6.0 GENERAL DEPARTMENT RULES

6.1 Telephone

Telephones are provided for official business. No long distance calls may be made from a University telephone by any graduate student unless the student has specific authorization from their faculty advisor or has obtained a personal charge code from Telecommunications. All calls placed on a faculty member's behalf must be logged on that faculty member's telephone list so that the proper account may be charged.

6.2 Secretarial Time

No secretarial time for typing, making telephone calls, etc. is allotted for graduate student use. While all the departmental secretaries will assist you in obtaining required graduate information, do not impose on them for personal work.

6.3 Building and Office Keys

When a TA or RA student is assigned an office, that student will be issued keys to the building and the office assigned. When necessary, keys will be issued by the Department Secretary. It is the responsibility of the Graduate Student to safeguard them. They are not to be lent to others under any circumstances. If a key or keys are lost it must be reported to the Department Secretary as soon as possible. The student responsible for the keys may be charged a fee for the key replacement and may also be charged for replacement or alteration of locks that are required for security reasons.

6.4 Research Equipment and Instruments

While the graduate program is an important and vital part of the department, the primary goal at this public institution is undergraduate education. The undergraduate laboratory courses therefore have first priority on instruments and equipment. Graduate students, including Project Assistants, may use departmental equipment for their research during hours that the equipment is not scheduled to be otherwise utilized. All such usage must be authorized by the Technician in charge of the equipment and the equipment must be returned on time so that the next day's laboratory courses may be properly set up. A student's Research or Project Advisor will be informed of any misuse of equipment privileges. The department Technician should be promptly notified of any equipment malfunctions as usage is often tightly scheduled.

6.5 Computer Usage

The ECE Department maintains various computers and peripheral equipment. Departmental policy is that this equipment is off limits to undergraduate and graduate students unless they have been given specific approval by a faculty member. Such approval is given only for professional use (e.g., faculty research, TA grading programs, etc.) and not for private use (e.g., student homework, resume's, letters home, etc.) Any exceptions to this policy must be approved by the department chairperson.

The University supports a variety of computers (both microcomputer clusters and mainframe computers) on campus. Specific information concerning such services can be obtained from Computing Services.

6.6 Departmental Library

The departmental library is located in the ECE Conference Room. It serves as both a faculty conference room for committee meetings and informal discussions, and for housing collections of donated books, theses, and certain periodicals. This library is NOT to be used by any student unless specifically instructed to by a faculty member.

Last Updated 6/17/03