Reporting Incidents of Sexual Misconduct or Relationship Violence

FROM CAMPUS LIFE AND AUXILIARY SERVICES:

Rape, acquaintance rape, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking are serious crimes whether the act of violence is by a stranger or someone known to the victim.

The university strongly encourages and supports victims to report the crime immediately to:

University Police - 620 235-4624 or at their office, Lower Level of Shirk Hall, 1501 South Joplin Street, or

City of Pittsburg Police - 620 231-0400 or at their office, 201 North Pine Street

As an alternative, the victim may report the crime to the University’s:

Director of Student Rights and Responsibilities - 235-4945 or at their office, 104 Bryant Student Health Center, 1801 South Broadway Street, or

Director of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action (Title IX Coordinator) -
620 235-4185 or at their office, 218 Russ Hall

University personnel will assist in the report process if requested by the victim. As a victim, the individual has the option to decline to notify law enforcement or campus authorities.  University procedures are designed to protect the student who has been hurt by these behaviors and to stop the offensive behavior. The due process rights of alleged offenders are protected, as well as the rights of the victim.

Connect to GusNET

Connect to GusNET today!  

This will mean smooth sailing in classes on Aug 26th.  The open PSU Wifi will cease to exist on August 26th.  To avoid wifi meltdown in your classroom :-)  please send students to the Gorilla Geeks for assistance if they have not yet connected to GusNET.  In addition, The Gorilla Geeks will be on the oval both Fri the 22nd and Mon the 25th to assist any students needing help.

If you teach a night class, feel free to encourage your students to visit the Geeks before class...we are open until 7:00pm M-TH.

Information that you can share with your students:
-Student Link to Connect to GusNET: http://www.pittstate.edu/office/it/studentgusnet.dot

-Gorilla Geeks Contact Information:
Location: 109 Whitesitt Hall
Phone: 620-235-4600
Email: Geeks@pittstate.edu

-Gorilla Geeks Hours of Operation:
Mon - Thur   7:45am - 7:00pm
Fridays         7:45am - 4:30pm

Cash for Phone Calls

What is the Phonathon? 

The Phonathon is a nine week campaign which takes place on-campus, in both the spring and fall semesters. Students call alumni and friends of the university, update important information, and request donations for Pitt State.

How much will I get paid? 

We pay $7.25/hr for new callers. PLUS-There are tons of incentives and prizes given out! (gift certificates, t-shirts, PSU gear and accessories, etc)

When will I work? 

The Phonathon hours are from 6-9 p.m. Sunday—Thursday. You must choose at least three nights a week to call. You have every Friday and Saturday night off!
We are looking for students who are personable and friendly, are in good academic standing, speak fluent English, and have a passion for Pitt State.

Applications and a detailed job description are available at Gorillas4Hire. Applications are also available on the 2nd floor of Shirk Hall. Make sure you apply before September 1st!

For more information contact Justin Newman in the University Development Office at 235-6117 or by email at jnewman@pittstate.edu.

Write, Right!

Welcome back! The Writing Center’s regular fall hours begin today.

We do appointment-based consulting from
9a to 7p Monday through Thursday and 9a to 1p on Friday.

We also have NEW drop-in hours from 7p-10 Monday through Thursday.

Location:  112 Axe Library
URL:  https://pittstate.mywconline.com

Avoid a $50 Late Fee

Fall 2014 tuition is due by the end of the day on Monday, August 25th.  A $50.00 late fee will be assessed on August 26th.

You have the following payment options:

*  Pay on-line via GUS (you may also grant parents GUS eProxy access to view your tuition statement on-line and pay through CASHNet – see your Student Accounts menu on GUS).

*  Pay at the Cashier’s Office, 112 Horace Mann.

*  If you are receiving financial assistance, follow up and make certain everything is in place for payment or deferment by August 25th

*  Remember we offer a payment plan.  The process is now available on-line through GUS/Student Accounts.  Direct questions to Cashiers at 620-235-4092.

As always, if you have questions….ASK.  Every office on campus would appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns as they arise.  I’ve added a short listing of phone numbers below to consider contacting should you have questions.

Cashiers Office        620-235-4092
Financial Assistance        620-235-4240 or 1-800-854-7488
Commerce Bank        620-235-4574
Gorilla Bookstore        620-235-4875
Registrar’s main number        620-235-4200

You may also utilize the PSU website at http://www.pittstate.edu for additional contact information.

Read Your E-mail

As you no doubt have recognized, students do NOT check their email accounts as frequently as we would like.  To date we have not identified another method to disseminate all of our very important and sometimes lengthy messages to our students.

I would appreciate your help in announcing to your students the importance of checking their email account often and explain this is how many of us communicate information they need to know.

If they wish to forward their gus.pittstate.edu email account to another email account, they are welcome to do so.  The Gorilla Geek support staff is ready to assist them with this process, but I understand it only takes a few seconds and a couple of clicks.

We will continue to do all we can to reach out to our students on the importance of checking their email, and would greatly appreciate your help.  Have a great semester.

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