Nikola Milekic

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D+ and D- removal to be discussed
"D- is still a grade at AUBG." – Lucci
Martin Angelov
Nikola Milekic
April 30, 2010

The Academic Policies committee will make the final recommendation to the president by the end of the semester regarding the removal of D- and D+ grades from the AUBG grading scale. The recommendation, if accepted by the president, will be effective as of the Fall semester, Dean of Faculty Steven Sullivan said.

Flu under control at AUBG
“We’ve asked professors to report every day how many students are missing from their classes" - Sullivan
Nikola Milekic
November 16, 2009

 

Even though the Bulgarian Health Ministry declared a national swine flu (H1N1) epidemic on November 6, the number of AUBG students with flu like symptoms is going down. Unless the situation changes, AUBG will not cancel classes.
Scholarship information confuses students
Students of Albanian descent need to renew yearly their scholarship applications.
Nikola Milekic
September 15, 2009

Several Albanian students were surprised when they received their pro-forma bills last semester not knowing their Albanian Scholarship Fund scholarships last for one year only.

Skype not supported at AUBG
Over my dead body will we have Skype at AUBG - Sullivan
Nikola Milekic
April 20, 2009

Journalism professor Phelps Hawkins suggested the use of Skype as a teaching tool at AUBG during an Information Resources committee (IRC) meeting on March 19.

OCC upgrade disrupts communication
Antivirus software responsible for Outlook glitches
Nikola Milekic
March 19, 2009

Nearly two weeks after the end of the break, AUBG students, faculty and staff are still experiencing problems caused by the upgrade and maintenance of the AUBG e-mail system, when accessing their e-mail from the web.

BUS students get fewer permissions
Slips were given only under special circumstances
Nikola Milekic
February 1, 2009

This semester business professors were more reluctant to give away permissions after the Business Department decided to limit the number of students enrolled in overcrowded courses.

In the past, "we have used discretion in which […] professors would increase [the number of students per section] to his/her desire. However, that has become a routine," Chair of the Business Department Julio Pontes said.