24 Nova Southeastern University Student Handbook A.4 Excused Absences for Participation in Cocurricular Activities While enrolled at NSU, students are expected to make academic participation their top priority. However, there may be instances when students must miss class due to their commitment(s) to officially represent the university in certain cocurricular activities. NSU will consider travel to—and participation in—certain university-sponsored cocurricular events as grounds for approval of an excused absence, including, but not limited to, NCAA intercollegiate athletic competitions, musical/theatrical performances, and academic program field trips. Practices and rehearsals for university-sponsored cocurricular events, participation in club or intramural athletic competitions, and field trips that are not associated with the students’ academic programs are not considered grounds for approved absences. Students who intend to miss class due to participation in a cocurricular event must still follow all applicable policies and procedures of their academic program to ensure that their academic program and instructors are aware of their absence, as well as receive direction on the makeup of any missed academic instruction and/or coursework. Students who are approved for an excused absence, pursuant to this policy, remain responsible for the completion any academic instruction and/or coursework missed during the period of the excused absence. A.5 Flexibility in Policies University policies are intended to describe some of the expectations of members of the university community, as well as outline the university’s community policies and programs. They are intended to be used as guidelines and do not create an express or implied contract which cannot be changed or modified. Circumstances not specifically addressed in university policies will be handled on a case-bycase basis by the appropriate official selected by the university. As the need may arise, the university reserves the right to, in its sole discretion, modify, revise, supplement, rescind, suspend, terminate, or change its policies, procedures, programs, activities, and services, in whole or in part, to the fullest extent permitted by law. A.6 Health Policies NSU Student Health Insurance Requirement NSU requires all students to carry adequate health insurance coverage. Therefore, all NSU students will automatically be enrolled in the NSU Student Health Insurance Plan and their student accounts will be charged when they register for classes. Students who reside and take classes outside of the United States are exempt from this requirement. Students who already have health insurance must opt out of the NSU Student Health Insurance Plan each academic year by the given waiver deadline for their program. For detailed information, including waiver deadlines, access to the online waiver, NSU Student Health Insurance Plan features, costs, and more, students should visit the Office of the University Bursar website. Immunization Requirements Health Professions Division (HPD) students—See college or program specific policies. All residential (residing in campus housing) students must satisfy the following requirements, if they were born after January 1, 1958. The required documentation of vaccinations shall include the following: • Meningococcal meningitis
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy NDE4MDg=