Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

42Activities and Services
OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF
STUDENTS
The Office of the Dean of Students assures and
maintains an optimal learning environment by
providing a variety of services and activities as
support systems for academic programs.
Students are urged to take full advantage of these
services and are encouraged to participate in
extra-curricular activities which are designed to
enrich their personal development and academic
growth. The office is located in the chemistry
building in room Q-017. For more information
contact Dr. Víctor Siberio Torres at 787-265-
3862.
DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETIC
ACTIVITIES
Students are encouraged to participate in
organized sports and other recreational physical
activities sponsored by the Department of
Athletic Activities.
UPRM is a member of the Puerto Rico Inter-
University Athletic League (LAIPR) and fully
participates in a variety of intercollegiate sports.
It is also a corresponding member of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA). The Inter-University Program offers
15 men's and 13 women's sports for students
who demonstrate superior athletic abilities.
Men's sports include baseball, basketball, crosscountry,
judo, soccer, softball, swimming, table
tennis, tennis, track and field, decathlon,
volleyball, weight lifting, wrestling, and
cheerleading. Women's sports include weight
lifting, basketball, cross-country, judo, softball,
swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field,
heptathlon, volleyball and cheerleading.
Exhibition activities also include Tae Kwon Do
and Chess.
The Intramural Program provides activities
and competitions that take place mostly on
campus grounds. Students, faculty, and staff
participate in a wide variety of activities
including 3 on 3 basketball, judo, soccer, indoor
soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, table tennis,
tennis, 4 on 4 volleyball, water polo, weight
lifting, and wrestling. Student teams in the
Intramural Program may participate in the
Extramural Program and compete with other
universities and non-university groups.
The Department of Athletic Activities allows the
use of campus athletic facilities and equipment in
support of recreational non-traditional
unorganized sports. Equipment and facilities are
available to students and to university sponsored
teams in their free time.
Athletic facilities include a gymnasium, a
coliseum, a 50-meter swimming pool, basketball,
volleyball, tennis courts, a synthetic running
track, a weight-lifting gymnasium, a training and
conditioning exercise room, an athletic field, a
softball park, as well as judo and wrestling areas.
For more information contact the Athletic
Department at (787)-265-3866.
BAND AND ORCHESTRA
Students with musical talent may join different
music groups such as the concert band, marching
band, concert choir, university chorale, jazz
ensemble, string orchestra and Latin music
group. Students interested in participating in any
of these groups are required to perform in an
audition.
Groups are required to rehearse twice a week to
develop interpretive skills and maintain an ample
musical and artistic program. The ensembles
present a variety of concerts and performances
on campus and outside the community as
representatives of the University. For more
information contact: Mrs. Claudina Brinn, at
(787)265-3895.
DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING
Counseling and guidance are offered to the
students so that they may achieve better selfunderstanding
and make adequate adjustment to
university environment. Programs and services
are offered to diminish the negative impact of
everyday stress and to help students cope with
academic and environmental demands.
The Department of Counseling provides personal
counseling, career and life planning, testing,
psychological services and social work services.
Counselors assist students with personal,
educational, and career development issues and
concerns. Counselors teach the freshman
orientation course, UNIV 3005 Introduction to
the University Way of Life, during the first
semester. Psychologists provide individual
therapy, crisis intervention, workshops and
42 Undergraduate Catalogue 2004-2005