{"id":898,"date":"2026-02-09T21:55:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-uwsp-multi.pantheonsite.io\/office-of-the-registrar\/?page_id=898"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:25:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:25:50","slug":"attendance-for-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/office-of-the-registrar\/attendance-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Attendance for Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"bannerheight400 hero-bwbb bpcc blockspacebottom overlay-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/office-of-the-registrar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/04\/General-SRC-193-X4.jpg)\"><div class=\"smaller-banner\"><div class=\"bannerheight400 bpcc smaller-banner-image-container site-width\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/office-of-the-registrar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/04\/General-SRC-193-X4.jpg)\"><\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgforsmallscrn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/office-of-the-registrar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/04\/General-SRC-193-X4.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enrollment and Attendance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you decide to drop a class, use accesSPoint or contact the Office of the Registrar. Your enrollment affects tuition, financial aid, and veterans benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>During the first eight days of a 16\u2011week term, instructors take attendance. You are responsible for dropping any classes you are not attending to avoid financial charges. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you enroll in a course but cannot attend the first class meetings, you must receive permission from the department. Without approval, you may be required to drop the course.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Missing Class<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Notify your instructor in advance when you need to miss class. In emergencies when you cannot reach your instructor, <a href=\"mailto:DOS@uwsp.edu\">email <\/a>or call, 715-346-2611, the Dean of Students Office.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Instructors will provide reasonable opportunities to make up work missed due to illness, emergencies, or university\u2011approved travel such as athletic, music, or academic trips. Arrange planned absences ahead of time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Excessive absences without communication may result in dismissal from the course (grade of F) or from the University (F in all classes).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Financial Aid Requirements<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Financial aid regulations require that you begin attendance\/academic activity in all courses tied to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Federal Pell Grants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For Direct Loans, you must attend at least one class for your loan to disburse. Failure to attend may result in repayment of aid already disbursed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Military Service Absences<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You will not be penalized for absences due to required military obligations or VA medical appointments (up to two weeks unless the instructor grants additional time). Notify instructors as early as possible and provide documentation to the Dean of Students Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Instructors must provide reasonable accommodations for missed work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For active\u2011duty deployment, refer to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/admissions-aid\/how-to-apply\/veterans\/\">Military Call\u2011Up Instructions for Students<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enrollment and Attendance If you decide to drop a class, use accesSPoint or contact the Office of the Registrar. Your enrollment affects tuition, financial aid, and veterans benefits. Missing Class Notify your instructor in advance when you need to miss class. In emergencies when you cannot reach your instructor, email or call, 715-346-2611, the Dean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-898","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/office-of-the-registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/office-of-the-registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/office-of-the-registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/office-of-the-registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/office-of-the-registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/office-of-the-registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1441,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/office-of-the-registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/898\/revisions\/1441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/office-of-the-registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}