Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended (FERPA), the following directory information may be made public
unless the student desires to withhold any or all of this information. The student's name; local address; permanent address; e-mail address;
local telephone number; permanent telephone number; dates of attendance; program of study (college, major, and campus); classification; previous
educational agencies/institutions attended; degrees, honors and awards received; and participation in officially recognized activities and
sports.
Currently enrolled students wishing to withhold any or all directory information items may do so by:
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Going to https://howdy.tamu.edu and clicking on
the "Directory Hold Information" link in the Student Records channel on the MyRecord tab.
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Printing the
Hold Directory Information form, completing and bringing it to the Office of the Registrar, General Services
Complex, 750 Agronomy Road, Suite 1501 or mailing it to the Office of the Registrar, P.O. Box 30018, College Station, TX
77842-3018. The Office of the Registrar is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., excluding holidays.
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Visiting the Office of the Registrar, General Services Complex, 750 Agronomy Road, Suite 1501 College Station, TX 77843 to complete and
sign the Hold Directory Information form. The Office of the Registrar is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., excluding holidays.
Information may be restricted at any time by using Howdy. The Office of the
Registrar is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. excluding holidays.
Once information has been published, it cannot be removed from that publication. The campus directory is published once a year, and after it
is compiled no information can be removed before the next printing.
Under FERPA, only currently enrolled students are eligible to restrict directory information. If a student restricts his/her directory
information and leaves the University, the restriction continues until the student removes it by any of the same methods listed above.
Texas A&M University and the Office of the Registrar will exercise discretion in the release of all directory information.