PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

The main route for MSN Program announcements is via the MSN Listserv, administered through Clarion University and moderated by the MSN program coordinator.  Select announcements are posted at Clarion University-Venango Campus, the Pittsburgh Campus, and Slippery Rock University.  Other information is transmitted  through class e-mail, class announcements, and individual mailings

POLICY ON ACADEMIC CALENDARS

In most aspects the calendars of the three universities are the same.  In some limited circumstances, however, there are minor differences.  Where this is the case, such as in differences in breaks, students will follow the class schedule of the university which employs the faculty member teaching his/her course.   Academic calendars and class schedules are printed in Clarion University’s, Edinboro University’s and Slippery Rock University’s semester class schedule, posted on bulletin boards at each university, and mailed to each MSN student.  Academic calendars are also found on each universitiy's website.

MAINTENANCE OF STUDENT EDUCATION  AND FINANCIAL RECORDS

Each university within the State System has an Academic Affairs division that provides the structure and governance for all academic programs (undergraduate and graduate) within the university.  Graduate programs at Clarion University, Edinboro University and Slippery Rock University are administered through the College of Graduate Studies at Clarion, the Graduate Studies Office at Edinboro University and the Office of Graduate Studies and Research at Slippery Rock in conjunction with the academic colleges in which programs are housed.

The MSN program is a jointly offered program that permits the universities to share faculty, material resources, libraries, facilities and equipment.  In order to facilitate the logistics of operating a joint program, an administrative site is designated every five years.  Clarion University, currently functioning as the administrative site, handles all the administration aspects of admission of students, student accounts (billing), financial aid, registration, etc, In addition, Clarion collects all fees related to admission, registration, and graduation.