Campus Resources
Campus Resources
Below is a great list of Campus Resources for you to become familiar with:
Academic Writing & Learning Center (AWLC)
Working in partnership with UMD’s administration, staff, faculty, and students, the Academic Writing and Learning Center (AWLC) provides academic courses and services designed to help all members of the campus community reach their academic and professional goals.
The AWLC, located in the Securian Learning Commons Links to an external site. on the second floor of the Kathryn A. Martin Library, includes
American Indian Learning Resource Center (AILRC)
The American Indian Learning Resource Center exists to enrich the cultural, academic, supportive, and social environment of the UMD campus. Our mission is to increase the recruitment and retention of American Indian and Alaskan Native students, while promoting a more culturally diverse campus environment. Working in conjunction with UMD staff, the AILRC provides supportive services to empower and aid in the success of our students and to enhance their educational experience. To learn more about all that they provide, check out the AILRC website.
Bulldog Resource Center (BRC)
The Bulldog Resource Center (or BRC) - Solon Campus Center 23, studentsuccess@d.umn.edu, 218-726-6393 – provides programs and services that help students achieve their goals throughout their college journey by connecting them with resources and information that help them thrive. The BRC is your campus connection point.
Financial Aid Education
The Financial Aid Education Program provides a broad range of support services to prospective students and their families as you navigate the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), your financial aid offer, and your educational costs.
Financial Wellness
The BRC supports students in learning about money management topics such as budgeting, borrowing, and credit. Schedule a 1:1 financial coaching session, build knowledge using online tools, and participate in free financial mentoring through the Financial Peer Mentor Program (FPMP).
Bulldog Orientation, Advisement & Registration
Orientation is a program designed to prepare your student for a successful transition to UMD. They will meet other students, learn about campus resources and opportunities, receive personalized academic advising, and register for their first semester of classes.
Student Success Initiatives
The staff in the Bulldog Resource Center are familiar with a wide range of campus resources and will suggest appropriate options available on-campus such as success coaching, workshops, and in-person assistance using online campus tools.
Student Success Coaching
At its core, Student Success Coaching is a specific kind of conversation focused on you: where learning + action = growth. In Success Coaching, your student's coach will support them while embarking on this empowering journey through self-discovery. To make this success happen, your student's coach will collaborate with them to create a custom-tailored coaching plan designed to accommodate their working and communication styles and learning needs
Transfer Student Services
BRC staff offer services and resources to assist the transfer process from community college or other four-year institutions. This includes either in-person or over-the-phone meetings to discuss transfer credits and tools to navigate UMD.
Veterans Services
Support is available for student veterans, service members, and their family members. We can also assist you in navigating Veterans Administration education programs.
One Stop Student Services
One Stop Student Services provides quality, professional service in support of students' academic and financial objectives. One Stop counselors are experts in registration, financial aid, academic records, billing and payment, and veteran benefits.
The One Stop website has tabs to a breadth of info about:
- Academics
- Finances
- Personal information
- Dates and deadlines
- Forms
- How-to guides
To contact One Stop, call 218-726-8000 (option 3), email umdhelp@d.umn.edu, or stop at Solon Campus Center 23 (Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm). Visit our website for additional contact options.
Career Center
The Career Center supports your student from orientation through graduation and beyond. We help undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni from all majors and backgrounds to connect their learning to life. There are many paths to a career that start with small steps every semester and every year. As well as many questions to answer and decisions to make, but students don’t need to figure it out all on their own. We are here to help them every step of the way on your career journey!
Top 3 Reasons first-year students visit us:
We help connect your student with information that is major specific and matches their career needs. Visit our Career Center website, drop in, or have students schedule a 1:1 appointment today!
Contact Us! 22 Solon Campus Center | carserv@d.umn.edu | 218.726.7985 | career.d.umn.edu
Office of Disability Resources (ODR)
Disability Resources provides resources, support, and services to students with disabilities in order to facilitate equal access on UMD’s campus. DR works with students with disabilities to identify barriers and determine reasonable accommodations that will provide equal access. DR staff work closely with students and faculty to ensure accommodations are implemented in an effective, timely manner.
Common Accommodations
DR staff use the interactive process to address each student’s specific barriers to academic inclusion and identify reasonable, appropriate accommodations. All accommodations are approved on a case-by-case basis.
