Student services – how to remotely access the services you need

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On April 6, 2020

This article includes details on how
to access the following services:

  • ADA disability accommodations
  • Advising for graduate students
  • Advising for undergraduate students
  • Career opportunities and employer relations (COER)
  • Care management services
  • Counseling services
  • Equity and Title IX
  • International affairs
  • Learning Enhancement Across Disciplines (LEAD)
  • Library
  • Miner Wellness
  • Online learning resources
  • Opportunities for undergraduate research experience (OURE)
  • Student disability services
  • Student diversity initiatives (SDI)
  • Student Health Services
  • Student involvement
  • Student Success Center
  • Student Veterans Research Center (SVRC)
  • Writing Center

If you would like details about a
department or service not listed here, please email Velvet Hasner, manager of
internal communications, at hasnerv@mst.edu, and let her know
what you would like to have added.

ADA disability accommodations

To request disability accommodations,
please complete the ADA Request form.  If
you have questions or concerns regarding ADA disability accommodations, please
contact Lisa Ours, compliance specialist, at oursl@mst.edu or 573-341-6779.

Advising
for graduate students:
grad.mst.edu

To
meet with your graduate studies specialist, please use email, phone or Zoom. To
request a meeting, please email your specialist your specific questions and
meeting preference. As always, please include your student ID number. Get a
list of graduate student advisors and their
email addresses
.

The office is accepting electronic copies of all forms until
further notice. Original
signatures are not required at this time. Forms may be signed electronically,
or an email approval may accompany it in lieu of the signatures.

Advising
for undergraduate students:
advising.mst.edu

The S&T Advising
Center office is not holding in-person advising sessions until further notice.
To meet with your academic advisor, please use email, phone or Zoom. To request
a meeting, please email your advisor your specific questions and meeting
preference. Get a list of advisors and their
email addresses
.

Career opportunities and employer relations (COER): career.mst.edu

COER advisors are offering online student appointments. For an appointment or assistance, please contact the office at career@mst.edu or 573-341-4343. Please follow COER’s Facebook page for updates.

Care management services: caremanagement.mst.edu

Care management servicesis offering virtual office hours 2-4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays via Zoom at https://umsystem.zoom.us/j/663380565.

Care management offers students:

  • Help managing complex needs
  • Referrals to resources
  • Solution-focused problem solving
  • Assistance navigating processes
  • Coordination and follow-up support

To schedule a consultation time,
students may contact cm@mst.edu
or a care manger directly:

Counseling services: counseling.mst.edu

Staff
members are offering services by phone or video conference via Zoom. Please
call 573-341-4211 to schedule an appointment or confirm information on a
previously scheduled appointment.

Equity and Title IX: equity.mst.edu

The Office of Equity & Title IX remains open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday in a virtual setting. All staff are currently working from home and are available on an in-person meeting via Zoom. Individuals wishing to file an equity or Title IX complaint are encouraged to visit equity.mst.edu/title-ix. In the case of an emergency, please call 911.

International
affairs
: international.mst.edu

Students can schedule advising appointments
with international affairs staff members through S&T Connect. After scheduling an appointment, you
will receive a Zoom meeting invitation. If you would like to review documents during
your appointment, please email the documents to your advisor before your
appointment.

Forms can be submitted electronically by emailing international affairs at ia@mst.edu. Electronic signatures and academic advisor approval will be accepted through email. Forms are available on the international affairs website.

Learning Enhancement Across Disciplines (LEAD): lead.mst.edu

The Learning Enhancement Across Disciplines
(LEAD) program provides free online tutoring via Zoom in over 70 courses,
including all the introductory courses in math, chemistry, physics and computer
science. Get the schedule.

Library: library.mst.edu

While the Curtis Laws Wilson Library is closed,
staff members are working from home. Remote services are available via library.mst.edu. Librarians are monitoring a chat
service 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. To chat, go to library.mst.edu and click the blue “Ask Us” button on the left side. Remote services will continue to be available via phone and email in
addition to chat.

