Niagara University Offices
Niagara University Mission
Niagara University Organizations
Niagara University Policies and Procedures
Study and College Skills
100
This office helps students with any challenges they may face on campus. They guide students in solving problems and connecting them with various campus resources.
What is Student Outreach and Support Office?
100
This person gathered people from many walks of life to come together to serve the needs of the poor.
Who is St. Vincent de Paul?
100
This campus organization strives to address all interests and concerns of student welfare, provide for support, funding and guidance for student organizations and exemplify those values held to be most ideal
What is NUSGA (NU's Student Government Association)?
100
This policy allows you to retake up to six courses, regardless of whether or not you passed the classes the first time or not.
What is the repeat course policy?
100
For every hour a student spends in class, s/he should spend this amount of time studying outside of class.
What is 2-3 hours?
200
This office on campus coordinates peer tutoring, the Writing Center, houses Diability Services, among other programming.
What is the Office of Academic Support?
200
This person, along with St. Vincent, helped found the Daughters of Charity.
Who is St. Louise de Marillac?
200
This is a student group established to work with the university, in addressing needs and concerns related to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students at Niagara University in ways that are appropriate to our Catholic and Vincentian Mission
What is NU-Alliance?
200
Before dropping a course, a student should consult with their advisor and this campus office?
What is the Financial Aid office?
200
This document, handed out at the start of the semester in each class, can give you a sense of what the course requirements are for that class
What is a syllabus?
300
This office believes in the involvement of Niagara University in service and social change relates to our mission, which urges solidarity with and personal responsibility for insuring the dignity of the human person,
What is Learn and Serve?
300
This group is made up of lay women working together against poverty
What is the Ladies of Charity?
300
This campus organization believes in bringing more awareness to the Niagara University campus environment around issues concerning diversity.
What is Diversity Advocates?
300
FERPA is the shortened acronym for this.
What is the The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act?
300
This document charts all of the classes you will need to graduate with your degree in criminal justice?
What is a curriculum card?
400
This office manages the legal affairs of the university, from contracts and intellectual property, to the oversight of litigation and the hiring of outside counsel
What is General Counsel?
400
Niagara University educates its students and enriches their lives through programs in the ___________ and through career preparation, informed by the Catholic and Vincentian traditions.
What is Liberal Arts?
400
This office helps students develop programming and services in a collaborative effort with Academic Affairs and other university offices.
What is the Office of Student Affairs?
400
This act allows information on campus crime and statistics to be distributed annually to all students and employees and offered to any person making an inquiry regarding university admission or employment.
What is the Clery Act?
400
This is is achieved by maintaining an appropriate academic average and a minimum number of successfully completed hours.
What is Satisfactory Academic Progress?
500
This office has as its mission to provide accommodations and support to students with documented disabilities who are registered with our office that will enable them to fully participate in programs and services that are available at Niagara University. They can also assist students dealing with mental illness and short-term disabilities.
What is Disability Services?
500
The _________________ are commonly known as Vincentians.
What is the Congregation of the Mission?
500
This office on campus assists all students in growing in their faith.
What is Campus Ministry?
500
Plagiarism is one violation of this and for which students may be brough against a board to speak about their actions.
What is Academic Integrity?
500
A ______________ is designed to give students an education that shapes how they see the world and builds the whole person. To do this, it has students take courses in a number of disciplines to help students think critically about the world around them from a variety of perspectives.
What is a Liberal Arts Education?
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