Student Services and Policies 

 

The following services are available to IUP students but are not a part of the Division of Student Affairs.

 

Computer Software Policy Parking Speech and Hearing Clinic Student Rights/Directory Information

Student Rights Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Acts Student Technology Services University Computing Resources Policy

 

The Speech and Hearing Clinic, located in Davis Hall, offers both diagnostic evaluations and therapeutic services for speech, language, and hearing problems. The clinic also administers the speech clearance for teacher education programs.

These services are made available without charge to students regularly enrolled at the university to give the necessary assistance to alleviate deficiencies which would interfere with successful performance and progress in the university and in future work. Students are encouraged to use the facilities provided for them and may of their own initiative come to the clinic for help, or they may be referred by any faculty member or university official.

 

Website: www.iup.edu/police/parking.shtm/ 

Students, faculty, and staff members who park vehicles in campus parking areas must register their vehicles with the University Police Office. Resident students will be issued parking permits for the following reasons: medical necessity, student teaching, or other academic need for a vehicle. A written application must be submitted to and approved by the Parking Authority Review Board. Parking will be available to resident students not meeting the aforementioned criteria. They may park for a fee in the Robertshaw lot or in the campus parking garage. The University Police Office is located in the Administrative Annex basement and can be contacted for information on parking. Rules and regulations can be accessed at the website www.iup.edu/police.

 

The following information is considered directory information under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (the Buckley Amendment of 1974) and may be released without the student’s permission:  name, address, telephone number, major, student activities, weight and height (athletic teams), dates and status of attendance, dates of graduation, degrees and awards received and where received, most recent educational institution attended, and e-mail username.

 

Students may request that this information not be publicly released by completing a form available in the Office of the Registrar, Clark Hall Lobby. Upon receipt of this signed form in the Registrar’s office, all information will be withheld, even beyond graduation, unless the student requests in writing that this nondisclosure request be rescinded.

 

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students certain rights with respect to their education records. They follow:

1.     The right to inspect and review the student’s education records within forty-five days of the day the university receives a request for access. Students should submit to the Registrar, college dean, department chair, or other appropriate official, written requests that identify the records they wish to inspect. The university official will arrange for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the official to whom the request was submitted, that official will advise the student to whom to direct the request.
 

2.     The right to request amendment of the student’s education records that he/she believes are inaccurate or misleading. Students should submit such requests in writing to the appropriate university official. The written request must clearly identify the part of the record the student wants to be changed and must specify why it is inaccurate or misleading. If the university decides not to amend the record as requested, the student will be notified by a university official of the decision, and the university official will advise the student of his/her right to a hearing regarding the requested amendment. Additional information regarding hearing procedures will be provided to the student when he or she is notified of the right to a hearing.
 

3.     The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student’s education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent. One exception which permits disclosure without consent is to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official is a person employed by the university in an administrative, supervisory, academic or research, or support staff position (including law enforcement unit personnel and health staff); a person with whom the university has contracted (such as an attorney, auditor, or collection agent); a person serving on the Council of Trustees; a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee, or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his/her professional responsibility. This includes school officials in other institutions to which a student is seeking admission or intends to enroll.
 

4.     The right to file a complaint with the United States Department of Education concerning alleged failures by Indiana University of Pennsylvania to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and address of the office that administers FERPA follows: Family Policy Compliance Office, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-4605
 

Student Technology Services (STS) provides proactive and reactive measures to assist students of IUP with orientation to and use of computers and other technology at IUP. One of the goals of STS is to provide students with a place to go for advice and assistance with issues related to computers and other technology on the campuses of IUP.

 

The Student Computing Help Desk can address student questions concerning e-mail, web pages, computer account usage, network services such as the 20MB of personal space etc. Students may contact the help desk via phone (724-357-2198) or e-mail (Student-HelpDesk@iup.edu). The web page at www.iup.edu/ats/sts includes several sections which might help students to answer their own questions. Students are also welcome to visit the Student Computing Help Desk at 139 Gordon Hall for personal assistance with their computing problems. The Student Computing Help Desk is open from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. weekdays.

 

It is the policy of IUP that contractually protected and/or copyrighted computer software shall not be improperly copied, distributed, or used by its employees, students, or affiliated organizations. It is the responsibility of each member of the university community to adhere to this policy and to enforce it with regard to those they supervise. If any member of the community has a question regarding the propriety of using software, he/she is responsible for contacting his/her supervisor for direction. The supervisor may in turn refer the questions to the director of Academic Technology Services for a decision on what constitutes proper use. The full text of the policy adopted by University Senate and Council of Trustees in May, 1988, is available in the computer laboratories, from the TSC, and at www.iup.edu/academicaffairs.

 

University resources are limited, and the right to use computing resources in the iup.edu domain does not extend to activities which unfairly deprive other potential users of access to computing resources or which impose an unnecessary burden upon the university. All users have an obligation to use resources responsibly, aware that their use does cost the university, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and its citizens real money to provide.

 

 Computing administration has an obligation to suspend activities which it deems to pose a clear and present threat to the efficient operation of and equitable access to university computing resources. Such suspension should, whenever practical, be accompanied by warning and a clear explanation of the inappropriate activity. The user has the right to appeal the suspension through the faculty, employee, or student judicial processes.