Student Services

Career Center

The UM-DeSoto Campus works with the Career Center on the main UM campus in Oxford to provide a variety of career-related services including interview skills, as well as internship and job opportunities. Information concerning resumes is located in the UM-DeSoto Writing Center located in the library on the bottom floor of the DeSoto Center. Contact Person: Kacy Dixon, Email: kdixon@olemiss.edu, Phone: (662) 342-4765.

Counseling Center

Attending college can present unique challenges. It is a time of significant personal growth and decision-making regarding your values, interpersonal relationships, career, and other life goals, within a stressful academic environment. Even the most successful student may experience considerable difficulty with these challenges. Problems often encountered by students include difficulties with academics, interpersonal relationships, family problems, self-identity issues, loneliness, low self-esteem, depression, and anxiety. The 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. For more information about the Counseling Center, visit counseling.olemiss.edu.

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.

Contact Person: Stacey Reycraft
Email: reycraft@olemiss.edu
Phone: (662) 915-7128
Website: www.olemiss.edu/depts/sds/

Library Services

University of Mississippi students currently enrolled at the UM-DeSoto 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, DVD's, 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 DeSoto 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," web site and register for these services. An Ole Miss Photo ID with valid barcode is required.

Contact Person: Melissa Dennis
Email: mdennis@olemiss.edu
Phone: (66) 915-5861
Website: www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/files/distance/distance.html

Using the Student Printers

Printing to the UM Southaven student printer from your personal computer is easy using the Pharos Uniprint software.

In order to print from your own computer to the campus printer, you will need to install the "Pharos" pop-up software and printer driver. The same printing charges apply whether printing remotely from your own machine, or in the one of the student labs.

To install the printer on your computer, choose your operating system from the list below and follow the directions to complete the installation

WINDOWS SYSTEMS
Library Printer
Computer Lab 347

  • From the "File Download - Security Warning" window click "Run".
  • If you are running Windows 7, the User Account Control box will pop up asking "Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer?" Click Yes to allow the install.
  • On the "Package installer" window click "Install".
  • Once the process is complete, click Finish. You should now be able to print your file to the printer of your choice.

Writing Center

The UM-DeSoto 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-DeSoto Writing Center Web site located here: www.outreach.olemiss.edu/desoto/current/writingcenter.html .

Contact Person: Jeanine Rauch, Director UM-DeSoto Writing Center
Email: mjrauch@olemiss.edu
Phone: (662) 342-4765