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RE: Annual Criminal Background Check Policy for Biomedical Graduate Students

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Tomoko Obara
9 years ago

I fully support this petition.

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Kelly Standifer
9 years ago

I fully support this petition!

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Arlan Richardson
9 years ago Featured

The current policy of having an annual background check of graduate students makes NO SENSE!!! Faculty don't have to do it. Nor do graduate students at any other institution, e.g., even our sister campus. I have not heard even one good reason for why this policy should be in place!! Lets face it if we need to have a background check every 12 months, should we be doing it every 6 months?

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Asish Ghosh
9 years ago

I fully agree and support this petition

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Mark Lang
9 years ago Featured

I believe that institutional efforts should be geared towards decreasing rather than increasing the regulatory burden on staff, trainees, and faculty. This particular measure will increase that burden and disenfranchise our students (and harm recruitment). It also seems to propose a 'solution' to a non-existent 'problem'.

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Jimmy Ballard
9 years ago Featured

Graduate students are indispensable to research programs at OUHSC and this policy will cripple efforts to recruit top students. Our research mission will be damaged by this policy and OUHSC will be less competitive for funding without quality students. That is a HUGE downside for such a small upside to this policy.

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Mark Coggeshall
9 years ago

It seems to be presuming guilt.

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Susan Kovats
9 years ago

OMRF Immunology

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Bill Freeman
9 years ago

I fully support this effort to eliminate this poorly thought through policy.

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Celeste WirsigWiechmann
9 years ago

I believe that an annual check is not necessary.

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Florea Lupu
9 years ago

I support this petition.

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Blaine Mooers
9 years ago Featured

I support this petition. The life of a graduate student hard enough. This is a needless extra burden.

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Lijun Xia
9 years ago

I support this petition

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Ralf Janknecht
9 years ago

I fully support this petition.

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John Kimble Frazer
9 years ago Featured

I agree with all of the issues raised. In addition, why is an annual CBC needed? At most, once should be sufficient. As an OUHSC faculty member, I underwent a CBC upon hiring, and have not had to do so since. Requiring an annual CBC is ridiculous.

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Robert Evan Hurst
9 years ago

I think this policy is a solution to a nonexistent problem

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Robert Blair
9 years ago Featured

The policy is indeed onerous and unnecessary for people with no access to patients or HPI. The policy should be consistent for all students in a similar situation across campuses.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

This is an onerous policy and an expense that graduate students cannot afford.

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Martin Levine
9 years ago

Fully agree with all comments