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Student Illness

Regular attendance in all classes is assumed and encouraged. Each instructor determines the relationship between class attendance, the objectives of the class and the student's grade. The instructor is responsible for informing students of attendance policies and the effect of attendance on their grade. The student is responsible for knowing the policy of each course in which he or she enrolls.

Only the instructor can approve a student request to be absent from class. The student is responsible for requesting such approval when absence is unavoidable.
Students involved in University-sponsored activities, including intercollegiate athletics, may need to be excused from a class, lab, or studio meeting. In all instances it is the student's responsibility to present a written request for permission for the absence from the instructor and to discuss how the absence will affect their ability to meet the course requirements. Students should do this as soon in the semester as possible. While instructors should seek to the greatest extent possible, consistent with course requirements, to make reasonable accommodations for a student involved in University-sponsored activities, student should recognize that not every course can accommodate absences and neither the absence nor the notification of an absence relieves them from meeting the course requirements.

In recognition of the diversity of the student body, the University provides that a student may request an excused absence from class for participation in religious observances. In all such instances, it is the student's responsibility to request in writing that the instructor excuse the absence and to discuss how the absence will affect the student's ability to meet the course requirements. A student should make any such requests before the course drop deadline for the semester.

Attendance during the first two class sessions is required. The instructor has the option to drop a student from class if he or she does not attend the first two hours during which the class meets, in order to allow other students to enroll. Not all instructors will exercise this option; therefore, a student should not assume that non-attendance will automatically drop him or her from class.

If an emergency arises and a student cannot contact the professor directly, the student’s family may contact the Dean of Student’s office for assistance in contacting professors.

Called to Military Duty

Information on Students Called to Active Military Duty in Reserves or National Guard
Attention faculty and staff: Students who are called to active military duty are asked to contact the Dean of Students Office at 351-2796. Faculty will be notified. Later, if the student decides to totally withdraw, the following guidelines are to be used:

1. Students are requested to submit a copy of their orders to:

Dean of Students Office
University of Northern Colorado
501 20th Street, Campus Box 26
Greeley, CO 80639

2. Before the Drop/Add deadline, any student who is called to active duty will have their registration canceled with no charge.

3. After the Drop/Add deadline, any student who is called to active duty will be withdrawn from all classes with no charge. The Dean of Students Office will notify the Registrar's Office, so that the total withdrawal can be processed.

4. If a student is called to active duty close to the end of the term, the Dean of Students will contact the instructors to see if an “incomplete” or a grade can be given.

5. If the student is living on campus, the student will be charged for room and board up to the day of departure.

6. As to Student Loan repayments, following is an excerpt from the U.S. Department of Education:
SFA Information for Financial Aid Professionals
Publication Date: September 2001
Summary: Recent Terrorist Attacks-Persons Affected by Military Mobilization
Borrowers whose Title IV loans are in an in-school, in-school deferment, or grace period status.
If a borrower’s loans are in an in-school status, an in-school deferment status, or in a grace period status when the borrower is ordered to active duty or reassigned, the lender must maintain the loans in that status during the period of the borrower’s active duty service or reassignment, plus the time necessary for the borrower to resume enrollment in the next regular enrollment period that is reasonably available to the borrower, if the borrower wishes to go back to school. However, this maintenance of loan status may not exceed a total of three years including the period of time necessary for the borrower to resume enrollment. Additionally, if the loan was in a grace period status at the time the borrower was ordered to active duty, the period of time during which the borrower was serving on active duty is excluded and the borrower would receive their full grace period in the future.