Students are responsible for ensuring that the School of Medicine (SOM) is able to contact them at all times. Students must respond to all SGU communications via their SGU email account, during their entire matriculation at the University, including while on vacation or during a leave of absence. Students who fail to monitor University communications are nevertheless responsible for the content of those communications. If a student is expected to respond to or act on a communication or is expected to act on information contained in a communication, failure to do so may lead to an administrative withdrawal from the University. Reinstatement is only granted after an appeal to the Office of the University Registrar (OUR).
Students who fail to appeal and do not respond to communications from the School are dismissed from the University, when they fail to meet satisfactory academic guidelines as previously described Failure to respond to communications from the School is considered unprofessional behavior and can result in administrative withdrawal.