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The University of New Orleans (UNO) recognizes the important educational role that involvement in student life provides for students. There is a commitment to focus on the development of the whole student by extending the classroom experience through extracurricular activities. By participating in student life programming, you have an opportunity to develop your intellectual, social, leadership, communication and recreational skills, and these skills can assist you both personally and professionally. The Office of Student Affairs is committed to sponsoring and promoting activities which complement your educational experience, and the following information is only a sampling of the offerings that UNO has available. Welcome to the UNO student life community.
Student Government
All regularly enrolled students are members of Student Government (SG), which provides an opportunity for each student to participate in the general community affairs of the University. SG members assume the fullest powers and responsibilities of self-government consistent with the responsibilities and policies of the University administration. In addition, SG maintains a variety of services such as an open forum for students to express ideas and concerns, a subsidized child care center, and an organization resource center. The SG Student Legal Counseling Services provides students with an attorney for assistance with legal advice, document preparation, referral support, and Notary Public services. SG also funds other activities and services on campus such as student organizations programs, UNO Leadership Cabinet, Career Day, Student Needs Survey, and limited travel funds for undergraduate and graduate students who are presenting papers at national professional meetings and conferences.
Student Organizations
UNO registers and recognizes over 100 active student organizations with memberships totaling over 4,000. Types of groups include professional, honors, political, religious, service, social, Greek, special interest, and departmental.
Student Media
The Driftwood is a weekly student newspaper containing general news, feature and sports stories, editorials and other columns. All positions are open to students.
The annually published literary magazine, The Ellipsis, includes stories, poems, photographs and drawings by members of the UNO community and publishes award-winning work by UNO students.
Recreation and Intramural Sports
The UNO Recreation & Fitness Center has approximately 87,000 square feet of space dedicated to a variety of fitness activities, making it the largest recreation and fitness facility on the Lakefront. This full-service, state of the art center offers the latest equipment and technology in a convenient location.
An expansive 17,000 square feet is dedicated to cardiovascular, selectorized, and free weight training. State of the art cardio equipment includes treadmills, upright and recumbent bicycles, rowing machines, elliptical cross-trainers and more. Members can stay entertained and informed while they work out tuned into cardio-theater on one of 11 televisions located throughout the fitness area. Amenities include the Dr. Richard J. Stillman 1/10 mile indoor jogging/walking track; various group exercise classes geared to meet cardiovascular, resistance, flexibility and/or mind body training goals; 2 dry saunas, 2 racquetball courts, snack bar, outdoor deck adjacent to pool, natatorium (25 yard/ 4 lane lap pool) used for water group exercise and lap/recreational swimming. Personal training and Fitness Assessments are available. To schedule a fitness assessment or a training session with a trainer please call the Department of RIS Fitness Assessment Office at 280-FITT (3488).
UNO Students are admitted with a current valid UNO Student ID. Membership to the UNO Recreation and Fitness Center is also available to all Faculty/Staff, Faculty/Staff Retiree, Active Alumni, Research & Technology Park employees, Senior Citizen and Community Members.
Intramural Sports
Recreational and Intramural Sports (RIS) administers men’s and women’s intramural sports, co-recreational divisions, and team sports including basketball, flag football, table tennis, volleyball, softball, golf, badminton and racquetball. Top student teams are eligible to compete at the LCIRSA State Tournament each semester.
Club Sports
Club Sports are designed to bring students with common interests together. All club sports are organized by students and provide recreational and competitive programming. Club sports include cycling, paintball, inline hockey, dance, karate, wrestling, sailing, soccer, cricket and rugby teams which compete against other local/regional universities.
UNO Spirit Groups
The UNO cheerleaders, privateer dancers, pep band and mascot perform at men and women basketball games, volleyball matches, pep rallies, etc. Contact Athletics at 280-3981 for more details.
Summer Sports Day Camp
The UNO Summer Sports Day Camp provides a curriculum for boys and girls (ages 5-12) that enable them to participate in various sport activities. The program is held during the months of June, July, and August.
For more information, contact the Department of Recreational and Intramural Sports at UNO, 504-280-6357 or visit our website at http://ris.uno.edu
Campus Activities
The Office of Campus Activities gives administrative direction and support to campus activities, student development, campus organizations, Student Activities Council, and fraternities and sororities. Leadership development, officer training, budgeting, registration of student organizations, and general information are available to campus groups. Apartment Referral Service, information on Louisiana landlord/tenant lease regulations, Rideshare (carpooling), Roommate Referral Service, and personal budgeting are some of the services provided by the Office of Campus Activities.
