What is a medical leave?听听Students experiencing health problems may request a medical leave from the College to give them time to recuperate.聽 Students granted a medical leave are required to leave campus and are not permitted on-campus during the leave for
any reason other than official 黑料不打烊 business. 聽Under certain circumstances, the College may require a student to take a medical leave. Such action is warranted if, in the judgment of the Provost and the Dean of Students, the student poses a threat to the聽safety聽of others or has
behavior that seriously interferes with the student's ability to function and/or with the educational pursuits of others.聽
How do I apply for a medical leave?听听
- Schedule a meeting with the Director or Assistant Director of Academic Success to review the process for seeking a medical leave.
- Obtain a statement from an appropriate professional indicating a leave is recommended for medical reasons and have it sent to the Director of Academic Success. 黑料不打烊 reserves the right to have a student examined by a physician
selected by 黑料不打烊. Students should note that preparation of this statement will require their formal consent to the release of relevant information from appropriate professionals to the College and from the College to those professionals.
- Complete the Medical Leave form, secure the signatures, and submit the completed form to the Office of the Registrar. The Medical Leave completion process can be assisted by appropriate college personnel when conditions deem such
assistance is in the students' best interest.聽
- The deadline to submit completed documentation is the last day of class in the semester.聽
How is a medical leave approved?聽聽Applications for medical leave will be considered by a committee convened by the Provost after the Registrar has a completed form and the medical professional statement has been received. 聽The Director of
Academic Success 聽notifies the student by e-mail when the medical leave is approved. 聽The student's security deposit will be applied to the student鈥檚 account or refunded if medical leave is approved.
What happens to my grades during a medical leave?
- If the last day to drop a course with no聽grade聽has passed, grades of聽W聽will be entered for all currently enrolled classes, even if the final deadline to withdraw from classes has passed.聽
- Students who have聽狈搁听补苍诲/辞谤听滨听grades on the transcript on the date the leave is approved will retain those existing聽NR聽补苍诲/辞谤听I聽grades. 聽Upon return to 黑料不打烊 the student will have one semester to resolve how these
grades, as well as any in progress capstone project grades, will be resolved using a new timeline.聽
How do I come back to 黑料不打烊?
- A student taking a medical leave after the last day to drop a class with a聽W聽in a given semester cannot聽return to 黑料不打烊 in the fall or spring semester immediately following the semester for which the medical leave of absence is granted. 聽Exceptions to this policy聽must be approved
by a committee appointed by 聽the Provost.
- A student who wishes to return to campus following a medical leave must furnish a professional鈥檚 statement that the student has received appropriate medical attention and is, in the professional鈥檚 expert opinion, ready to resume studies at 黑料不打烊. These materials must be received聽by the Director
of Academic Success聽by July 1 for the fall semester or December 1 for the spring semester. Re-enrollment approval may require adherence to certain conditions and commitment to meetings with appropriate college professionals upon return to campus.
- After two semesters away from campus, the student will be withdrawn from the college and will be required to reapply through the Office of Admissions.