Student Services and Resources
The University of Mississippi supports our students in many different kinds of ways, resulting in an extremely high retention rate of students.
We encourage our students to be involved on campus in order to exercise those skills of communication, leadership, working in a team, taking the initiative, time management, and other skills desired in life and work. Employer surveys tell us that they are more willing to hire college graduates who have had an internship, studied abroad, and engaged in community service. Therefore, we present ways that our university is helping students connect with opportunities off campus that will enrich their college experience and help prepare them for the world afterwards.
The following lists are not meant to be exhaustive.
Getting Involved
Student Services and Resources
- Career Center – helps students develop career goals, learn internship and job search strategies.
- Global Engagement – includes services for international students and for UM students who wish to Study Abroad
- Internship Experience – prepares students and connects them with needed resources for internships
- Study USA – coordinates travel courses within the US
- Campus Recreation - one the largest sources of student employment but also a way to have physical health and reduce stress
- Counseling Center – assists students, faculty, and staff with mental health
- Grove Grocery – provides food and hygiene products free of charge for campus
- Health Services – offers a wide range of health services for students
- Psychological Services Center – provides mental health support for students, including testing for learning disabilities and attention disorders
- U-Matter – provides services to help care for students in distress
- UMSafe - resources related to those who are victim of conduct that could constitute sexual harassment
- VIP: Survivor Support – provides a confidential, supportive and inclusive resource center for those impacted by sexual violence and harassment, intimate-partner violence, domestic violence, stalking and other gender-based discrimination. Call our direct helpline: 662-816-5377
- Bursar’s Office – collects and disburses funds for the university.
- Financial Aid
- Registrar’s Office – maintains academic calendars, transcripts, transfer equivalencies, and course schedule
- Student Development Grant - to provide supplemental support for presentations at conferences or other special events that offer opportunities for students to expand their educational and professional development
- Diversity and Community Engagement – provides leadership, resources and information that fosters belonging, enriches learning and development, enhances research, and creates equitable opportunities for all
- FASTrack – first-year learning community that helps students transition from high school to college
- Health Professions Advising Office – helps students achieve their professional goals in preparing for and applying to a health professional school
- IMAGE – Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation – supports minority undergraduate students in STEM and promotes graduate education in STEM fields
- Living-Learning Communities – offers on-campus living options for students with similar interests
- McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement
- Pre-Law Advising Office – helps students achieve their professional goals preparing for and applying to law school
- Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies – provides programs and services to support students of all genders
- Student Disability Services -
- Veteran and Military Services – offers comprehensive resources to veterans, military, and military dependents
- IT Helpdesk – helps with a wide array of technical support
- Library – includes IDEAlab makerspace, STUDIOone for recording or editing videos, 3-D printing, poster printing, regular printing/copying/scanning
- Mathematics Lab – helps students develop their mathematical skills, supports basic mathematics courses, and organizes the ALEKS mathematics placement exam
- Speaking Center – offers free public speaking consultation services
- Student Disability Services – serves those with physical and nonphysical disabilities
- Student Success and Academic Support – advises many first-year students, coordinates the orientation courses, and offers a variety of student success programs and workshops
- Testing Center – provides professional and academic testing such as ACT, SAT, Praxis, ALEKS, CLEP, TOEFL, GRE, LSAT as well as proctored exams for UM courses
- Tutoring Resources and Help Sessions
- Writing Center – helps students develop their writing skills