University Center
The University Center is the hub of student life on the UNO campus by housing offices and/or services for Student Government (SG), Campus Activities, Office of Disability Services, Career Placement and Cooperative Education, Dean of Student Affairs, Office of International Students and Scholars, Judicial and Student Assistance, Auxiliary Services, Pharmacy, Student Activities Council, Student Health Services, Campus Dining, the Driftwood, Greek Affairs, Student Organizations, Multicultural Affairs, and Telecommunications.
There are 15 multi-purpose function rooms that can accommodate from nine to 900 persons, three overnight guest rooms, full-service catering, a la carte cafeteria, table service dining, television areas, and more.
Also included in the building is the UNO Bookstore with textbooks, magazines, gifts, UNO clothing and souvenirs, fiction and non-fiction books, computer software and supplies, writing and drafting supplies, gift wrappings, greeting cards, balloons for special occasions, and more.
The University Center offers a variety of dining options including Starbucks, Subway, the Galley Cafeteria, and the Flambeau Room. Other dining options on campus include a large convenience store, Chick-fil-A, Bene Pizzeria, and Grill Works in The Cove. Freshens Smoothies and other snack items are available in the Recreation and Fitness Center.
Intercollegiate Athletics
The University of New Orleans offers intercollegiate athletics and is a Division I member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). UNO fields teams in seven men’s sports (baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, indoor track, outdoor track, and tennis) and eight women’s sports (basketball, cross country, golf, indoor track, outdoor track, swimming, tennis, and volleyball). UNO was a charter member of the Sun Belt Conference (SBC), which currently includes Arkansas-Little Rock, Arkansas State, Denver, Florida International, Louisiana-Lafayette, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, South Alabama, Troy, and Western Kentucky. Students who wish to participate in intercollegiate athletics at UNO must meet eligibility requirements. Contact the UNO Athletic Department at (504) 280-6102 for more information. Students with a valid identification card are admitted free to all home athletic events, and may purchase one guest ticket at a discount rate for each home event.
Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena, located on the East Campus at 6801 Franklin Avenue, houses a 10,000 seat facility for basketball, concerts, and other entertainment events, as well as an auxiliary gymnasium for volleyball matches, an Olympic-size swimming pool, a weight room for use by UNO athletes, and the offices of Intercollegiate Athletics.
UNO has a rich athletic tradition. Highlights include: Men’s basketball has earned four NCAA tournaments and 11 National Invitational tournament berths, has won 20 or more games in a season 14 times. Women’s basketball has won 20 or more games in a season six times and has appeared in post season play on a few occasions. Men’s and women’s tennis had back-to-back 20-win seasons. The cross country team won the 2000 Women’s SBC Championship. Privateer baseball has won 12 NCAA berths, and holds the distinction of having been the first Louisiana team to go to the College World Series.
UNO served as co-host to the 2002 NCAA Volleyball Championships and the 2003 men’s basketball Final Four, and served as host of the 2004 Sun Belt Conference Volleyball Tournament.
For up-to-date information on game times and locations, check the Privateers official web site at: www.unoprivateers.com.
National Student Exchange
The University is a member of the National Student Exchange (NSE). Through NSE programs, students at UNO can experience educational and cultural life in a new geographic setting by attending any of 177 participating colleges and universities across the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. Students may participate in the exchange for one or two semesters with out-of-state fees waived. Students must be at least sophomore level (30 credit hours) with a minimum 2.5 GPA at the time of the exchange. Students meet with their UNO advisers prior to the exchange to assure that all credit completed while on exchange will transfer toward their UNO degree program. Information and applications for the exchange are available at the General Studies Program Office in room 214 of the Bicentennial Education Center. Additional information concerning the NSE Program and all partner universities may be obtained at http://www.nse.org.
Student Health Services
Student Health Services is committed to providing the highest quality health care to the UNO community. Health Services offers evaluation and treatment of illness and injury, as well as educational programming for health promotion and illness prevention. Primary care is provided to students, on an emergency, appointment, and walk-in basis.
Various injections, immunizations, and advice on travel abroad are available to students, staff, and faculty. Comprehensive physical evaluation and diagnostic laboratory testing are available to students.
Feedback is an important part of the health teamwork, and students are encouraged to offer ideas and suggestions to improve Student Health Services.
Student Health Services is located in University Center, room 244. Hours are 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. on Tuesday), Monday through Friday. Appointments can be made for evening clinic hours. University Police (280-6666) respond to all campus emergencies 24 hours a day.
Pharmacy
The pharmacy, located in the University Center, room 238, is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The pharmacy can fill prescription and over-the-counter medication needs on campus, at competitive rates.
Student Sickness and Accident Insurance
The University negotiates a moderately priced sickness and accident insurance policy for students. Students not covered by another sickness and accident insurance policy are strongly encouraged to enroll in this plan. The plan includes savings realized by Student Health Services acting as primary care giver. Additional savings are provided through the use of a preferred provider organization.
