Aims Community College maintains this website to enhance public access to college information. This is a service that is continually under development. While we try to keep the information timely and accurate, we can make no guarantees. We will make an effort to correct errors brought to our attention. Users should be aware that the information available on this website may not reflect official positions of the college.
Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer or otherwise, does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation or favoring by Aims Community College. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect the opinion of the college and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.
With respect to documents available from this server, neither Aims Community College nor any of its employees assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information disclosed or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.
The documents on this website contain hypertext pointers to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. Please be aware that we do not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of this outside information. Further, the inclusion of pointers to particular items in hypertext is not intended to reflect their importance, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed or products or services offered by the author of the reference or the organization operating the server on which the reference is maintained.
While Aims Community College provides the information on this server to anyone, we retain copyright on all text, graphic images and other content. This means that you may not: distribute the text or graphics to others without the express written permission of Aims Community College; "mirror" this information on your server without our permission; or modify or re-use the text or graphics on this system. You may print copies of the information for your own personal use and reference this server from your own documents. Commercial use of the materials is prohibited without the written permission of Aims Community College. In all copies of this information, you must retain this notice and any other copyright notices originally included with such information.
Aims Community College reserves all other rights.
Editorial Policy
Individual college departments are responsible for the content of their web pages on aims.edu under the general direction of the office of Communications and Public Information and the rules it adopts. Anonymous submissions are not accepted.
Link Policy
The aims.edu website contains links to other internet sites and resources including links to government, community and other commercial web sites.
External links are limited to the following:
- College-funded programs or initiatives, a subsidiary organization or a partner organization of the College
- Official federal, state or local government websites
- Websites that enable visitors to conduct transactions online
- Websites that relate to college business
- Websites with which the college has an existing formal, contractual relationship
External links are prohibited from sites that:
- Handle the privacy of personal information in a way that is inconsistent with the college's privacy policy
- Are associated with advocacy groups for a political party, organization or candidate running for office
- Promote or exhibit hate, bias, discrimination, pornography, libelous or otherwise defamatory content
- Promote any religion or religious viewpoint
- Are individual or personal home pages
Security Policy
This site uses a secure server for conducting online services. Some information that you submit through this website is protected by encryption technology, some is not. As a general rule, all personally identifiable information is encrypted at submission time. Current browsers also provide visual cues to the visitor that a site or page is secure. At the bottom of the browser window, you should see a key or lock symbol. If the key image is not broken or the lock image appears locked, then you are on a secure website or page. If the key or lock images are not present or appear broken, that page is not secured.
Personal information on this site is secured, and only those employees who monitor the status of the computers or perform routine maintenance are allowed access. If you submit information to our server through a Web page that contains visible indicators of active encryption technology, we will take reasonable precautions to safeguard the confidentiality of such information. However, no website can protect itself against all eventualities.
The user of this website agrees by its website use that Aims Community College, its administrators and employees will not be liable for any injury caused by the disclosure of your information, whether by security breach, accident, inadvertence, or any other act resulting in disclosure.
Social Media Policy
Customer Use Policy
Aims Community College uses many outlets to engage with its citizens and customers, including through social media. Part of this engagement includes the sharing of information between the college and users of official college social media sites. Please be aware that your engagement with the college through social media sites means that you are agreeing to the following:
Information Collected by the College via Social Media
Aims Community College is committed to protecting your individual privacy and securing personal information made available to us when using our official social media sites. The college does not collect or store personal information made available to us via our official social media sites, nor does it provide such information to third parties. However, it is important to remember that social media sites are public sites. Therefore, you are discouraged from disclosing personal information at any time. The college does collect anonymous, demographic information via the owners of social media sites. This demographic information is used by the college to determine the most effective use of social media.
Certain college sites allow you to sign up to receive periodic communications, such as event notifications, updates and reminders. The information obtained by these means is strictly used for the purpose identified in the sign-up form.
Commenting on a College Social Media Site
Aims Community College encourages the use of its social media sites as a forum for discussion. However, all official college social media sites are moderated for appropriate content. While comments will not be edited by college personnel, the following types of comments may be deleted:
- Comments engaging in political activity, including advocating for the election or defeat of any individual to elected public office or promoting the passage or defeat of any ballot question or measure
- Comments promoting or advertising a business or commercial transaction
- Comments including obscene, threatening or harassing language
- Comments including personal attacks of any kind
- Comments that target or disparage any ethnic, racial, age, or religious group, gender, sexual orientation or disability status
- Comments advocating illegal activity or including the posting of material that violates copyrights or trademarks of others
Terms of Service of the Host Site
All posting activity on college social media sites is also subject to the Terms of Service (TOS) of the host site. For more information, consult the host website’s TOS.
Copyright
While Aims Community College provides the information on this server to anyone, we retain copyright on all text, graphic images and other content. This means that you may not distribute the text or graphics to others without the express written permission of Aims Community College; "mirror" this information on your server without our permission; or modify or re-use the text or graphics on this system. You may print copies of the information for your own personal use and reference this server from your own documents. Commercial use of the materials is prohibited without the written permission of Aims Community College. In all copies of this information, you must retain this notice and any other copyright notices originally included with such information.
Aims Community College reserves all other rights.
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