Official versus unofficial
An unofficial transcript is the one a student can view and print from MyPorter any time for their own use. An official transcript is sent by the Registrar directly to the receiving institution or employer, sealed or through a secure electronic network, and is the only version most graduate schools accept.
Holds
A hold from Student Financial Services or the Dean of Students Office stops an official transcript from going out — the request is held, not cancelled, and releases automatically once the underlying balance or case is resolved.
In and around Porter Falls
The Porter Student Help Desk in Founders Union 118 is the single place to start when it is not obvious which office owns a question.
The practical details
Official: Ordered through MyPorter, sent electronically or on paper. Cost: Free electronic, small fee for paper or rush. Holds: A financial or conduct hold blocks an official transcript until it clears. Anything time-sensitive — an accommodation, a booking, a deadline — is worth confirming directly before you rely on it, because the specifics here can change from term to term.
If you have a question
The office behind this is Porter Student Help Desk (Founders Union, Room 118). Call (715) 555–0120 or email help@uwporterfalls.edu during the fall and spring terms, or sign in to MyPorter to send a message or book a time. If it turns out another office owns the question, they will route it rather than send you back to the start.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Every office, person, building, phone number and statistic on this page is invented; nothing here describes a real institution or a service you can actually contact.