April 02, 2007
I Guess I'm Not Going to Commencement
I have been on the fence regarding commencement for the past 5 months. This past week, I knew Sunday's deadline was approaching. After talking it over with my parents (who really want me to do it), I decided to register. So, Sunday afternoon, at 3:30 PM west coast time, I clicked on the link on the main Commencement web site that had been open in my browser for the better part of the week. To my surprise, I was greeted with a bold message that said registration had closed. I scratched my head in puzzlement. I know the link to register boldly stated April 1 as the last day. So, I fired off a quick e-mail to commencement@case.edu explaining the situation. I expected to get a reply today, but none came. Realizing time was critical, I wanted to call to resolve the issue, but there is no number posted on the web site. Oh well. I guess I'll just have to wait for them to respond via email. Perhaps I'll start badgering them and poking others at Case who could tell me who to contact directly.
It is worth noting that after I realized online registration was closed, I found an old e-mail stating that it would close on April 1 at 5:00 EST. Sadly, there was no mention of this on the web site (at least none that I saw). When you see "through April 1" in bold letters without an asterisk, you immediately assume a 12:00 AM deadline.
Aye aye aye.
April 3 Update
Last night, I sent a follow-up email to commencement@case.edu after not hearing back from them within 24 hours of the first e-mail. I let them know that if I don't hear back by 2:00 PM EST today, I'm going to contact Eric Dicken. I hate bothering the "Director of Campus Events" with such an arguably trivial concern, but I can't find any other names anywhere on the Commencement web site.Trackback
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