Enrollment and Graduation Certifications and Loan Deferments
Letters of Certification for Students, Parents or Guardians:
The Registrar’s Office will complete and mail forms that require certification of full-time status, graduation or attendance for students and their parents/guardians only. Health insurance forms must include the name of the insured (usually the parent or guardian) and their policy number in addition to the students’ name. Please be reminded that it is the students’ or parents’ responsibility to ensure that forms with an impending due date are submitted to our office in a timely fashion as they are processed on a first in, first out basis. There is no charge associated with filling out these forms.
Degree or Enrollment Verifications for Third Parties:
Union College has authorized the National Student Clearinghouse to provide enrollment and degree verifications to prospective employers and background screening firms. The National Student Clearinghouse can be contacted at:
Web: www.degreeverify.org or www.enrollmentverify.org
Mail: National Student Clearinghouse
13454 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 300
Herndon, VA 20171
Student Loan Deferments
Twice a term, after the two week add/drop period and after final exams, Union College submits a report of enrollment information to the National Student Clearinghouse (www.studentclearinghouse.org) located in Herndon, Virginia. This agency in turn, supplies verification of a students' enrollment status to various lending agencies. All deferment loan forms received by the College are forwarded to the Clearinghouse. Union does not supply this information directly to the lending agencies.
If a student has registered late or has had an exception processed to the term registration, this information may not be reported until the submission of the next tape. The clearinghouse asks that if the student receives a collections letter from a servicer, the student do the following:
Call the lending agency to see if a deferment form was received between the time the Clearinghouse supplied the information and the lending agency sent the collection letter.
If after calling the servicer, it still appears that the deferment has not been processed, the student may call the Clearinghouse at (703) 742-7791 and ask for a "Student Service Representative." The representative will verify the date on which the deferment was certified and mailed, the enrollment status that was certified, and where the forms were sent.
If an emergency exists - for example, the student is 150 days delinquent and being threatened with default - the Clearinghouse will intervene on the student's behalf by faxing another enrollment certification to the servicer. Furthermore, it will work with the servicer to ensure that the form is processed on a high-priority basis.