It is sometimes necessary for students to interrupt their studies due to ill health, family emergency, or other serious cause. For such students, the University offers Withdrawal with Intent to Return (WWIR). Applications for WWIR are reviewed by the Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs. The applicant must be in good academic and judicial standing, must request WWIR for a specific period of time stating cause, and must confer with Financial Aid prior to departure regarding the effects of WWIR on financial aid, loan repayment, and grace periods. When the student wishes to return, the student must contact the Associate Vice President requesting readmission. If conditions for return were stipulated at the time of application for WWIR, those conditions must be met. Student on WWIR maintain their portal access and Houndmail accounts. For students returning from WWIR, every effort will be made to reinstate financial aid in its original form. An administrative fee of $300 is charged for each semester of Withdrawal With Intent to Return, and a form must be completed for each semester away. Students studying abroad or studying away are not required to take WWIR; they are on a study abroad/away leave of absence from the University.