Friday, February 26, 2021
Academic Policy Petition
The Academic Policy Petition is now available on the One Stop Website. The form is accessible to any active undergraduate student and can be entirely filled, submitted, routed, and approved online. Since its launch, the form has received 233 submitted petitions. An Academic Policy Petition Advising Guide is also available. If you have any feedback or questions about the form, contact oue@umn.edu.
Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds and Emergency Grant funding
The University continues to move forward with plans to distribute Higher Education Emergency Funds (HEERF), or CARES II, to students this spring. This round of funding will include:
We are continuing to accept emergency grant applications for the spring 2021 term. Students can email onestop@umn.edu with a request for emergency funds, and we will send the student an application. More information about emergency funds including eligibility criteria, as well as other helpful resources for students, can be found at Student emergency funds.
- Block grants for undergraduate students with varying amounts of need demonstrated by Expected Family Contribution (EFC),
- Block grants for graduate and professional students in research based programs,
- Funds to support undergraduate student success/degree completion, and
- Emergency Grant funds.
We are continuing to accept emergency grant applications for the spring 2021 term. Students can email onestop@umn.edu with a request for emergency funds, and we will send the student an application. More information about emergency funds including eligibility criteria, as well as other helpful resources for students, can be found at Student emergency funds.
FERPA Q&A
Q: Is it okay to email a student at a personal email address instead of their umn.edu email address?
A: If you are sending any private student information in the message, you need to use the umn.edu email account. This is consistent with the FERPA requirement that schools use reasonable methods to identify and authenticate the identity of a student when disclosing student education records. Because of the authentication on umn.edu accounts, plus our policy language on not sharing login credentials, we can be assured that we are communicating directly with the student when sending information to a umn.edu email account.
While students provide us with personal email accounts, we lack assurances that the account is still theirs or have kept that information up to date in our systems.
However, if you are having trouble reaching a student and have sent multiple emails, it can be a good idea to send a message to a personal email address letting them know more specific details have been sent to their umn.edu account. The message to the personal email account can’t contain any private student information though.
A: If you are sending any private student information in the message, you need to use the umn.edu email account. This is consistent with the FERPA requirement that schools use reasonable methods to identify and authenticate the identity of a student when disclosing student education records. Because of the authentication on umn.edu accounts, plus our policy language on not sharing login credentials, we can be assured that we are communicating directly with the student when sending information to a umn.edu email account.
While students provide us with personal email accounts, we lack assurances that the account is still theirs or have kept that information up to date in our systems.
However, if you are having trouble reaching a student and have sent multiple emails, it can be a good idea to send a message to a personal email address letting them know more specific details have been sent to their umn.edu account. The message to the personal email account can’t contain any private student information though.
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