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DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS: (http://www.umich.edu/~ovpsa/) The Division for Student Affairs provides a wide range of services to students relating to housing, counseling, student organizations and leadership, health, career planning and placement, social programming, student information, religious and ethical issues, intergroup relations, conflict resolution, community outreach, and legal services. Some services are geared particularly to students with special needs such as international students; students with disabilities; minority students; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students; and victims and survivors of sexual assault. The mission statement for the Division states that their primary purpose is to provide programs, services, facilities, and support for all students that: Some of the key units through which the Division of Student Affairs carries out this mission are described below.
Campus Information Centers (http://www.umich.edu/~info/) The Campus Information Centers provide information about the University of Michigan to students, parents, faculty, staff, alumni, and visitors. They collect and maintain information on a variety of topics from academics to bus schedules to help individuals find their way around the University and the local Ann Arbor community. The Campus Information Centers also act as a clearinghouse of information on events and activities occurring on campus and in Ann Arbor. On-site help desks are found at two locations: the Michigan Union on central campus and the Pierpont Commons on north campus. In addition they provide information through their on-line website and by phone.
Career Planning and Placement (http://www.careercenter.umich.edu/) This office assists University of Michigan students and alumni/ae in planning and implementing their career decisions. CP&P provides an extensive array of resources to help individuals explore and access occupational and educational opportunities. Information is disseminated through a variety of means including individual counseling, group workshops, and other presentations and events. The office coordinates visits by corporate and government recruiters as well. CP&P also offers extensive credentialling services and has one of the largest libraries in a career planning office nationwide. Many services are available on-line.
Counseling and Psychological Services (http://www.umich.edu/~caps/) Counseling & Psychological Services offers a variety of confidential services, including personal counseling for individuals, couples and groups; consultation; referrals; and crisis intervention. Consultation services are also available to University faculty and staff.
Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning (http://www.umich.edu/~mserve/) The Ginsberg Center is the organizational home for Project Community and offers other services as well. The Ginsberg Center’s mission is to engage students and faculty members in a process which combines community service and academic learning in order to promote civic participation, to build community capacity, and to enhance the educational process. In 1973, the Division of Student Affairs and the Department of Sociology embarked upon a partnership–Project Community–one of the longest running, academically-accredited service-learning courses in the nation. Each year more than 600 students combine academic learning with meaningful service in the community. Students combine course work with service in education, health, prison, or chemical dependency programs, or with specific populations such as women, elderly, or the developmentally disabled. Some students tutor children in schools. Programs include America Reads, AmeriCorps, Project SERVE, Project Community, and Michigan Community Service Corps. In addition to the community service component, course requirements include a weekly reflection seminar, readings, and writings. Developed by the Center staff, faculty, and graduate student instructors, these requirements enable the student to mine the learning from the community service and utilize it to enrich the academic learning. Students read and discuss academic theory, test and apply this theory to their experience, formulate personal knowledge, and critically examine prior assumptions, values, and ideology. The Center also provides a variety of services and resources to faculty who want to integrate academic service learning into their teaching and research.
Ethics and Religion (http://www.umich.edu/~religion/) A staff member in Counseling and Psychological Services serves in a dual role as a religious psychological counselor to students and as a liaison to individuals and groups within and outside of the University who are concerned with religious and ethical issues. The Association of Religious Counselors (ARC) which represents a wide range of religious denominations and groups, bridges the relationship between the University and local religious professionals.
University Health Service (UHS) (http://www.uhs.umich.edu/) University Health Service provides appointment and walk-in health care to the students and the University community at large. Since UHS is primarily funded through a student health service fee, most services provided to students are free of charge. UHS has a fully licensed staff of medical doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and registered nurses who are particularly sensitive to the stress and academic rigors of student life. In addition to the direct health care provided, the unit has a very important educational outreach function that is accomplished through a variety of means such as newsletters and other printed media, videos, group presentations by UHS staff, an on-line anonymous question and answer service, short-term education and consulting for sexuality concerns, HIV antibody testing, and a premarital certificate program.
