STUDENT HANDBOOK - Cumberland School of Law - Samford ...
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Campus Services<br />
<strong>Cumberland</strong> is proud to be part <strong>of</strong> <strong>Samford</strong> University and benefits from being part <strong>of</strong> a larger community.<br />
The campus has more than 1,500 graduate students participating in full-time day programs or part-time evening<br />
programs. <strong>Samford</strong> has graduate programs in law, pharmacy, divinity, business, environmental management, nursing,<br />
music and education. There are approximately 4,700 combined undergraduate and graduate students studying in a<br />
variety <strong>of</strong> areas.<br />
<strong>Cumberland</strong> recognizes that the needs <strong>of</strong> adult graduate students are different from those <strong>of</strong> residential undergraduate<br />
students. Some services that law students need are provided through the law school, and some services are<br />
provided by a <strong>Samford</strong> University <strong>of</strong>fice.<br />
There are many kinds <strong>of</strong> students who attend <strong>Samford</strong>, and everyone is expected to be sensitive to the diversity <strong>of</strong><br />
students who share the campus and the University's resources.<br />
The <strong>Samford</strong> Card<br />
All students are required to have an <strong>of</strong>ficial <strong>Samford</strong> University photo ID (<strong>Samford</strong> Card) that is made and maintained<br />
by the Department <strong>of</strong> Public Safety and Emergency Management. The <strong>Samford</strong> Card also serves as a library card and is<br />
required to cash checks in the Bookstore. To use it as an on-campus debit card, students can deposit funds on their<br />
<strong>Samford</strong> Card in the Bookstore. The debit function can be used in many residence hall vending and laundry machines,<br />
the Bookstore, Food Court, Dining Hall, Curriculum Materials Center and copy machines.<br />
The HUB<br />
In 2009, the University opened the HUB which serves as the 24/7 service center for the University. Questions<br />
regarding campus services, suggestions for improvement and after hour needs may be directed to the HUB at<br />
205-726-2407.<br />
Campus Portal<br />
<strong>Samford</strong> University subscribes to an information management system, campus portal. This secure site provides<br />
students, faculty and administrative staff with Intranet and Internet services. By logging into the portal on the <strong>Samford</strong><br />
University home page at www.samford.edu, students may access the following information and services:<br />
grades<br />
schedules<br />
un<strong>of</strong>ficial transcripts<br />
financial information<br />
online tuition payment<br />
online Drop/Add (restricted to certain timeframes)<br />
<strong>Samford</strong> Bulldog Mail system<br />
personal organizational tools (online calendar, e-mail address books, etc.)<br />
The campus portal is a secure service. Students use a user ID and password provided prior to enrollment. Please<br />
see the Office <strong>of</strong> Technology Services, located in Brooks Hall, for password issues.<br />
E-mail Communication<br />
E-mail is a means <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficial communication at <strong>Samford</strong> University, and some communication will be sent only via e-mail. All students,<br />
faculty and staff are assigned a <strong>Samford</strong> e-mail account with an address <strong>of</strong> the form username@samford.edu.<br />
Individuals are responsible for reading mail sent to these accounts and are expected to check their accounts regularly.<br />
Individuals are responsible for maintaining their accounts through routine deletion <strong>of</strong> old mail, etc. to ensure that the<br />
accounts always have sufficient space to allow for the delivery <strong>of</strong> new mail. <strong>Samford</strong> is not responsible for mail that<br />
does not reach recipients when lack <strong>of</strong> attention to a recipient mailbox prevents message delivery. While <strong>Samford</strong> may<br />
allow the use <strong>of</strong> other e-mail accounts for some purposes, <strong>of</strong>ficial communication will be sent only to the samford.edu<br />
account. Individuals who choose to automatically forward samford.edu mail to another e-mail account (e.g. AOL,<br />
Hotmail, etc.) do so at their own risk and are responsible to assure that all mail is properly forwarded. <strong>Samford</strong><br />
University takes no responsibility for e-mail delivery beyond the assigned samford.edu account.