Denver Seminary

48 For students applying for their LPCC, the Registrar's Office is able to sign students' LPCC form when the following criteria have been met: • The student has applied for graduation and are pending graduates. • The student had been preliminarily cleared for graduation through all graduation requirements being met. • All final grades are in. • All financial obligations to Denver Seminary have been met. While the graduation ceremony is held only once a year in May, degrees are conferred following the Fall semester, Spring semester and Summer Full Term. Those who complete their program in summer or fall are welcome to participate in the upcoming May ceremony and should indicate this on their graduation application. Master's degree students have the opportunity to graduate with an honors notation if their cumulative grade point average is 3.7 or higher. This final grade point average will be calculated the semester prior to their semester of graduation. FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 In accordance with federal law, students are hereby notified that they have the right to inspect and review any and all official records, files and data pertaining to them, including all materials incorporated in their cumulative record folder. Requests to view and/or change academic record files should be submitted in writing to the Registrar's Office and will be conducted in person at the Littleton campus. Students have the opportunity for a hearing to challenge the contents of these records to ensure that they are accurate and not in violation of any of their rights. Students with questions concerning their rights within this act should contact the Registrar. Comprehensive educational records are maintained for all current students. These records may include, but are not limited to, grades, transcripts, class lists, student course schedules, health records, and financial information. Denver Seminary has the liberty to maintain items within a student's record in accordance with what is deemed pertinent and to purge items when considered no longer useful. Upon matriculation, admissions records such as applications and references may be purged. Upon graduation or withdrawal, students' physical records may be purged of non-essential items and the remaining files will be held in archives in accordance with the Student Record Retention and Disposition policy. Denver Seminary designates the following student information as directory information: name, address, telephone number, email address, video and photo images of students, dates of attendance, classification, degree sought, major, full- or part-time status, awards, honors, and degrees conferred (including dates). This information may be disclosed by the Seminary at its discretion. Denver Seminary may release student information to school officials with a Legitimate Educational Interest. Denver Seminary defines "School Official" to include professors; instructors; administrators; health staff; counselors; attorneys; clerical staff; trustees; members of committees and disciplinary boards; and a contractor, volunteer, or other party to whom the school has outsourced institutional services or functions. Denver Seminary considers a school official to have a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review the information in order to fulfill their professional responsibility. Currently enrolled students or alumni may withhold disclosure of any directory information under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). To withhold disclosure, written notification must be received in the Registrar's Office prior to the end of the first week of class each semester. Alumni may request withholding permanently. Students can access the Request to Prevent Disclosure of Directory Information form from the Registrar's Office or though the MyDenSem student

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