Image and Taping Policy

Cumberland University will use photographs, videotapes, films, and other visual images in publications, student recruitment materials, news releases, or other materials with the consent of the subject. Subjects must complete written forms before the professional production of student recruitment materials, television, or radio commercials is begun. Photographs taken by the University at University sponsored events and activities may be released to appear in public documents and may otherwise be released without the consent of the subject unless a written request not to release image is filed, each semester, with the University Registrar.

Photographs of minor children participating in University sponsored events will be taken and/or used by the University only with the consent of parents, guardians, and/or responsible adults supervising the children. Images of children, whose faces are not recognizable or do not identify the children, may be used without the consent of a responsible adult. Directors or coordinators of agencies or programs visiting campus, University classes, and/or using campus facilities should obtain written permission from parents or guardians to use the images of minor children.

Cumberland reserves the right to record, by use of audio and/or video tape equipment, any class or class session for educational purposes. Students may be seen and/or heard in these tapes and should be aware if this fact when they enroll in any course.

The use of the University seal and other logos and representations of the Institution must be in compliance with the “Approved Representations Policy.”