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(Information
regarding the following items are below: admissions;
bookstore; business office;
campus center; career
planning/placement; computer center;
financial aid office; food
service; information office; library;
multimedia; registrar; special
academic services; student affairs; health
center; residency; and substance
abuse.)
Admissions
Office
Potential students receive pre-college
counseling regarding Medaille's academic programs and the admissions
requirements for these programs.
Bookstore
The Bookstore
operates for the convenience of Medaille's students and faculty.
Instructors ensure that all books required for their courses are
sold at the Bookstore. Be sure of your courses when you buy your
books. Be prepared to pay with cash, check, MasterCard, Visa,
Discover, American Express or Financial Aid Voucher (with a current
Medaille College ID card). Save your receipt! School supplies
and Medaille College clothing and souvenir items are also offered
for sale in the Bookstore.
Business Office
The Business Office maintains
the student billing records for the College. Students must visit
the Business Office to complete their registration by making payment
arrangements prior to the start of each semester. Questions concerning
your student bill or payment arrangements should be directed to
the Business Office.
Campus Center
The programs and services offered
through the Kevin I. Sullivan Campus Center are a vital part of
the educational experience at Medaille. The facility serves as
a focal point for college community life and a training ground
for students in assuming social responsibility and leadership.
The cultural, social, and recreational programs are intended to
make free-time activity a cooperative venture with classroom learning.
The Center houses a regulation
NCAA basketball court, volleyball courts, jogging track, weight
and exercise room, locker rooms, training room, food service area/multi-purpose
room, bookstore, student lounges, student club and organization
area, and a private dining room. It also houses the Office
of Student Affairs, including Dean
of Students, Residence
Life, Career Planning
and Placement, New Student
Orientation, Student
Activities and Recreation, Intercollegiate
Athletics, and Health
Center. The Campus Center
program serves students, faculty, staff, alumni, and guests in
developing well-rounded individuals working together to enhance
the educational opportunities provided through the College.
Career Planning and Placement
Take advantage
of the personal counseling and career planning and
placement services provided by the College. These
services are offered to all Medaille students. Many
of these services remain available to you once you
have graduated, too.
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Career
Planning and Placement
If you would like
to discuss your choice of a major program of study, learn about
the kinds of jobs available in your field, or discuss your job
search, stop in and make an appointment with the Director of
Career Planning and Placement.
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Career
Library
The Career Library includes
career and occupational information, employer directories, and
career planning guides. Books can be borrowed for up to two
weeks with a student ID.
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Group
Workshops
Free workshops
are offered to all Medaille students. They are scheduled several
times every semester for the convenience of day and evening
students. The workshops offer help in the following areas: writing
cover letters, writing resumes, interviewing, and learning more
about yourself through interest inventories. Times, dates, and
locations are publicized throughout the College. In-class workshops
are frequently conducted.
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Interest
Inventories
If you wish to
explore your career options by learning more about yourself,
you can take an interest inventory and discuss the results with
the Director of Career Planning and Placement.
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Job
Listings, Full-Time and Part-Time
Job listings are available
to all students and alumni. Notices of part-time and full-time
job openings that do not require college degrees are posted
on the bulletin board near the career office. Seniors and alumni
who are registered with the office receive mailed notices of
job openings in their career fields.
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Placement
Folders
Students may establish placement
folders containing references and field placement evaluations.
These folders are kept on file and mailed to potential employers
upon request.
Computing Center
The Academic
Computer Center (ACC) is located on the second floor of Huber
Hall and consists of a 30-workstation open lab, a 25-workstation
classroom and a 20-workstation classroom. The lab is populated
with Pentium 4 1.5 GHz PCs with 256 MB of PC-800 RDRAM. Each machine
has a DVD player, Zip-250 drive, sound card, and optical scroll
mice. The smaller classroom contains P-III 800 MHz PCs with 26
MB of SDRAM, CD player, Zip drive, and sound card. All ACC computers
run Microsoft Windows XP Pro and are networked via fiber optic
backbone accessing the Internet through a T1 line. The
ACC runs Microsoft Office XP Pro and MS Visual Studio .NET, along
with a variety of course-specific software applications and standard
utility applications. Select machines offer Macromedia Studio
MX and Print Shop Pro Publisher. For
enhanced presentations and visual demostrations, both classrooms
are equipped with interactive, touch-sensitive Smart Boards.
Financial Aid Office
All students are urged to visit
the Financial Aid Office
to learn about the types of aid available. If you have any questions
regarding Pell,
TAP (Tuition Assistance
Program), FSEOG
(Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant), or FCWSP
(College Work-Study Program), please visit the Financial Aid
Office. You may inquire about other types of scholarships and
loans available.
Food
Service
The
Cafeteria in the Kevin I. Sullivan Campus Center serves breakfast,
lunch and dinner Monday through Friday and lunch and dinner on
Saturday and Sunday. Come for a meal or a snack or just to socialize
out! Catering service is also available.
Information Office
Can't remember where
the Registrar is? Lose your car keys? Want to leave a note for
your instructor? The Information
Office can help you with these things and many more. If they
can't answer your questions, you'll be directed to someone who
can. It's a combination mailroom, switchboard, and lost and found.
Facsimile services are also available at a reasonable charge.
Library
Your college days
would not be complete without frequent visits to the automated
Medaille College Library for that "special" help so
necessary for the completion of successful college assignments.
