Helpful Links
The links provided below are just some of the campus resources available to all OSU students. For more resources, please consult your academic advisor or the OSU main web site www.osu.edu.
ADA Coordinator's Office (ADA) This office collaborates with University offices, government agencies & advocacy groups to ensure University compliance with state and federal mandates. It is a referral point for disability related information, services and resources, serves as a clearing house for disability related complaints and develops disability related initiatives. Location: 2054 Drake Union. Phones: 292-6207 (voice) / 688-8605 (TTY) http://ada.osu.edu
Adaptive Recreational Sports (ARS) The Department of Recreational Sports offers a variety of adapted fitness, sports, and recreation activities for individuals who have disabilities. They will evaluate your needs and interests, then direct you toward clubs, activities, and equipment you need to stay active and fit. Free wheelchair tune-up is now offered. Location: B-106 RPAC Center - 337 West 17th Avenue Phone: 688-3693 http://www.ohiostaterecsports.org/program/ars/index.htm
Career Connections By providing individual/group career services and programming to promote academic, personal, and occupational success of students by assisting them in career decision making and career development. Call for dates and times of activities or individual appointments with a counselor. Phone: 688-3898 Location: 2nd floor Younkin Success Center - 1640 Neil Avenue http://www.ccs.ohio-state.edu/career-connection/
Career Exploration Software Program (FOCUS II) ODS has FOCUS II, a career exploration software program, available in the Adaptive Technology Training Center (ATTC). This mulitpurpose program helps you understand yourself by exploring your values, interests, skills, and abilities. Possible careers or occupations are generated to match your particular interests and abilities. Before using FOCUS II, make an appointment with your counselor in order to obtain information on the use of this program. After completing any one of the phases of FOCUS II, make an appointment with your counselor to synthesize the information. Location: 102 Pomerene Hall Phone: 292-3307
Counseling and Consultation Service This office provides workshops, personal counseling, and various support groups dealing with a wide range of mental health topics. The office also provides career counseling through the Careers Exploration Center. Call for dates and times of activities or individual appointments. Phone: 292-5766 Location: 4th Floor Younkin Success Center - 1640 Neil Ave http://ccs-server.ccs.ohio-state.edu/index.htm
Math Counseling Office The Department of Mathematics maintains a Counseling office that provides assistance in placement, retesting, and general difficulties and concerns related to math courses. Math study strategies are also provided. Location: 105 Mathematics Building Phone: 292-6994 http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/Counseling/main.html
Math--Stats Learning Center (MSLC) The MSLC offers free tutoring for almost all courses below Math 254. Check out this web site for courses, hours and room locations. Location: Call for details Phone: 292-4975 http://www.MSLC.ohio-state.edu
Multicultural Center This office, composed of African American, American Indian, Hispanic, and Asian American Student Services, offers a wide range of programming and advocacy activities for all members of the OSU community. Call for information on events, services, and opportunities to serve. Location: 4th Floor Ohio Union Phone: 688-4988 http://multiculturalcenter.osu.edu/
Office of Minority Affairs, Academic Advancement Services This office offers a tutorial program, individual and small group tutoring in math, science, language, economics, some social sciences, and expository writing classes. Requests for tutoring must be made within the first week of the quarter. Contact the office or see web site for more information. Location: 1030 Lincoln Tower Phone: 292-8732 http://oma.osu.edu/aas/tutoring.htm
Office of Student Financial Aid If you have questions about financial aid in general, financial aid status or how will your financial aid be affected if you drop a class - here is the office to contact. Throughout the quarter, you can see a counselor from the Financial Aid office who can assist you in answering these and more questions. Check with your ODS counselor for times and dates so you can schedule an appointment. You can also see your ODS counselor for a direct contact with a counselor in the Financial Aid office. Location: 3rd Floor Lincoln Tower Phone: 292-0300 or toll free outside 614 area code: (800) 678-6440 http://sfa.osu.edu/
Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission (ORSC) ORSC is the state's agency that provides vocational rehabilitation services to help people with disabilities become employed and independent. Direct vocational rehabilitation is provided by two of its agencies. Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation (BVR) and the Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired (BSVI).
