TheHub

TheHub is the oft-despised website used to do most important bureaucratic Hampshire-related things online. While there have been two registration failures, 30 of the 32 registration periods since Fall 2002 have run smoothly with no problems. In fact, the recently completed Spring 2009 preregistration period in November 2008 was one of the most successful and quickest on record. There have been many significant improvements to TheHub, and it continues to be improved each semester. TheHub is currently being rewritten entirely as part of the faculty/staff/student Betahub project.

From any location (either off or on campus), type thehub.hampshire.edu into your browser to access TheHub. For the security of students and others accessing TheHub from public computers, the you will be logged out of TheHub if you idle your session for more than 10 minutes or so, so you may have to log in again to finish whatever you are trying to do. On heavy load days (such as class registration), expect TheHub to move slowly as it is fielding requests from hundreds of users concurrently. If you experience problems notify [mailto:thehub.hampshire.edu thehub@hampshire.edu] and stay in contact with your advisor.

TheHub Contact Information
thehub@hampshire.edu (413)559-5718

Main Menu
Anyone with or without a login may browse Hampshire, Five College and EPEC course listings by clicking the 'Search for Courses' option. All other users have to login by clicking the 'Login' link at the top of TheHub. From there, newly admitted students would want to click 'Applicants', whereas current students would just want to click on "Students."

Personal Info
"E-Checkin" is where you will want to go to check in at the beginning of each semester. Don't forget to do this! Failure to complete the e-checkin process could result in your courses being dropped, a painful situation.

Financial Info
"My Documents" is useful for keeping track of what Student Financial Services has and has not received; make sure to phone their office personally (413.559.5484) if you have any questions or issues.

The same goes for '''"Account Statement/Make a Payment." '''It can be useful to make yourself aware of unpaid fees long before a reminder is sent to you (if it ever is). However, if something does not seem right, be sure to investigate.

Timecards
Only useful if you are a work study student. Even if you have an off-campus work study job (of which there are actually a fair number, it just takes some digging), you can complete your timecard on TheHub.

Courses
Be sure to check "Approvals and Holds" long before registration day, as this is often the best way to find out about forms you have forgotten to submit or other odd issues that crop up. This will also tell you what time you are allowed to register.

Evaluations
Go here to submit your mid-semester and final evaluations, as well as to read your course evaluations. Likewise, this is where you will complete your Division I, II, and III forms as you navigate through Hampshire College. Find out more about evaluations by going to the Evaluations page.

Registration
TIP: There's a good trick for ensuring that all you have to do on registration day is hit "Submit." Any time before registration day, simply go to "Search/Register for Courses," choose the courses you want, and click on "Submit," so that you have a list of all the courses you would like to take in your Preferred Courses list. Then, on registration day, simply click on "Register and Drop Sections," choose the desired option from the dropdown lists, and hit "Submit." You're done! This is a much faster method of registering for classes than trying to search on the day of registration.

Currently, "Manage My Waitlist" will not tell you where you are (i.e. whether you are first in the waitlist, or eleventh), but this will change shortly. You can keep basictrack of that by being aware of what number you are on the waitlist when you first register, searching for the course at the end of the day to see how many are on the waitlist total, and then searching for the course later on and seeing by how much that number diminishes. You can also contact Central Records to find out exactly where you are, but they complain about it if you do.

"Five College Requests" are not too difficult; simply make sure to follow the directions. It will take a while for the paperwork to make its way through Central Records, especially if you have to get instructor permission. You can come back here to find out whether or not your requests have been approved. To find out more about Five College courses, go to The Consortium page.