Student Right to Know

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota adheres to the principle that all persons have equal opportunity and access to admissions, employment, facilities, and all programs and activities of the university regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability, age, marital status, familial status, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship status, ancestry, or status with regard to public assistance.

For additional information, read the university’s Discrimination Policy. Inquiries regarding the university’s Discrimination Policy can be addressed to:

Assistant Vice President for Human Resources
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
700 Terrace Heights #38
Winona, MN 55987
507-457-1421

The university also prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and pregnancy. The university’s Sex Discrimination Policy addresses discrimination based on those characteristics.

Inquiries regarding the university’s Sex Discrimination Policy can be addressed to:

Title IX Coordinator
2500 Park Avenue
138 Martin de Porres Hall
Minneapolis, MN 55404
TitleIX@smumn.edu
507-457-1781

• Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is committed to fostering a campus community built on honesty, authenticity, and integrity. This statement addresses the U.S. Department regulations at 34 CFR §668.71 through 668.75 regarding the prohibition of misrepresentation to students and others.
• Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is prohibited under federal regulations from making, directly or indirectly, any substantial misrepresentations or misleading statements to a student, prospective student, member of the public, accrediting agency, state agency, or to the U.S. Department of Education.
• A misleading statement is any statement that has the likelihood or tendency to deceive or confuse. A misrepresentation is defined as any false, erroneous, or misleading statement made by the university, one of its representatives, or any ineligible institution, organization, or person with whom the university has an agreement to provide educational programs — or to provide marketing, advertising, recruiting, or admissions services, directly or indirectly to a student, prospective student, family of a student or prospective student, accrediting agency, state agency, any member of the public, or U.S. Department of Education.
• Substantial misrepresentation is defined as any misrepresentation on which the person to whom it was made could reasonably be expected to rely, or has reasonably relied, to that person’s detriment.
• A statement is any communication made in writing, visually, orally, or through other means. This includes student testimonials given under duress or because such a testimonial was required to participate in a program.
• A prospective student is any individual who has contacted the university for the purpose of requesting information about enrolling at the university or who has been contacted directly by the university or indirectly through advertising about enrolling at the university.

Substantial misrepresentations and/or misleading statements may not be made about:

• The nature of the education program
• The nature of any financial charges
• The employability of graduates
• The university’s relationship with the U.S. Department of Education. A Title IV-eligible school may not describe its participation in a way that suggests approval or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education of the quality of its educational programs.

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota strives to provide accurate, honest, and clear information in print, online, broadcast media, or oral presentations. The university will make every effort to avoid misrepresentation to students and others in communications made in writing, visually, orally, or through other means.

Any person’s concerns regarding university misrepresentation should be brought to the attention of the vice president for Marketing and Communication.