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DID YOU KNOW? Important information for students about services at KU

College and Student Academic Services: Strong Hall
Mission: To provide academic support to College of Liberal Arts and Sciences departments and for students pursuing baccalaureate degrees within the College.
Did you know that this office also...
  • provides graduation advising for college students within the last 30 hours of their degree,
  • is where you submit you college major declaration forms,
  • and updates interest codes for ARTS forms?
Website: http://www2.ku.edu/~clasus/
Center for Service Learning: 306 Carruth and O'Leary Hall
Mission: To make service learning a priority and core practice at KU.
Did you know that this office also...
  • coordinates the service learning certification program for KU,
  • works with faculty and community partners to design and implement service learning courses, and
  • has students in nearly 50 majors and 8 graduate programs, working with 68 community organizations and partnering with organizations for over 9,500 hours of service?
Website: http://www.servicelearning.ku.edu
Center for Sustainability: 301 Carruth and O'Leary Hall
Mission: To promote a culture of sustainability on the KU campus by facilitating research, learning opportunities, policies and practices that address environmental, economic, and social responsibility.
Did you know that this office also...
  • Secures externally funded research grants for KU,
  • facilitates student-based research grants,
  • facilitates development of service-learning courses with a sustainability focus, and
  • identifies cost-saving opportunities in campus operations?
Website: http://www2.ku.edu/~sustain
Department of Student Housing: Suite DSH, Corbin Hall
Mission: To build excellent communities through individual support and respect.
Did you know that this office also...
  • sponsors Academic Resource Centers in every complex community in Student Housing, and
  • works directly the Writing Center in order to provide Satellite locations for the Writer's Roost,
  • is the largest employer on campus for students, and
  • has two live-in faculty partners who assist with hall programs and provide additional connections with the University?
Website: http://www.housing.ku.edu
APEX/Supportive Educational Services: Room 7, Strong Hall
Mission: To serve students who may be disadvantaged due to lower income background, first generation college student status, or a disability. (Federal Grant)
Did you know that this office also...
  • provides a computer and printing lab for its students,
  • provides a full-service tutoring lab for its students, and
  • offers academic advising for KU students?
Website: http://www.apex.ku.edu/ses
Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center: 400 Kansas Union
Mission: To focus on the needs of KU Students of all genders by 1) raising awareness of critical gender-related issues affecting KU's campus, 2) programming, 3) advocacy, 3) individual assistance, 4) consultations and volunteer opportunities, and 5) providing resources to KU staff, faculty, and community members.
Did you know that this office also...
  • has volunteer opportunities for students,
  • provides services to both men and women, and
  • offers programs, initiatives, and individual assistance that contributes to breaking down barriers, enhances personal growth, and establishes connections?
Website: http://www.etwrc.ku.edu
Independent Study: 1515 St. Andrew's Drive
Mission: To offer KU courses through distance learning.
Did you know that this office also...
  • offers its credit courses as resident KU credit,
  • allows students to enroll and start their courses at any time, and
  • offers courses that are a great solution to scheduling issues?
Website: http://www.continuinged.ku.edu
International Undergraduate Admissions: Room 17, Strong Hall
Mission: To assist in the admission and recruitment of international undergraduate students at KU.
Did you know that this office also...
  • evaluates overseas academic records for the purpose(s) of admissions and credit transfers,
  • supports KU recruitment efforts for international students through publications and travel?
Website: http://www2.ku.edu/~issfacts
KU Alumni Association: Adam's Alumni Center
Mission: To strengthen The University of Kansas by informing, energizing, and mobilizing the KU community.
Did you know that this association also...
  • sponsors the Student Alumni Association,
  • sponsors the Student Alumni Leadership Board, and
  • sponsors The Hawk to Hawk Mentor Program?
Website: http://www.kualumni.org
KU Information: Kansas Union Lobby
Mission: To help the KU community with questions about KU life and beyond.
Did you know that this office also...
