannounced spot checks of the attendance will be conducted. Students who need to leave
during a lecture or block of lectures must scan out in order to verify if they are in violation of the
Code of Conduct. Any student discovered scanning in for another student will be considered to be
in violation of the Code of Conduct and will be reported to the Student Progress Committee. Both
the student who is documenting attendance for another and the student who is the beneficiary of
the act will be subject to charges of academic fraud and subject to disciplinary action, up to and
including dismissal.
...
Those failing to comply may be dismissed from the classroom and/or the campus resulting in an
absence for the day. Noncompliance with the dress code requirements may be designated in a
students MSPE.
...
Students inappropriately dressed or groomed may be requested to leave the campus. In this
circumstance, an unexcused absence will be recorded until the student returns properly attired.
Questionable or disputed cases of dress or grooming shall be presented to the dean, whose decision
shall be final. Repeated violations will be considered improper professional behavior and may result
in disciplinary action. When a class requires special dress (such as the wearing of scrub suits in
anatomy laboratory), it will be the only exception to the dress code allowed during that time.
...
Food, beverages, and tobacco are not permitted in the lecture halls, laboratories, or university clinics.