Spring 2021 Validation

COVID-19 Notice: Important contact information for assistance with Validation

The Financial Aid Office will not be open for visitors during fall semester. Staff are working remotely and can be contacted by emailing [email protected] or calling 651-696-6214. If you wish to meet with a financial aid counselor, you can request a Zoom appointment by emailing your request to [email protected].

The Student Accounts Office will be open limited hours to accept payments from students for their student billing account during validation. Online payments can be made by logging on to 1600grand. Staff are working remotely and can be contacted by emailing [email protected] or calling 651-696-6161.

The Registrar’s Office will not be open for visitors during fall semester. Staff are working remotely and can be contacted by emailing [email protected].

Validation for Returning Students

Any returning student who registered for Spring 2021 classes (not study away) must validate their registration. Here’s how to do that:

1. Beginning January 19, log onto 1600grand, click on the Student tab, go to the “Registration” header and click on “Enter Profile.” There you will see any validation holds you have by clicking on Holds in the top-right corner; a hold may be from Student Accounts, Health Services, the Registrar’s Office or other campus offices. Contact that office in order to resolve your hold. A more detailed description of the different hold types is available here.
2. The Registrar’s Office will send an email to all students to inform them that holds have been placed. If you do not have any holds listed on 1600grand at that time, you have automatically been validated for spring–no need to check in with the Registrar’s Office! When drop/add opens on the first day of class, feel free to change your schedule as needed on 1600grand or in the Registrar’s Office. Drops can be done by you. Adds require instructor permission first, and can also be done in 1600grand.
3. If you do have holds, you must take action to clear them. Once the Registrar’s Office is notified that you’ve cleared all holds, you will be validated. Validation should be completed the first day of class, Thursday, January 21. The last possible day to validate is Wednesday, January 27.  This is also the drop/add deadline.  If you don’t validate by the January 27 deadline, you will be dropped from all of your courses and lose your status as a student.
4. If you decide not to return for spring semester, you must notify the Office of Student Affairs to arrange for a temporary or permanent withdrawal from the college.
5. The drop/add deadline is Wednesday, January 27.
6. INTERNSHIPS for credit:  If you are planning or even contemplating the possibility of doing an internship for credit this semester, you should check in with the Internship Office immediately.  They have a form that signals your intent to do an internship that is required before the drop/add deadline of January 27.

Late Registration

If you did not pre-register for Spring 2021 and need to begin the registration process, contact the Registrar’s Office for more details. You will need to obtain your academic adviser’s signature, the signatures of the instructors of ALL of your courses, and clearance from Student Accounts and Health Services. If you were on campus in the fall, you will be charged a $100.00 late fee to register for the spring semester.

Registration or Validation Questions?

Have a change of off campus address? You can enter this on 1600grand after going to the Student tab and clicking Update Contact Info. For questions, please contact the Registrar’s Office by email ([email protected]). You must validate your registration on or before the first day of class.