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 Leave of Absence (AULOA). Applications for AULOA are reviewed by the Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs. The applicant must be in good academic and judicial standing, must request AULOA for a specific period of time stating cause, and must confer with Financial Aid prior to departure regarding the effects of AULOA 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 AULOA, those conditions must be met. Student on this status maintain their portal access and Houndmail accounts. For students returning from leave of absence every effort will be made to reinstate financial aid in its original form. A form must be completed for each semester away. Students studying abroad or studying away are not required to take AULOA; they are on a study abroad/away leave of absence from the University.