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Terms and Conditions

Acceptance of Terms

By using Mitchell College’s (the “College”) web site (“Site”), you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, which include the Privacy Statement (together, as may be modified from time to time, “Terms”).  The Terms are an enforceable agreement between the College and you, the user of the Site, whether you are a student, faculty member, employee, alumnus/a, group, association, corporation, or other individual or organization. Your use of the Site constitutes your binding acceptance of the Terms. The College reserves the right to change the Terms in its sole discretion, and it will post any changes on the Site. The College may also provide additional notice of more significant changes, but is under no obligation to do so. Any modified Terms are effective immediately upon posting. By continuing to use the Site after the College posts modified Terms, you agree to be bound by such modified Terms.

Nothing in these Terms overrides the application of other College rules or policies. For example, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if you are a student, faculty member, staff member, or other similar user, your use of the Site may also be subject to:

  • The Campus Policy Manual
  • The Student Handbook
  • The Faculty Handbook

Privacy Statement

Please review the College’s Privacy Statement, which is hereby incorporated by referenced into and forms a part of these Terms. The Privacy Statement describes the collection, use, and protection of information about you on the Site.

Using the Site

The Site is intended to foster communication among the students, alumni, faculty, staff, friends, and others who together form the extended College community. It is a resource for members of the community to exchange information of interest. To that end, various parts of the Site allow users to post messages, information, or other material, including text, images, photographs, video, sounds, musical works, computer files, computer programs, works of authorship, and other similar material (collectively, “User Content”). User Content may appear, for example, on group activity pages, user-created pages, message boards, or other interactive forums.

The College is not responsible for User Content or any injury or offense it causes. The College has no obligation to pre-screen, monitor, edit, or delete User Content, but the College reserves the right to do so and to edit or delete such content if any User Content fails to comply with these Terms or is otherwise harmful, inaccurate, unlawful, inappropriate or objectionable, as determined by the College in its sole discretion. The College is not responsible for any failure or delay in removing User Content. The College does not endorse or adopt any User Content. The College does not endorse third-party web sites that may be listed in User Content.

The College values a diversity of viewpoints and expects all users of the Site to exhibit the same level of respect for others on the Site as they would in any other College forum. All users of the Site are obligated to practice discretion and maintain civility in their online communications. While the College does not condone censorship, you may not upload post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any User Content that is unlawful, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or libelous, or that is threatening, hostile, offensive, harassing, or abusive on the basis of personal beliefs or characteristics. These include, but are not limited to, race, gender, sexual orientation, political affiliation or belief, age, color, religion, national origin, ethnic identification, physical or mental disability, economic status, or veteran status.

Unless otherwise authorized by the College, all material on the Site is for the personal use of users and may not be sold, used for any commercial or political purposes, or used for any type of solicitation, fund raising, recruitment, or analogous activity.  [The College’s use of the Site and all material thereon in connection with fund raising, solicitation, and/or recruitment is permitted.]  You may not use any material from the Site in a manner that attributes a false or misleading statement to, or implies a false endorsement by, the College or related parties.

You may have access through the Site to the Personal Data (as defined in the Privacy Statement) of others. This Personal Data is provided only for your personal use or for approved use in connection with College-related activities. You may not engage in or permit others to engage in data mining or the systematic collection, or the sale of Personal Data for any reason.

Without authorization, you may not reproduce, distribute, publicly display or perform, transmit, incorporate into a database or compilation, mirror, adapt, translate, modify or create derivative works of, or in any way exploit or use any material, User Content, or Personal Data on the Site (or any computer programs and other coding) that is protected by copyright or otherwise, whether owned by the College or a third party.

Certain areas of the Site are protected by user names and passwords and may be accessed only by members of the College community. If you have a user name and password, you agree not to share them with any other person, including, without limitation, any person who may have his or her own user name and password. You are responsible for all uses of your user name and password to gain access to the Site and for all activity conducted under your password and user name, including the use of any information or material obtained by using your password and user name. You may find further details in the Technology section of the Campus Policy Manual.

As a condition to your continued use of the Site, you warrant that you will not use the Site for any illegal or fraudulent purpose or for any purpose prohibited by these Terms. If the College believes, in its sole discretion, that your use of the Site violates these Terms or creates a liability for the college, the College reserves the right to take any and all actions it deems necessary. These include, but are not limited to, deleting content or information you have posted to the Site, terminating a discussion group or other collaborative page or activity, and limiting or denying your access to the Site.

