6.20. Parchment Replacement Policy
     
     

Athabasca University reissues parchments that are lost or stolen, have been damaged, that reflect a change of name, or for professional display purposes. Students are required to complete and submit a Parchment Replacement Form and fee.

Students requesting to replace a parchment that has been lost, stolen, or damaged, or who wish a second parchment for display purposes, are also required to sign and date the following declaration:

" I hereby declare that in requesting this duplicate and/or reissued parchment that neither the original nor duplicate/reissued parchment shall be used for fraudulent purposes, for forgery purposes, or to misrepresent the qualifications, training, and education of either myself or another person. I understand that if I violate this declaration, I shall be subject to disciplinary measures under the "Academic Misconduct Policy" and that this matter will be referred to the proper legal authorities for possible criminal prosecution. I make this declaration freely and solemnly as if it were made under oath."

Any breach of the above declaration shall be treated as academic misconduct and shall be referred to the proper legal authorities for possible criminal prosecution.

When a parchment is reissued as a result of a change of name, the name on the parchment must correspond with the legal, current name of the student as recorded in the official academic record. Therefore, students must request in writing that their name, as recorded in the academic record, be changed.

Students may have in their possession any number of parchments and shall not be required to surrender the original parchment nor be required to submit a statutory declaration stating the current status of the original parchment.

Parchments shall be reissued in the format and style of those parchments being used at the time of replacement—not necessarily in the format and style of the original parchment.

The reissued parchment will not necessarily bear the signatures of Athabasca University officers. In some instances the names of the original signing officers shall be typeset in the appropriate spaces with the exception of the Registrar. The Registrar shall sign all parchments that are reissued.

The reissued parchment shall bear the following wording in small print: "(date of reissue): Issued as replacement (or duplicate) of original parchment."

 


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