Whether it be research needs,
a quiet place to read, or locating instructor reserve information
or materials, the Medaille library staff is always there to help.
Library services are electronically accessible through Medaille's
Home Page on the Internet (http://www.medaille.edu).
A validated college ID card
is necessary to take books out of the library, so please remember
to carry it with you.
Multimedia
Studio-New Media Institute (NMI)
The Multimedia Studio,
also known as the New Media
Institute (NMI), is dedicated to teaching and training students
in the trends of multimedia technologies. This includes the necessary
skills to use the hardware and the software to create interactive
CD-ROMs, designing World Wide Web pages, creating professional
presentations, and compiling digital portfolios. The
Multimedia Studio uses 10 G4 PowerPC Macintoshes with 256 MB of
RAM, 6 gigabytes of hard drive space, CD-ROM, ViewSonic 17"
32-bit color monitors with high end internal speakers, audiovisual
capabilities, two flat bed scanners, Nikon film scanner, black
and white laser printer, digital video camera, digital still cameras,
recordable 24x CD-ROM burner, 100/250 zip drives, and T1 fast
Internet access. This facility also provides all the updated software
to create video presentations, computer animation, 3-D rendering,
image and sound manipulation, web pages and graphic design.
Registrar's Office
The Registrar's
Office maintains the academic records of all students who
have enrolled at Medaille. You should visit the Registrar's Office
if you wish to drop or add a course, withdraw from a course, register
for a pass/fail, file a change of major and/or degree status,
inquire about graduation status, or have transcripts evaluated
in preparation for admission to a specific program. The Registrar's
Office also can tell you who your advisor is and when the next
registration period will occur.
Special
Academic Services Office
The Special
Academic Services Office coordinates academic support services
that assist all students with many transitions that occur during
a college career. Student success is a special focus of this office
as the Assistant Dean for Special Academic Services is a liaison
for students and is able to answer questions or address concerns
or complaints that students may have. Both day and evening hours
are available.
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Academic Advisement Center
Advisement counselors are
available during both day and evening hours on weekdays to provide
a wide variety of academic advisement services. If you require
assistance with advisement, need to obtain college forms, or
have any questions, please stop at the Advisement
Center. If services are unable to be rendered at the Center,
appropriate referrals will be made. The Advisement Center is
located in the lower level of the Main Building.
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Academic
Skills Center
The Academic
Skills Center offers a full range of learning services.
Both peer and professional tutoring in a variety of disciplines
are available at scheduled times and upon request. Computers
with Internet access, study skills workshops, audio/visual resources,
reference materials and space for study sessions are all provided
in the Center.
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The Counseling
Offices within Medaille College's Special Academic Services'
is committed to enhancing the academic experience of the
student through specific counseling services as part of
the campus climate that is committed to diversity, personal
attention, and the development of the whole person. Staffed
by a professional counselor, this office provides services
to improve self-esteem, organize one's time and life better,
cope with difficult experiences, overcome self-defeating
behaviors, and minimize distractions to academic success.
Specific services include limited personal counseling, group
counseling, self-improvement workshops, self-help information,
and referrals to outside professionals.
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Disability
Services Office
The Disability
Services Office endeavors to asist students with disabilities
in all aspects of their college life. Student requesting
services and/or accommodations must contact the Disability
Services Office directly at (716) 884-3281, ext. 391.
TRIO
Office
The TRIO
Office, located in the Academic Skills Center, is a
federally-funded student support services program established
to assist eligible students in achieving their academic
goals through tutoring, academic and career counseling,
and participation in a variety of cultural activities. The
relationship between TRIO and the general college environment
is designed to maximize students' potential and growth during
their college experience.
Student Affairs Office
The
Office of Student
Affairs is the center for student activities and
provides a variety of services including processing
of I.D.'s, locker rentals, and parking tags. Student
groups wishing to reserve space on campus should obtain
a reservation form in Student Affairs. The office
is open evenings to assist students in the module
schedule and keep them updated on campus events and
services. Stop in any time to ask questions regarding
student life at Medaille.
Student
Health Center
The Student
Health Center is located on the second floor of the Kevin
I. Sullivan Campus Center and is staffed by a Nurse. The office
coordinates health records, immunization, provides for health
and wellness needs, first-aid, health insurance, and educational
programming.
Student Residency and Housing
Medaille College requires campus
residency for students under 21 years of age who do not live within
commuting distance and for local students wishing to participate
in the residential experience. The residence life program emphasizes
a high-quality environment and is coordinated by professional
staff located in the Kevin I. Sullivan Campus Center. Several
options are available including on-campus living in a small group
setting which provides a comfortable living-learning environment,
a newly constructed residence hall/apartment complex, as well
as college sponsored off-campus apartments. Priority is given
to students from outside the immediate Buffalo area.
Substance
Abuse Education
Medaille College provides
educational programming related to substance abuse. This includes
participation in the National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week
and various workshops/symposiums related to alcohol and drug use/abuse.
Personal counseling for individual members of the College community
is available through the counseling office as well as referral to
community agencies in the Buffalo area. Please refer to the Student
Handbook for additional information.
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Medaille
College, 18 Agassiz Circle, Buffalo, NY 14214
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Phone: (716)
884-3281; FAX: (716) 884-0291
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email: Academic
Affairs
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