  • receives over 300 questions a day,
  • receives questions by phone, email, text message, Facebook, and in person at the Union desk and Jayhawk Blvd, and
  • is celebrating its 40th year of operation? Congratulations!
Website: http://kuinfo.ku.edu
KU Libraries: various buildings across the KU campus including Watson Library, the main library on campus.
Mission: To advance inquiry and learning for KU, for the state of Kansas and for an ever expanding community of world scholars.
Did you know that the library also...
  • makes photocopies, uses express scanning equipment, checks out laptops, graphing calculators, e-readers, and more,
  • provides access to millions of full text articles from newspapers, magazines and journals, as well as polls, statistical data, and everything else you need for a project/paper online at www.lib.ku.edu, and
  • offers expert research help via Ask a Librarian service (call 785-864-3347)?
Website: http://www.lib.ku.edu
KU Memorial Unions: Jayhawk Blvd.
Mission: To meet a broad range of needs of the University community, students, faculty, alumni and guests within the framework of the University's goals, policies, and procedures.
Did you know that this office also...
  • operates KU Dining Services and the KU Bookstores,
  • allows student organizations to reserve meeting space and audio visual equipment at NO charge,
  • sponsors Afternoon Tea every Thursday from 3-4:00 pm, and
  • has a bowling alley (The Jaybowl) on Level One of the main Union?
Website: http://www.union.ku.edu
KU Writing Center: Wescoe Hall
Mission: To provide feedback, sounding boards, and people to coach and guide students while they write.
Did you know that this office also...
  • allows you visit the writing center without bringing your paper, and
  • works with writers at any stage of the writing process, and
  • offers online consulting with a two-day turnaround?
Website: http://www.writing.ku.edu
Legal Services for Students: 312 Burge Union
Mission: To Protect the KU student's rights and interests by providing high quality and confidential legal services.
Did you know that this office also...
  • offers free legal services,
  • maintains five attorneys, and offers services in landlord tenant disputes, alcohol offenses, tickets, taxes, and more?
Website: http://www.legalservices.ku.edu
Multicultural Affairs: Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center
Mission: To build one community and to foster positive relations and cultural enrichment among students, staff, and faculty.
Did you know that this office also...
  • sponsors Hawk Link,
  • sponsors SOAR (Students Obtaining Academic Resources) offering free peer-tutoring and mentoring, and
  • sponsors Colors of KU, a diversity and leadership retreat that builds leadership, organization, and personal skills?
Website: http://www.oma.ku.edu
New Student Orientation: 145 Strong Hall
Mission: To develop, coordinate, and implement a continuous developmentally based process to assist students with academic, social, and personal transitions to KU.
Did you know that this office also...
  • coordinates events for Hawk Week, and
  • hosts Hawk lunches in the fall which give students the chance to meet up with orientation assistants, and
  • provides new students and families with the opportunity to become familiar with KU's resources and opportunities?
Website: http://orientation.ku.edu
Office of Admissions and Scholarships: 1502 Iowa Street
Mission: To bring the best class of incoming students to KU each year by working with high school and transfer students and providing information and guidance about the college-search process.
Did you know that this office also...
  • is located in the KU Visitor's Center, a great place to learn more about KU,
  • hosts the Rock Chalk Road Show each fall and a Multicultural Road Show each spring, and
  • sponsors the KU Student Ambassadors who "show off" Mt. Oread to guests?
Website: http://www.admissions.ku.edu
Office of Student Financial Aid: Room 50 Strong Hall
Mission: To serve students, families, and the community by providing financial aid information and resources to assist students in achieving their educational goals. The office is committed to providing quality financial aid services to their constituents while maintaining equality and accountability in the administration of pubic, institutional and private financial aid funds.
Did you know that this office also...
  • will assist students in developing personal budgets,
  • offers financial literacy information on the OSFA Website, and
  • provides assistance to students requesting GRE fee waivers?
