Campus Connection and Resources
Academic Resources
Located: Lower Pope Student Center
Contact: 706-272-4429
Academic Resources promotes engagement, achievement, and lifelong learning by supporting and encouraging student exploration in academics, career, and self. AR is committed to working collaboratively with, fostering communication in, and serving as a resource for all facets of the college and appropriate areas of the community. The Department consciously strives to blend Academic Affairs with Student and Enrollment Services in an effort to holistically provide our students with skills and opportunity for success. AR will frequently assess our practices and policies and act on the findings to adapt programs and services accordingly to serve an ever changing campus environment and student population.
Academic Advising Center
Located: LIA 107
Contact: 706-272-2643
The Academic Advising Center, located in Room 107 of the Lorberbaum Liberal Arts Building (LIA), advises all General Studies majors and new degree seeking students during their first 15 credit hours and until they have exited all required learning support courses. The Advising Center also advises certificate students and transfer students with two or more learning support requirements. The Advising Center is staffed with a combination of fulltime professional advisors and faculty advisors.
The Advising Center provides the students’ first contact with the College after acceptance to Dalton State. In addition to course selection and registration, advisors help students adjust to the college experience by explaining college expectations and policies, checking the students’ academic progress and referring them to available resources. When students have exited any required learning support classes and have earned approximately 15 credit hours, they are moved to faculty advisors in their majors. General Studies majors remain with the Advising Center as long as they are General Studies majors.
Counseling and Career Services
Located: Lower Pope Student Center
Contact: 706-272-4429
Counseling and Career Services, housed under Academic Resources, provides students a variety of services including personal, career, and academic counseling, personal enrichment workshops, and employment resources. In addition, the staff is involved in outreach programming and consultative services to the campus community. Counseling and Career Services is located in Pope Student Center.
Disability Support Services
Located: Lower Pope Student Center
Contact: 706-272-2524
Dalton State College serves students with disabilities fully and completely. Our institution provides equal access for all students to programs, facilities, and services of the college. It is the student’s responsibility to voluntarily self-disclose a disability to the Disability Support Services office in order to apply for reasonable accommodations. Students are also responsible to apply in a timely manner and to follow the process established by the college which includes the following steps:
1. Contact Disability Support Services in Academic Resources for an appointment to discuss the process, including self-disclosing a disability and requesting accommodations.
2. Provide professional documentation the meets the University system of
Georgia/Board of Regents guidelines. Http://www.daltonstate.edu/ar/disability/
3. Allow time to determine eligibility for services and for accommodations to be implemented. The Disability Support Services office is located in the Lower Level of the Pope Student Center in the Academic Resources Department.
Freshman Year Experience (FYES1000)
Located: Lower Pope Student Center
Contact: 706-272-4573
FYES 1000 is a two credit, institutional requirement course for all first-time, fulltime students. The Program’s intent is to create communities of learning which assist new students as they transition to college. Please see Academic Resources website for more information.
Peer Instruction
Located: Lower Pope Student Center
Contact: 706-272-4573
Peer instruction is available in the form of group and individual tutoring, and is available for many courses.
Testing Center
Located: Room 103 of the Lorberbaum Liberal Arts Building
Contact: 706-272-2606
• Responsible for the coordination of all standardized testing on campus
• Administers tests with accommodations for students with disabilities.
Financial Aid
Located: Lower Pope Student Center
Contact: 706-272-4545
Financial Aid is available for students who qualify. All students are encouraged to apply for financial aid as there are many sources available.
Student Center
The Pope Student Center building houses the offices of Academic Resources (which includes career and academic support services) and Student Activities. It also houses the Bookstore, the game room, and Food Services. The Student Center provides students the opportunity to relax, purchase meals, buy supplies from the bookstore, and read the bulletin boards for the latest information on student activities, news and events around campus. The game room offers additional recreational options through video games, pool tables, and ping pong tables. Game equipment is available in the Office of Student Activities. Computers and photocopy services are available in the lower level of the Student Center. Cultural programs and other entertainment events are also held in the Student Center.
Food Service
Located: Upper Pope Student Center
The “Skylight Cafe” is open Monday -Thursday 7:15 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., and Friday and Summer term from 7:15 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Food Service offers breakfast, lunch, and snacks.
Bookstore
Located: Upper Pope Student Center
The Bookstore is open Monday -Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Friday 8:00a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Services include: textbook sales, textbook buy-back, best-sellers, reference materials, sundries, faxing, and postage.
Library
Located: Between Wescott and Sequoia Hall
Contact: 706-272-4527
With an extensive collection of books, eBooks, and online journals, Robert’s Library is a valuable resource to all students. The Learning Commons provides free printing to students, and a validated Student ID Card is required.
Main semester hours are:
Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Friday 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Gym
The Bandy Gymnasium provides health and physical education facilities for scheduled activities and informal recreation. The facility includes a heated, indoor swimming pool, basketball courts, weight room, locker rooms, and classrooms.
Student Housing
A student must be enrolled in at least nine semester hours in order to be eligible to live on-campus.
The application form is available upon request from the Office of
Residence Life or on the DSC website http://www.daltonstate.edu/housing/.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Located: Upper Pope Student Center
Contact: 706-272-4428
Dalton State College has a full program of co-curricular activities which is administered through the office of the Director of Student Activities. This program is largely promoted by the Student Activities Office through the Student Activities Council and Fine Arts/Lecture Committee, in cooperation with the faculty. Committees approved by the Student Activities Council are assigned certain functions to assist in the presentation of a well-rounded program. The major emphasis with all activities at Dalton State College is “Balanced Programming.”
Below is a list of all Registered Student Organizations as of the start of Fall 2009
Accounting Club
Art Club
Baptist Collegiate Ministries
Business Networking Club
Business Office Professionals
Association
C.A.B.
Chemist Society
College Bowl
College Republicans
Conservative Student Organization
Criminal Justice Society
D.I.R.T. - Drafters in Rigorous Training
Environmental Club
Future Educators
G.A.P. - Growth, Awareness, and
Population
Glad Rag Drama Society
History Club
Kappa Delta Pi
Literary Reading Club
LPN Club
Medical Laboratory Technician
Music Club
Northwest Crescent Leadership
Alliance
Phi Alpha
Phi Theta Kappa
Pre-Health Professionals Club
Presidents’ Council
Radiologic Technology Club
Respiratory Therapy Club
RN Club
S.A.F.E. - Students Advocating for
Equality
Sigma Beta Delta
SOAR Leaders
Social Work Club
Spanish Club
Student Georgia Association of
Educators
Student Newspaper
Students United for Peace
Tributaries Literary Magazine
Young Democrats
Civic Engagement and Service Learning
Located: Upper Pope Student Center
Contact: 706-272-2592
Civic Engagement and Service Learning is operated through the Office of Student Activities and is available to students, faculty, staff and the community. Civic Engagement and Service Learning combines service and learning objectives with the goal of enrichment for both the recipient and provider of service. Student involvement in Civic Engagement and Service Learning enhances a student’s academic experience through real life experiences beyond the classroom.
The goals of the office are:
1. To make students aware of the needs in their community
2. To connect with local agencies
3. To promote DCS and its students to the surrounding area
4. To provide an opportunity for DSC students to use skills and knowledge
acquired through the classroom in real-life situations.