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hospital, physician, medical procedures and/or health care
related to such serious illness or accident must be paid
by the student.
Evening Student Services
The Office of Evening Student Services is available to
students during the academic term Monday through Thursday
until 8:00 p.m. and Friday until 5:30 p.m. This office coordinates
academic and student services for students who attend classes
in the evenings and/or Saturdays. The Office of Evening
Student Services serves as an agent for Admissions and Records,
Counseling and Testing, Student Relations, Veterans Affairs,
Financial Aid and the Business Office. The Director of Student
Life and the Evening Office Assistant provide information,
make referrals and assist students in a variety of matters
related to his or her student success. Catalogs, applications,
schedule of classes, transfer equivalency tables, some financial
aid forms, and deferred payment forms are also available
through this office.
Orientation
Orientation is an introduction to Vol State. More importantly,
the Orientation program for the new student is designed
to help the student feel more comfortable entering the College.
In Orientation the student is familiarized with general
policies and procedures of the College. Orientation is offered
on main campus and at Livingston as well as online at www.volstate.edu.
Orientation is beneficial to the new student for two reasons.
First, the student who participates in Orientation will
be prepared to register early for their classes. Secondly,
the new student who participates in Orientation will have
an advantage and a headstart on planning for the upcoming
semester.
Office of Counseling and Testing
This office provides a variety of individual and group
counseling activities which will empower students for successful
pursuit of their educational and career goals. Operating
within the Division of Student Services, it offers services
to students and employees of the college. These services
include crisis intervention, short term personal counseling,
career and academic counseling, psychoeducational assessments,
educational planning, athlete services, and various workshops.
Students learn strategies for developing educational plans
and making career decisions from professional counselors
through workshops and by individual appointment. Individual
psycho-educational assessment is available for students
whose academic performance is less than expected with no
readily apparent reason. The office is equipped with a variety
of learning aids which assist students with career decision-making
and in establishing educational goals. The available learning
aids/ assessments are CareerScope (a computer assisted career
assessment), Kuder Career Assessment System, Strong Interest
Inventory and Myers Briggs Type Indicator. These assessments/
learning aids are maintained by the Office of Counseling
and Testing. The office also administers the College's Orientation
and Testing program.
Veterans’ Affairs
Veterans and/or qualified dependents of veterans, members
of the selected reserve who enroll at Vol State under the
VA Educational Assistance Program are provided assistance
in clarifying objectives, establishing career goals and
making life/career choices. The Assistant Vice President
for Student Services meets with each student who participates
under the VA Educational Assistance Program, explains VA
eligibility requirements and acts to ensure that all VA
and institutional requirements are understood and met.
Approval for the college to offer training to Veterans
and Eligible Dependents is granted by the State Approving
Agency of the Tennessee Higher Education Division and the
Department of Veterans' Affairs. With the approval process
comes certain requirements and exclusions, such as: Students
receiving veteran's benefits are required to be degree seeking
and pursuing a specific concentration. (This means that
certificate programs are not approved for veterans training.)
Also excluded from the approval process are the Developmental/Remedial
classes taught by Independent Study or Open Circuit TV or
by RODP. And, non-punitive grades, such as the "W"
and "YC" because they will not count toward graduation,
will be reported to the Department of Veterans' Affairs
when assigned.
Disability Services
The Office of Disability Services will assist students
with providing reasonable accommodations. It is the student's
responsibility to voluntarily and confidentially disclose
information regarding the nature of the disability. In order
to receive assistance, students are encouraged to:
1. Register with the Office of Disability Services Basement
of Wood Campus Center
2. Provide documentation of the qualified disability
Auxiliary aids, services and accommodations will be provided
on a case by case basis taking into consideration the nature
of the disability.
Services include interpreters, readers, notetakers, recorders,
test proctoring, tutoring, and/or other equipment needed
by some students to ensure equal educational opportunity.
With advance notice, ODS will be responsible for arranging
appropriate aids when requested. The College provides for
academic aids deemed necessary for a student's educational
access if they are not available from another source; however,
it does not provide for personal aids such as attendant
care or individually prescribed devices of a personal nature.
The STAMP (Student Tutoring and Mentoring Program) is provided
through Tennessee Vocational Rehabilitation Services. This
is a grant sponsored program providing tutoring, accommodations,
services, and mentoring.
Student Housing And Insurance
Volunteer State Community College has no housing facilities
for its students although a limited number of housing accommodations
are
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