Website: http://www.financialaid.ku.edu
Office of Study Abroad: 108 Lippincott Hall
Mission: To develop and maintain international education programs for students and faculty. Additionally, the office furthers the University's mission and enhances its role as an international institution of education and research.
Did you know that this office also...
  • strives to keep program costs down while maintaining high-quality programs that are available to as many students as possible,
  • offers residential credit while students remain enrolled at KU to ensure that they graduate, and
  • offers programs for student in ALL academic disciplines offered at KU where courses are taught in 20 different languages?
Website: http://www.studyabroad.ku.edu
Office of the University Registrar: 121 Strong Hall
Mission: To partner with students, faculty, and staff to provide comprehensive and visionary enrollment management and academic record services with the highest standards of integrity, accuracy, confidentiality, and security.
Did you know that this office also...
  • certifies enrollment to the VA for students using the GI Bill,
  • produces official academic transcripts, and
  • assists students with any question or problem regarding enrolling in classes?
Website: http://www.registrar.ku.edu
Peace Corps: Burge Union
Mission: To familiarize students with various cultures as well as the benefits and challenges of service.
Did you know that this office also...
  • requires that you apply to join 9-14 months before departure and
  • holds information meetings, panels and application workshops for interested students?
Student group website: http://www.ku.edu/students/orgs/Peace_9252.html
Public Safety Office: Suite 120 Public Safety Building
Mission: To provide safety and security to The University of Kansas community.
Did you know that this office also...
  • is KU's main repository for lost and found,
  • offers fingerprinting for students, faculty, and staff, and
  • has a 24 hour communications center and safety and security department that locks all academic facilities?
Website: http://www.ku.edu/safety
Student Health Services: Watkins Hospital
Mission: To support the student's learning experience through the delivery of high quality affordable healthcare services and innovative programs that promote the health of the students, university, and community.
Did you know that this office also...
  • provides services at no additional charge if the student has paid the full required health fee,
  • offers a pharmacy open seven days a week, travel consultation health services, physical therapy and lab testing, and
  • offers a free six-week program to help students stop smoking?
Website: http://www.studenthealth.ku.edu
Student Involvement and Leadership Center: 400 Kansas Union
Mission: To serve the KU community as advocates, advisors, and educators for students and student organizations by providing various services, programs, and experiences to create and foster involvement and leadership opportunities that enhance professional, personal, and educational development in preparation to become a contributing citizen of a diverse society.
Did you know that this office also...
  • offers Danforth Chapel free to students to reserve,
  • provides opportunities through KU ASCEND, a new leadership development program at KU, and
  • offers programming through specialized offices for non traditional students, students interested in women's and gendered issues and for lesbian, gay, transgendered and bisexual students?
Website: http://www.silc.ku.edu
University Advising Center: 126 Strong Hall
Mission: To provide accurate and personalized academic information, educate students about their academic responsibility, help identify and integrate the many resources of the University and assist and advocate for students as they experience a variety of college transitions.
Did you know that this office also...
  • oversees the KU/Haskell Exchange Program,
  • served approximately 17,454 students! and
  • has 28 advisors to serve students at KU?
Website: http://www.advising.ku.edu
University Ombuds Office: 34 Carruth and O'Leary Hall
Mission: To ensure that all members of the University community receive fair and equitable treatment and a chance to be heard.
Did you know that this office also...
  • operates independent of the usual administrative authorities,
  • is completely confidential, and
  • provides an opportunity for informal dispute resolution?
Website: http://www2.ku.edu/~ombuds
University Career Center: 110 Burge Union
Mission: To educate students about the lifelong process of career development, connect students with employment and internship opportunities, and to develop partnerships with administrators, faculty, alumni and employers on projects that enhance career opportunities for students.
Did you know that this office also...
  • has a new and comprehensive "Internship Center" on their website at www.KUCareerHawk.com/InternshipCenter,
  • offers a new career assessment called "StrengthsQuest" at www.KUCareerHawk.com, and
  • has recently updated and improved it website with interactive multimedia?
Website: http://www.careerservices.ku.edu