ADMINISTRATION

Telecommunications

(General Information)

• General Information
• Residence Hall Service
• Student Directory Information
• Long Distance Service
• Billing and Payment Information
• Collect Calls
• Disconnection of Service
• Profane, Indecent and Threatening Calls
• Technical/Service Problems

The Office of Telecommunications is located at 200 South Capitol Street. Office hours are from 8a.m. to 12:00p.m. and 1:00p.m. to 4:30p.m., Monday through Friday.

Each residence hall room is equipped with a telephone jack which provides on-campus and local service only. Students are encouraged to have a room phone so they may be contacted by family, faculty advisors, and college staff. The college does not supply the phones.

All telephones connected to the college system must be true touch-tone. To determine this, listen to the sounds made when each button is pressed. If a different musical tone is heard for each button pressed, the telephone is true touch-tone; if a clicking sound is heard, the telephone is not. Therefore, it is not guaranteed to work on the college system. Cordless telephones touch-tone signals are not always recognized by our PBX system.

Student telephone numbers are permanently assigned to each room. Consequently, service cannot be altered or changed.

The University provides telephone service and voice mail to each residence hall room, however, students must provide their own telephone set. Students have the option of placing collect calls, using personal calling cards which are not being charged to their campus number, and using pre-paid calling cards.

The University Telecommunications Department does not allow students to sign up with telecommunications companies that offer voice mail or long distance from telephone numbers on campus. These services will result in unauthorized charges being placed on the University’s main phone bill. Students signing up for these services will be responsible for paying the University for any charges incurred and for canceling the service. If a student desires these services, it would need to be charged to their home phone numbers.

Information in the Student section of the Campus Telephone Directory is taken from data supplied by students to the University. In order to assure an up-to-date listing in next year’s Directory, students should verify with the Office of the Registrar within the first fifteen calendar days after the beginning of the fall semester that information on file in that office is correct.

Currently enrolled students may withhold disclosure of the student information under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Undergraduate students who do not wish to have directory information published must file notice in the Office of the Registrar. Graduate students must file notice in the Office of Graduate Studies.This must be done within the first fifteen calendar days after the beginning of the semester. The University assumes that failure on the student’s part to specifically request withholding directory information indicates the student’s approval for the disclosure.

Collect Calls

You are not allowed to make third-party calls or accept collect calls. If you accept a collect call, it will be billed to the College and will appear on your account in the Business Office. A fee will be charged for collection.

The laws of the State of Mississippi provide that it is unlawful for any person or persons to make any comment, request, suggestion or proposal over a telephone which is obscene, lewd or lascivious with intent to abuse, threaten or harass any party at the called number.

• Do not give out any information.
• Keep a record of the time and date they occur.
• Contact the Telecommunications Office at 925-3206 or Office of Public Safety at 3204.

The telecommunications system is continually monitored and tested to ensure that all circuits and lines used are of the highest quality in transmission. However, if students experience any type of technical/service problem, please contact the Telecommunications Department at 601/925-3206 or 601/925-3929. Reports usually can be remedied within 24 hours. One's assistance in promptly reporting any difficulty will enable the technician to quickly identify and correct the matter. Trouble reports should include: