Ombuds Office
Location: All meetings will be on Zoom for the Spring 2024 semester.
Please use email or make an appointment to contact the ombuds office.
Email: ombuds@smc.edu
Ombudsperson Office Staff
Ombudsperson/Life Science Professor Sandra Hutchinson
Ombudsperson/Philosophy Professor Paul Klumpe
Ombudsperson/Life Science Professor Yvonne Ortega *currently on medical leave
Spring 2024 hours: *Last appointment day is 6/6 for the semester
* 4/15/24 is the last appointment day for potential Fall 2023 grade appeal; 5/15/24 is the last appointment day for potential Winter 2024 grade appeal*
- Grade appeal requests for Summer 2023 and prior are closed.
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Fall 2023 Grade concerns: Meet with an ombudsperson before April 15, 2024 to file a grade appeal.
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Winter 2024 Grade concerns: Meet with an ombudsperson before May 15, 2024 to file a grade appeal.
- If your course for grade appeal/consultation about a concern is in Life Sciences, please schedule with Prof. Klumpe.
- If your course for grade appeal/consultation about a concern is in Philosophy and Social Sciences, please schedule with Profs. Hutchinson or Ortega.
Mondays 2:30PM-6:30PM Prof. Klumpe (no Social Sciences/ Philosophy course concerns, schedule on Prof. Hutchinson's days)
Tuesdays 9:00AM-1:30PM; *9am-noon, 2:30-4pm on 4th Tuesday of each month Prof. Hutchinson (no Life Sciences course concerns, schedule on Prof. Klumpe's days)
Wednesdays 4:00PM-6:30PM Prof. Hutchinson (no Life Sciences course concerns, schedule on Prof. Klumpe's days)
Thursdays 4:00PM-7:00PM Prof. Klumpe (no Social Sciences/ Philosophy course concerns, schedule on Prof. Hutchinson's days)
Fridays office is closed *exception: 3/15 Dr. Hutchinson will have 8-10am appts available.
Important Dates
Fall 2023 Grade concerns: Meet with an ombudsperson before April 15, 2024 to file a grade appeal.
Winter 2024 Grade concerns: Meet with an ombudsperson before May 15, 2024 to file a grade appeal.
Spring 2024 Grade concerns: Meet with an ombudsperson before October 15, 2024 to file a grade appeal.
Summer 2024 Grade concerns: Meet with an ombudsperson before November 15, 2024 to file a grade appeal.
* *Grade appeal requests for Summer 2023 and prior are closed. **