Throughout the term you may receive emails from Starfish regarding your academic performance. The feedback will be in the form of "flags," "kudos," and "referrals". Flags are tied to concerns like attendance or missing assignments that may impact your grade. Kudos are awarded to promote and encourage strong academic performance. Referrals will connect you to key support resources on campus so you can be successful. If you receive one of these alerts, please keep in mind they are meant to help you achieve success--they do not affect your grade or carry any punitive action.
Documentation is confidential information from an appropriately qualified health or other service professional who is knowledgeable about your condition.
This professional might be a therapist, doctor, rehabilitation counselor, audiologist, nurse practitioner, or mobility specialist.
Documentation can vary in length and format but should focus on the ways the condition currently affects you, especially in an academic setting.
Below are some examples of useful documentation:
Contact Starfish@southeastmn.edu for assistance.
Your specific advisor(s) might be assigned yet. Check back later or contact Starfish@southeastmn.edu for additional assistance.
Please stop by The Roost on the Winona or Red Wing campus, call us at 507-453-1413 (Winona) or 651-385-6391 (Red Wing), or email Starfish@southeastmn.edu.
The Success Network gives you quick access to your professors, advisor, and many service areas available to you at MSC Southeast. Easily find the email addresses, phone numbers, and other information that can help aid in your success. You may even find that your advisor, faculty member(s) or services have enabled online appointments, allowing you to easily schedule a meeting!
A reasonable accommodation is a modification or adjustment to a course, program, service, job, activity or facility that enables a qualified student with a documented disability to have an equal opportunity.
Reasonable accommodations are provided to ensure access to all college courses, programs, services, jobs, activities, and facilities, including those that are off-site, such as field trips, internships, and fieldwork.
An equal opportunity means an opportunity to obtain the same level of performance or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges as are available to a similarly situated student without a disability.
Reasonable accommodations depend upon the nature and degree of severity of the documented disability. While the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requires that priority consideration be given to the specific methods requested by the student, it does not imply that a particular accommodation must be granted if it is deemed not reasonable and other suitable techniques are available.
Accommodations are provided upon request and are dependent on the assessed needs of the student.
Note: If you require an accommodation, it is your responsibility to make an accommodation request prior to the start of each semester of attendance.
Starfish is a tool that provides you with a central location to connect to the people and services that can help you reach your academic goals at MSC Southeast. It enables you to effectively engage with the Minnesota State College Southeast community and ultimately achieve your academic goals.
An individual with a disability is defined as any person who: