Anschutz Medical Center Master Plan - University of Colorado Denver

Institutional Master Plan September 25, 1998
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and University Hospital
Denison Memorial Library
Denison Memorial Library is the largest biomedical library in Colorado, providing
information and services primarily to students, faculty, and staff of the UCHSC.
The library provides print and electronic resources, education on information
retrieval and management, and access to worldwide information networks. The
primary mission of the Denison Library is to assist the UCHSC in accomplishing
its mission and goals in education, research, patient care and community service.
Denison Library enhances access to the biomedical literature, provides
instructional opportunities for individuals to acquire skills in information retrieval
and management, acquires a specialized collection of resources, and obtains
remote materials in a rapid and cost-effective manner.
Student Administrative Services
Student Services provides services to UCHSC in the following programmatic
areas: registration, records, admissions, commencement, housing and day care
referral, intramural sports, student lounges, student health service and insurance,
student government, learning assistance and the on-line student information
system. The Student Administrative Services Office is organized into functional
units that support the mission of the office and the campus.
Student Admissions and Records. The Office of Admissions and Records
performs all student registration functions. The office also prepares numerous
required reports, microfilms, records, enforces University-wide academic credit
and admissions policies, and provides grade distribution and analysis reports.
The office also writes and publishes a course book listing all UCHSC courses and
University rules in one document, and produces admissions publications which
provide admissions information in regard to all UCHSC schools and programs
under one cover
Student Assistance Office. The Student Assistance Office provides specific
services which support and complement the UCHSC students’ academic learning.
The office provides a housing referral service and produces appropriate
publications describing these services. The office also provides information in
regard to UCHSC area child care centers, homes, summer camps, and sick child
care. The office provides for supportive or referral counseling. Informal and
supportive counseling is available to the UCHSC student population through this
office. The office also coordinates student intramural sports.
Office of Education. The Office of Education provides services and support to the
UCHSC faculty and has established the following goals for the unit: 1) to stimulate
changes in health professions education programming, in consideration of
enhancing the teaching-learning process and in alignment with evolving societal
needs, practice patterns, and scientific/technological developments; 2) to provide
continuing professional development education for faculty in support of their roles
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