UM-Tupelo Student Services

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Career Center
The UM-Tupelo campus hosts an annual Career Fair in March of each year. Numerous employers from the area attend to meet with graduating students.

Counseling Center
The UM Counseling Center offers services designed to complement the University’s academic mission by assisting students with their personal and educational development through a variety of psychological services.

Elizabeth Kolivas is serving as the counselor for the UM-Tupelo campus during the 2009-2010 academic year. She is available to meet with students, faculty, and staff free-of-charge on Tuesdays from 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. You can call her directly for an appointment at 662-915-7385

Disability Services
The University of Mississippi is committed to ensuring equal access to an education for enrolled or admitted students who have verified disabilities under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The Office of Student Disability Services (SDS) provides reasonable classroom accommodations to verified students with physical and nonphysical disorders.

University policy calls for accommodations to be provided on an individual and flexible basis. It is the responsibility of students with disabilities to seek available assistance from the University by contacting SDS in a timely manner.

Library Services
University of Mississippi students currently enrolled at the UM-Tupelo campus enjoy identical borrowing privileges and access to electronic resources as students currently enrolled on the main UM campus at Oxford. Included are books, music scores, DVDs, government documents, CDs, films, maps, etc. and online access to over 170 electronic databases, e-books, thousands of full text articles, online subject guides and research help.

Books needed from the UM-Oxford library are delivered by shuttle to the Tupelo campus each week (Monday- Thursday). Articles not available online but held in print or microform, can be scanned and emailed to UM-DeSoto students. Please visit the Interlibrary Loan program’s "Information for Distance Learners," website and register for these services. An Ole Miss Photo ID with valid barcode is required.

Writing Center
The UM-Tupelo Writing Center is open to all UM students who need help with general writing skills as well as specific writing assignments. The Center is staffed by experienced consultants who have been trained to help others with their writing. Please visit the UM-Tupelo Writing Center Website located here: http://www.outreach.olemiss.edu/thewritingcenter/.

Writing Center Coordinator, Margaret-Love Denman is available at the UM-Tupelo campus on Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Thursdays from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Math Tutoring
Math tutoring for finance, statistics, and other courses that require a strong knowledge of mathematics is available at the UM-Tupelo campus on Tuesdays from 3:00 until 8:30 p.m. and again on Thursdays from 3:00-6:00 p.m. during the 2009-2010 academic year. Tutoring sessions are located in the DL office suite on the main floor next door to Room 203.

Please contact tutor Chrissy Gilder at jcgilder@olemiss.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment.