The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) oversees the university's vivarium and animal care and use program and is responsible for reviewing all animal-related research protocols, ensuring compliance with federal regulations, inspecting animal housing and laboratories, and overseeing training and educational programs for all individuals involved with animal-related research and care.
If you have concerns regarding the animal care on campus, please review our procedures for animal welfare concerns. To submit a report, please use our .
ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥app IACUC Representatives
Sheralee Tershner, PhD, Chair of IACUC
Stephanie Bacon, MS DVM, IACUC Consulting Veterinarian
In order for a course to be designated as one which satisfies one of the GURs (General University Requirements), it must be submitted to and approved by the Undergraduate Program Committee.
The policy below defines Western New England University’s policy and procedures regarding financial conflicts of interest in relationship to sponsored projects involving research, education, and University service:
Financial Conflict of Interest Policy
ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥app’s Financial Conflict of Interest Policy describes its commitment to manage conflicts of interest in sponsored projects where the sponsor may be any external sponsor or the University itself. The purpose of the policy is to protect the credibility and integrity of the University’s faculty and staff so that public trust and confidence in the University’s sponsored projects is ensured. Learn more here:
Training for Financial Conflict of Interest
Complete the Disclosure Form below and submit to the Vice President for Finance and Administration:
Policy & Related Guidelines for Use of Respondus Lockdown Browser (RLDB) and Respondus Monitor
Summary
To make the online testing environment more equitable, secure, and accessible, Western New England University makes Respondus LockDown Browser and a companion technology, Respondus Monitor, available for use by faculty, at their discretion, for courses or sections of courses designated by the Office of the Registrar in the catalog or course schedule as Distance Education courses (ONLIN, ONSYN, ONLTD, ONFLX, or HYBRD).
Respondus LockDown Browser functions as a stand-alone web browser which limits user access to other applications, files, folders, or websites based on pre-determined criteria. Respondus Monitor is a separate, companion technology that uses the users’ web cameras to record their activity during tests where the instructor has required the use of Respondus LockDown Browser. Respondus Monitor cannot be used independently of LockDown Browser; however, LockDown Browser can be used without Monitor.
Instructors, preceptors, or proctors may require the use of LockDown Browser in any testing situation they deem appropriate; however, the use of remote proctoring and monitoring software, like Respondus Monitor, is authorized only for Distance Education courses (with exceptions made as described in the policy for usage below).
Policy
Because of the nature of the technology and its potential impact on student performance, faculty using Respondus LockDown Browser as a stand-alone technology, or in concert with Respondus Monitor, are expected to conform to the requirements outlined in this policy.
Note: This policy may be suspended upon request in the event of a continuity of learning emergency such as that defined in the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥app Inclement Weather Policy. A request for an exception to the policy should be made by the Dean (or Dean's designee) of the requesting program to the Director of ETT (as the provost’s designee).
Office of the Provost
January 17, 2023 ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥app