Your privacy rights as a student at Fort Lewis College

Beginning a post-secondary career means you start creating records about you that are collected by higher education institutions and other entities.

Release full education record

Waive your FERPA privacy rights for a specific person. This will give them access to your entire education records.

Enrollment Verification

Release specific information to a person or organization using the Release of Student Record Information form.

Hide directory information

You have the right to request that any information not protected under FERPA be omitted from the student directory at any time.

Release directory information

You have the right to, at any time, release the restriction of directory information not covered in FERPA.

FERPA and education records

The Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act, (FERPA)
Your FERPA privacy rights
Exceptions to FERPA privacy
Non-education records not protected by FERPA
The Solomon Amendment and FERPA

Directory information

Directory information disclosures
Student Record Privacy Request of directory information
Definitions

How to...

Configure and Manage Privacy Settings - Workday

You may receive a notification in your Bell icon inbox to manage your privacy settings. You can also update your privacy settings on Workday at any time.  

  1. From the search bar at the top of the Workday portal, type "Manage My Privacy Settings" and select the task from the search results. 
  2. Read the terms and conditions carefully. The first term to accept or decline is "I consent to share my information outside this institution." Select the bubble to consent or not consent. If you do not consent to the first choice, the next choice will automatically change to not consenting. 
  3. The second term to accept or decline is "I want my directory information to be public." This pertains to how and what you wish to display in the Public Student Directory in Workday. This directory is only viewable in Workday, so only individuals with a Workday account can access this information. 
  4. Select the box to the right of each field you would like students, staff, or faculty to see when they search for you in the Workday Public Student Directory: 
  • Primary Institutional Address 
  • Primary Institutional Phone Number 
  • Primary Institutional email address 
  • Date of Birth 
  • Academic Level 
  • Class Standing 
  • Academic Unit 
  • Primary Program of Study 
  • Expected Graduation Date 
  • Athletic Team 

Note: Advisors, Skyhawk Station, Financial Aid, and other student-serving staff or faculty roles may be able to view more of your academic or financial information than listed. 

What does this impact if a student declines to share information in Workday...  

  • Fort Lewis College cannot acknowledge a
Student Directory - Workday

Staff, faculty, and students can search for students on Workday using the Public Student Directory report. This directory is only viewable in Workday, so only individuals with a Workday account can access this information.  

  1. From the search bar at the top of the Workday portal, type “Public Student Directory” and select the report from the search results.  

  1. From the report, individuals can search for any student using the search bar or available filters on the left column and view specific information they disclose from their privacy settings. Based upon your selection under Manage Your Privacy settings, others may be able to view the following: 

  • Primary Institutional Address 
  • Primary Institutional Phone Number 
  • Primary Institutional email address 
  • Date of Birth 
  • Academic Level 
  • Class Standing 
  • Academic Unit 
  • Primary Program of Study 
  • Expected Graduation Date 

Contact us

Skyhawk Station

Email: skyhawkstation@fortlewis.edu
Phone: 970-247-7301
Drop-in: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday - Friday

Walk-in

Skyhawk Station staff will check you in and guide you to a self-service kiosk or connect you with a Skyhawk Specialist or Advisor.