Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

Activities and Services
lectures on personal, emotional, and social
growth topics. A social worker provides direct
assistance to individuals, couples, and families
who request direct intervention with personal
problem solving skills in issues such as
relationship with parents, communication,
violence, marriage, pregnancy, and financial
needs. Workshops are offered throughout the
year to meet student needs. Topics such as stress
management, assertiveness, personal and social
growth, study skills, time management, and
decision-making are discussed.
A Career Resource Office is available to
students. It contains information on
undergraduate and graduate studies.
Occupational information and test applications
for admission to graduate and professional
schools are also available through college
catalogues and bulletins from other institutions.
A counselor assists students in the decisionmaking
process as well as in the application
process for graduate school.
A Tutoring Program offers remedial help
services in basic academic areas such as
mathematics, Spanish, English, chemistry, and
physics. Tutors are selected among honor or
advanced students.
The Counseling Program for Student Athletes
is focused on helping athletes overcome
difficulties resulting from the amount of time
and energy spent on sports.
A Freshman Orientation Week is offered a
week prior to the registration period for the first
semester. It is a campus wide activity in which
new students receive information about facilities,
academic programs, services, and student
organizations. It offers freshmen the opportunity
to meet faculty, staff, and other students.
Members of the Peer Counseling Program
work intensely during this week and throughout
the year in coordination with the Department of
Counseling assisting counselors with campus
tours, group guidance, open house, and career
days.
A Freshman Orientation Course is offered
during the first semester. It consists of a onehour
lecture per week on diverse topics such as
academic regulations, study skills, career
planning, personal development, computer
literacy, and institutional resources. It has been
designed to enhance college students’ academic
and social integration.
The GEO-RUM Technology Training Center
is a new educational service designed to assist
students with computer literacy needs.
For additional information contact:
Nidia S. López, Ph.D, at (787) 265-3864.
http://www.orientacion@uprm.edu.
COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE
FACULTY
PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS:
ARELIS ARCELAY-LOPEZ, Professor
(Counselor IV), M.A.E., 1980, Interamerican
University of Puerto Rico at San Germán Campus.
LISANDRA COLÓN-RIVERA, Assistant Professor
(Counselor II), M.A.M.C.R., 1994, University of
Puerto Rico at Río Piedras.
OLGA COLLADO-DE CRUZ, Professor
(Counselor IV), M.A.E., 1974, Interamerican
University of Puerto Rico at San Germán Campus.
TERESITA CRUZ-DIAZ, Assistant Professor
(Counselor II), M.A., 1974, University of Puerto Rico
at Río Piedras.
IVONNE DOMINGUEZ-BIDOT, Associate
Professor (Counselor III), M.A.E., 1983,
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico at San
Germán Campus.
AGNES D. IRIZARRY-IRIZARRY, Associate
Professor (Counselor III), M.A.E., 1978,
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico at San
Germán Campus.
NEYSA LOPEZ-GARCIA, Professor (Counselor
IV), M.P.H.E. 1970, University of Puerto Rico,
Medical Sciences Campus, M.A.E., 1983,
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico at
San Germán Campus.
VILMA D. LOPEZ-MUÑOZ, Professor (Counselor
IV) M.A.E., 1982, Interamerican University of Puerto
Rico at San Germán Campus.
EDWIN MORALES-TORO, Professor (Counselor
IV), M.A.E., 1977, Interamerican University of Puerto
Rico at San Germán Campus.
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