Northern Cohort Ed.D. Handbook
for students entering summer 2004
Student Services and Resources
Graduate Student Handbook
The University of Minnesota Graduate Student Handbook contains
detailed information about various opportunities and resources available to
assist graduate students during their career at the University. The Graduate
Student Handbook
is available on the Web at
www.grad.umn.edu/Current_Students/handbook/
and provides information in the following areas: Beginnings - The Twin Cities
- Information and Educational Resources - Campus Activities - Money and Jobs -
Housing, Health, and Family Needs - Transportation - Registration and
Regulations - Further Resources and Services - How to Get Here.
While greater details about all of the following services and resources are
available in the Graduate Student Handbook, here is information found to
be particularly helpful for EdPA students. Again, please see the Graduate
Student Handbook
for more detail.
Identification Card
Library
Computer Services
Statistics Help
Writing Resources
Campus Events
Graduate Student Organizations
- EPASA - Department Graduate Students
- COGS - University Graduate Students
Communications
- Department Listserv
- College Listserv
- Graduate School Listserv
- Web
- Mailboxes
- The Nook
- EPASA Bulletin Board
- Campus Publications
- Changing Address
Student and Professional Services (SPS)
Services for International Students and
Under-represented Students
- International Students
- Under-represented Students
Services for Students with Special Needs
Student Rights and Equal Opportunity
The University of Minnesota student identification card, the U
Card, will be needed for general privileges and access, e.g., use of
libraries. Students need to obtain their photo identification U Card
from the University Card Office, Your first card is free and can be
obtained at the U Card Office in G22 Coffman Memorial Union, 8:30
a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. A lost, stolen, or damaged
card can be replaced at this location. Alternative locations include
the Rec Center and St. Paul Gym (hours are subject to change; see
www.umn.edu/ucard or call
612-626-9900).
Students will need to bring photo identification such as a
driver’s license or passport. No charges are made for the initial
card; if lost, students will be subject to a replacement charge.
Note: Be prepared to hear a mandatory informational session about
the TCF banking services.
Students will have access to the UMD library located on the
Duluth campus for many of their research needs. Web site:
www.d.umn.edu/lib/.
Many of the resources needed by EdPA graduate students are
located in Wilson Library on the West Bank. Among the collections
are those for Education, Psychology, Children’s Literature Research
Collection, Education/Psychology Reference, and University Archives
(includes non-circulating dissertations). The Wilson Library
circulation desk can be reached at 612-624-3321. Web site:
www.lib.umn.edu/
Wilson Library also contains additional resources including
government documents, a circulating collection of dissertations on
open shelves on the 3rd floor, and information about dissertations
by departments in a document in the Reference Room on the first
floor (LD3337.A5). Digital Dissertations are available online at
www.lib.umn.edu/articles/proquest.phtml; some
of the dissertations can be downloaded at no cost. The circulation
desk can be reached at 624-3321; the reference desk at 612-626-2227.
Students are automatically assigned a university e-mail account
when admitted. To initiate your Internet account, get online at
http://www.umn.edu/initiate.
Questions or problems can be directed to the Technology Helpline
at 612-626-4275. Examples of computers that can be purchased and
sale of a $6 Internet kit (cash only) with Netscape, Popmail and
other software are available in Shepherd Lab, Room 152
(612-626-7676; www.umn.edu/adcs).
Tutorials are available in Shepherd Lab, Room 190. Similar services
are available in 50 HHH, 50 Coffey Hall or Williamson Bookstore,
Computer Counter. Public computer labs are located in several campus
buildings: Eddy Hall Annex, Walter Library, Lind Hall, Folwell Hall
and Elliott Hall on the east bank; and Blegen Hall and HHH Center on
the west bank. For information about these facilities, check the Web
site
www.publabs.umn.edu/indexe.html.
Students are responsible for all information sent to them via the
University assigned e-mail account. See the Internet Account
Management page to activate your account and set forwarding options
to whatever e-mail account you regularly use.
The Statistical Consulting Service provides statistical
consulting on experimental design, data analysis and interpretation
of results to researchers (students and faculty) at the University
of Minnesota. The clinic is staffed by graduate students and
supervised by faculty from the School of Statistics. The consultants
provide help on a wide range of quantitative research questions,
e.g., design of experiments and surveys, selection and completion of
appropriate analysis, and interpretation of results. The clinic
operates on the Minneapolis campus (390 Ford Hall, 624-7859) and the
St. Paul campus (146 ClaOff, 625-3121). While appointments are
advisable, walk-in clients are accepted if time is available.
