Student Notes

Every student, upon enrollment, whether living on-campus or off-campus, is required to provide Oswego State with accurate, up-to-date local and permanent contact information, specifically:

• current local address,

• permanent home mailing/billing address,

• personal land and cell telephone numbers,

• person to notify in cases of emergency (telephone number),

• person to notify in case the student is reported missing (optional)

Changes to address and contact information must be made by the student as they occur. Changes to these records may be made in person at the Registrar's Office (301 Culkin Hall) or on line at myoswego website. Failure to notify the College of this information may inhibit the student's ability to access College services and programs.

In addition to the required contact information, each student is required to maintain an official College e-mail account (address ending in Oswego.edu). All students, faculty and staff are assigned a College e-mail address when enrolled or employed. Electronic mail (e-mail) is an official communication mechanism for the College. Students (as well as faculty and staff) are expected to check their Oswego.edu e-mail on a frequent and consistent basis in order to stay current with College-related communications. (Excerpted from SUNY Oswego Electronic Mail (E-Mail) Accounts as Official Mechanism of Communications - Approved by Faculty Assembly on April 7, 2008).

Biographical Information

Student biographical information may be made public by Oswego State unless the student submits a request in writing to the Registrar (301 Culkin Hall) that such information be released only upon the student's consent. Any student who wishes his/her biographical Information to be kept confidential by the College must submit a written request to the Registrar's Office. The student's directory information will remain confidential until the student requests otherwise.

Oswego State has designated the following student biographical information as Directory Information, able to be made public without previous consent:

• Student name
• Age
• Address (including e-mail)
• Telephone number
• Photographs
• Previous educational institution(s) attended
• Dates of attendance at SUNY Oswego
• Degrees, Honors, and Awards received
• Major field of study
• Class Year
• Expected date of graduation
• Enrollment Status (Full/Part-time)

As a general policy and practice, Oswego State neither produces nor releases labels or lists of its students, employees, or graduates to any party which is not officially related to the institution. Oswego State has adopted this position to insure compliance with the laws affecting privacy. Selected exceptions to this policy are listed in the College's Mailing List policy, available from the Office of Public Affairs, 210 Culkin Hall.

Refer to Sections 32 - 39 of The Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct, "Confidentiality of Student Records" on page 17 and to this administrative policy on page 43 in the 2011-2012 Student Handbook for further information.