Legitimate excuse to miss class?

stradmom
Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:21:57 +0000

Speaking as a professor…

Contact your school’s Office of Public Relations/Institutional Relations/Institutional Advancement/whatever it’s called there. Tell them about your invitation. They will want to write a press release about you as a successful student. While they are interviewing you, mention that you are worried about missing classes and ask whether you could get a letter from the Dean of Students sent to your professors. I don’t know where you are located but they might also be able to provide some funding for your travel to the event.