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  1. Finding a Proctor

    If you are a distance student, your course exams can be facilitated in several different ways. Some courses require a proctor to oversee the course exams. The role of the proctor is to duplicate the classroom environment as close as possible while serving as a proxy for the instructor and monitoring you during the entirety of your exams. You will receive an email from the Student and Faculty Services office if you are required to find a proctor.

    We recognize that it can be challenging to find a proctor in your area; you may not know where to even start looking! Below is a list of appropriate proctors that you can look for. Please note that some proctors may charge a fee, which the student is responsible for paying.

    • Testing facility at a university or community college campus. (Please visit the National College Testing Association website for available options. Please note this is not an exhaustive list of acceptable testing centers.)
    • County agent (county extension office)
    • Adult learning center
    • Sylvan Learning Center/Huntington Learning Center (or equivalent)
    • Federal government agency (if military personnel are overseas/deployed, we will approve on a case-by-case basis)

    Students who live in the Manhattan, Kan. area can test here at the Division of Continuing Education. Our testing center is located at 1615 Anderson Ave, Entrance C.

    You can also use ProctorU, an at-home proctoring service. You must have a webcam and speaker, and the testing cost will be at the student’s expense.  Information can be found at http://www.proctoru.com/k-state/. Please note that ProctorU can ONLY be used for electronic exams.

    If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Student and Faculty Services office at 785-532-5686 or 1-800-622-2KSU.

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  2. New Campus Bookstore Opens

    The first of July marked the launch of a new partnership between the K-State Student Union and the Follett Higher Education Group to offer textbooks through the K-State Campus Store, the university’s official bookstore and course material headquarters. This new partnership replaced the previous one held with Varney’s.

    K-State Campus Store Website

    Follett Higher Education Group is a family-owned bookstore with a more than 140-year history providing bookstore management and services to colleges and universities in North America. They currently manage more than 930 bookstores nationwide. Follett had already established a history with Kansas State University as the official bookstore of K-State Salina.

    Students can begin ordering their textbooks through the K-State Campus Store for the fall 2013 term. To find required textbooks, from your iSIS student center, use the “view course materials by term” option and click the course materials link. You can also click on the book icon next to your course in your iSIS class schedule.

    The K-State Campus Store provides many textbook ordering options including new and used textbooks that can be shipped to your home, as well as textbook rental and digital textbook options. The store’s rental policy allows you to either bring or ship your textbook back to the store by the return date on your receipt. The used, rental and digital textbook options are a great way to save money. Used copies cost approximately 25 percent less than new. Digital textbooks can be anywhere from 40 to 60 percent less than the cost of a new textbook and rental prices on average are more than 50 percent off the new textbook price.

    There is also a way to receive cash for your textbooks through the store’s online buyback program. The process is simple. You see how much your textbooks are worth online, ship them to the store, and they will offer you the current market value and mail your check the same day your textbooks arrive.

    For more information on how to locate required textbooks, tips for purchasing textbooks and the textbook buyback program, visit the K-State Division of Continuing Education’s textbook website.

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