BVR assists people with disabilities by providing vocational rehabilitation and other services. A BVR liaison is available for appointment at ODS once per month. See your ODS counselor for times, dates and to schedule an appointment. http://www.state.oh.us/rsc/VR_Services/BVR/bvr.asp
BSVI provides vocational rehabilitation and other services to Ohioans who are blind or have a visual imparment. For additional information about services and programs provided by RSC, check out their website: http://www.state.oh.us/rsc/VR_Services/BSVI/bsvi.asp
Student Advocacy Center This office provides assistance in addressing problems and concerns whether they are personal or academic. They will answer your questions, direct you to the appropriate departments and people, and help you to become familiar with University rules, policies and procedures. Phone: 292-1111 Location: 205 Ohio Union http://studentaffairs.osu.edu/wellness_advocacy.asp
Student Computer Centers on Campus The many Student Computer Centers across campus ensure that students have access to technologies for course work that requires current computer hardware and software and Internet access. Centers are equipped with Windows and/or Macintosh computers and a variety of peripheral equipment. Software includes word processing, desktop publishing, spreadsheet, e-mail, web browsers, and more. http://scc.osu.edu/
Student Gender and Sexuality Services This office is a combination of four departments: 1) Women Student Services, 2) Rape Education and Prevention Program, 3) Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Student Services, and 4) Men's Initiates. It provides leadership in a wide range of gender and sexuality-specific issues and programming. Contact the office for more information about programs and activities available. Location: 464 Ohio Union Phone: 688-4898 http://multiculturalcenter.osu.edu/glbtss/
Student Judicial Affairs The primary focus of this office is to promote University community standards through the administration of OSU Code of Conduct. It also serves as an information source on student discipline, judicial hearings, appeals, grievance procedures, and academic misconduct issues. Location: 2050 Drake Union Phone: 292-0748 http://sja.osu.edu/
Student Safety Service This program is a service of the OSU University Police Department. An Escort Service is provided for safe transportation during the evening and early morning hours for students in the campus area. It operates seven days a week and an escort can be arranged by calling the above number during regular business hours. Location: 901 Woody Hayes Drive Phone: 292-3322 http://www.ps.ohio-state.edu/sss/
Web Accessibility Center In June 2004, OSU instituted a policy called the Minimum Web Accessibility Standards (MWAS, see http://wac.osu.edu/standards). MWAS establishes baseline requirements for the authoring of web pages and other online resources in order to attempt to guarantee that the web is highly usable for people with disabilities. People using software assistive technologies to access the web (screen readers, magnifiers, reading and writing assistive technologies, etc.) and people with impaired mobility or hearing loss confront particular obstacles on the web. The Web Accessibility Center (WAC) develops resources, provides consultation and education, offers web site analysis services, and engages in the university community in order help reinforce MWAS and assist web resource developers at all levels to create highly accessible content and build universal usability into their web sites. For more information about the WAC and its resources and services, visit http://wac.osu.edu or email wac@osu.edu. Ken Petri is the director of the OSU Web Accessibility Center and the office is located in 102 Pomerene Hall in the same locale as the ODS ATTC computer lab.
Walter E. Dennis Learning Center The mission of the Walter E. Dennis Learning Center is to provide students of all backgrounds with strategies for college success that will enable them to enter, excel in, and complete programs of postsecondary education; and to accomplish this by applying our expertise in education, psychology, instruction, and technology to the enhancement of learning and motivation. Location: 250 Younkin Success Center (WEDLC) Phone: 688-3967 http://dennislearningcenter.osu.edu/
Writing Center The Writing Center offers free one-on-one tutorial assistance to students who need help with any aspect of the writing process. Other online resources and individual appointments are available. Call for more information or to schedule a tutorial appointment. Location: 485 Mendenhall Lab Phone: 688-4291 http://cstw.osu.edu/
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