The Records Office
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1. Records Office
 A. What we do
 B. How to get an enrollment verification
 C. How to get a transcript
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2. Highlighted Announcements
3. Communication
4. Contact information update
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Schedule your classes
BlazerNet vs GRASS
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Receive and post grades
Send out forms & transcripts at your request
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Loans
Automobile insurance discount
Parents insurance
Summer research opportunities
Military reimbursement
Data – reports school, nationally
Compliance monitoring (health, BLS)
Policy interpretation
Active students can verify their enrollment by
going here:
Current students
http://medicine.uab.edu/education/46021
Records section
Forms and Documentation
Medical Students Records Request
Enrollment Verification
Current students
http://medicine.uab.edu/education/46021
Records section
Forms and Documentation
Medical Students Records Request
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Health Compliance
◦ After orientation SOM continues to check
compliance
 First day of the academic year
 October 1
 April 1
Any student out of compliance on these dates will
automatically be charged the $150 Late Compliance Fee.
No exceptions.
We strongly recommend that you check your compliance
every month.
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Other matriculation requirements
◦ BLS
 Must be for two years and carry you until June 2012
 If not at orientation bring card to Records office
◦ HIPAA Training
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Matriculating Student Questionnaire
◦ Please complete by White Coat Ceremony
◦ Link on FAQ’s
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Mandatory Student Health Coverage
(Insurance)
◦ If you do not have your own – VIVA
◦ If you have your own – waive through Student
Health (If you forget to complete the waiver you will
be charged!)
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Policies
◦ Your responsibility
 http://medicine.uab.edu/education/48416
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Tuition and fee payment
Tuition is an annual charge
First installment due September 1, 2010
Second installment due January 1, 2011
Student Accounting charges late fees ($25 - $250)
Financial hold on Banner/BlazerNet means you can’t
attend class
◦ To check your balance – BlazerNet, Student Tab
◦ Strongly advised to look at the details of your bill
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Student Email Policy:
◦ Medical students are…
 expected to check their UASOM e-mail at least once
each weekday during periods of class attendance &
once a week during periods between class
attendance until your diploma date
 Expected to keep their e-mail boxes cleaned out
◦ Never assume anything there is private!
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Twitter: UASOM_MSS
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Current students -> Self Service ->
Annual Update
◦ Must complete every field
◦ Local address – PO for mail but need street address
◦ Parent info – only SOM approved student groups and
administration
◦ Suppression and FERPA:
https://www.uasom.uab.edu/studentregistration/disclosur
enotes1.asp
◦ Please update your information anytime anything changes
Volker Hall 107
(Same suite as Admissions)
934-4964
Debbie Blackstone, Registrar
Lacy Gilliland, Scheduler
Ernest Grimes, Verification Specialist
Sharon McChesney, Grades Specialist
Lauren Ruffrage, Asst Registrar for Data