The policy is optional for domestic students but mandatory for international students. Dependents can also be covered on this policy. Policy information and claim forms are available at Student Health Services and Student Affairs Office (University Center, Room 260).
Office of Disability Services
The Office of Disability Services (ODS) coordinates campus-wide efforts to provide services for people with disabilities. Governed by a university-wide administrative policy, this office facilitates, coordinates, and/or acts as a resource for accessing accommodations in courses, programs, services, jobs, activities, and facilities, including those that are off-site, such as field trips, satellite campuses, student teaching, internships, and field work. The primary function of ODS is to assist in student learning. Efforts to facilitate this include making use of procedures in place in other departments, allowing accessible application for admission, financial aid, and accessible on-campus housing, selection and registration for classes, seeking academic and career placement counseling, and lectures and labs. Accessibility also ensures full demonstration of knowledge and skills on exams. Likewise, ODS cooperates with other departments to provide certain services directly. These include special campus tours and new student orientations, audio-taped texts and class materials, accommodative testing facilities, and access to tape recorders, personal amplification systems, elevators, and adaptive technology (voice, large print, optical scanners, etc.). Services begin when registered UNO students contact ODS, obtain Office of Disability Services Policy, Procedure, and Resource Manual, provide documentation of a disability, and request assistance. Services end when the student leaves the University or requests removal from the ODS active student file. Services are available to individuals with documentation of need resulting from temporary or long term disabilities in one or more of the following categories: chronic health problems, mobility impairment, learning disability, sensory impairment, psychological impairment, and age-related difficulties.
The Section 504 Compliance Officer is the Director for Disability Services, and is located in the University Center Room 260. The ADA Compliance Officer is the Manager of Facility Renovations and Design and is located in the Facility Services Building. If you have any questions regarding specific responsibilities of these officers, please call (504) 280-6222 or visit the University Center, Room 260.
Office of International Students and Scholars
The Office of International Student and Scholars (OISS) provides support to approximately 750 international students and approximately 100 international faculty and staff from over 90 countries. Specifically, OISS assists international students, faculty, and staff in maintaining their legal status under U.S. immigration law. In addition, the office provides support on such matters as cross-cultural adjustment, personal and financial issues, and academic problems. Programs offered by the OISS include new student orientation and educational workshops on topics of interest to international students, faculty, and staff. OISS produces a regular newsletter, maintains an e-mail listserv, and co-sponsors cultural events such as international coffee/tea hours, and an international festival in cooperation with international student organizations. Specific information about OISS programs is available at the following web address: http://www.uno.edu/~oiss.
Office of Multicultural Affairs
The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) assists in developing services and programs to help recruit, retain, and graduate diverse, multicultural students; to meet their academic and social needs; to advise and counsel students and student organizations; and to help the UNO community recognize, appreciate, and respect diversity.
UNO is committed to promoting campus sensitivity to issues affecting diverse students and students of color. This office serves as liaison for multicultural students with appropriate offices advocating their needs where possible.
Sponsoring and co-sponsoring activities that demonstrate a diverse, multicultural presence is an important part of the mission of this office. Working with students, student groups, faculty, and departments, and with events such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation, the Native American Pow Wow, the annual Jewish Seder, the Black Heritage Ball, a Brown Bag Dialogue Series, and a Multicultural Book Discussion Series are annual or alternate-year possibilities. For applicants who have been convicted of a felony, the office facilitates the process of their becoming enrolled at the University where appropriate.
Children’s Center
The University operates a learning center for children one to five years of age. The center is open to children of students, faculty, and staff on a space-available basis. Hours of operation are Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. The Center is located on the main campus. For further information, call (504) 280-3131.
Student Housing
Residence Facilities
PRIVATEER PLACE: Privateer Place is a beautiful apartment-style community located in the northwest corner of the campus. Offering the following accommodations and amenities in nine and 12 month leases: four bedroom, two bath apartments, furnished (rented per person); two bedroom, 2 bath apartments, furnished (rented per person); and efficiency apartments, unfurnished (rented per unit).
Furnished units have a bed, student desk, desk chair, nightstand, and bachelor’s chest of drawers in each bedroom. Each common living area includes a couch, matching chair, coffee table, end table, and built-in dining table with chairs.
Rates include utilities, garbage, and access to all on-site amenities including coin-operated laundry facilities, swimming pool, hot tub, clubhouse for student gatherings, and a sand volleyball court.
Privateer Place is open during academic breaks, and tenants are able to stay in apartments throughout the lease term. For more information about housing at Privateer Place, call (504) 282-5670.
BIENVILLE HALL: An eight-story, air-conditioned coeducational residence hall for single students with male and female students in separate suites on the same floor. Features include suite arrangement, double occupancy (shared bathroom), utilities, local telephone service with call-waiting (resident must provide phone), on-going student activities, cable television, recreation facilities, coin-operated laundry, and a credit per fall/spring semester to be used for meals at all campus dining locations including the Cove, the convenience store, and the University Center. (No need to carry cash, just use your university I.D. when making food purchases).
City bus lines connect the campus with various parts of the city, two of these buses stop directly in front of Bienville Hall.
Meal programs in Bienville Hall during the summer are optional. Students interested in purchasing a campus dining declining balance account, should contact Campus Dining Services or visit the office located in the University Center, room 250.
For more information about Bienville Hall, contact: the Student Housing Office at 280-6402; University of New Orleans; New Orleans, Louisiana 70148.
Please note: admission to the University of New Orleans does not guarantee on-campus housing accommodations. Students must apply separately for on-campus housing. Accommodations are not guaranteed until a student is officially accepted for admission to the University.
Counseling Services
The Counseling Services supports the educational aims of the University by aiding students in their personal development and psychological growth and by encouraging a positive environment within the academic community. The services offered to students are directed at assisting in the resolution of personal problems and clarifying conflicts of vocational interests which may interfere with career and educational objectives. A broad range of professional counseling services is offered, including problem assessment, crisis intervention, psychological and career testing, counseling, psychiatric evaluation, individual and group counseling as well as psycho-educational workshops and seminars. These services are designed to be short term in nature, but students needing longer term or specialized services will be referred to local providers. Most services are provided with minimal charges. Psychological and career testing fees are reasonable. All services are confidential.
The professional staff in the Counseling Services are licensed clinicians or are supervised by licensed clinicians. Advanced graduate students in various behavioral sciences are affiliated with the department. These trainees provide counseling services as part of their internship or practicum and are supervised by licensed professional staff members.
Appointments are encouraged and can be made by calling the office. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and until 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. The Counseling Services is conveniently located on the East Campus, at the corner of Franklin Avenue and Leon C. Simon Boulevard, in Room 4 of the Alumni and Development Building. There is easy access parking and public transportation.
Judicial Affairs, Student Assistance, and Parking Violations
The office addresses concerns and problems related to the University. There are a number of ways this office assists. The first way is through the “UNO Judicial Code” which can be found in the UNO Policy Manual/Student Handbook. The philosophy of the code is one of civility and education. The University expects exemplary behavior from students in all phases of college life. It is the responsibility of students to familiarize themselves with the specific rules and regulations governing student behavior and to maintain the highest degree of integrity–both in and out of the classroom.
Student Assistance is the second function. Often students experience problems within the university setting. Through consultation with the staff, conflict resolution is attempted. Additionally, if any UNO community member is experiencing a crisis or is a victim of an on-campus crime, this office can provide help.
The third function of the office is to review parking and traffic appeals. The brochure of related information can be obtained at University Police or from this office.
Veterans’ Affairs
The Office of Veterans’ Affairs provides information on educational benefits for veterans attending UNO. Veterans eligible for educational benefits are urged to establish contact with this office when they arrive on campus. For further information call (504)280-6992, or visit the office in the Administration Building, Room 112F.
Office of Career Development
The Office of Career Development, a department within the Division of Student Affairs, offers career related information and assistance for students and alumni of the University of New Orleans. Students can register with the office by the way of the Internet 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Once registered, students and alumni have access to PrivateerTRAK (powered by MonsterTRAK), which lists hundreds of part-time, full-time and on-campus job postings. There is no cost for any of the services provided by the office.
The Office of Career Development also offers several programs that will enhance career search activities while students are in school and when they are ready to graduate. The Cooperative Education program allows undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to get real-world work experience in their chosen major. Because Cooperative Education is an educational experience program, undergraduate students must maintain a 2.5 GPA while enrolled in the program (3.0 minimum for graduate students). Students majoring in any engineering discipline should contact the Cooperative Education Coordinator in the College of Engineering.
The Job Location and Development Program is a federally funded initiative that assists students with finding part-time, seasonal and temporary work while enrolled at UNO. JLD assists students who may not qualify for work study through the Office of Financial Aid. The On-Campus Recruiting Program assists graduating seniors who will be entering the workforce by administering interview sessions at the university. In most cases 30 to 40 companies conduct their first interviews on campus every semester. Thousands of UNO alumni have found success by participating in On-Campus Recruiting.
The Office of Career Development also sponsors several job fairs, career fairs and seminars every semester to assist in the career search process. Students are encouraged to attend all events offered by Career Development so that they may begin thinking about career options early in their college program. More information about the Office of Career Development can be obtained by calling (504) 280-6225 or visiting the office in the University Center, room 268.