News/Updates

Revised and Decommissioned Policies in April 2023

Health and Safety Policy (Revised): There’s been a non-substantive revision to the Health and Safety Policy for changes under Administrative Oversight. The revised policy has been approved by the Senior Policy Council. 

COVID-19 Immunization Record Requirement for Students (Decommissioned): The COVID-19 Immunization Record Requirement for Students has been approved to be decommissioned by the Senior Policy Council (3/13/23) and the Board of Trustees (4/19/23).

New and Revised Policies in March 2023

Policy on Multi-Factor Authentication (New): This new policy, approved by the Senior Policy Council, supports the University’s change in login services, which aims to mitigate risk associated with theft of credentials and to align the University with industry best practice.

Controllable Property Policy (Revised): The Controllable Property Policy has been revised for added clarity and approved by Senior Policy Council (SPC). The requirement for a department to identify and inventory controllable property changed from “regular basis” to “annually”. The definition of “Custodian” was updated to include “whose NetID is associated with the asset record” (based on current procedure).

Policy and Procedure on Endowed Chair and Professorship (Revised): The revised Policy and Procedure on Endowed Chair and Professorship has been approved by the Senior Policy Council and the Board of Trustees. The editorial revisions were made for clarity and for a consistent use of terms.

New and Decommissioned Policies in December 2022

The Senior Policy Council approved the following new policies (consolidation of the previous existing policies):

Negotiation and Acceptance of Sponsored Program Awards

Principal Investigator Eligibility on Sponsored Projects

Sponsored Project Expenditures

Effort Reporting and Certification

Subrecipient Monitoring

 

Minors Policy (Decommissioned): The (Academic) Minors Policy has been approved to be decommissioned by the Senior Policy Council (SPC).