The University provides the email, network, guest network, and Internet resources for University-related activity. The purpose of the campus network is to support education and research by providing access to valuable resources. It also provides opportunity for interaction and collaborative work using the Internet through e-mail services and other network applications. The Acceptable Use of Information Technology Resources policy is applicable to all employees and students.

This Continuity of Operations Plan provides the framework by which Saint Francis University will mitigate impacts and restore essential services and operations at the University in the event of a catastrophic event. This plan identifies the overall concepts to manage University continuity objectives, identify operational priorities, clarify continuity of leadership, and activate processes and procedures for use during continuity operations. This policy aims to address 34 CFR 602.24(c) and works in conjunction with the Saint Francis University Crisis Communication Plan, Emergency Response Manual, and Pandemic Response Plan.

Accurate classification provides the basis to apply an appropriate level of security to University data. All University data are therefore classified into four levels of sensitivity to provide a basis for understanding and managing University data. These classifications take into account the legal protections (by statute, regulation, or by the data subject’s choice), contractual agreements, ethical considerations, or strategic or proprietary value. They also consider the application of "prudent stewardship," where there is reason to protect the data to protect individuals or the institution.  This policy defines these classification levels and the care and maintenance of data based on these levels.

The purpose of data governance is to establish a culture that ensures that institutional data is both secure and available to those who should have access to it. The policies and procedures delineated below serve as useful guidance to data stewards, users, and seekers alike.

Saint Francis University ("the University") is committed to providing a workplace and educational environment, as well as other benefits, programs, and activities, that are free from discrimination and harassment based on a protected characteristic, and retaliation for engaging in a protected activity.  

The University values and upholds the equal dignity of all members of its community and strives to balance the rights of the parties in the grievance process during what is often a difficult time for all involved.  

To ensure compliance with federal, state, and local civil rights laws and regulations, and to affirm its commitment to promoting the goals of fairness and equity in all aspects of the education program or activity, the University has developed policies and procedures that provide a prompt, fair, and impartial process for those involved in an allegation of discrimination or harassment on the basis of a protected characteristic, and for allegations of retaliation. 

Saint Francis University seeks to provide leadership and a consistent means to unite the university in a single voice in support of a framework designed to ensure fair treatment, full participation, and a sense of belonging for all members of the University Community. There are currently multiple committees, accreditation teams, and positions that have developed over the past few years all over the University to address questions of fair treatment, full participation, and a sense of belonging for all University Community members for the the NCAA, SAAC, SGA, as well as all of the academic accrediting bodies, the University is prone to be influenced by voices that are not congruous with our own tradition. In response, the following policy ensures that all published statements, activities, and representatives are compliant with the overall University Mission and align with Catholic Social Teaching, which ties directly back to our Catholic and Franciscan tradition. This ensures that the University is speaking and acting with a consistent voice and purpose.

Information on Fire Safety at SFU

Saint Francis University encourages faculty and staff members (hereinafter referred to as "project director/principal investigator") to seek grant funding from public and private organizations to support the overall mission of the University. The policy has been developed to ensure that the University, as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and the ultimate recipient of all grant funding, retains control of the administration of all externally funded grants to satisfy the requirements of all federal, state, and private funding entities and to remain in compliance with applicable federal and state regulations.

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INFORMATION SECURITY POLICY
DATA CLASSIFICATION POLICY
ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION
LOGICAL ACCESS CONTROL POLICY
CONFIGURATION AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT
MOBILE DEVICE EMAIL POLICY
PRIVILEGED ACCESS POLICY

The Department of Information Technology Services (ITS) relies on standards and best practices from across the IT industry to promote efficient and effective IT service management.  Collegis' approach to IT governance is organized around a common industry standard framework called ITIL.  Within ITIL, there are a number of processes that guide the information technology department in the management of IT services.  In ITIL, new services are managed carefully and attentively, and ITS is organizing to better manage service design and operation with regard to projects and services.  ITIL provides a policy framework for the management of IT at the University which, by this policy, is adopted for use at Saint Francis University.

The purpose of this governance framework is to ensure that ITS does the following with respect to information technology service management at Saint Francis University:

1.    Establish responsibilities;
2.    Develop a strategy to meet the University's objectives;
3.    Ensure that hardware / software is acquired for valid reasons;
4.    Ensure performance where required;
5.    Ensure conformance with compliance rules and policy; and,
6.    Ensure respect for human factors.*

The purpose of this policy is to ensure access to the university information technology network by authorized persons as intended by University leadership, and the Department of Information Technology Services.  This policy defines the levels of intended access by user type (role) and authorizes the Department of Information Technology Services to monitor for, detect and take actions to remedy violations of the Logical Access Policy.

