The University of Massachusetts Faculty Senate voted to amend the 2014-15 academic calendar, adding an additional day of classes in response to a multitude of snow days.

Thursday, April 30 will now become a Monday class schedule. Despite the change, final exams will still begin on Friday, May 1.

This vote follows a recommendation from Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Katherine Newman. In an email sent out earlier this month, Newman said, “Students and faculty have expressed concern about the loss of classroom time because of successive snow storms.”

Newman also cited ensuring adequate instruction time for planned materials as a reason for her recommendation.

UMass has yet to have a full week of classes in the 2015 spring semester.

In an email to the campus community Monday, Newman emphasized the importance of adhering to academic regulations surrounding final exams, “especially the provision that final exams should not be administered during the last week of classes.”

She also urged faculty to make accommodations for Five College students whose schedules at other universities may or may not have undergone similar changes.

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