{"id":2826,"date":"2026-02-04T13:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T18:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/?p=2826"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T18:30:13","slug":"last-day-to-withdraw-from-first-module-courses-feb-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/last-day-to-withdraw-from-first-module-courses-feb-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Day to Withdraw from First-Module Courses: Feb. 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear OWU\u00a0Families, We want to make you aware of an important academic deadline: the last day for students to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/owu.edu\/academics\/office-of-the-registrar\/forms\/#course-withdrawal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/owu.edu\/academics\/office-of-the-registrar\/forms\/%23course-withdrawal&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1770314719208000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3OEvgNCOqVmiiUpW0BIiV4\">withdraw<\/a>\u00a0from first-module courses is\u00a0<strong>Thursday, February 11, 2026<\/strong>. If your student is struggling in a class, a withdrawal may be an option. This is a significant decision and not one to take lightly. It\u2019s for situations where passing the course is no longer realistic. Before your student considers withdrawing, please encourage them to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Talk to their professor.<\/b>\u00a0A conversation during office hours can often clarify whether it&#8217;s possible to get back on track.<\/li>\n<li><b>Utilize campus resources.<\/b>\u00a0The Sagan Academic Resource Center offers free tutoring and coaching that can make a big difference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/owu.edu\/academics\/office-of-the-registrar\/forms\/#course-withdrawal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/owu.edu\/academics\/office-of-the-registrar\/forms\/%23course-withdrawal&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1770314719208000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3OEvgNCOqVmiiUpW0BIiV4\">withdrawal<\/a>\u00a0places a &#8220;W&#8221; on the student&#8217;s transcript but doesn&#8217;t affect their GPA. However, it\u2019s important to remember that a withdrawn course does not count toward graduation units, which could impact their academic progress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office:<\/strong>\u00a0Office of the Registrar<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Lee Richards at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:registrar@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registrar@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear OWU\u00a0Families, We want to make you aware of an important academic deadline: the last day for students to\u00a0withdraw\u00a0from first-module courses is\u00a0Thursday, February 11, 2026. If your student is struggling in a class, a withdrawal may be an option. This is a significant decision and not one to take lightly. It\u2019s for situations where passing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[79,685,595,106,684],"class_list":["post-2826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-owu-resources","tag-class","tag-drop","tag-registrar","tag-resources","tag-withdrawal"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2827,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2826\/revisions\/2827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}