ACADEMIC CALENDAR

Go to www.olemiss.edu/depts/registrar/ and click on Academic Calendars to see the schedule for fall 2008.

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COURSE SCHEDULE  

Go to my.olemiss.edu and select Guest Access, or sign in using your Ole Miss WebID. Select Course Schedule from the left menu under the Main workset. Select the academic term and year you wish to view. 

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ABOUT REGISTRATION

All registration is completed online. Complete instructions on how to register and to make schedule adjustments (drop/add) are explained later in this publication.

PRIORITY REGISTRATION BEGINS MARCH 26 and is open to any continuing student, to former students who have been readmitted, and to new graduate students who have been fully admitted prior to the pre-assignment dates. Each student should make an appointment with his or her adviser and develop a schedule for the fall term during that week, making sure to include two or three substitute courses in case some first-choice courses are not available.

ACADEMIC ADVISING must be completed by all students before they can select classes. You should make an appointment with your adviser prior to or during the advising period.

College or School	Advising Coordinator	Location	Telephone
Health Professions	James O’Neal	350 Martindale	915-5970
Accountancy	Erin Miller	200C Conner	915-5009
Business Administration	Stephanie Crosbie	220 Holman	915-7558
Education	Whitney Webb	206 Guyton	915-7382
Engineering	Marni Kendricks	120 Carrier	915-5373
Law School	Conny Parham	301-A Law Center	915-7361
Pharmacy	Marvin Wilson	1023 NPC	915-7996
Undecided Students	Academic Support Center	350 Martindale	915-5970

Liberal Arts	Students in the College of Liberal Arts will be advised by a faculty member. They may identify their advisers by checking the Web.
Applied Sciences	Students in the School of Applied Sciences will be advised by a faculty member. They may identify their advisers by checking the Web.
Graduate School	Graduate students should consult their advisers instead of the Graduate School.

SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENT (DROP/ADD). Students may add courses through the fifth day in which classes meet each semester, but, after the fifth day, must have the approval of the instructor in the class. The last possible day to register or to add a class (with the instructor’s approval) is Sept. 8. Any deviation from this policy is made only under extraordinary circumstances approved by the dean of the school or college in which the student is enrolled.

DATES FOR SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENT (drop/add) are listed in the Academic Calendar at www.olemiss.edu/depts/registrar/. Students may drop classes up to the 30th day in which classes meet each semester. For fall 2008, that date is Oct. 6.

There is no charge for any schedule adjustment until Sept. 9. However, beginning on that date, each transaction (each drop and each add) will incur a charge of $5, which will be added to the student’s account with the bursar (student billing and receivables).

STUDENTS MUST USE THE WEB TO REGISTER FOR COURSES. GO TO www.olemiss.edu/itlabs to find locations for computers available to the public.

HOW TO REGISTER

• Step 1 — Develop a schedule with your adviser. You must meet with your adviser to receive important instructions prior to accessing the registration system. See locations above.
• Step 2 — Go to my.olemiss.edu and sign in using your Ole Miss WebID. Select the Registration workset and read the instructions shown.
• Step 3 — Select Course Schedule to find the courses you wish to take. Add the desired sections to My Favorites. Once you are done, select Start Registration.
• Step 4 — On the registration screen, you will see options that include adding and dropping courses. If you wish to adjust your schedule at a later time, you can return to this screen by selecting Start Registration or Drop/Add Courses from the left menu.
• Step 5 — When you have completed registration, be sure to close your browser so no one else may access your schedule.

SPECIAL NOTE: If you enrolled in an online course, you are responsible for checking your Ole Miss e-mail account for information about accessing the class. For more information on online courses, go to http://www.outreach.olemiss.edu/OleMissOnline/.

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NOTICE ON BILLING AND PAYMENT OF FEES

Phase 1 Registration Period

• Students who register during the Phase 1 registration period (March 26, 2008—July 31, 2008) will be billed on July 31, 2008.
• Tuition and fees will be billed on your monthly bursar statement. These bills will be mailed to your billing address. 

