2010-2011 UF Graduate Catalog (PDF Format) - Graduate School ...

University of Florida Graduate School
which is located on the 2nd floor of Peabody Hall; or call Off-
Campus Life (352) 392-1261.
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Ombuds
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The Office of the University Ombuds was established by the state
legislature and reports through the Provost to the President. The
Office helps students resolve problems and conflicts. It offers an
informal avenue of redress for students' problems and grievances
that arise in the course of interacting with the institution. By
considering the problems in an unbiased way, the Ombuds works to
achieve a fair resolution and works to protect the rights of all
involved parties.
Resolving student academic issues: The Office of the Ombuds
deals with student concerns of an academic nature. Students must
first contact the instructor, the academic unit chair, and the college
dean before seeking help from the Ombuds, although instances do
exist where contact with the University Ombuds first is beneficial.
Resolving student non-academic issues: In many instances,
non-academic issues can be easily and readily resolved for students
merely by facilitating direct communication and effective listening.
For other problems not related to academic issues, the Office of the
Ombuds helps students contact the appropriate campus office for
dealing with their problems.
For more information, visit http://www.ombuds.ufl.edu.
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Reading and Writing Center
The Reading and Writing Center is part of the Office of Academic
Technology. Located in mezzanine area of Southwest Broward Hall,
the Center offers one-on-one tutoring and writing help for both
undergraduate and graduate students. The Center often helps
people with application essays and personal statements for graduate
school applications. It also offers help on papers written for
graduate school classes, and theses or dissertations. The Center
guarantees 30 minute sessions (longer if staff are not busy) to look
over a student's writing. While multiple visits will give students
feedback on the strengths and weaknesses in their writing, it is
difficult to provide anything like a comprehensive reading of any
document as long as most theses and dissertations. For information,
visit http://at.ufl.edu/rwcenter. Phone (352) 392-6420.
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Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinics
The UF Speech and Hearing Clinic (fourth floor of Dauer Hall) offers