Information about the service can be found at
www.stat.umn.edu/consulting/
Office of Research Consultation provides students of the
College of Education and Human Development with methodological
advice on their research projects. This will typically include one
or more of the following: developing testable research hypotheses,
selecting or developing data collection instruments, planning data
collection strategies, selecting appropriate statistical analyses,
using computing packages, and interpreting data analysis result.
More information is available at
www.tc.umn.edu/~orc/ or
call 612-624-4045.
- Workshops, consultation, and counseling. The Learning
and Academic Skills Center (LASC) in 109 Eddy Hall offers
students individual assistance and general workshops in several
areas including the improvement of writing. Part of the
University Counseling and Consulting Services, LASC offers a
wide variety of support services, including dissertation and
thesis support groups; graduate student seminars on topics such
as time management, communicating with advisers, and overcoming
procrastination; and individual academic and personal counseling
on such subjects as coping with graduate school stress, making
the academic and personal transition to graduate school and
developing graduate level study skills. Check the Web for more
details at
www.ucs.umn.edu/lasc/lasc.html or call 612-624-3323.
- Online tutoring. Free writing tutoring is available
for graduate students at Online Writing Center at
www.owc.umn.edu/. Students
submit electronic copies of their writing via the Web site (no
more than 12 pages) and receive comments and feedback from
experienced writing instructors within 72 hours. The tutors do
NOT proofread. Comments are focused on substantive issues with
the intent to improve writing skills, not just the particular
paper at hand. See the Web site for more information.
- Face-to-face tutoring. The Center for Writing
currently provides face-to-face writing support by appointment
or on a walk-in basis only to undergraduate students. By Fall
'04, however, these services will be available for graduate
students as well. Check the “student writing support” section of
the Center for Writing’s Web site in Fall '04 for more
information,
http://writing.umn.edu/sws/.
- Proofing and editing. The Department of English
maintains a listserv of their graduate students and alumni who
do proofing and editing as independent contractors. E-mail Karen
Frederickson at
frede005@umn.edu (phone: 612-625-3882) with a description of
the editing job and your contact information. Your posting will
be sent via the listserv; anyone interested in applying for your
job will contact you directly. Note that this is essentially an
informal job posting service.
Information about Duluth campus events can be obtained at
www.d.umn.edu/calendar
Information about Twin Cities current campus events can be
obtained at events.tc.umn.edu
EPASA - Department Graduate Students
The Educational Policy and Administration Student Association (EPASA)
supports the students in the program through a variety of
activities: communications, mentoring program, seminars, and social
gatherings. The EPASA listserv and the bulletin board on 4th floor
will notify students of EPASA events as well as other items of
interest such as availability of assistantships, policy changes,
seminars, conferences, etc. Participation in planning and
facilitating the activities, particularly identifying the seminar
topics, is encouraged. If interested, please complete and return the
interest survey mailed in the summer or available on the EPASA
Bulletin Board.
The EPASA organization has its own Web site:
http://cehd.umn.edu/EdPA/StudentResources/EPASA/.
The site provides information about the background of the
organization, events, resources, links and a listserv dialog with
other EdPA students.
COGS - University Graduate Students
The Council of Graduate Students (COGS), located in 405 Johnston
Hall (612-626-1612); cogs@umn.edu;
www.cogs.umn.edu represents
graduate students. Each degree program has one representative to
serve on COGS; contact the EdPA COGS representative (check with
Coordinator of Graduate Studies) if you would be interested in
serving on campus committees (e.g., Education and Psychology Review
Council) or contact COGS directly.
Department Listserv
All Ph.D. and M.A. graduate students are on a department listserv
that is used to facilitate communication with the EdPA graduate
students. The listserv is used by the DGS staff for the EPASA
Newsletter which provides degree and curricular updates, position
openings, and special events. The EPASA Newsletter is sent about
every two or three weeks. This is the primary source of information
about the EPASA activities. See EPASA above for their Web site
address.
College Listserv
As part of the College's ongoing effort to improve communication
with students, the College will send periodic event/lecture
announcements, legislative updates, new course postings, and general
college news to those students who would like to receive this
information. Students have the option of removing themselves from
the e-mail list each time they receive an e-mail. Instructions on
how to enroll in the College listserv will be distributed through a
department EPASA Newsletter early in the fall semester.
Graduate School Listserv
As noted earlier in the handbooks, the University uses a listserv of
all enrolled graduate students using the university assigned e-mail.