Material Posted to the Site by You and Other Users

You take sole responsibility for any User Content you create or post. You acknowledge that your User Content is not private or confidential. You may not create or post any User Content that frames the content of any other web site. You will not impersonate or try to pass yourself off as any other person or entity. You represent and warrant that your User Content does not (1) defame any party; (2) violate any third party’s copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, right to privacy or publicity, or any other proprietary or legal right; (3) otherwise violate any applicable law or regulation; or (4) contain any information furnished to you in confidence or in the understanding that it would not be disclosed or published. You will not upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any information, files, code or other materials that contain time-bombs, viruses, spyware, adware, key loggers, backdoors, trojans or other malicious code of any kind, including, without limitation, code that corrupts or destroys data, disrupts, damages, impairs, or disables College software, hardware or equipment, provides for the unauthorized transmission of software or material to any computer, or has any other effect which the College or any user of the Site would reasonably consider undesirable.

You grant the College a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, unrestricted license (with the right to sub-license) to reproduce, distribute, publicly display and perform, transmit, adapt, translate, modify, and create derivative works of (in any form now known or later developed) any User Content in whole or in part. This license terminates when you remove your User Content from the Site, except to the extent appropriate for the College to maintain the Site or archive its contents. This license does not grant the College the right to sell your User Content or to distribute your User Content other than in connection with College’s use, administration, and maintenance of the Site.  The College makes no assurances that your User Content will be treated as confidential or proprietary.

The College does not claim any ownership rights in the User Content, except (1) as expressly stated otherwise in these Terms, (2) where subject to a separate agreement, or (3) when created or posted by the College’s employees within the scope of their duties for the College.

For the purpose of clarity, you acknowledge and agree that the College has the right (1) to delete, modify or supplement User Content at any time for any reason without notification to anyone and (2) to restrict you from posting new User Content or otherwise participating in interactive forums on the Site for any reason at any time.

Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement

The College intends that all material posted on the Site respect the copyright and other proprietary rights of third parties. However, the College cannot monitor the copyright ownership of all material posted on the Site. If you believe that any material posted on the Site infringes your copyright, then you may request the removal of those materials from the Site in accordance with the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), and the procedures described below.

A notice of infringing material that complies with the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) (3) (“Notice”) must be sent to the agent the College has designated with the Compliance Office:

Office of Institutional Compliance
Mitchell College
437 Pequot Ave.
New London, CT  06320

To comply with the Copyright Act, your Notice must be in writing and must include the following:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works;
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the College to locate the material;
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the College to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which you may be contacted;
  5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and made under penalty of perjury, and that you are the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

When the College receives a Notice that complies with the Copyright Act, it will remove the identified material immediately. The College will promptly take reasonable steps to inform the user who posted the allegedly infringing material (the “alleged infringer”) of the Notice and subsequent removal. The alleged infringer may then provide the College with a counter-notice (“Counter-Notice) that the initial infringement notice was erroneous. Such Counter-Notice must be in writing and must include:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the alleged infringer;
  2. Identification of the material removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
  3. A statement under penalty of perjury that the alleged infringer has a good faith belief that the material was removed or access to it disabled as a result of error;
  4. The alleged infringer’s name, address, and telephone number; and
  5. A statement of consent to jurisdiction in federal district court and that the alleged infringer consents to service of process from the complaining party or its agent.

Upon receipt of a Counter-Notice, the College will notify you of the Counter-Notice and use its best efforts to restore the material within 10 to 14 business days of receipt of the Counter-Notice, unless you inform the College that you have filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the allegedly infringing party from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on the Site.

Mitchell College and Affiliate Trademarks

Mitchell College, Thames Academy, and Michael’s Dairy and their respective logos and other indicia of source used on the Site are owned by the College (“Mitchell Trademarks”). You may not use these Mitchell Trademarks without valid, written authorization from the College. Additionally, you may not use the Mitchell Trademarks in any manner that (a) will likely cause confusion about the source of any product or service, (b) implies that the College sponsors, endorses, or is affiliated with any third-party activity, or (c) disparages or discredits the College or any of its officers or personnel. You may not register any domain names containing any Mitchell Trademarks without the College’s prior written consent in each case.

Frames, Metatags and Links

You may not frame the content of the Site on any other web site. Any link you create to the Site or any of the individual web pages contained in it must open in a new browser window. You may not use metatags or any other “hidden text” that incorporates the College Trademarks without the College’s prior written consent. Links to the Site must display, in a plain typeface, the words “Mitchell College” or the name of the appropriate page on the Site and must not use any College logo or design.

You may not create links to the Site from a web site with content that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal or otherwise objectionable, or in a manner that would constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party (directly or indirectly), or otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law or imply the College’s sponsorship, endorsement or approval of another party’s site or activities.

Links to Third-Party Sites

As a courtesy only, the Site contains links to web sites controlled by third parties (the “Linked Sites”).  If you use any Linked Site, you will leave the Site.  If you decide to visit any Liked Sites, you do so at your own risk, and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements.  Linked Sites, regardless of the linking form (e.g. hotlinks, hypertext links, IMG links), are not maintained, controlled, or otherwise governed by us.  The content, accuracy, opinions expressed, and other links provided by Linked Sites are not investigated, verified, monitored, or endorsed by us.  The College is not responsible for Linked Sites or their content, activities, or privacy practices. The inclusion of links on the Site does not imply the College’s endorsement of or affiliation with the Linked Sites, their content, or any associated organization or activity. The College makes no representation or warranty whatsoever about the nature of the linked sites. Links do not imply that the College is legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo, or copyright symbol displayed in or accessible through the links, or that any Linked Site is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of the College or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries.  Except for links to information authored by us, we are neither responsible for nor will be liable under any theory based upon (i) any Linked Site; (ii) any information and/or content found on any Linked Site; or (iii) any site(s) linked to or from any Linked Site.  If you decide to visit any Linked Sites and/or transact any business thereon, you do so at your own risk.  We reserve the right to discontinue any Linked Site at any time without prior notice.  Please contact the webmasters of any Linked Sites concerning any information, goods and/or services appearing thereon.  You should read the privacy policies and terms of use that govern your use of other sites.

Disclaimers of Warranties

The site and the services and materials available through it are available “as is” and “as available.” the college does not warrant that the site or any of the services or materials available through it will be uninterrupted or error-free. There may be delays, omissions, interruptions, inaccuracies and errors in materials or services available through the site. The college makes no representations or warranties about the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, reliability or non-infringement of any content on the site or services available through it, including the user content, or through links to other web sites. The college reserves the right to correct any errors or omissions in the site. If you rely on the site and any materials or services available through it, you do so entirely at your own risk.

To the maximum extent permitted under law, the college disclaims all express or implied warranties with respect to the site and any content, information, goods or services that are available through it, including without limitation, any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose (even if that purpose has been disclosed).

Although the college intends to take reasonable steps to prevent the introduction of viruses, worms, “trojan horses” or other malicious code to the site, the college does not guarantee or warrant that the site, or services or materials that may be available through the site, are free from such destructive features. The college is not liable for any damages or harm attributable to such features.

Limitation of Liability

The college and its officers, trustees, employees and agents are not liable for any claim of any nature whatsoever based on loss or injury because of errors, omissions, interruptions or inaccuracies in the site or any services or materials available through the site including loss or injury that results from your breach of any provision of these terms.

Under no circumstances will the college or its directors, trustees, employees, or agents be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages (including lost revenues or profits, loss of business or loss of data) arising out of or in connection with your use of the site or services available through the site or these terms, regardless of the theory of liability, whether tort (including negligence of any kind), contract or any other legal or equitable theory.

If you are dissatisified with any portion of the site or with any of the terms, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the site.

Some states do not allow the limitation of liability for certain kinds of damages, so some of these limitations or exclusions may not apply to you.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the College and its officers, trustees, employees and agents against all liabilities, losses, damages and costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), that the College may incur based on claims arising out of your violation of these Terms. At the College’s option, the College may assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which it are entitled to indemnification. You agree to provide the College with whatever cooperation it reasonably requests.

Termination

The College reserves the right to limit or deny your access to the Site, to delete any content or information you have posted to the Site, and to terminate these Terms at any time without notice for any reason, including, without limitation, your violation of these Terms. The following sections of these Terms survive any termination: limitation of liability, governing law, jurisdiction and venue, all provisions relating to material you create on, post on, or download from the Site (including your license to the College of User Content), warranties, indemnification, and any other provision that by its terms contemplates survival.

