DCB catalog 2024-25

14 • Participation in officially recognized activities and sports • Honors/awards received • Degree Earned (all degrees earned) • Date degree earned (dates of all degrees earned) The main purpose of designating the above information as “directory” is to permit Dakota College to include this information in certain publications, such as: listing your name on the graduation program, submitting your awards and accomplishments for publication in a local newspaper, or printing your name in a playbill should you participate in a theater production on campus. The institution does not release any directory information to commercial entities seeking to conduct solicitations or fund-raising activities. Dakota College honors its duty to protect the confidentiality of student records. However, the institution may disclose a student’s “directory information” without obtaining student’s written consent, unless the student has submitted a written “opt out” request, to the Office of the Registrar not to release any directory information pertaining to them. Please note that submitting an “opt-out” request will not prevent the institution from requiring students to display or disclose their ID card when engaging in college-related activities and transactions. NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF OPTING OUT: Students who choose to restrict access to their Directory Information should be aware that doing so may result in unintended negative consequences. For example, organizations such as potential employers, scholarship agencies, members of the press, loan agencies, educational organizations and others will not be given access to the student’s directory information and will not be able to contact the student. Opting out of directory information classification may mean that students will miss out on valuable employment, educational, cultural, and other opportunities.