The library has suspended fines for
overdue materials. Please hold onto all checked-out items. The due date for all
items has been extended to Friday, May 15. Unless you are directly contacted
about a specific item, your library items are due May 15. This includes items
from MOBIUS, Prospector and Interlibrary Loan, unless you are directly
contacted about a specific item.

Miner
Wellness:
minerwellness.mst.edu

Miner Wellness will
offer consultations via Zoom for the remainder of the semester. Schedule your
appointment to consult with a wellness coordinator and set goals to improve
your overall well-being. Consultations are available in the areas of sleep
health, nutrition, risk reduction of alcohol or cannabis use, physical
activity, and general wellness. Consultations are free to S&T students, and
can be scheduled by emailing minerwellness@mst.edu.

Online
learning resources:
keeplearning.mst.edu/students

The
S&T campus Learning Transition Team launched a website, keeplearning.mst.edu, with resource
links for students, faculty and staff regarding changes to academic operations
and delivery of courses for the spring semester. This website will be updated
with the latest information and guidelines to make sure you stay connected and
keep learning.

Opportunities
for Undergraduate Research Experience:
academicsupport.mst.edu/experientiallearning/oure

The Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience (OURE) application form is available by electronic submission only. If students have already submitted a hard copy of the form, they do not need to submit the electronic form. Applications are due Friday, May 1. Apply via the OURE webpage.

Student
disability services:
dss.mst.edu

The student disability services staff conducts remote accommodation
appointments 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Students with questions
about disability-related accommodations can contact student disability services
at dss@mst.edu. The accommodation request
process and application link posted on the student
disability services website
.

Student
diversity initiatives:
sdi.mst.edu

The student diversity initiatives (SDI) team continues to serve S&T remotely and holds Zoom office hours 1-3 p.m. Monday through Friday. The meeting ID is 354-839-541. SDI’s food pantry and educational opportunities also remain available. Get more details.

Student Health Services: studenthealth.mst.edu

Student Health is
operating under modified conditions.
The staff continues to see patients but all
patients must first be screened by phone. To be screened and to schedule an appointment, please call 573-341-4284.
Virtual visits are available for some conditions.

You can also contact staff through secure messaging in the Student Health Portal via the website, studenthealth.mst.edu. Users will receive replies when the clinic is open, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Student Involvement: involvement.mst.edu

The
student involvement staff is working remotely Please note the following.

Purchasing and checks

  • Purchasing of items that require
    shipping are currently suspended. Ordering will resume the week ahead of campus
    re-opening.
  • The
    staff will process checks for unpaid obligations (past activity) on a normal
    schedule. Requests received on a Monday by noon will be processed with payment
    available at the end of that same week. Requests received after Monday at noon
    will be available at the end of the following week.
  • Check
    pick-up will not be available in the office. All checks must be
    direct-deposited (preferred) or mailed to the address of the individual or vendor.
  • Purchasing
    practices will not change. Receipts are required for all purchases and additional
    documentation for reimbursements or checks may be required. All purchases should
    be tax exempt. If you need a tax-exempt letter, please contact Gracie Carroll,
    office support assistant, at carrollg@mst.edu before making a purchase.
  • If you receive notice of a refund,
    please forward to Carroll at carrollg@mst.edu. The office needs
    documentation of each refund to properly process the refunds.

Contacting student involvement

Staff
members will be available for Zoom appointments or phone consultations as necessary.
Employees will likely respond with a cell phone number or an anonymous number.

Student eConnection

The
eConnection will continue. All articles are posted on studentnews.mst.edu.
Submit your news via the eConnection
form
.

Student Success Center: studentsuccess.mst.edu

Missouri
S&T’s Student Success Center is transitioning to online Zoom coaching and
tutoring sessions. Please check the schedule to find your tutor or coach, tutor schedule and
Zoom link.

Student Veterans Resource Center: SVRC.mst.edu

The center is holding Zoom
meetings for veterans, and the director is available to answer questions. Learn
more at SVRC.mst.edu.

Writing Center: writingcenter.mst.edu

Make an appointment
for an online writing consultation at writingcenter.mst.edu. Get help
with your writing projects, including abstracts, business correspondence,
creative writing, essays, lab reports, newsletter articles, personal
statements, proposals, research papers and resumes.

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