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Annual Academic Awards Ceremony
Students will be eligible to participate in the Academic Awards Ceremony to be held during the spring semester if they meet the following criteria:
1. The student must have earned a minimum of 30 semester hours credit within the last
four (4) years by the end of fall semester before the ceremony. The minimum hours
must have been earned at SCC.
2. The student must be enrolled during the term in which the ceremony is held.
3. The student must have a cumulative average of 3.5 or above.
4. All eligible students will be honored at the Awards Ceremony during the spring semester.
Students who maintain a perfect 4.0 cumulative shall receive “high honors” recognition.
RESIDENCY CLASSIFICATION FOR TUITION PURPOSES NC Residency Determination Service (RDS)
The state of North Carolina partially subsidizes the cost of North Carolina public college and university tuition for all students whose domicile, or permanent legal residence, is in North Carolina. Residency determination establishes if students should have in-
state or out-of-state tuition. Because North Carolina residency status is governed solely
by North Carolina statute, lack of eligibility for in-state status in another state does not guarantee in-state status in North Carolina. The residency statute mandates only those who can demonstrate a minimum of twelve months of uninterrupted domicile (legal residence) in North Carolina are eligible for in-state tuition. The statute also places the burden of proof on the student to establish, by a preponderance of evidence, that they are a bona fide domiciliary rather than mere residents of North Carolina.
The Residency Determination Service (RDS) was established in coordination with
the University of North Carolina (UNC), the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS), the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (NCSEAA), and the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU) as the centralized service for determining residency for students. This service enables a student to use one residency determination for admissions applications to multiple North Carolina public colleges and universities and to demonstrate residency for state aid programs consideration at all (public and private) North Carolina colleges and universities.
Students applying to SCC will be required to complete a residency determination online interview with the North Carolina Residency Determination Service (RDS) as part of the online application process. For more information on residency determination guidelines and appeals visit ncresidency.org.
STUDENT GRADE APPEAL
The grade appeal process applies only to final course grades. In the event a student appeals a grade that prevents progression in a program, the student will be allowed to enroll and attend the following semester pending the outcome of the appeal. If the grade is upheld, the student will be administratively dropped from the course and refunded the tuition.
1. Student must first meet with the instructor of record within ten (10) business days
of the grade being posted to the transcript to discuss the grade and try to informally
resolve the matter.
2. If the student does not agree with the instructor’s determination at the informal level,
the student may appeal the grade to the appropriate dean/director. The appeal must be made within ten (10) business days after the instructor’s decision at the informal level. The appeal must be in writing, must demonstrate that the student met with the instructor and must contain sufficient documentation to assist the dean/director to make a determination. The dean/director will conduct any further investigation into
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