Saint Francis University requires that all students in undergraduate and graduate academic programs have a notebook/laptop computer that meets or exceeds the listed requirements.

Opiate overdose is one of the leading causes of accidental death in Cambria County. Fatal and non-fatal overdose can result from the abuse of opiates such as morphine, heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone as found in OxyContin, Percocet, Percodan, and hydrocodone as found in Vicodin. Act 139 of 2014 allows law enforcement to administer NALOXONE to individuals experiencing and opioid overdose provided certain requirements have been met.

As an institution that participates in federal financial aid programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, Saint Francis University is committed to fully complying with federal regulations regarding state authorization as well as all requirements issued by States regarding the operation of higher education institutions within their jurisdictions. This policy is intended to address certain federal regulations, specifically 34 CFR 600.9, 34 CFR 668.43, and the rules of the National Council of State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA).

This policy therefore:

1. Defines the offices, departments, and personnel responsible for ensuring the University’s compliance with laws, regulations, and agreements related to State Authorization;
2. Establishes governance and communication structures necessary to maintain State Authorization compliance; and 
3. Empowers University offices, departments, and/or personnel described herein to expect cooperative assistance from other University offices, departments, and/or personnel in order to comply with State Authorization laws, regulations, and agreements.

This policy does not govern the University's compliance with laws, regulations, and agreements pertaining to issues beyond state authorization.

Scope:

This policy applies to all administration, faculty, and staff.

Parking policy

The purpose of this policy is to ensure that the Saint Francis University community has ready access to well-developed and understandable University policies.

Saint Francis University has always taken hazing seriously and continues to raise awareness about hazing and its prevention. The Stop Campus Hazing Act provides an additional layer to SFU's prevention efforts and response to campus hazing.

Saint Francis University is committed to maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of education records, to providing students with appropriate access to their education records, and to compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) and its regulations. The purpose of this policy is to set forth the University’s policies and procedures regarding the privacy of and access to education records.

This policy helps to ensure the University's compliance with federal regulations (34 CFR 668.43) and its obligations as a SARA-participating institution regarding public and direct disclosure requirements related to Professional Licensure Programs.

Scope:

This policy applies to academic administration, recruitment, and admissions personnel who administer Professional Licensure Programs, regardless of modality or geographic location.

As Saint Francis University enters an era of growth we will do so with the mission of the University as our guiding light. The mission states, in part, that the university expresses the lived example of Saint Francis of Assisi in the modern world and promotes a culture that seeks understanding through innovation. With this in mind, we aim to ensure our employee work environment is led by our Catholic values and is understanding, flexible, and equitable. To meet the reality of the modern world, the University is establishing and supporting this remote work policy.

Smoking Policy

Scope:

Faculty, staff, students and visitors to campus.

Speakers Policy

The University strongly encourages all members of the University community who believe they have witnessed, experienced, or are aware of conduct that constitutes hazing to report it.

Student Activities and Organization: Travel Policy and Notification Procedure

This policy is in accordance with the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, specifically 34 CFR 668.43(c) and 34 CFR 600.9, which require the institution to make a determination regarding the State in which a student is located at the time of the student's initial enrollment in an educational program and upon formal receipt of information from the student that the student's location has changed to another State. This policy is necessary to provide a general structure under which the institution shall determine a student's location for purposes of complying with the federal rules, a condition of Title IV eligibility (i.e., the ability to offer federal student aid), and with the state authorization rules of the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA).

This policy is intended to address federal government consumer protection requirements of 34 CFR 668.43. When requested, and subject to applicable privacy laws, Saint Francis University will make the determination regarding a student's location, together with any supporting documentation, available to the Secretary of Education as required by 34 CFR 600.9(c)(2)(ii).

Defines Third-Party Provider Policy

This policy provides employee and student requirements for operation of Saint Francis University (SFU) owned, leased, or rented motor vehicles, and requirements for use of personal vehicles on SFU business. The policy’s design is to optimize the motor vehicle related safety of SFU drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. The policy includes requirements related to the authorization, training, safe driving, and accident reporting of employees and students who drive SFU motor vehicles.

Treatment of Title IV Aid When a Student Withdraws

To ensure the University's compliance with 38 U.S. Code Chapter 36, Administration of Educational Benefits, and the Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018.

The use of or possession of open or concealed weapons at Saint Francis University