Telephone Recordings
Call (530)938-5555 for a recorded message
about campus closings.
Internet Posting
Find campus closure information on the
homepage of the COS website (
edu) or in your Navigator account.
Everbridge – College Text Messaging
Students who have signed up for Everbridge
will receive a text message regarding
campus closures and any other critical COS
announcements. To sign up, go to the COS
Homepage (
and click on
the Everbridge icon.
Getting to Campus
If you can’t attend class due to severe weather
and the College is still open, you must decide
if it is safe to travel. If the College is open
and you cannot make it to class, notify your
instructor (s) to obtain the work you missed.
Returning Home
If you ride the STAGE to campus and it is
not operating due to road closures, or if your
ride cannot make it to campus due to severe
weather, go to the Student Center. You may
find someone who can drive you home, or you
may need to remain on campus. The College
is approved to be a Red Cross Shelter and in
severe weather we may receive that designation.
Expectations of Students
Academic freedom for students is essential to
encourage you in your search for knowledge,
clear thinking and critical judgment. This
freedom consists of certain basic rights which
are just claims upon the academic community.
Rights become a reality only when all members
of a society exercise responsibility in honoring
the rights of others. Therefore, to preserve
your rights, you must assume your share of the
responsibility.
Student Responsibilities
You have the responsibility to:
A. Respect and support the rights of faculty,
staff and other students.
B. Speak and act in a manner compatible
with the College purpose.
C. Speak and act in a manner that will not
offend standards of common decency.
D. Exercise care in the use of College
equipment and property.
E. Abide by all the rules and regulations of
the College.
F. Abide by local, state and federal laws.
G. Become informed regarding curriculum
requirements.
H. Become informed regarding course
assignments.
I. Prepare course assignments in the time
and manner prescribed by the instructor.
J. Pursue the basic goal of learning.
Academic Probation/Dismissal
Procedure (AP 4220)
If you do not make satisfactory progress or
receive satisfactory grades, you may be placed
on probation or dismissal status. If you attempt
at least 12 cumulative units as shown on the
transcript, you are subject to either Academic
or Progress Probation.
The following procedures are used to determine
probation/dismissal:
Academic Probation:
You will be placed on
Academic Probation if you earned a grade point
average below 2.0 in all A-F graded units. If you
attain a cumulative grade point average of 2.0
or greater, you will be removed from Academic
Probation.
Progress Probation:
You will be placed on
Progress Probation if you failed to complete at
least 50% of the cumulative units for which you
registered. The criteria for non-completion are
entries of “W” (withdrawal), “I” (incomplete), “F”
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