General

The Terms in the Privacy Statement are the complete agreement between you and the College regarding your use of the Site and are governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut applicable to agreements made and wholly performed there. You irrevocably agree to bring any claim or dispute relating to your use of the Site and these Terms exclusively in the applicable state courts located in Connecticut or the United States District Court of Connecticut, to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of those courts, and to waive any objections based on jurisdiction, venue, or inconvenience of the forum. If a court determines that any provision of these Terms is unenforceable for any reason, then that provision will be deleted and the remaining provisions will be enforceable to fullest extent permitted by law.

Questions

Please contact the College at support@mitchell.edu with any questions you may have about these Terms, including the Privacy Statement.

License Agreement

This License Agreement For Mitchell College Forms (“Agreement”) is between you (both the individual accessing or using the Forms and any single legal entity on behalf of which such individual is acting) (“You” or “Your”) and Mitchell College. (“Mitchell College”).

Taking any step to access, download or use any mitchell college application form constitutes your assent to and acceptance of this agreement.  Written or electronic approval is not a prerequisite to the validity or enforceability of this agreement and no solicitation of any such written or electronic approval by or on behalf of you will be construed as an inference to the contrary.  If you do not agree with all terms of this agreement, you must return all application forms.

1. Definitions

1.1 “Mitchell College Forms” or “Forms” means the pre-printed, pre-formatted and pre-styled college admission application, instruction booklet and other related forms of Mitchell College in whatever media, hard copy, electronic, CD-ROM or otherwise, including any updates or supplements provided thereto by Mitchell College for which You are granted a license pursuant to this Agreement.

2. COPYRIGHT LICENSE AND OTHER CONTRACTUAL TERMS

2.1 Limited License and Other Restrictive Contractual Terms.  Mitchell College hereby grants to You a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license (without the right to sublicense) to reproduce and distribute the Mitchell College Application Forms solely for Your own internal educational admissions operations.  Except for answering the specific questions on the Forms, there is no right granted herein to alter, add to, modify or make derivative works of the Forms without the express written permission of Mitchell College Department of Admissions and You acknowledge and agree that You have no such rights. 

Privacy Policy

NOTICE:

Please read carefully the following Privacy Policy before registering with us and completing an on-line user registration form. Please also note that this Policy may change from time to time so please check back to review this Policy each time you visit or use the web site.

THIS POLICY WILL LET YOU KNOW:

  1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you;
  2. What are cookies and how are they used;
  3. How your information is used;
  4. Who is collecting your information;
  5. With whom your information may be shared;
  6. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information, including your rights to “opt-in” or “opt-out?”;
  7. What are the kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information and how is your information stored, accessed and used by others?
  8. Who do I contact when I have a question?

What personally identifiable information does Mitchell College collect from you?

Certain required and optional personal information (such as your name, home and mailing address, email address, telephone number, citizenship, date and place of birth, parents’ names and address, social security number) is collected from you when you voluntarily provide this information to us through the completion of an on-line User Registration form and/or when you voluntarily complete the Mitchell College Application, any application supplements, or other applicant forms.  See “The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information and how is your information stored and accessed by others”.

Wherever we collect personal information we make an effort to include a link to this Privacy Policy on that page.

What are cookies and how are they used?

A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive.

We do not install any third party programs or cookies on the user’s computer, nor do we store any personal information via cookies. However, cookies are used for managing your on-line sessions while you are visiting the site.

How does Mitchell College use your information?

When you seek to register with us, and complete an applicant form, we need to know your name, email address, and mailing address among other items of personal information. See “What personally identifiable information is collected from you” located above. This information allows us to identify you and process your application upon submission.

Who is collecting information?

When you are on the Mitchell College Application site and are asked for and provide personal information, this information is being collected by our web server who provides all of the technical support, including collection, storage and protection of your personal information. There is no attempt to collect or compare personal information about you from sources other than what you voluntarily provide to us when using the web site.

With whom does Mitchell College share your information?

Subject to any rights afforded by law, Mitchell College reserves the right to disclose information collected from a registered user when we have good reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating any of our on-line user agreements or policies or who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) Mitchell College rights or property, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. Mitchell College may also disclose or access registered user information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative, technical and other related purposes that we deem necessary.

