Student Handbook - Tougaloo College

• The Student Health Center staff will provide medical excuses only for those students
evaluated in the Health Center prior to missing a class or those students referred to a
physician or health care facility by the Students Health Center staff. The purpose is to
provide documentation and verification of reported illnesses for students to the
appropriate academic faculty.
• If seen off-campus by a physician, the student should obtain a medical excuse from that
physician.
• If a student is ill in the Residence Hall and cannot attend class, it is the responsibility of
the student to notify the Residential Life Coordinator. No medical excuses will be
provided for missing class unless the student was evaluated in the Student Health
Center or by a health care provider before he/she missed a class or classes.
• Students that live off-campus and miss class will be given medical clearance. This is not
a medical excuse. NO medical excuse from class will be given unless there is written
documentation of illness from a health care provider.
• All other absences due to the death of immediate family members, significant mental
impairments, leadership conferences and court subpoenas will require supporting
documentation.
Students seeking absence based on these reasons should secure the necessary form from the
Office of Counseling Services. Students are responsible for communicating absences to their
professors and securing the professors signature on the absence form. Once all signatures are
obtained, the completed Absence Verification Form should be submitted to the Office of
Academic Affairs.
Project STOP NOW!
Tougaloo College has entered into a cooperative agreement with the United Negro College Fund
Special Programs and U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women to
administer the 2003 Higher Education Association Special Initiative to Address Violent Crimes
Against Women on Campuses. Promulgated through a multidisciplinary consortium consisting
of a victims service provider and local law enforcement agencies, this endeavor will enhance
victim services, implement prevention and education programs, and develop and strengthen
security and investigative strategies to prevent and respond to domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault, and stalking crimes on campus.
Our policy demonstrates a zero-tolerance for any of the above mentioned forms of violence
committed against students and employees of the institution. To foster a community free from
incidences of violence that effect the social and academic development of our students, the
college provides reporting options, victim/survivor assistance, internal mechanism for discipline
and dispute resolution, prevention training, and other related services. Penalties for violence in
any form against women will be extensive; not only resulting in on-campus sanctions and fines,
but prosecution with local police and state authorities when warranted.
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