College Resources
The following are resources available to you as a student at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. However, this is not a complete list. You may find more information at the Student Life website.
CEHD Career Services
CEHD Career Services, located in 360 Education Sciences Building, is focused on engaging teacher candidates in all aspects of their career development and job search. They provide:
- Teacher specific resources, which includes the teacher job search timeline, sample resumes and interview questions, job outlook data, and success stories from past students.
- Access to Handshake, which is the University’s job posting site, to find teaching positions and sign up for career events.
- Tailored Career Events such as the MN Education Job Fair that puts you face to face with potential employers.
- Call 612-625-3339 or visit the Career Services website to make a one-on-one appointment with a career counselor.
Plus, as Alumni, you will continue to have access to all Career Services benefits for up to two years after graduation.
CEHD Undergraduate Student Board
All CEHD undergraduate student board activities promote community building, student leadership, and interaction. From our Homecoming Parade to Alumni Networking Events, students are provided with support and connections to advance their careers. The student board is also represented at most college events and volunteers in the community together. Student Board members are also involved in standing committee activities within the college. Additionally, we emphasize the importance of community by hosting fun and relaxing community-building events for all of CEHD. Any undergraduate student in the College of Education and Human Development can become a member of the board. Learn more about the Board and get involved!
CEHD Alumni
After graduation, there are numerous ways to stay connected as alumni. The University of Minnesota Alumni Association provides a complimentary one-year membership to all graduates, offering a variety of benefits. You can stay connected to CEHD by attending social, academic, and career events, volunteering your expertise, and keeping us informed about your updates and accomplishments. The CEHD Alumni and Student Networking Group on LinkedIn is rapidly growing and is the perfect place to connect professionally with other alums. You can also keep updated through Twitter.
Campus Resources
Boynton Health
Boynton Health is open to all students. Whether you have a family doctor or haven’t seen one in a while, you are always welcome to come here for your healthcare:
- Appointments: schedule online, or call 612-625-3222.
- Urgent Care: If your health care concern is urgent, call our nurse line for guidance, 612-625-7900.
- Gopher Quick Clinic: offers convenient care for minor illnesses. We diagnose, treat and write prescriptions during shorter, more focused visits than a typical primary care visit. Visits are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Depending on demand, wait times vary.
If you are not sure if you should see a doctor, or which clinic to visit, call our Nurse Line at 612-625-7900. Calls are answered seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Safety on Campus
The safety of our students, faculty, staff, and visitors is incredibly important. Students receive real-time safety alerts via text message, and alarm buttons and emergency phones are located throughout campus. Parking facilities, skyways, and tunnels are monitored 24 hours a day with the aid of security cameras, and campus escorts are available to bike and walk with you to and from campus locations and nearby neighborhoods – just call 612-624-WALK.
Safety Contacts
Campus Police
- Emergencies: 911
- Non emergencies: 612-624-COPS (2677)
- Email: police@umn.edu
- 612-624-WALK (9255)
Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education
- 24 hour help line: 612-626-9111
- The Aurora Center serves all victims/survivors/concerned people of sexual assault, relationship violence, stalking, and sexual harassment at the University of Minnesota and Augsburg University.
- 612-625-7900
Safe U Notifications
Rapid notifications in emergency situations will be sent to faculty, staff, and students via the following channels: text, phone, and email, depending on individual preferences. Situation updates will be posted on the Public Safety “Safety Notifications” webpage. In certain circumstances, information may also be posted on umn.edu. All contact methods may be updated or changed within MyU with the exception of the umn.edu email address, which is required. To specify contact preferences or update contact information:
- Log in to MyU.
- Select My Info
- Select Manage SAFE-U Alerts
- Select My Profile
Learn more about SAFE-U Safety Alerts
Safe Walk
The University Police Department offers a free 624-WALK service which provides free walking and vehicle escorts to and from campus locations and nearby adjacent neighborhoods for all students, staff, faculty, and visitors (note: vehicle escorts are not always available).
Phone: 612-624-WALK (9255).
Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
EOAA addresses reports of discrimination, sexual misconduct (including sexual harassment, sexual assault, stalking and relationship violence), nepotism, and related retaliation through:
- Investigation
- Informal problem-solving
- Consultation
If you have experienced sexual misconduct, discrimination, or related retaliation, there are resources available to help:
- Resource guide – Sexual misconduct and related retaliation
- Resource guide – Discrimination and related retaliation
EOAA Contact Information:
Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
274 McNamara Alumni Center
200 Oak Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 624-9547
eoaa@umn.edu
To report misconduct: https://eoaa.umn.edu/report-misconduct
One Stop Student Services
Services provided include registration and registration changes, record maintenance, enrollment certification, transcripts, graduation information, and financial aid information (scholarships, grants, work-study, financial aid applications, financial counseling).