Housing (http://www.housing.umich.edu/) University Housing is the sixth largest in the United States and provides accommodations for approximately 9,400 students living in fifteen residence halls and 1,500 families living in six family housing complexes. While the majority of students living in the residence halls are lower division undergraduates, four residence halls cater primarily to upperclass and graduate students. The Residence Halls system provides students with many options in terms of living arrangements including corridors within particular halls that are all male, all female, co-ed, substance free, non-smoking, or living/learning communities for students with particular academic interests. Besides providing the standard services of room and board (over one million meals served each year), the residence halls offer a wide array of other on-site services and opportunities that students can take advantage of such as:
International Center (http://www.umich.edu/~icenter/index.html) The International Center provides a broad range of services for the University of Michigan community. For international students, faculty, and scholars, the Center provides visa services, assistance with immigration regulations and federal laws, funding and enrollment verification, and liaison services to sponsoring organizations. It also orients new arrivals to the University and Ann Arbor and assists in the cultural, social, and academic adjustments to life in the United States. For students, faculty, staff, and alumni of all nationalities, the Center provides a number of services geared to those who are interested in working, studying, and travelling abroad. The Center also assists University administrators who are coordinating the stays of visiting international faculty and staff.
Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (http://www.umich.edu/~mesamss/) Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs provides programs and services designed to enhance personal skill, develop social awareness and academic success for African American, Asian Pacific American, Hispanic/Latino/a and Native American students. The office works to provide opportunities for all students of the University and Ann Arbor community, to learn about the concerns, cultures and values of the four federally recognized minority communities. Through various activities, services and programs, the office assists in providing methods to better recruit, serve, educate and retain students of color.
Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Affairs (http://www.umich.edu/~lgbta/) The Office of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Affairs provides a comprehensive range of education, information and advocacy services and works to create and maintain an open safe and inclusive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, faculty, and staff, their families and friends, and the campus community at large.
Ombuds Office (http://www.umich.edu/~ombuds/) The Ombuds Office is dedicated to assisting students with problems in any area of the University and cutting through bureaucratic red tape confidentially and promptly. The Office of the Ombudsman was created in 1971 in response to Regents' concerns about the protection of students' rights. The Office helps students to achieve a fair resolution of problems and conflicts. The office provides an informal avenue of redress for students' problems and grievances that arise in the course of interacting with the institution, and works to protect the rights of all parties involved. The office also assists members of the University community by detecting actual or potential systemic problems and recommending changes in policy and practice to address them.
Services for Students with Disabilities (http://www.umich.edu/~sswd/) Services for Students with Disabilities provides a wide range of free services to assist students in negotiating disability-related barriers to the pursuit of their education; to improve access to University programs, activities, and facilities for students with disabilities; and to promote increased awareness of disability issues on campus. The office also provides services to faculty and staff with disabilities. Two important information resources published by the office are the SSD Staff and Faculty Handbook and the SSD Student Handbook.
Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (http://www.umich.edu/~sapac/) The Mission of SAPAC is to provide specialized and comprehensive educational and supportive services for the University of Michigan community related to sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, sexual harassment, and stalking. Services focus on crisis intervention, outreach, counseling, advocacy, consultation, training, awareness, and prevention.
University Unions and Co-Curricular Programs (http://www.umich.edu/~unions/) The Michigan Union (http://www.umich.edu/~munion/), the Michigan League (http://www.umich.edu/~league/), and Pierpont Commons (http://www.umich.edu/~commons/) collectively offer a number of services to the campus community including food and catering services, meeting rooms, travel services, banking services, mail services, a book store, computer hardware and software sales, a ticket office, a billiards room, a campus computing site, a gift shop and an inn. Besides the physical resources just noted, each facility offers a variety of cultural, social, and intellectual programs for students as well. Co-curricular programs offered by the Division of Student Affairs include the Major Events Office (http://www.umich.edu/~mevents/MEO-Home.html) which provides cultural programs and entertainment for University students, faculty, staff and the Ann Arbor community. Each season is a composite of musical and artistic presentations including a range of popular artists events such as the Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival other cultural events. The Office of Greek Life (http://www.umich.edu/~greeks/) is comprised of the Panhellenic Association, the Interfraternity Council, and the Black Greek Association. It provides liaison and coordinating services for the sororities and fraternities on campus. The Office of Student Activities and Leadership (http://www.umich.edu/~salead/) offers a range of services and programs to support student organizations, to encourage student involvement in student organizations, and to develop and recognize individual student leadership.
Michigan Leadership Initiatives The University of Michigan has a rich history of providing leadership opportunities for its students. Michigan Leadership Initiatives is a direct result of student efforts in the early 1990's to centralize information about these leadership opportunities and a formal effort to integrate leadership education, and the development of active citizens, throughout the academic experience. MLI is comprised of students, faculty, staff, and members of the community who work together to provide leadership education opportunities at the University of Michigan. MLI programs and initiatives are designed to challenge students to discover more about themselves and what it means to be a "leader" and to develop their leadership and team skills in student organizations, government, University committees, residence communities, service learning programs, peer mentorship, and through opportunities.
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