Placement Services
Located in the University Center, the Placement and Student Employment Center assists degree candidates, alumni, and students in securing full- and part-time employment. The service is available year round.
Student Handbooks
Distributed at the beginning of each academic year, the Student Handbook provides detailed information on student services and serves as a student/faculty directory. It also contains information on the Student Government Association and specific rules for the purpose of regulating campus life. These rules are stated in the Honor Code, Student Conduct Code, and other codes regulating groups.
Student Tickets
A validated student ID card with a picture provides admission to the regular season home football, basketball, and wrestling events. These unreserved seats are in the student section and available on a first come basis. The number of seats in the student section is limited.
A student may purchase a guest ticket for the student section at a discount price to each home football and basketball game. These tickets may be purchased at the Student Ticket Office.
Spouse tickets: A student may purchase a spouse or guest ID with a picture for $15 per semester. These may be purchased at the Student Ticket Office.
Statement of a Drug-free Environment
The University of Tennessee is committed to ensuring that it is safe and free from the illegal use, manufacture, possession, distribution, or dispensing of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. Section 812). To accomplish this, the Division of Student Development provides drug abuse prevention programming. Further, students are subject to a Code of Conduct pertaining to use or possession of controlled substances, and recipients of certain federal financial assistance such as Pell Grants will be required to certify that they will be drug-free during the dependency of the Grant.
General Regulations
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
A student’s record is regarded as confidential, and release of the record or of information contained therein is governed by the federal law on “Family Educational Rights and Privacy.’’ Only directory information, such as a student’s name, address, telephone listing, major fields of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received, and the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended by the student, may be released by the institution without consent of the student unless the student has asked UTC to withhold such information. The law also provides for the release of information to University personnel with a legitimate educational interest, other institutions engaged in research (provided information is not revealed to any other parties), designated agents of the University and certain federal and state government officials.
A student may inspect and review records and is entitled to challenge the content of records. However, the student may be denied access to a parent’s financial statement and to confidential letters and statements of recommendation which were placed in the University’s records prior to January 1, 1975.
Honor Code
The Honor Code is based upon the assumption that the student recognizes the fundamental importance of honesty in all dealings within the University community and that education is a cooperative enterprise between student and teacher and between student and student. Any act of dishonesty violates and weakens this relationship and lessens the value of the education which the student is pursuing. The Honor Code and the Honor Court and its procedures are detailed in the Student Handbook.
Records
The Office of Records and Registration maintains an academic record on any student who has ever attended UTC. This record includes the student’s name, Social Security number, birthdate, and credits from other colleges. It includes all courses which a student has taken at UTC with credit hours, grades, and cumulative grade point average. Academic suspension or dismissal is recorded as well as academic probation.
Transcripts
Transcripts of a student’s record are released only with the student’s written authorization. There is a $2 fee for each transcript request that is mailed or picked up, and a $5 fee to send transcripts via fax. Transcripts issued to other UT campuses are free. Requests should be made to the Office of Records and Registration in advance of the date the transcripts are needed. The processing of transcripts may take as long as two weeks at the beginning or end of a term. Transcript request forms are available in the Transcript Office, Race Hall, and on line at www.utc.edu/Records-Registration/pdfs/transreq.pdf.
Transcripts are not released for students who have an indebtedness of any type to the University.
