Shippensburg University officials are reminding student workers to fill out the required criminal background checks or they will not be allowed to work. The following is a statement from SU’s communications and marketing department:
Student workers need to complete mandated background checks.
Current and new students who work on campus must complete mandated background checks before they will be able to work this semester.
In December 2014, a policy established by the Board of Governors of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education requires all university employees, including student workers, to obtain three criminal background checks. The checks include one by the Pennsylvania State Police, one by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Child Abuse office and an FBI fingerprint check.
Any student worker who has not completed the background checks will not be allowed to work until all three checks are completed and submitted to the Human Resources Office.
Student workers were sent a release form and information sheet to be completed and returned to the Human Resources office. Once the forms are returned, the Human Resources office will order the first background check from Pennsylvania State Police and email the student instructions and a unique prepaid code to be used for ordering the Department of Human Services Child Abuse check.
Human Resources also will register the student worker for the FBI fingerprint check and send the student worker a unique authorization code to be taken to the fingerprint location, such as the UPS store on campus.
FBI background check results are mailed to the student’s home address and must be brought in to the Human Resources office, 109 Old Main, as soon as they are received.
For more information or to ask specific questions, please contact the Human Resources Office at hr@ship.edu.
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