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Study day added to spring semester

By Desire� Knight
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Staff Writer

A study day has been added to spring semester between the last day of class and the first exam day, thereby extending the semester by one school day.

According to Dr. Virginia Carson, vice president of academic affairs, there was formerly a study day in the exam schedule at GHC, but then it was excluded for some unknown reason. By including the study day this semester, students will have additional time to prepare for their spring finals.

The new exam schedule begins on Wednesday, April 30, and continues through Monday, May 5, with the study day on Tuesday, April 29.

Exams will begin at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Monday and will continue through 8 p.m. in two-hour periods. There will be two exam periods on Friday and Saturday, one at 8 a.m. and one at 11 a.m., coinciding with Friday/Saturday classes. Any student having three final exams in the same day may delay one with permission of the academic division chair.

Carson has high hopes for the inclusion of the study day in the GHC final exam schedule for the 2008 spring semester. "I experienced a study day as an undergraduate student and at the college where I previously worked. I found it helpful in both environments," she said.

"I feel this study day will assist me in preparing for my spring finals. It will allow students a day to visit the Tutorial Center and get any last minute help needed. I think it can only help students," stated freshman Lauren Roberts, an undeclared major from Rome.