Academic and Personal Support
Services
Students have many places on campus to seek
help with personal and academic difficulties.
This section briefly describes the University
and College offices dedicated to supporting the
well being and success of our students.
For academic problems,
students are encouraged to discuss the matter
with their course instructor or GSI as soon as
problems arise. If the problem cannot be
resolved at that time, the student can speak
with their department's program advisor and/or
the department chair, or for the case of first
year and undeclared students, with the advisors
in the Engineering Advising Center. If further
assistance is needed, one of the academic deans
in the College should be consulted. On some
occasions, formal processes for resolving
academic problems may be needed, and these are
described in the section on Academic Rules and
Policies.
For personal problems,
there are a number of offices on campus where
staff are available to help students get the
support that is needed. In the College, students may contact staff in the Engineering
Advising Center (especially for first year and
undeclared students), the Minority Engineering
Program Office and the Women in Engineering
Office. The offices of the Managing Director
for Undergraduate Education, the Associate Dean
for Undergraduate Education, and the Associate
Dean for Graduate Education, are also available
resources.
The sexual harassment intake officers for
the College of Engineering are Tony England
(england@umich.edu, 647-7020), and Debbie Taylor (dpoet@umich.edu, 647-7014).
Academic Services
The Office of Academic Services serves
students, faculty and staff with a particular
focus on four areas: Academic Services, Curriculum, Scholarships and Student
Recognition. The staff of
Academic Services is dedicated to
assisting students navigate through the
registration to degree completion processes and
to increase the recognition of student leaders
and scholars.
Academic Services: These services include
the records office, room scheduling, major and
minor declarations, diploma application and
degree audits. The staff is available to answer
questions about the processes and to provide
the appropriate forms and procedures for each
process.
Curriculum: This area staffs the College
Curriculum Committee, continuously improves the
quality and usefulness of the Bulletin and
seeks input and communicates with students
about curricular issues.
Scholarships: The Scholarship Office
coordinates the awarding of scholarships to
incoming and continuing undergraduate students.
Scholarships are available from College general
funds, endowed and expendable gifts to the
College, and gifts from industry sponsors. The
Scholarship Office also strives to be a
clearinghouse of information on non-University
scholarship opportunities that are available to
engineering students.
Student Recognition Events: Three major
College events are organized through the Office
of Academic Services: Parent's Weekend, the Student Leadership Recognition Dinner and
the Student Honors Brunch. In addition to these
events, this area also coordinates the Roger M.
Jones Poetry Contest and the Roger M. Jones
Fellowship Abroad.
The Ameritech
Engineering Learning Resource Center
The AELRC is a resource for academic support for engineering students. The AELRC offers a study area with CAEN-supported computers and offers a variety of academic support services including free peer tutoring, supplemental Instruction sessions for selected first and second-year courses, academic skill development workshops on topics such as time management and study skills, and practice exam sessions.
Engineering
Advising Center
The
Engineering Advising Center (EAC) provides
academic advising services and support for
first-year and undeclared students in their
transition from high school to the rigorous
academic demands of the College of Engineering.
The EAC's programs and services foster success
by assisting students in exploring their
educational, career and life goals. The EAC
plays an integral role in the first year
experience. The center provides students with
the College and University's resources, that
can help them achieve their goals, and support
their personal growth and leadership
development. The EAC promotes academic success, empowering students to strive for excellence at
Michigan and beyond.
Orientation
All first-year students must participate in
the University of Michigan and College of
Engineering orientation. Summer/Fall and
International orientation sessions provide
students with important academic information, guidance in the course selection and
registration process, and an introduction to
the engineering computer environment. During
orientation all students meet individually with
advisors to begin their exploration of
educational opportunities.
All new graduate students are invited to
join the
CoE's New Graduate Student Welcome event at
the start of the Fall semester. This event
serves as an introduction to the Office of the
Associate Dean for Graduate Education, presents
an opportunity to gather information about
student societies and student services offices
on campus, and provides sessions on computing, funding, and a Q & A period with a panel of
current graduate students.
Academic Advising
First-year student advisors, consisting of a
group of well-qualified faculty from the
engineering departments, professional EAC
advisors, and peer advisors, work with students
to facilitate their transition and learning
process.
During the fall and winter terms, students
are encouraged to explore their educational and
career goals. As part of their ongoing support
for students, the advisors assist students with
personal issues and provide guidance in
evaluation of attitudes, goals, values and
academic priorities. Students also meet with an
advisor to select courses and monitor their
academic progress and explore engineering
options. All first-year students are required
to meet with an advisor each term before
registration for course advising.
Developing self-reliance and the ability to
make choices, as well as the ability to
appraise one's own performance and intellectual
growth, is an important part of the student's
education. It is the role of the EAC advisors
to facilitate this process by:
- Making academic policies and procedures
clear and meaningful to students.
- Helping students with course selection, and the process of monitoring course
progress.
- Encouraging students exploration of
educational opportunities.
- Assisting students in setting and
attaining academic and career goals.
- Helping students strengthen their
academic skills.
- Helping students learn how to make
effective decisions.
- Helping students navigate through the
University of Michigan and the College of
Engineering resources to help them
succeed.
- Make referrals to other services when
needed.
