This site contains the full text of official policies approved by the university as a resource for faculty, staff and students. The policy guide is not comprehensive and does not include links to unit-level policies and procedures.

Access to Buildings/Key Distribution
Accreditation
Addition or Elevation of Sports
Administrative Structure
Alcohol Policy
Animals on Campus Guidelines
Bicycle, Scooter, Wheeled Device Policy
Bulletin Board Notices
Candle/Incense Policy
Capital Assets Policy
Classroom Food and Drink Policy
Communicable Disease Policy
Courtesy Fund
Drug Policy
Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards
Emergency and Non-Emergency Situations – Procedures to be Followed
Employee I.D.
Facilities and Outdoor Areas Scheduling Policy
Free Expression Policy
Gift Policy
Graduate Courses Offered At MWSU By Other Institutions
Identity Theft Policy
Meningitis Immunization Policy
Mission Statement
Naming Policy
Nondiscrimination / Equal Opportunity Policy
Nondiscrimination / Equal Opportunity Policy Procedures for Reporting and Investigating Complaints
Parking Policy
Policy on Policies
Preferred Name Policy
Pregnant and Parenting Students Accommodation Policy
Printing Services
Purchasing Policy (under review; updates coming soon)
School Cancellation Policy
Sexual Misconduct Policy & Complaint Resolution Procedures
Solicitation Policy
Student Records Policy
Suicide Awareness & Prevention Policy
Tailgating Policy
Tobacco Use Policy
Transportation Safety Policy
University Equipment
University Insurance and Risk Management
Whistleblower Policy

Academic Advisement System
Academic and Programmatic Retrenchment Policy
Academic Freedom and Tenure
Academic Honesty Policy
Academic Renewal
Classroom Recording Policy
Copyright Policy
Course Evaluations
Faculty Evaluation Procedures
Faculty Obligations
Faculty Sabbatical Leave
Forensic Scene Research Facility Policy
Grade Appeal Process
Graduate Program Policies and Procedures
Incomplete Grades
Instructional Policies
Institutional Review Committee for the Protection of Human Research Subjects
Outside Employment – Faculty
Posthumous Degrees
Promotion and Tenure (Faculty)
Student Credit Hour Policy
Student Location Policy
Teaching Load
Terminal Degrees
Test-Outs
Tested Experience for Faculty
Textbook Changes
Undergraduate Curriculum Development

Absences
Additional / Outside Employment
Administrative Eligibility for Academic Rank
Administrators with Retreat Rights
Approval of Research on Human Subjects
Campus Closure
Children in the Workplace
Classification System for Administrators, Exempt and Non-Exempt Staff
Compensation for Additional Employment
Computing Guidelines
Conflict of Interest
Crisis Leave Policy
Effort Certification
Email/Portal Use Policy
Emeriti Faculty
Employee Definitions
Employee Separation Policy
Faculty Salary
Faculty Termination by the University
Hours of Work
Nepotism in Employment Policy
Official Personnel File for Faculty
Outside Employment – Staff
Overtime, Flex Time, Comp Time
Paid Parental Leave Policy
Pay Procedures
Performance Management (Staff)
Personal Debts
Political Activities
Professional Development
Professional Leaves with Partial Pay and Benefits
Prohibited Activities
Recruitment Guidelines
Release of Employee Information
Retiree Benefits and Resources
Safety Policy Statement
Salary Administration for Administrators, Exempt and Non-Exempt Staff
Scientific Misconduct
Selection Procedures
Seniority/Staff Position
Tuberculosis Screening Policy
Tuition Reduction Program
Work-Life Benefits for Full-time Employees
Work-Life Benefits for Part-time Employees

Academic Calendars
Board of Governors Hearing and Grievance Procedure
Faculty Senate Bylaws
Faculty Senate Constitution
Federal Substance Abuse Testing / Alcohol & Controlled Substance Testing Policy
Grants and Sponsored Programs
Grievance Procedure for Faculty
Selection Procedures for Administrator/Exempt Positions
Selection Procedures for Faculty Positions
Selection Procedures for Non-Exempt Positions
Staff Association Bylaws
Staff Association Constitution

Faculty Summer Employment – Rescinded 02.16.2026

Draft Policies

Check the Draft Policies for Comment page when there maybe policies open for review.