Email: onestop@umn.edu
Please include your student ID number in your email.
Call: 612-624-1111, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday
1-800-400-8636 for toll-free from outside the Twin Cities metropolitan area
612-626-0701 TTY for hearing-impaired students only
In person
East Bank
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday
One Stop Student Services Center
333 Robert H. Bruininks Hall
222 Pleasant St S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0239
West Bank
12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday
One Stop Student Services Center
130 West Bank Skyway
219 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0427
St. Paul
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday
One Stop Student Services Center
130 Coffey Hall
1420 Eckles Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108-6054
For disability accommodations when visiting a One Stop office, or to have information provided in an alternative format, please call 612-626-1333.
U Card Office
U Card is the official University of Minnesota photo ID. You will use it to access campus buildings (including residence halls), pay for meals, check out library materials, and more. Your U Card also contains your Gopher GOLD account, the only way to pay for printing on campus. You can also store up to $1000 in Gopher GOLD value on the card.
Location: G-22 Coffman Memorial Union
Phone: 612-626-9900
Childcare
Community Child Care, Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative
Community Child Care Center (CCCC) is a NAEYC accredited, fully licensed child care center located in the Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative (CTC) on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota. Services are provided for families of the CTC community, University of Minnesota students, faculty, and staff, and the surrounding communities.
The Community Child Care Center offers flexible scheduling for children ages 16 months to 5 years, year round Monday to Friday from 7:15 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. They’re licensed for 35 children; sliding fees for students; parent cooperative; breakfast, lunch and snacks provided; extensive waiting list.
Location: 1250 Fifield Avenue in the Commonwealth Terrace Student Family Housing Cooperative near the St. Paul Campus.
Phone: 651-645-8958
Email: cccc.directors@gmail.com
Como Early Learning Center
Como Early Learning Center is a non-profit childcare center serving children ages 16 months to 5 years for families of the University of Minnesota and surrounding community. Como Early Learning Center is a NAEYC Accredited, four star Parent Aware rated program that features low teacher to child ratios and class sizes. All lead teachers hold at least a bachelor degree in early childhood education or related fields. They are open year round Monday through Friday 7:00 AM-6:00 PM
Phone: 612-331-8340
Lactation Information
You deserve support no matter how you choose to feed your baby. Your right to breastfeed your child is protected under state and federal law. Space/rooms are available to people who are breast/chestfeeding and need to pump during their time on campus. Please see a list and map of public lactation spaces on the Twin Cities campus here. The Student Parent Help Center also offers resources.
Child Development Laboratory School
The Child Development Laboratory School (CDLS) is home to two long-standing, high-quality early care and education programs that have been serving the University of Minnesota and Twin Cities communities for decades. CDLS offers a full-day, year-round early childhood education program for students, staff, and faculty affiliated with the University of Minnesota (U of M) and a part-day preschool program that is available to all families throughout the Twin Cities.
CDLS was formed in 2021 after the Shirley G. Moore Laboratory School’s part-day program and the University of Minnesota Child Development Center’s full-day program united to form one learning community. The combined program is academically and administratively housed in the Institute of Child Development (ICD) and integrated with the department’s research and early childhood education training programs. The CDLS has received a Four Star Rating from Parent Aware and is accredited by the National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Overall, it serves about 240 children through both of its program options each year.
Location: 921 17th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Email: cdls@umn.edu
Phone: 612-625-2273
International Student Support
International Student and Scholar Services
Provides visa and immigration related services, academic counseling and assists international students with developing the skills necessary to succeed in the U.S. educational system.
Contact Info
301 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Phone: 612-626-7100
Email: isss@umn.edu
Licensing
Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB)
Those who wish to teach in K-12 public schools in Minnesota must earn a professional educator’s license. PELSB is the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. PELSB is the state agency that oversees all new and renewing Minnesota teacher licenses.
Phone: 651-539-4200
Email: pelsb@state.mn.us
Student Groups
Council of Graduate Students (COGS)
The Council of Graduate Students (COGS) is the Recognized Student Governance Association (RSGA) at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities campus that represents, advocates for, informs, facilitates communications among, and supports Twin Cities graduate students (students who are seeking a research degree: a Ph.D. or a Master’s that is associated with a Ph.D. program).
