In a recent announcement from the PennWest Office of Academic affairs, “Common Hour” will be implemented into the Fall 2025 semester schedule. The common hour will be Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 11:00-11:50 a.m.
No undergraduate classes will occur during this time. Other experiential learning opportunities, such as student teaching, internships, off-campus clinicals, etc., will be scheduled at their normal dates and times.
Reinstating common hour has been a looming thought on the minds of many PennWest students, but those thoughts can now be subsided. With common hour soon to be restored, clubs and organizations can have more opportunities for events and regularly scheduled meetings.
Students with health and situational needs can now have a timeframe between classes to care for themselves. The wide range of things students can do is a major factor in why the common hour was restored by PennWest Academic Affairs. One can only wonder if the common hour will be a continual occurrence each semester as it was in previous academic years.
