Campus Related Applications

Applications in this category are mainly for new students to Southwest Minnesota State University. These applications are used to store your personal information such as your authorization of SMSU releasing your personal information, your emergency contact, and your student media information. Most of these application will be used only once, when you arrive at SMSU as new students.

Student Information Release

This application is used to request from students to authorize Southwest Minnesota State University to release educational records directly related to students. You may choose which information you wish to authorize such as all university charges that appears on record for the academic year, all payment information, grades, transcripts, or other specified information.

1. To use this application, first select the Student Information Release application under Campus Related.

2. Select the information in which you authorize SMSU to release.

3. Fill in the name(s) and relationship(s) of parties you authorize to release your student information to.

4. Read through the terms in which you agree to before continuing.

5. Select the effective dates in which this authorization of access to student information.

6. Once you are done, check the box next to I Accept to accept the terms of this authorization and select Submit.

Emergency Contact

As the name of this application suggests, this application is used to provide SMSU with contacts in which will only be used in emergency situations.

1. Select the Emergency Contact application under the Campus Related category.

2. Fill in the information required and select submit when you are done.

Student Media Info

As for this application, it is used to collect your hometown newspaper information. This is to help the university publicize your accomplishments at SMSU. Note that you may select up to two newspapers.

1. To begin, select the Student Media Info application under the Campus Related category.

2. Fill in the provided spaces with the requested information. These information include having your parent(s)/guardian(s) or spouse's name on your publication, the name of the person you wish to include, the relationship to the person, and the name of your hometown and state.

3. You may check your provided information under Real-time sample of your information before finalizing.

4. Once you are done, select Submit.