The Registrar’s office handles course registration (except graduate and continuing studies), maintains academic records, issues student grade reports and transcripts, and confirms eligibility to receive degrees. Alvernia College maintains confidentiality of student education records in accordance with the provisions of the FERPA Act and shall accord all the rights under the Act to students who are or have been in attendance at Alvernia College.

Alvernia College in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, has designated the following items as Directory Information:
Student’s name, degree of study, major, class status, (Senior, Junior, Sophomore, Freshman) anticipated graduation date and graduation date.

Alvernia College Guidelines for Compliance of FERPA

Alvernia College may disclose any of the above listed items without the student’s prior written consent, unless the Registrar’s Office is notified in writing to the contrary.

All other student academic information is considered confidential and will not be released, with certain exceptions, without the student’s written permission.

A student’s grades are considered confidential information.

The following services are available in the Registrar’s Office in Francis Hall:

Questions regarding academic record
Issues letters of enrollment verification
Registration packets
Add/drop/withdrawal
Academic Overload
Repeat/Delete
Change of Address
Change of Major/Minor
Degree Application
Issues Transcripts upon written request

Updated: March 29, 2005

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