Student Services Learning & Testing Centers • General Information EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES Director: Dr. Don Jensen Location: Education Building, Room 10B Telephone: 626-6872 The mission of Educational Support Services is to assist students in the development of effective learning and reasoning strategies, successful self-management behaviors, and meaningful life skills. Freshman Year Support Services Coordinator: Marlene Cousens Location: Annex 12 Telephone: 626-6918 Freshman Year Support Services is a program designed to increase the likelihood that freshmen students will remain in and graduate with one, two or four year collge degrees. The support services provided students are as follows: • Population specific mentoring services. • Individual Development Planning (IDP) services. • Reading Indexes for all target students and readability Indexes in all 101 courses. • Supplemental Instruction for most 101 courses. • Individual tutoring for most freshman year courses. • Literacy Center: Target students who need individual, as opposed to group help with their reading, writing, spelling, vocabudlary and/or math skills may receive help in the Literacy Center. Research Support Services Coordinator: Marilyn Olsen Location: Education Building, Rooms 11A-C Telephone: 626-6552 This unit has the responsibility of developing research studies within the Student Development division that assess departmental effectiveness. In addition, data regarding student achievement, retention and social progress are collected and then appropriate reports are generated that assist directors, deans, and the Student Services Vice President in making appropriate management decisions. Student Support Services Coordinator: B. Lee Borup Location: Stewart Library, Rooms 20-25 Telephone: 626-7009 This unit provides academic support services for selected students. Support activities provided participants are: Mentoring, basic skills development, tutoring, critical reasoning development, science support and graduate school preparation. Upward Bound Coordinator: David Trujillo Location: Annex #6 Telephone: 626-6760 Upward Bound Support Services is designed to provide compensatory educational experience for selected high school students in Davis and Weber Counties. Program personnel offer both a summer residential component at Weber State, and a follow-up academic year component at six target high schools. The purpose of the program is to increase the number of non-traditional students who enter and graduate from Weber State. Veterans/Military Support Services Coordinator: LueCille Marquardt Location: Annex #3 Telephone: 626-6041 Veterans/Military Support Services is the liaison between Weber State and the VA Regional Office. All veterans and dependents eligible for benefits under the G.I. Bill are certified for pay through this office whose responsibility it is to monitor their progress. Veterans/ Military Support Services also coordinates with various campus departments to provide veterans and their dependents with a support system for successful educational experience and the achievement of their goals. Veterans Upward Bound Support Services Coordinator: James Kopecky Location: Annex #8 Telephone: 626-7173 Veterans Upward Bound Support Services is designed to increase the number of veterans who enter and graduate from college. It provides targeted veterans in Weber, Davis and Salt Lake counties a series of academic support services that assist them in developing the academic skills necessary to be successful in their post-secondary training experience. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CENTER Director: Diann Stewart Location: Building 1, Room 147 Telephone: 626-6853 The International Student Center offers a variety of services to students from countries other than the United States. These services include cultural orientation to help students adjust to Weber State, Utah, and the United States, as well as academic advisement, social and cultural events, and personal counseling. All new international students are required to bring their passports and immigration documents to the International Student Center before registering for classes. J. FARRELL SHEPHERD UNION BUILDING The J. Farrell Shepherd Union Building is the social, cultural, and recreational center of the campus. It offers a variety of services to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the community. The Union Building is staffed with a team of professionals whose primary mission is to facilitate the learning process by helping students with their intellectual, interpersonal, and leadership development. In addition, the staff works to maintain an environment which fulfills many of the college community needs through: • Conference Rooms, a large ballroom, and a 280-seat auditorium which are available for on campus use or off campus use on a rental basis. • Dining Service facilities including the Skyroom, the Gallery Cafeteria, the Junction Snackbar, and The Snack Attack. Dining Services also caters banquets, receptions, etc. in the Union Building and elsewhere on campus and off campus for the college community. • Student Activity Center houses the Department of Student Activities, which includes the Associated Students (ASWS, Student Government), the Campus Activities Board (CAB), Greek Affairs, Volunteer Involvement Programs (VIP), Association of Registered Organizations (ARO), Open Hour and Convocations. • Wildcat Lanes offers bowling, billiards, and video games. Other services include: student ID cards, bus passes, candy and cigarette sales. The entire area may be rented to groups. • Art Services provides a variety of professional printing possibilities at reasonable prices. Some include the production of posters, banners, silk screening of shirts, hats, towels etc., buttons, plastic name tags, etc. • The Bookstore sells all books and supplies needed for classwork at Weber State. Paperback books, stationery, art supplies, calculators, clothing, and many other items are also available. LEARNING AND TESTING CENTERS LEARNING CENTER Locations: Library, Room 30, Engineering Technology, Room 216, Science Laboratory Bldg., Room 228, Social Science Bldg., Room 36 Telephone: 626-6409 The Learning Center provides a variety of services designed to assist students in achieving their academic goals. The following services are available: • Academic Tutoring is provided in most academic subject areas and is designed to help students at all ability levels. This service is provided without charge to all enrolled students at Weber State. • Individualized Learning Programs are provided to students. These modular programs are developed by academic departments in cooperation with the Learning Centers. Students are mastery tested on completion of the modules. One of the more popular programs is in the Rapid Reading course. • Computer Terminals and micro computers are provided for student and faculty use in the Centers. TESTING CENTER Locations Library, Room 45, Social Science Bldg., Room 36, Science Lab Bldg., Room 228. Telephone: 626-6802/6803 The Weber State Testing Center offers a variety of standardized tests for the purpose of placement, evaluation of achievement and granting of credit. In addition aptitude, interest, personality and intelligence tests are given as aids to counselors in helping students select a major or deal with personal concerns relevant to college adjustment. The following national testing programs which are of particular interest to students are also administered by the Testing Center. Student Services Interdisc. Programs Allied Health Sciences Arts& Humanities Business & Economics Education Natural Sciences Social Sciences Technology 36 37 Continuing Education