Foreword
This handbook is prepared in order to give each student another source of information about this college and its activities. Any worthy institution will, in the course of years, come to stand for practices, customs and ideals, which give it a spirit and character of its own. This handbook represents an effort on the part of the Office of Student Services to relate facts and policies concerning Pearl River Community College. Through the use of this book, the members of the student body should develop an understanding and appreciation of their college and the ideals for which it stands. It is not assumed that these policies are complete, nor will they serve indefinitely. They will be amended as changes in local conditions and practices may indicate.
PRCC reserves the right to change all policies, rules, or procedures stated herein.
Pearl River Community College offers equal education and employment opportunities. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, veteran status, or disability.
Table of Contents
Policies & Procedures
- Academic Guidelines for College Housing
- Academic Freedom
- Academic Misconduct
- Active Military Status for Students
- Admission
- Athletic Drug Testing
- Attendance
- Bookstore
- Campus Curfew
- Campus Police
- Communicable Diseases
- Crime Log
- Crisis Intervention
- Developmental Course Placement
- Developmental Courses
- Disability Services
- Dress Code
- Electronic Devices
- Financial Aid
- Firearms and Deadly Weapons
- Garvin H. Johnston Library
- Grade Appeal
- Grading
- Graduation, Degrees and Certificates
- Grievance Policy
- Guests of Students
- Guest Speakers
- Guidance Services
- Honor Rolls
- Lost and Found
- Non-Discrimination
- Orientation
- Payments and Refunds
- Personal Distress
- Program Changes
- Registration
- Satisfactory Progress
- Search and Interrogation of Students
- Sexual Misconduct
- Social Activities
- Solicitation/Vendors
- Student Access to Faculty
- Student Activities Funds
- Student Conduct
- Student Contests, Conventions and Campus Activities
- Student Course Loads
- Student Housing Handbook - Guide to River Living (PDF)
- Student Involvement in Decision-Making
- Student Publications
- Student Records
- Student Rights and Responsibilities
- Students with Disabilities
- Students' Due Process
- Students' Payments and Refunds
- Students' Records Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
- Substance Abuse Policy
- Substance Testing for Students in Selected Programs
- Tobacco-Free Policy
- Taping Lectures
- Transfer of Credit
- Transportation for Student Activities
- Violence Prevention
- Wellness Center
- Withdrawal from a Class or from the College
Non-Discrimination Statement
Pearl River Community College offers equal education and employment opportunities. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, veteran status, or disability. For inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies or to request accommodations, special assistance, or alternate format publication please contact Tonia Moody Seal, Director of Admissions and Records, and ADA/Civil Rights Coordinator, at P.O. Box 5537, Poplarville, MS 39470 or 601-403-1060. For inquiries regarding Title IX, contact Maghan James, Assistant Vice President of Student Services and Title IX Coordinator, P.O. Box 5560, Poplarville, MS 39470 or 601-403-1253.