All COGS-fee paying graduate students are members of the COGS General Assembly. Each graduate program can elect one voting General Assembly member amongst all their graduate students to represent their program. COGS provides services such as: grants, social, co-curricular and education events throughout the calendar year.
Email: cogs@umn.edu
Professional Student Government (PSG)
The Professional Student Government (PSG) represents professional students at the University of Minnesota. All currently registered professional students at the University of Minnesota are members of PSG.
PSG represents and serves students in the Carlson School of Management, Law School, Medical School, Dental School, School of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, School of Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Education and Human Development, and Humphrey School of Public Affairs. PSG is a resource for its 10 member Councils, the primary contact point for administrative units, a professional student policy-making and policy-influencing body, and as a center of inter- and intra-collegiate interaction among professional students.
GradSEHD
This student group helps improve the quality of students’ academic, professional, social, and personal development while studying at CEHD; acts as liaison between the students and the faculty/Administration within CEHD; advocates the incorporation of student views and opinions in the formulation of policies and procedures governing CEHD and University of Minnesota; and promotes and funds student-initiated academic, professional, personal development and social programs.
Email: gradsehd@umn.edu
Minnesota International Center
The mission of the Minnesota International Center is to inspire our community to understand global issues and cultures in an ever changing world. For Minnesotans and international students and visitors, MIC offers numerous opportunities for face-to-face meetings and educational exchanges.
Phone: 612-625-4421
Email: mic@umn.edu
Support Services
Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education
The Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education provides a free and confidential crisis intervention to victims of sexual assault, relationship violence, stalking and harassment. We want all of our clients to feel respected and heard. The Aurora Center is a place for all people affiliated with the University of Minnesota or Augsburg College impacted or concerned about sexual assault, relationship violence, stalking, or sexual harassment.
We Are Here For You
If you or someone you care about is impacted by sexual misconduct, contact us to schedule an appointment with a confidential advocate.
Call
- Emergencies: call 911
- 24 hour helpline: 612-262-9111
- Business Line: (612) 626-2929 (office hours only)
- Textline: 612-615-8911 (office hours only)
- aurora@umn.edu (office hours only)
Visit
- Appleby Hall, Suite 117
- Scheduled Appointments (office hours only)
- Drop-ins (office hours only, dependent on availability)
Capacity for drop-ins is dependent on advocates’ availability. Appointments over Zoom and in person remain available. Appointments can be scheduled by emailing aurora@umn.edu or by calling 612-626-2929 during office hours.
Student Counseling Services
Student Counseling Services promotes student success by helping students with:
- Mental health and life concerns
- Learning and academic skills challenges
- Career uncertainty
- Faculty/staff-student communication
Email: counseling@umn.edu
Phone: 612-624-3323
Minneapolis Address:
340 Appleby Hall
128 Pleasant Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
St. Paul Address:
199 Coffey Hall
1420 Eckles Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 612-624-3323
Crisis Counseling Services
If this is a situation of imminent risk of physical harm, please contact the University of Minnesota Police Department at 911. Any student seeking urgent counseling services (immediate support) can:
- Contact U of M Crisis Line at 612-301-4673 anytime.
- Contact U of M Textline 24/7 by texting “UMN” to 61222.
Urgent/Crisis Counseling Option at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities
If you are in crisis and unable to wait for the next available scheduled appointment, Urgent/Crisis Counseling is available at the Boynton Health Urgent Mental Health Care Clinic during clinic hours. It is located on the 4th floor of Boynton at 410 Church St SE.
Disability Resource Center
The University of Minnesota values diverse identities and experiences, and honors disability as an important aspect of human diversity. The DRC partners with students, faculty, staff, and guests of the University to facilitate accessibility and reduce barriers on campus to improve access for disabled people through:
- Consulting on strategies to provide access and inclusion;
- Determining and implementing reasonable academic, workplace, and guest accommodations;
- Partnering with University offices to ensure meaningful physical and technological access.
Phone: 612-626-1333 (leave a message)
Email: drc@umn.edu
Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life
The Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life provides education, advocacy, outreach, and support to students, staff, faculty, alum and community members. The center strives to create a campus climate where more inclusive understandings of gender and sexuality foster a sense of belonging for all.
