Academic Advising
Academic Advising through the Academic Success Center provides support for online, transfer and undecided students. Advising focuses on current academic need, transitioning to a discipline specific advisor and remaining as a point-of-contact for support services.
Disability Support Services
Disability Support Services coordinates the acceptance and accommodation process for students with physical, psychological or learning disabilities; counsels students with disabilities to determine program services over the course of the academic year; coordinates notification of professors and professor assistance, and coordinates training sessions and disseminates information about accommodations. Students must have documentation of their disability from a medical professional to qualify for services.
English Language Learners (ELL)
The English Language Learners (ELL) Specialist leads the instructional, academic and institutional support for ELL, including non-native English speaking students and English speaking students enrolled in ELL related classes, workshops, seminars, etc. The ELL Program helps students develop the English skills to succeed in their courses of study as a student at Dickinson State University. The ELL Program also provides direct individual interventions aimed at specific learner needs.
First Year Experience (FYE)
The Dickinson State University First Year Experience (FYE) Committee was established in the Fall of 2013 to improve the overall student experience and ensure alignment between Dickinson State University’s Freshman Seminar course and best practice literature. The committee is comprised of the faculty/staff currently teaching Freshman Seminar courses. First Year Experience was developed to provide incoming students the academic, personal and social skills to successfully complete their first year of college and transition into becoming a successful upperclassman.
Mentors-in-Residence
Through the Mentors-in-Residence program, Dickinson State University seeks to encourage independent and successful learning, foster student engagement in all aspects of healthy university life, and help provide an enjoyable and enriching university experience. The Mentoring-in-Residence program puts trained peer mentors in campus residence halls. Peer mentors focus on assisting students with basic skills and strategies such as note-taking, study techniques, test-taking, time management and stress management.
Peer Tutoring Center
The Tutoring Center at Dickinson State University offers academic support to enrolled students. The Tutoring Center promotes students' intellectual growth and self-confidence, regardless of initial skill or ability level. Certified by the College Reading and Learning Association
, trained peer tutors offer individualized student support in specific academic disciplines; although most tutoring is in writing, math, accounting, psychology, and ESL/ELL.
Services to Faculty
The Academic Success Center provides positive and comprehensive academic support services for faculty through Student Referrals concerning peer mentoring or peer tutoring; in-class workshops on note-taking, testing strategies, study skills and anti-plagiarism; and Supplemental Instruction using peer-assisted study sessions.
Testing Center
The Testing Center provides a secure, professional and proctored testing environment to meet individual, university and community needs for admission. Testing includes, but is not limited to, placement testing, CLEP testing, credit-by-examination, certification, licensure, assessments of freshmen, juniors and graduating seniors and on-site proctoring.
TRiO Student Support Services (SSS)
TRiO Student Support Services is a federally funded Title IV college academic assistance program. The Dickinson State University TRiO SSS works to assist first generation students, low income students and students with disabilities through intensive academic planning, professional development workshops, and social interaction opportunities, at no expense to participants. Dickinson State University TRiO SSS program entrance is limited to 200 students and is very competitive. Students eligible to participate must be U.S. citizens or meet the residence requirement for federal student financial aid. Students must also be enrolled full-time at the grantee institution, be first generation (neither parent has a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university), low income (as set by federal guidelines) or have a documented physical, learning or mental disability and demonstrate areas of academic need.