The Engineering Advising Center also
publishes the First-Year Handbook, and the
monthly newsletter Advising Matters. Students
and parents should visit the EAC web site for
additional information. www.engin.umich.edu/students/advising
Academic Advising for Continuing and
Transfer Students
Declared and transfer students receive
advising from Program Advisors.
At the beginning of each undergraduate
degree program description (beginning on page
72) is the name(s) of the faculty member(s)
designated as Program Advisor(s). Upon
selecting a degree program, the student is
referred to the respective Program Advisor, who
is responsible for the necessary academic
advising through graduation.
Graduate Student
Support
The Office of the Associate Dean for
Graduate Education (ADGE) is dedicated to
providing quality recruiting and retention
programs for our prospective and current
graduate students, as defined below:
Current Graduate Students:
http://www.engin.umich.edu/students/current/graduate/
On this website, you will find information
pertaining to academics, support, funding, a
new student resource guide, student activities, and more. Here are the services that are
provided through our office:
Prospective Graduate Student
Recruitment:
http://www.engin.umich.edu/admin/adge/recruiting/
On Campus
Recruiting
The Office of the
Associate Dean of Graduate Education
coordinates various on-campus graduate student
recruiting events annually. These events target
all prospective graduate masters and doctoral
students as well as specific populations.
Additionally all graduate engineering
departments are involved with the events so
that students have opportunities to visit
departments and gather information from faculty
and staff. These include such programs as
Graduate Programs Information Day,
PREVIEW, several
Graduate School Information Sessions, and
IMPACT. On-campus recruitment programs
are hosted for College of Engineering
undergraduates and external students looking to
enroll in graduate studies at the University of
Michigan.
Off Campus
Recruiting
Off-campus
recruiting events constitute a great deal of
the College's graduate student recruitment
efforts. Annually the office of the Associate
Dean of Graduate Education sponsors numerous
faculty, staff, and current graduate students
to attend these events.
National conferences, graduate school fairs, and campus visitations are utilized to
promote all of the Colleges advanced degree
programs. Collaboration with other University
of Michigan units such as Rackham Graduate
School/AGEP Alliance, LSA Sciences, Program in
Biomedical Sciences, School of Information, and
the Ross School of Business assist with these
campus wide recruitment efforts.
Minority Engineering Program Office
(MEPO)
The College of Engineering's Minority
Engineering Program Office (MEPO) was
established to increase the number of
underrepresented minority engineering students
who graduate with engineering degrees, from the
baccalaureate to the doctorate. To accomplish
this, MEPO works with students from a diversity
of backgrounds, from 7th grade through
completion of graduate studies; maintains
collaborative relationships with faculty and
staff; and networks with engineering employers
to secure resources and employment
opportunities for engineering students.
At the pre-college level, MEPO offers students
in grades 7 through 12 opportunities to
actively explore and prepare for engineering
and other technical career fields.
MEPO hosts the Summer Engineering Academy
and the Ford Summer Engineering Institute (for
entering first-year students) each year to
address participants' pre-college academic and
personal development needs.
MEPO also maintains a formal relationship
with the Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering
Program (DAPCEP), which sponsors tutorial
services, hands-on projects, academic
enrichment, and engineering exposure
sessions.
MEPO is also actively engaged in the local, regional, and national initiatives of GEM
(National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for
Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc.), which encourages promising minority students to
pursue graduate degrees in engineering.
The MEPO Advisory Council, composed of
executives from many of the College's
engineering employer partners, provides advice, financial support, and strategic direction for
outreach and retention efforts. The Council
sponsors the annual ScholarPOWER Academic
Awards Banquet to recognize student
achievement.
Finally, MEPO consults with College and
University administration and faculty to
facilitate an environment conducive to
diversity.
Women in
Engineering Office
The Women in Engineering Office (WIE)
division of the Women in Science and
Engineering Program (WISE) works with students, faculty and staff to provide an inviting and
supportive environment for women at all levels
throughout the College of Engineering. The WIE
Office provides services and resources to
assist women in various stages of academic and
professional development and provides
leadership in the College concerning women's
issues. The goals of the WIE Office include
increasing the pool of qualified women who
enter engineering, assisting in their
retention, assisting women in pursuing
undergraduate and graduate degrees and careers, supporting student, staff and faculty groups
that focus on women's issues and facilitating a
cooperative environment within engineering. To
meet these goals, WIE:
- Generates and disseminates data on women
in engineering disciplines
- Offers research opportunities for juniors
through the Marian Sarah Parker Program, a
graduate school awareness program
- Sponsors weekend and summer outreach
programs for middle and high school
students
- Provides advising and counseling
- Oversees the WISE Residence Program, a
living-learning program for undergraduate
students
- Maintains a small library of print and
video resources
- Sponsors Speaker Series
- Publishes a bi-annual newsletter
- Maintains a website with scholarship, career and academic information
- Provides graduate peer advisors for new
graduate students
- Provides administrative support to
student organizations
- Offers professional development
workshops
The WIE Office also advocates for women
students by educating the University community
about gender equity, an important contribution
to supporting the success of women and
providing a more comfortable campus climate for
all students. WIE is committed to responding to
the needs of our constituents and enhancing the
educational experience of all College of
Engineering students.
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