Address: 128 Pleasant St SE, 40 Appleby Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Office Hours: M-F 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Email: gsc@umn.edu
Mental Health & Wellbeing
The University of Minnesota strives to continually raise awareness related to student mental health and to improve conditions for students with mental health conditions. We aim to be a national model in partnering across our campuses, and with other universities, to provide mental health information and resources for students and their parents, and for faculty and staff. Learn more: President’s Initiative for Student Mental Health (PRISMH).
Find mental health resources here.
Student Academic Success Services
The Tutoring & Academic Success Center provides a variety of services that support student academic development. Our services support students as they practice skills and habits for academic success, learn with and from their peers, and reflect on their ongoing development as scholars. Through partnerships with faculty and staff, our work promotes a culture that responds to students’ needs and affirms each student’s ability to achieve their goals.
Locations
You can find tutoring, coaching, and classes at one of our four main in-person locations.
Walter Library Room 204
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Wilson Library Basement
Magrath Library Room 75
Bruininks Hall Room 511
Email: UMNsuccess@umn.edu
Student Conflict Resolution Center
The Student Conflict Resolution Center works with students to resolve university-based problems and concerns. Our staff provide confidential, impartial, and informal options for resolving conflicts in a fair manner.
Phone: 612-624-SCRC (7272)
Email: sos@umn.edu
In Person: 254 Appleby Hall, 128 Pleasant St SE (East Bank)
Online: Contact Form
Student Emergency Assistance
The University of Minnesota has created emergency funds to assist and support University of Minnesota students who encounter an unforeseen financial emergency or catastrophic event.
To request student emergency funds contact One Stop Student Services at onestop@umn.edu.
Student Writing Support
Student Writing Support (SWS) offers collaborative one-to-one writing consultations to help student writers develop confidence and effective writing strategies. Writing consultants will listen to your goals and concerns, read and respond to your written work, prose questions that help you clarify and articulate your ideas, and affirm the experiences and abilities you bring to your writing. We value your life experiences and languages, and we seek to provide a supportive space for you to share and develop your voice.
SWS offers four kinds of consultations:
- appointments in 15 Nicholson Hall (closed summer 2023)
- walk-in consultations in 9 Appleby Hall (closed summer 2023)
- appointments in Zoom (June 1 through July 27)
- appointments in SWS.online (closed summer 2023)
Phone: 612-625-1893
Email: writing@umn.edu
University Student Legal Services
Student Legal Service offers advice and legal representation to students at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities campus. Our services are available to all UMNTC students paying the Student Services Fee. SLS intake staff will help you determine your eligibility.
Some of the practice areas where we can offer advice and representation include tenant rights, criminal cases, immigration, consumer, employment, wills, health care directives, power of attorney, name change, and gender change.
At SLS, we have six full time attorneys, two paralegals, two support staff, one law clerk, and two student employees. Because we are an office just for U of M students, we are able to focus our practice on the legal issues that are often unique to students.
Phone: 612-624-1001
Email: usls@umn.edu
Address: 160 West Bank Skyway, 219 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455
For University of Minnesota students: Our office is located in the West Bank Skyway, which is located between Willey and Belegen Halls, on the west bank of campus.
Women’s Center
The Women’s Center advances gender equity across identities. We educate and inspire feminist leaders, advance an empowering intellectual environment, and advocate for an equitable University culture and community. The first campus-based women’s center in the country, the University of Minnesota’s Women’s Center was founded in 1960 as the Minnesota Plan for the Continuing Education of Women. Learn more about us!
Visit Us
We are located in the garden level of Appleby Hall
Visit our staff in rooms 54, 62, and 64!
Email: women@umn.edu
Phone: 612-625-9837
Technology Support
The Technology Help service desk is your first point of contact when you need technical support for Twin Cities information technology services such as:
- University Internet accounts and passwords
- Campus network, Internet, and telephone connections
- Email, Canvas, and other system-wide applications
- Software licenses
- PC and Mac problems
Recommended Contact Methods
- Chat online
- Email help@umn.edu
Other Contact Methods:
- Call 612-301-4357
- Walk-ins: See hours and locations below.
- East Bank: Coffman Memorial Union 101, 300 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
- West Bank: Blegen Hall 90, 269 19th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55455
- St Paul Campus: St Paul Student Center 4, 2017 Buford Ave, St Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 612-301-HELP (4357)
Technology Training
Acquire the foundational knowledge and skills you need to apply technologies to your work or studies. Registration for our courses is handled through the Training Hub, the University’s training registration system.