Guide to Campus Resources
While no one can force you to take advantage
of the services offered here at UMM for you, the Academic Alert committee,
and your professors hope you will. This website is designed to give
you a thumbnail sketch of each office, with contact information
so you can make informed decisions about what services would be
most helpful to you.
Some of the offices below have websites that will provide you with
up-to-date information about services. You can access them by clicking
“Student One Stop” on the UMM Home Page, then selecting
which pages you want to view.
Academic Support Services
Academic Assistance Center
Location: Room 362 Briggs Library
Phone: 589-6178
Staff: Kathryn Gonier Klopfleisch (Program Coordinator), Ferolyn
Angell (Tutor Coordinator)
Services offered:
- Tutoing: Tutors are available free of charge for almost
any subject. About half the freshman class signs up for tutors
at some point during their first year.
- Study Table: Study skills tutors and Kathryn Gonier Klopfleisch
will be available from 2-9 every Monday night during the academic
year to help drop-in students with everything from organizing
papers to preparing for finals.
- One-on-one Academic Counseling: Ferolyn or Kathryn can help
you analyze why your class or classes are not going well and they
can help you devise strategies to improve.
- Learning to Learn: a 2 credit course that teaches academic
strategies. If you are earning a GPA of 2.0 or below, you may
want to consider taking this class.
- Math Room: Drop-in help for any math class in room 360 in Briggs
Library. The math room is open Monday through Thursday from 7-10pm.
- English Language Support: AAC can help English as a Second
Language Students overcome language barriers. Contact Ferolyn
Angell (-6178 or angfa).
Students with questions about any of these services should call
or stop in for more information. All services are free.
The Advising Office
Location: Community Services Building 223
Phone: 6010
Website: http://www.morris.umn.edu/academic/advising/main.htm
Staff: Brenda Boever, Ginger Nohl
The Advising Office is a great source of information. There, you
can find out how to change your major, change advisors, or plan
your class schedule. You can also learn what you need to do to stay
in good academic standing and what happens if you are suspended
or put on probation. They also have a helpful website.
The Registrar’s Office
Location: 212 Behmler Hall
Phone: 6026
Website: http://www.morris.umn.edu/services/registrar/
Staff: Clare Strand (Interim Registrar) To learn the deadlines
for dropping, withdrawing from or adding classes, check out the
Registrar’s Office Website:
http://www.morris.umn.edu/services/registrar/canceladd.html
The Registrar office website can be helpful in other ways as well.
If you want to read about class excuse policies, or if you are considering
changing your major and you’d like to know how the classes
you’ve already taken fit into that major, go to
If you click on “Graduation” on the left hand navigation
bar, and go to number 8 on the checklist, you will have an opportunity
to plug in different grades to determine how your GPA will be affected.
Multi-Ethnic Student Program
Location: 110 Multi-Ethnic Resource Center
Phone: 6095
Website: http://www.morris.umn.edu/services/msp
Contact person for academic alert: Fang Du, the Educational Coordinator
Other staff members: Aida Martinez, Director
Mike Miller, Coordinator of Cultural Programs
Bonnie Tipcke, Executive Administrative Specialist
MSP provides the following services for U.S. students of color:
- Academically advise first year students of color
- Assists in the adjustment process of students of color to the
University through the summer component of the Gateway Program
and with orientation sessions for incoming students of color
- Monitor the academic progress of all students of color, intervening
and making referrals when needed
- Design workshops to encourage exceptional students of color
to apply for national scholarships
- Collaborate with the Center for International Programs to encourage
students of color to study abroad
- Plan and coordinate the Multi-Ethnic Mentorship Program, a
program where second year students are 'matched' with a faculty
member to do a project/research in their area of interest
- Design and implement cultural and educational activities such
as World Touch Cultural Heritage Week
- Serve as a resource to the campus on student of color issues
Writing Room
Location: 327 Briggs Library
Phone: 589-6299
E-mail: writroom@mrs.umn.edu
Website: http://www.morris.umn.edu/academic/writing_room/
Coordinator: Rich Heyman The writing room is staffed by English
Instructors and students who are trained to help students analyze
and improve their papers. Tutors can help students at any stage of
the writing process. Student Support Services
Sometimes students struggle in their classes because they aren’t
quite sure what they want to do with their lives, and they spend
time asking the question, “Why am I taking this class? How
will it help me in my future?” Other students find themselves
dealing with emotional or physical stress that wreaks havoc on their
academic success. Fortunately, a variety of Student Support Services
at UMM can help students reduce stress, explore career options,
cope with a disability or work through the changes brought about
by a sudden, life-changing event.
Career Center
Location: 201 Behmler Hall
Phone: 589-6065
Website: http://www.morris.umn.edu/services/career/
Staff: Gary Donovan (Director), Amy Blackwelder and Irene Maloney
The career center helps students find jobs, internships and graduate
school information. The office also provides career advising and
resume help for all students, first-year or senior.
Disability Services
Location: room 362 Briggs Library
Phone: 589-6178
Website: http://www.morris.umn.edu/services/dsoaac/dso/ Staff:
Colleen Frey (Program Coordinator), Kathryn Gonier Klopfleisch,
(Academic Assistance Program Coordinator)
The Disability Services Office arranges accommodations for students
with documented physical, learning or mental disabilities. Accommodations,
such as extended time on exams, or texts in alternate formats, are
designed to make students more successful in the classroom.
Student Counseling
Location: 235 Behmler Hall
Phone: 6060
Website: http://www.morris.umn.edu/services/counseling/ Staff:
Henry Fulda (Director), Gail Hockert, Lori Koshork and Jane Kill.
Student Counseling helps students cope with mental illnesses, recover
from alcohol or drug abuse, and manage any type of personal crises
or stress.
Student Counseling also deals with emergencies, such as suicide
threats and sexual assault. After hours, students in need of emergency
services can call campus police at 589-1155, or 911.
Someplace Safe
Location: 10 East 6th Street (in Theater Arcade Building)
Phone: 589-3208 (after hours 800-974-3359)
Staff: Christine Peacock
Someplace Safe helps survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence
by explaining options, providing support, identifying appropriate
resources and acting as a legal advocate. Friends and family members
of survivors may also receive counseling and assistance. Students,
faculty or staff may meet with Christine on campus as well as off.
Sexual Orientation Issues
Queer Issues Subcommittee at queercmt@cda.mrs.umn.edu
Phone: 6060
Staff: Lori Koshork
The mission of the Queer Issues Subcommittee is to work toward
making UMM and its surrounding community safe places for gay, lesbian,
bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersexed, and allied
students, faculty and staff through programs and activism aimed
at increasing visibility, awareness, and understanding of GLBTQQIA
issues.
The QIS is a subcommittee of the Student Services Committee comprised
of student, staff and faculty representatives who identify with
or support the GLBTIQQA community. The group has recently designed
an educational program called the Ally Project. The three-tiered
program is meant to raise awareness and understanding of queer issues.
The three successive sessions ofered build from general sensitivity
training, to becoming an effective ally and establishing "Safe
Zones" on campus, and to learning how to become a trainer for
the program. The subcommittee is also involved with student housing
concerns for transgender students and community relations.
Violence Prevention Coordinator
Location: 106 Blakely Hall
Phone: 6061 (after hours 800-974-3359)
Staff: Bridget Joos Bridget acts as an advocate for survivors
of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking. Services are
also available for the family and friends of survivors. She provides
resources and referrals, helps student work with the student behavior
committee and provides information for students, faculty and staff
regarding options and accurate information regarding violence and
sexual violence. She can meet with students in her office or elsewhere.
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