Phase 2 Registration Period

• Students who register during the Phase 2 registration period (Aug. 1, 2008—Aug. 24, 2008) will be billed on the next monthly bursar statement. These bills will be mailed to your billing address. 
• A nonrefundable registration fee of $50 will be assessed during this period.

 Phase 3 Registration Period

• Students who register during the Phase 3 registration period (Aug. 25, 2008—Sept. 8, 2008) will be billed on the next monthly bursar statement. These bills will be mailed to your billing address. 
• A nonrefundable registration fee of $100 will be assessed during and after this period.

 Payment Due Date

• Full payment of tuition and fees is due on Aug. 15, 2008.
• This due date remains the same for all of the registration periods (Phases 1, 2 and 3). 
• Payment of the full account balance must be received by the due date to avoid service fees.
• A monthly service fee (1.5 percent) will be assessed on charges that are unpaid by the payment due date.
• If you pay by mail, please mail your payment at least five (5) business days prior to the due date to ensure it is received by the due date.
• Your account must be current for you to register for future enrollment periods. “Current” means that tuition and fees for the current and previous enrollment periods are paid in full, and all other charges are less than 30 days old.
• The University of Mississippi reserves the right to cancel a student’s registration for nonpayment of tuition and fees for a previous enrollment period.

You may pay your account or change your billing address online at my.olemiss.edu.

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FINAL EXAMINATION SCHEDULE, FALL 2008

Go to www.olemiss.edu/depts/registrar/ and click on Final Exam Schedules to see the final exam schedule for fall 2008.

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PRIVACY ACT

Notification of Privacy Rights Under the Family Rights and Privacy Act (General Education Provisions Act, Sec. 438, Pub. L. 90-247, Title IV, as Amended).

 I. Subject to limitations specified in the Act, eligible students are assured the following rights pertaining to their educational records.

A. The right to inspect and review their records, to request reasonable explanations and interpretations of them, and to obtain copies of them at their own expenses.
B. The right to seek correction of the records through a request to amend them or through a formal hearing.
C. The right to control the disclosure of personally identifiable information from their records.

II. The following information about eligible students will be treated as directory information and be subject to release.

A. Name, home and local address, published telephone listing, e-mail address, date of birth, photograph.
B. School or college, classification (Fr., Soph., Jr., Sr., Gr.), dates of attendance, awards, degrees and honors, date graduated, and the most recent educational agency or institution attended.
C. Participation in officially recognized activities and sports, fraternity and/or sorority affiliation and educational societies, and vital statistics, such as height and weight, for members of athletic teams.

III. Questions regarding records or the release of information may be directed to the Registrar, Martindale Student Services Center, University, MS 38677.

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RETURN OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID FUNDS WHEN STUDENTS OFFICIALLY OR UNOFFICIALLY WITHDRAW

Special rules apply when students withdraw after receiving student financial aid (SFA) for the term from any of the following programs:

• Federal Pell Grant
• Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)
• Academic Competitiveness Grant
• National SMART Grant
• TEACH Grant
• Federal Perkins Loan
• Federal Stafford Subsidized and/or Unsubsidized Loan
• Federal PLUS Loan (for graduate students)
• Federal PLUS Loan (borrowed on the student’s behalf)

These rules are federally mandated. Before The University of Mississippi can calculate any tuition/fee refunds to a student under the institutional refund policy (see the Academic Calendar at www.olemiss.edu/depts/registrar/ for this policy, which is administered by the Office of the Bursar), the Office of Financial Aid must determine whether any financial aid funds should be paid back.

The Higher Education Amendments of 1998 define withdrawal as failure to complete the period of attendance on which federal aid eligibility was based. Therefore, this policy affects not only those individuals who complete the formal withdrawal notification process (as specified by the registrar) but also those students who simply stop attending classes. In either case, when a recipient of Title IV funds ceases attendance during a term, the university must calculate how much SFA was earned by the student.

