From: Kate Pechenkina <Kate.Pechenkina@qc.cuny.edu> Date: Monday, April 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM To: Stephen Grover <Stephen.Grover@qc.cuny.edu>, Larissa Swedell <Larissa.Swedell@qc.cuny.edu>, Melissa Checker <Melissa.Checker@qc.cuny.edu>, Amy Hsin <Amy.Hsin@qc.cuny.edu>, David Gabel <David.Gabel@qc.cuny.edu>, Qianyun (Ivy) Huang <Qianyun.Huang@qc.cuny.edu>, Francois Pierre-Louis <Francois.Pierrelouis@qc.cuny.edu>, James Lowry <James.Lowry@qc.cuny.edu>, Julia Sneeringer <juliasneeringer@gmail.com> Subject: Religious Accommodations for Pope's Passing Dear Chairs, Please remind our faculty members that observances related to the Pope's passing fall under our religious accommodation guidelines. A pope's death is followed by a nine-day mourning period. Students who request time off or extensions on assignments for this purpose should be accommodated in accordance with our institutional policies on religious observances. sincerely, k Kate Pechenkina, Ph.D. Dean of Faculty School of Social Sciences <https://www.qc.cuny.edu/academics/ss/> Queens College Powdermaker Hall 335 917-6707009 (mobile) [Image removed by sender.]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/222eb5594ca84e38b29f048884316fd9@qc.cuny.edu?anonymous&ep=bwmEmailSignature> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/222eb5594ca84e38b29f048884316fd9@qc.cuny.edu?anonymous&ep=bwmEmailSignature>