A guide to the Student Services Office by Scott Simmer Lots of things around Douglas College may seem a little slow during the Summer Semester, but the Student Services Office is wide open for business. Student Services, located in room 2700 (can’t miss it in the concourse adjacent to the DCSS) has much to offer the Douglas College student. It’s the best place in the college to answer your questions: What am I going to do for a career? What am [I doing in school? I’m having personal problems and it’s screwing up my grades, what do I do? What programs are available at Douglas, and which one will get me a job? What courses do I need to take to get into ? How do I find help in getting a work placement? Student Services answers these and many more questions about your life as a student at Douglas College. Many people have poked their head in the door and seen students busily whisking through university calendars and transfer guides. Student Services maintains a current selection of literature and calendars of universities and colleges across Canada, the US and the world. So if your final plans at Douglas are to leave it smoking in the dust on your way to a ‘higher’ place of learning, drop by and scan this wall of valuable resources. School calendars are definitely not the only items available at Student Services. Most students at Douglas plan to one day (hopefully!) find themselves a neato job doing just what they always dreamed of doing. Student Services is designed to help you find that job. Also nicely catalogued for student viewing are books, tapes and videos containing huge amounts of information for thousands of careers. As well, you have a video station and an audio station for quietly checking these tapes and videos out in privacy. A series of audio cassettes and a shelf of pamphlets are your key to information about Douglas’ programs. Sit down and listen to a tape about the Computer In- formation Systems pro- gram, Psychiatric Nurs- ing and many more. As well, you will find more videos and lit- erature about an assort- ment of personal issues, from harassment to study methods available for reading and viewing. You also can’t forget the newest innovation at Stu- dent Services: Plastic-binded Douglas course registra- tion guides. Forget your room number? Want to know who’s teaching a class, and at what time? Drop by Stu- dent Services, you’ Il find the guides attached to the study tables. All these material resources are nicely cataloged, shelved and organized with easy to read signs to help you find what you are looking for. A couple of Work Study students last semester worked hard designing the Student Services office to be a comfortable and easy to use environment. Even then, you absolutely can’t beat the Student Services reception staff, always ready to lend a hand in your search for meaning to your student life. The reception staff aren’t the only humans in this place. After sifting through four or five university calendars and begin feeling a little frustrated and confused about all their different requirements, slot yourself in to talk to an Academic Advisor. These pro’s are here to help you decipher admissions prerequisites, transfer credit mathematics and other technical problems you may encounter in your academic life here at Douglas. Your other questions about careers, student life, other faculty, staff or student, you can find assistance here. All of the above services are located in Room 2700, the Student Services Office. There are also several other areas around school that are part of the Student Serv- ices offering. Financial Aid is located in Room 2710 and assists Douglas students applying for loans, grants, scholar- ships and bursaries. Work Study applications and job listings are also available. The Douglas College Women’s Centre is dedicated to assisting Women students ‘in accessing college and community programs and services.’ As well, the Women’s Centre maintains its own library of resources dedicated to women’s advocacy and women’s issues. You will find the Women’s Centre in Room 2720. Disabled Student Services is focused on assisting Douglas students with disabilities fulfill the requirements of their chosen program. DSS has available further information on the special programs and services available. DSS is located in the Student Services office, room 2700. Finally, room 2740 is the home of the Assessment Centre. Need to write an assessment test for a course requirement? The Assessment Centre is where you reg- ister. Information about the specific tests, requirements personal problems, job hunting and and most everything else is answered by costs are the Personal Student Services Centre - Room 2700 avail- and Career able. 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