A percentage is determined by the following formula:

Number of calendar days completed in the term as of the date of withdrawal
Total number of calendar days in the term

If this percentage is more than 60 percent, no paybacks will be processed. For fall 2008, students who withdraw Oct. 24 or later will have completed at least 60 percent of the semester. (Please note: Some academic programs hold classes on a different calendar than the traditional term. If applicable, students may contact the Office of Financial Aid to determine the 60 percent point for their period of attendance.)

If the result is 60 percent or less, then this percentage is used to determine how much of the aid that was disbursed (or could have been disbursed) is considered earned. The remainder must be returned to the Title IV program(s). Return of funds is processed as outlined below.

SCHOOL
The university must return the lesser of (1) the amount of SFA not earned or (2) the institutional costs (tuition, housing, etc.) that the student incurred multiplied by the percentage of SFA not earned.

STUDENT
The student (or parent, in the case of a PLUS loan) must repay the amount of unearned SFA remaining after the university has returned its share.

ALLOCATION OF RETURNED FUNDS
Unearned funds are first applied (paid back) to any Title IV loans borrowed during the term. As stipulated by federal regulations, funds are returned in the following order:

• Unsubsidized Stafford Loan
• Subsidized Stafford Loan
• Federal Perkins Loan
• Federal PLUS Loan (for graduate students)
• Federal PLUS Loan

When the school must return loan funds to the lender on the student’s behalf (or parent’s, in the case of a PLUS loan), the student’s bursar account will be charged for this amount. When the federal calculation determines, instead, that it is the student’s (or parent’s) responsibility to return funds directly to the lender, the earned Title IV loan funds are repaid in accordance with the terms of the loan.

If unearned funds remain after all loans have been repaid, the remaining unearned funds must be credited to Title IV programs in the following order:

• Federal Pell Grant
• Academic Competitiveness Grant
• National SMART Grant
• Federal SEOG
• TEACH Grant

When the school must return grant funds on the student’s behalf, the student’s bursar account will be charged for this amount. When the responsibility for repaying funds to the Title IV grant programs falls to the student, the student is required to return only 50 percent of the grant repayment as calculated using the federal formula. Grant overpayments may be collected according to arrangements satisfactory to the school or by overpayment collection procedures prescribed by the Department of Education.

WITHDRAWAL DURING THE REFUND PERIOD
Withdrawals during the university’s refund period (during which tuition/fee refunds may apply), institutional aid that has credited to the student account must be repaid in full. Please refer to the Academic Calendar for the appropriate dates.

WITHDRAWAL FROM THE UNIVERSITY
Students can withdraw from the university during the course of a semester or summer term online at my.olemiss.edu, or they can provide written notification either via fax, mail or in person to the Office of the Registrar. Detailed information about the withdrawal process is provided in the Undergraduate Catalog. In the case of an unofficial withdrawal, the school will determine the appropriate date of withdrawal to be that of the midpoint of the term, unless the student can document a different date. All students should be aware that withdrawing (either officially or unofficially) can adversely affect scholarships and grants (Academic Excellence, MTAG, etc.) for the next term of attendance. The Office of Financial Aid can provide guidance in those cases. Refund, repayment and withdrawal policies are subject to change, without notice, in order to comply with administrative and regulatory requirements.

UNOFFICIAL WITHDRAWAL
An unofficial withdrawal is when a student stops attending classes during a term. Although the student did not formally withdraw from the university, he or she did not complete the period of attendance for which the federal aid eligibility was based. For such schools as The University of Mississippi that are not mandated to take attendance, the Department of Education has informed schools to review grades at the end of each semester. Those students who receive all F and/or W grades for a given term are contacted in order to determine if they ceased attendance. If so, they are responsible for returning a prorated portion of the Federal Title IV funds they received for the term, similar to official withdrawals. However, it must first be established that some level of attendance/participation did occur.

The university complies with all applicable laws regarding affirmative action and equal opportunity in all its activities and programs and does not discriminate against anyone protected by law because of age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, handicap, or status as a veteran or disabled veteran. 3844B/03-08

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