Academic Advising
Academic Advising at Baldwin Wallace University is a developmental process of faculty members working with students to strategize, plan and critique decisions related to students’ educational, career and personal goals. Through this interactive relationship, students learn how to utilize resources and tools to make effective, self-directed decisions. While this process is a collaborative effort, the ultimate responsibility for making decisions rests with the individual student.
Academic Advising is available to all students who are admitted to Baldwin Wallace University. Advising for full-time, undergraduate day students is provided by faculty and Learning Center specialists and is coordinated by the staff of the Office of Academic Advising. Every student who has declared a major will be advised by that department or division. A student whose major is undecided is advised by a faculty member in a department of interest, a faculty member who works with undecided students or by the director of the Office of Academic Advising.
Students should come to the Office of Academic Advising, located in Bonds 106, to add or change their major(s) or minor(s), change their advisors, or receive additional help utilizing their academic program evaluations.
For more information, visit www.bw.edu/resources/advise, call 440/826-2188, or e-mail at advising@bw.edu
Career Services
The Office of Career Services at Baldwin Wallace (BW) University is a comprehensive career services office that integrates one-on-one career advising and web based technologies to educate BW students with the necessary skills to independently manage their careers upon graduation and throughout their lives. Career Services’ goal is to encourage, support and advance career and professional development for students in order to facilitate the transition from University to career. We do this by:
- Offering students resources and assessment tools for self-discovery, academic major selection and career exploration;
- Teaching students resume and cover letter writing, professional networking and job search techniques;
- Presenting students opportunities to connect with alumni for mentoring, job-shadowing, career advice, networking and informational interviews; and
- Connecting students to employers through our annual Career and Internship Expo, the Northeast Ohio Teacher Education Day job fair, Employer Meet & Greets, the BW Career Network, and through our On Campus Recruiting Program.
For more information about Career Services, visit www.bw.edu/career
Graduate Study
The University encourages students to continue their formal education in graduate programs. Specific advice and information concerning graduate work may be obtained from the faculty members in the student’s major department. The Office of Career Services offers a graduate school workshop each semester and extensive resources on graduate programs and admission tests. The University also maintains a library of information in Ritter Library relating to graduate and professional programs, graduate fellowships and graduate scholarships.
Baldwin Wallace offers two graduate degrees, Master of Business Administration (http://www.bw.edu/academics/bus/mba) and Master of Arts in Education (http://www.bw.edu/academics/mae).
Information Technology
The Department of Information Technology maintains a reliable, secure network and communication infrastructure, while supporting applications, training, and services for the students, faculty, and staff. www.bw.edu/resources/infotech
Ritter Library
Ritter Library has a book collection of more than 200,000 volumes. The Library subscribes to approximately 500 print journals and provides on-line electronic access to over 45,000 journals. More than 250 on-line databases are available for student use, including EBSCO databases, Academic Search Complete, Lexis-Nexis, and PsyINFO. Through OhioLINK, an Ohio-wide academic library consortium, Baldwin Wallace students have borrowing privileges at most of Ohio’s other academic libraries. Ritter’s professional staff assists students in using the collection and advising about access to off-campus resources. Ritter Library’s has 36 computer workstations for student use and 16 laptop computers which students can check out for use in Ritter Library.
The Learning Center
The Learning Center seeks to enhance the educational experience of Baldwin Wallace University undergraduates by offering a range of support programs and services.
Our resources include:
Academic Advising for Learning Center Students
Academic Coaching Learning Center
Courses
The Learning Center offers several courses designed to help students develop skills necessary for success in college.
Drop- in Tutoring
English as a Second Language Courses and Tutoring
eTutoring
Math Specialist Tutoring
Peer Tutoring
Supplemental Instruction
Disability Services for Students (DSS)
Baldwin Wallace University is dedicated to making education accessible to students with documented disabilities. To be eligible for services, students must self-disclose information about their disability (ies) to Disability Services for Students (DSS). Students must provide documentation of their disability as defined by the ADA Amendments Act (ADAA) of 2009, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Upon receipt of the documentation and intake form, a DSS Specialist will review the documentation and determine the appropriate accommodations. Accommodations may include: extended test times, alternative text formats, note takers, reduced-distraction test environment. Website: http://www.bw.edu/resources/disability/
For more information on our programs and services:
Website: http://www.bw.edu/resources/learn
Phone: 440.826.2147
Email: lrncntr@bw.edu |