The communications sent to students through this university e-mail
account is the University’s official means of communication with all
students. Students are responsible for all information sent to them
via the University assigned e-mail account. If a student has a
private or other e-mail account, the University account mail can be
forwarded to that account. However, students are still responsible
for all information including attachments sent to their University
e-mail account. If other accounts are changed and the University
e-mail account has been forwarded, the student is responsible for
making the changes to forward the University account to any new
account.
Web Site
A copy of this handbook and more detailed information about faculty,
curriculum and courses are on the Web
cehd.umn.edu/edpa/.
EPASA Bulletin Board
EPASA posts the organization’s activity announcements and other
information on its bulletin board on the fourth floor of Wulling
Hall.
Duluth and Twin Cities Campus Publications
- Statesmen
(Duluth), student newspaper
- The Minnesota Daily,
student newspaper
- Official Daily Bulletin, published by the Daily staff
with information about courses, study opportunities
- The
Grapevine, quarterly newsletter for graduate assistants
- Handbook for Graduate Assistants, available from
departments and Graduate Assistant Office
- COGS GradLetter, published six times a year by
Council of
Graduate Students with information about fellowships,
graduate programs, and changes in University policies, and COGS
representative issues
- COGS Extra!, COGS listserv
Changing Address
When students change their mailing address, they must make the
changes directly on the Web page
onestop.umn.edu/. Department personnel can not access the Web to
make these changes.
The SPS office located in 110 Wulling Hall serves the College of
Education and Human Development as an information referral center
for the College’s graduate school students as well as students in
the undergraduate and professional programs. Students will find
information regarding College-wide programs, scholarships, financial
aid, credential file information and support, and referral for
College graduate programs. SPS receives notices of vacancies for
college teaching positions as well as positions in counseling,
administration, adult education, student personnel work, and
research. For information contact 612-625-6501 (cehdgrad@umn.edu).
International Students
Students at the Duluth campus can access the services of the
International student adviser for academic support and student life
information: krobbins@d.umn.edu.
Phone number 218-726-8962.
For Twin Cities area students, the International Student and
Scholar Services office provide information and counseling to
foreign nationals about academic, immigration, legal, career,
financial, personal, and family matters, as well as issues of cross
cultural and professional integration upon returning home. The
office maintains a Web site with information specifically for
international students at
http://www.isss.umn.edu. Staff can be reached through e-mail at
isss@umn.edu or at 612-626-7100.
The office is located at 190 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th
Ave. S. with hours from 8 a.m. – 12 noon and 1 – 4:15 p.m. on Monday
through Thursday, 10:30 a.m. – 12 noon and 1 – 4:15 p.m. on Friday.
Under-represented Students
American Indian students can access the services of the American
Indian Learning Resource Center at the Duluth campus, 209 Bohannon
Hall, phone 218-726-6379. Africana Student Services are available
for African and African American students at 218-726-6187.
For Twin Cities area students, the Community of Scholars Program
(303 Johnston Hall) assists under-represented students to create an
institutional environment requisite to effectively reduce the
isolation often experienced by graduate students. For more
information contact 612-626-4546;
comschol@umn.edu; or
www.grad.umn.edu/outreach/COSP/.
The University provides a large number of services for students
with special needs. The Office of Disability Services (DS) is a
catalyst for ensuring equal learning and working opportunities for
disabled students, faculty, staff, and guests by increasing the
capacity of communities to eliminate physical, programmatic, policy,
informational, and attitudinal barriers. DS also seeks to develop,
evaluates, and disseminate innovative models and exemplary practices
that promote disability leadership, community, culture, and pride.
The Duluth campus Access Center/Disability Services office is
located in room 102 Kirby Student Center, phone number 218-726-8217.
The Twin Cities office is located at 200 Oak Street (corner of
University and Oak Streets) with the entrance on the north side of
University St. Complete information is available at
http://ds.umn.edu/. See
also the previous section on writing resources.
Three Web sites for reference:
The Graduate School Handbook contains contact information
for issues of sexual harassment, and employment and other
grievances. The College Grievance Review Officer may refer some
cases to the department Grievance Committee after informal means of
communication and resolution were fully tried but unsuccessful.
Formal written accounts are submitted to the College Grievance
Review Officer; information about the procedure can be obtained at
Student and Professional Services.
The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all
persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and
employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national
origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance
status, veteran status, or sexual orientation. Inquiries about
compliance may be directed to the Office of Equal Opportunity and
Affirmative Action, 419 Morrill Hall (612-624-9547).
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