The mission of the Office of the University Registrar is to help identified
students enroll and then succeed by providing first-rate customer service to
faculty, staff, students, their families, and other publics; with a particular
emphasis toward processes related to academic records, academic progress, enrollment
data, classroom support, academic certification, fee assessment, and national
and institutional testing. We will accomplish this mission by striving toward
excellence in everything we do, challenging ourselves to be as efficient and
effective as possible in our work, seeking out new and better ways of doing
business for ourselves and the publics we serve, and creating an environment
in the office and on campus which encourages growth, supports academics, respects
people and differences, promotes communication and participation, and promotes
a performance culture.
CORE FUNCTIONS: Our core functions are to serve as the
University's central service and academic support unit to:
- collect and record student and instructional academic program information,
including conducting and managing processes related to registration (e.g.
class rosters, course offerings bulletin, grades, registration, scheduling,
verifications),
- coordinate and produce official enrollment and academic certification from
academic records (e.g. 15th day reports, transcripts/verifications, student-athlete
certifications),
- assess instructional and related fees, and determine instate residency
for tuition purposes,
- provide support for determining academic eligibility and academic progress
(e.g. degree audits, dismissals and probations, commencement certification,
student-athlete certification),
- coordinate the use of campus space which can be shared by multiple units
(e.g. management of the institutional classroom pool and other common campus
spaces),
- evaluate and process transfer credit for incoming undergraduate students,
- provide data services to collect, process and provide access to information
in support of academic advising, instruction, and institutional decision-making
(e.g. advising reports, degree audits, SEI's, SERRS support, surveys design
and support),
- provide support for many national and institutional testing opportunities
(e.g. ACT, GRE, SAT; EM testing; Orientation testing, test scanning services),
- officially respond to requests for information about students and programs,
and serve as the official manager for access to and release of student academic
and educational information (e.g. requests for information about individual
and groups of students, including all issues related to FERPA),
- provide appropriate service support to the Office of Undergraduate Studies
and the Office of Academic Affairs (e.g. imaging, document services, mail
services),
- facilitate optimum utilization of the instructional opportunities available
to students.
