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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Engineering Faculty, </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I have an exam today and several students contacted me during the last hour or so declaring sick and requesting to take the exam at a later time. University send an email to all students to be conscientious when they are sick and discourage to come to work. Similarly we are asking students and staff in our labs to work from home when they are sick.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">If students contact you to ask for accommodation and an exam or homework please follow university policies. Please use your best judgement to decide during these unusual times and when in doubt consult university procedures. The paragraph below summarizes the procedure for a student to declare sick and request academic accommodations. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Students may provide medical documentation for temporary disability accommodations by contacting the </span><a href="https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/student_affairs/sds/"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">Student Ability Success Center</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by emailing </span><a href="mailto:sascinfo@sdsu.edu"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">sascinfo@sdsu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. After an expedited review of the student’s medical documentation SASC will provide an accommodation letter for students to share with their instructors in order to work out the best accommodations for their courses. Students will not be penalized in any way if they request academic accommodations.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions and concerns please do not hesitate to contact me or Theresa Garcia. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Best regards</p><p class="MsoNormal">Yusuf</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Yusuf Ozturk </p><p class="MsoNormal">Interim Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Professor</p><p class="MsoNormal">College of Engineering</p><p class="MsoNormal">Electrical and Computer Engineering </p><p class="MsoNormal">Co-Director, Smart Health Institute</p><p class="MsoNormal">San Diego State University </p><p class="MsoNormal">5500 Campanile Drive , San Diego, CA 92182-1309</p><p class="MsoNormal">Phone : (619) 594-4550 </p><p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:yozturk@sdsu.edu"><span style="color:#0563c1">yozturk@sdsu.edu</span></a> </p><p class="MsoNormal">My schedule is available here: <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/b/1?cid=eW96dHVya0BzZHN1LmVkdQ"><span style="color:blue">https://calendar.google.com/calendar/b/1?cid=eW96dHVya0BzZHN1LmVkdQ</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>