ACADEMIC CATALOG - Purdue University Calumet

Resources, Services and Facilities
Mission Statement
Student Services, a primary partner for holistic learning
and development at Purdue University Calumet, is
committed to assisting students and customers. We
provide exemplary services of critical intervention,
community outreach, sound instruction and strong
leadership to create an intentionally inclusive environment
that fosters maximum learning.
Students with Disabilities
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA), all qualified students enrolled in a course are
entitled to reasonable accommodations. It is the student’s
responsibility to have disability documentation on file
in the Office of Student Support Services and to inform
the instructor of any special needs before the end of the
second week of classes.
Academic Advising
Each academic department and school and the Center for
Student Achievement offer academic advising for specific
programs of study. Students consult their academic advisors
for information on program requirements and career
options in their majors. Every student has an academic
advisor and is expected to meet with the advisor at least
once a semester.
Information Center
Student Union & Library, Concourse, 219/989-2400.
The Information Center is a starting place to gain general
information about the university and the campus. The
Information Center is staffed by knowledgeable people
who can further direct students to more specific sources
of campus information.
The Counseling Center
Gyte Building, Room 5, 219/989-2366.
The Counseling Center offers a range of psychological
and career counseling services to all students at Purdue
University Calumet toward enhancing student academic
and personal success and career satisfaction. Services are
provided in individual, couples, or group formats and
include assessment, brief counseling and psychotherapy,
referral, consultation, and psychoeducational workshops.
These services are provided by licensed mental health
professionals and postgraduate counselors under their
supervision. All psychological services are confidential
as protected by law.
Personal issues such as adjustment to college/work,
relationship concerns, anxiety, depression, alcohol and
drug use, body image/eating problems are only some
of the many concerns that may be addressed in brief
psychotherapy. As needed, referrals to qualified
professionals in the community are made available.
Library
Student Union & Library, Second Floor, 219/989-2224.
The Purdue University Calumet Library is designed to
sustain the accessible, trusted, and indispensable learning
environment that is fundamental to student academic
achievement in college.
Its academic goals are to deliver high quality information,
provide excellent guidance in its use, and promote learning
in an attractive, technologically advanced, and personally
comfortable environment.
The Library helps students learn strategies and skills for
accessing information and using it effectively for their
class work.
The Library Web site www.calumet.purdue.edu/library/ is
a link to scholarly information in all formats - books,
journals, reference guides, and archives. Services for the
user, including interlibrary loan, reference assistance and
requests for purchase, are available 24-7 via links on the
Library’s Web site. Click on the quick link on the Purdue
University Calumet home page for easy access to Library
resources.
At the Library, students learn how to search PULSE, the
Web-based online catalog, to locate resources that the
Library owns, search electronic databases to retrieve
journal articles in full text, and organize and carry out
research projects.
The Library faculty, staff, and student assistants are here
to help students learn in today’s complex information
environment. The Library provides individual assistance
to each student. The Reference Desk, located in the center
of the Library, is the place for students to begin their
research. Library instruction sessions, which include
pre-and post-tests of student information literacy, are
scheduled at the request of professors.
Open 75 hours per week, the Library is a haven for
student learning. The Library learning environment
includes such amenities as study rooms for group
projects, an electronic classroom for hands on learning,
leisure seating for quiet conversation and a place to meet,
and individual carrels for quiet study. A high-tech presentation
practice room will open during fall 2006. The
source for virtual and print documents about the university,
Archives and Special Collections, was recently renovated
to better accommodate scheduled classes and regular
exhibitions. The ACCESS Center provides hardware and
software to accommodate the needs of differently-abled
students.
The Library’s print collection includes 269,000 volumes
and 1,200 current journal subscriptions. About 5,000 new
volumes are added each year. The Library also subscribes
to 3,000 electronic journals and 1,300 electronic books.
New links to electronic resources are added weekly. The
Library has nearly 800,000 microforms as well as a digital
reproduction system that provides laser quality copies
of microforms.
For more information on the Library and how to use it,
see Library Survival Kit for the Bright and Clueless.
Computer Education Building
and Computing Facilities
Not only do students at Purdue Calumet learn with
computers, they also learn about computers. Purdue
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