eBusiness Agreement

Starting March 6, all students will receive a pop-up message in MyU prompting them to to accept the Student Financial Obligations and Responsibility eAgreement. More information about the eAgreement is available on the One Stop website.

Exit counseling

Undergraduate students who will be graduating this spring and received student loans will be sent an email in early April with instructions to complete their exit counseling. A hold will be placed on their account if they do not complete it in a timely manner, so it is best for them to do it when they receive the email and to not wait.

New online Student Program Plan training course

Academic Support Resources (ASR) recently created a new online training course for the Student Program Plan. Previously, the training was done in-person and then shifted to self-guided training materials. The new course is now offered in Canvas in order to make it more efficient for learners and easier to keep up to date and track in Training Hub. Learners can self-enroll and complete it at their own pace.

The course takes 20-30 minutes to complete. Only new users who need to make updates to the Student Program Plan are required to take the course. Note that FERPA, Student Data Inquiry, and Student Data Update courses are prerequisites for this course.

FERPA Q&A

Q: A student has requested copies of emails between instructors and/or staff that includes their information. Do we have to provide that?

A: FERPA applies to all student education records as long as they are (1) identifiable to a particular student and (2) maintained by the university. University emails that discuss student(s) in an identifiable way meet this criteria. If a student made a request for ALL student records, emails about that student in umn.edu emails would be part of that request. It could also come up in the event of litigation.