Annual Notice

In addition, we want to take this opportunity to give you a brief summary of your rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 the federal law that governs release of and access to student education records.  These rights include:

• The right to inspect and review your education record.
• Students who believe their education records contain information that is inaccurate, misleading, or held in violation of privacy rights or other rights, may ask the University to amend the record.
• The right to consent disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in your education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent.
• The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by PNWU to comply with the requirements of FERPA.
• The right to withhold the release of directory information. To do so, you must complete a “Request for Non-disclosure of Directory Information” form.

Release of student record information is generally not done without the expressed, written consent of the student; however, there are some exceptions. 

For example, directory information includes the following, and may be released without the student’s consent: Student name, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, month and day of birth, dates of attendance, enrollment status, class, major or field of study, previous institutions attended, awards and honors (including honor roll), degrees conferred (including dates), residency placement, participation in officially recognized activities.

Questions concerning FERPA, general university information, or if you need access to hard copies of the information on our website, please contact Enrollment Services by emailing registrar@pnwu.edu or call 509.249.7888.

A student is ineligible to receive Title IV, HEA program funds, if the student has been convicted of an offense under any federal or state law involving the possession or sale of illegal drugs for conduct that occurred during a period of enrollment for which the student was receiving Title IV, HEA program funds. However, the student may regain eligibility if the student successfully completes a drug rehabilitation program after the student’s most recent drug conviction. The student regains eligibility on the date the student successfully completes the program. The student should work closely with Enrollment Services to determine eligibility.