Who Handles What?

Office of Undergraduate Admission and Recruitment

• Undergraduate Recruitment
  • First Time Freshmen
  • New Transfers 
  • International Students
• Application review, evaluations, and confirmations
• Clara I. Adams Honors College scholarship referrals for 1st time incoming students only
• Campus Visits and Tours 
• Alumni Recruitment Volunteers

Office of Transfer Initiatives

• Transfer Orientation
• Connect Program
• Pathways Program
• Tau Sigma National Honor Society

Office of Financial Aid

• Awarding of Federal Aid
  • Federal Direct Loans
  • Federal PELL grant funding
  • Federal Work-Study
  • Federal TEACH grant
• Awarding and processing:
  • Alternative loans
  • Maryland Higher Education Awards
  • DC Awards
  • Consortium Agreements
  • Institutional and Outside Scholarships

Visit the Office of Financial Aid

Office of the Registrar

• Registration
• Changes of Major/Minor
• Personal Information Update
• Enrollment/Degree Verification
• Duplicate Diploma Requests 
• Readmission Applications
• Official Transcript Requests 
• Residency Reclassification Petition Review
• Exception to Enrollment Appeal Policy Review
• Manages the Academic Calendar
• Grade Changes
• Scheduling
• Academic Catalogs
• Veteran Services and Certification of Benefits 
• Transfer Evaluation and Articulation Services
• Permission to Take Course Off-Campus
• Reverse Awarding of Associate Degree
• Graduation Clearance
• Senior Citizen Tuition Waivers
• Withdrawals from the University (Semester and Full)

Center for Academic Success and Achievement

• Academic advising for:
  • First-year CASA students 
  • Students with undeclared majors
• Coordination of academic advising for first-year students
• Resource/Tutoring Center for all undergraduate MSU student
• CASA Academy
• Orientation courses for undecided majors
• Second Year Experience (SYE) program:
  • Coordination of Experiential Learning Plans (ELP)

Office of Student Success and Retention

• Placement Testing
• New Student Orientation for first-time Freshmen
• Starfish
• Academic Recovery
• Financial Literacy
• Alumni Mentoring
• First-year Advising