What are your choices regarding collection, use, and distribution of my information, including your rights to “opt-in” or “opt-out”?

You have the right not to provide us with any personal information about you when you visit the site but you will not be able to utilize the service that Mitchell College Online Application provides unless you decide to “opt-in” by completing an on-line User Registration form and answering all of the required fields. Once registered, while you are free not to provide any personal information requested on the application, to do so may cause the college not to accept the application as complete and consequently delay the application admission process or reject the submission as incomplete. Users/applicants can “opt-out” of providing information that is designated as “optional” on any application, supplement or other form and still utilize the service upon which we provide. Users should communicate with the college directly if any admission application is delayed or rejected or otherwise results in an outcome that does not satisfy the applicant’s expectations.

You have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies you will likely be unable to use the services that require registration in order to participate.

What kind of security precautions are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information and how is your information stored, accessed and used by others?

Your User Registration information is passcode-protected. You may edit your User Registration information by using your Mitchell College Application Passcode and Email address.

We recommend that you do not divulge your passcode to anyone. Also remember to sign out of your application registration account and close your browser window when you have finished your work. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet “cafe.”

When you make submissions of the Mitchell College Application, supplements or other applicant forms to our college or when you access your user registered account information from our web site, we offer the use of a secure server. The secure server software encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us. We also restrict assess to the secure server through the use of firewalls.

When you give Mitchell College personal information on-line, that information is only viewed by Mitchell College for the sole purpose of providing technical support or to process your request for admission to Mitchell College.

The Mitchell College Online Web Application web site, through its own web secure server, retains your personal information for the entire application for one calendar year or until you successfully finish the application process. Once the calendar year arrives, if you have not successfully submitted your application, your personal information is removed. If you have successfully submitted your application your personal information will be used by Mitchell College while you are a student, after that it can be “archived” off the “live” servers and “backed-up” to a separate secured server for storage (at least until overwritten when space is needed to back-up more recent data) where no one can access it except on a limited basis by us if there is an administrative need to do so. The reasons for granting continued limited access to your personal information from the remote server may include, but are not necessarily limited to, allowing us to compile statistical and/or historical information about the previous year’s applications and/or to assist a current applicant who had created or submitted an application the previous year. For statistical purposes, your personal information will be used only in the aggregate meaning that personal identifying information such as your name and social security number shall not be used. For some historical purposes, however, such as assisting you in your current application submission by utilizing the information that you had created or submitted the previous academic year, we will have continued access to your archived personal identifying information as we deem necessary.

Please note that whenever your personal information is handled as described above, regardless of where this occurs, steps are taken to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet or electronic handling can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us online, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems. However, we cannot accept liability for disclosure of any personal information due to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts of third parties.

Who do I contact when I have questions?

You can contact the Help Desk at (860) 701-5190 or email HelpDesk@mitchell.edu

Payment Options

Mitchell College is very excited to offer students and their families the ability to submit payments in an online environment. Mitchell College has partnered with Diamond Mind, Inc.® so we can offer a faster, more convenient and more environmentally friendly method for student payments.

On-Line Payment Options

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Mitchell College is committed to providing a range of payment options to accommodate the preferences and financial circumstances of families. Payments can be submited by credit card, debit card or ACH* payment. Offering several options permits our families to have choices that meet their needs.

Payment by ACH can be made without any fee assessed. Payments made by credit card or debit card will be assessed a convenience fee by Diamond Mind, Inc. We welcome your payment by Master Card®, American Express® and Discover®; however, we cannot accept VISA® at this time due to their restrictions.

If you have any questions, please call Leah Brennan, Bursar at bursar@mitchell.edu or 860-701-5061.

* ACH is the Automated Clearing House system which will process this kind of payment as a check from your bank account.

Off-Line Payment Options

Tuition payments may also be made by cash, check, or money order. Payments maybe be mailed to:

Mitchell College
Bursar’s Office
437 Pequot Ave.
New London, CT 06320

Student will be charged a $25 returned check fee if any payment made by check is later returned to Mitchell College by the bank for any reason.

If you have any questions, please contact the Bursar’s Office at: (860) 701-5061 or bursar@mitchell.edu

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