Umang - The Indian Graduate Student Association - Washington University in St. Louis

Users

The Umang Forum is for the use of

Current Washington University graduate students and postdoctoral scholars

Incoming Washington University graduate students and postdoctoral scholars

If you do not fall under either of these categories, you may be granted access to the board at the sole discretion of the Forum Moderator.

Posting

When posting, please ensure that you use appropriate language and do not post abusive or prejudicial information. You are also not allowed to post obscene material or materials that support propaganda. Posting inappropriate content may subject you to penalties (see below).

Your posts are subject to moderation by the Forum Moderator. This means that your post can be deleted, moved to another forum, or modified if the Forum Moderator deems it so necessary.

You may not use the forum for commercial purposes. Please note however, that posting information about cultural events, opening of a new Indian restaurant, or similar is acceptable. If you are not sure, please email us at umang@grad.wustl.edu.

You are encouraged to post information that may be of benefit to Umang members and the University graduate student community. Users are also encouraged to use the forum as a way to engender informal social interactions within the community.

Warnings and Suspensions

We are interested in maintaining the Umang Forum as a convenient means for the community to interact with each other. Individuals who are found to be in violation of the Forum policies will be subject to penalties as follows:

Warnings: These will be given out for your first violation and can result in your account being suspended for upto 30 days. We will only issue warnings for serious offenses. If you have made a genuine mistake, we will be accommodating as long as we do not see repeat behavior.

Bans: Repeated major offenses will result in your account being banned permanently from the board. You will not have access to board features for the remainder of the academic year.

Any disputes between Umang and an individual will be referred to Associate Dean Elaine Berland whose verdict will be regarded as final.

Security

If you are concerned about the security of your information, please be assured that:

No one, including the administrator or the moderator can view your password. It is stored in a database and we cannot view it.

No one, except the administrator will have access to your email address (the administrator will always be an Umang Officer). The current administrator is Aswin John Mathews.

You can set in your preferences, what pieces of personal information is made public. We encourage you to choose settings with which you are most comfortable.