Student Handbook

University Support Services

Dean of Students Office

The Dean of Students Office is an essential component of the total student experience at the University of Connecticut. This office assists students with a variety of personal, social and academic issues and provides the following services:

• Individualized coaching on how to manage circumstances in which students find themselves needing to leave or re-enter the University. This includes readmission, transferring to another school, and taking a leave of absence, as well as specific academic support coaching regarding finals and short-term loans.
• Support of The Student Code, the institutional expectations for personal and group conduct, in and out of the classroom.
• Strengthening the sense of campus community through campus-wide events, cultivation of student leadership and self-advocacy, and support to students and families in trying times.
• Providing accurate, effective information and interventions for students challenged by social and academic transitions.

Alcohol & Other Drug Services (AOD)

The Office of Alcohol and other Drug Services is charged with offering services to students including prevention, intervention, education, and peer leadership opportunities in the area of substance abuse prevention to the UConn community. Students become involved in many areas and aspects of the substance prevention and education field.