UMD students with disabilities frequently use the following accommodations:
- Exam Accommodations
- Assistive Technology for Note Taking
- ASL Interpreting
- Accessible Technology
- Housing & Dining Accommodations
Students register with DR on the Disability Resources Website
Disability Resources | Kirby Student Center 258 | umddr@d.umn.edu | 218-726-6130
Health Services
UMD Health Services: Located near the on-campus housing facilities, HS is a nationally accredited family practice clinic that provides complete outpatient medical services, free and confidential counseling services, and a health education program focused on the unique needs of college students.
The mission of our clinic and professional staff is to help students develop healthy personal lifestyles and to provide the services necessary to support academic success.
What services are offered at UMD Health Services?
Physicians, nurse practitioners, and registered nurses are available for medical appointments. Any physical health concern you would bring to your family doctor, we can take care of here! If you are taking 6+ credits, your medical consultations are free of charge (no co-pay!). We do bill insurance for tests and procedures to include lab screenings, x-rays, and medical procedures.
UMD Health Services has licensed mental health professionals to guide students’ navigating challenges and developing emotional, social and academic skills through a variety of services including:
- Individual counseling and clinical case management
- Drop-in consultations: "Let's Talk"
- Groups including grief support group, and Get It Done
- An online mental health program Learn to Live
Health Education programs address topics relevant to college students: sexual respect, substance use, bystander intervention, stress and sleep.
UMD Health Services supports professional health education internships; student graphic artist employment; and an active student group that makes an impact on the UMD campus through peer health education and project initiatives.
Kathryn A. Martin Library (KAML)
The Kathryn A. Martin Library is a community learning area designed for everyone. The library has four floors of study rooms, research carrels, work tables, comfortable seating, and varying volume levels to meet all student needs. Floors are designated to address a variety of needs - the quiet and studious, the conversationalist, the solitary researcher, and the team.
The Collections
The KAM Library helps students to connect to a world of knowledge through a catalog containing books, streaming media, online databases, and millions of scholarly articles - all through the comfort of a laptop or a mobile device.
General Borrowing
Students may browse all of the materials conveniently online from the KAM Library homepage. Materials not directly available at the UMD library can be obtained through Get It or Interlibrary Loan services.
Digital Resources
The library offers access to over 300 databases that include books, scholarly articles, and media.
Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections collects, maintains, and provides access to materials that document the history of University of Minnesota Duluth and Northeastern Minnesota. The collections include the Northeastern Minnesota Historical Collections which are on permanent loan from the St. Louis County Historical Society.
Research
On the 2nd Floor you will find subject librarian offices. Each librarian specializes in research and resources for one or more program areas. Whether your student needs scholarly articles, help defining a research question, or is having trouble with those pesky citations, a student's subject librarian can help you! All access to the resources a student might need at their fingertips can be found at lib.d.umn.edu/research.
Office of Diversity and Inclusion/Multicultural Center
The Office of Diversity & Inclusion (ODI) collaborates with students, staff, faculty, alumnx, and community partners to implement programs and services that support the University’s commitment to inclusivity, equity and social justice. In addition, the Office of Diversity & Inclusion staff develops and implements programs and services that affirm and support the retention and graduation of Black/African American, Asian/Pacific American, Latinx/Chicanx, International, and queer and trans+/gender non-conforming students.
Programs and services include:
- Cultural Outreach & Retention Efforts:
- Mentoring
- Tutoring
- Student Ambassadors
- International Student Services
- Sexuality and Gender Equity Initiatives
- Women's Resource and Action Center
Learn more about all of these programs & services!
Multicultural Center
In addition, the Office of Diversity & Inclusion coordinates the Multicultural Center. The Multicultural Center offers a number of different resources and ways for students to get involved. It is both a place to gather and a forum for the educational, political, social, and cultural issues that are important to the students, faculty, staff, and the greater community.
The mission of the Multicultural Center is to enhance academic achievement, create a sense of belonging, celebrate diversity, and foster positive relations among UMD students, faculty, and staff. This is accomplished by:
- Providing a forum for communication, discussion, and understanding of educational, political, social, and cultural issues of concern to the students served at the Multicultural Center.
- Supporting programs and activities that promote appreciation and awareness for a truly multicultural and inclusive community.
- Providing support for and advising student organizations
- Serving as a catalyst for change and support of the University's effort to achieve pluralism.
- Providing personal and academic support, advising, and disability accommodations.
The Office of Diversity & Inclusion and the Office of Disability Resources are both located in the Multicultural Center. In addition, the Multicultural Center is home to over 10 student organizations.
Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution
The Office of Student Conduct & Conflict Resolution (OSCCR) educates students about behavior and decision-making and fosters a safe and healthy community in which academic success can occur. OSCCR recognizes that college students (like all people) make mistakes. We care for students, and we help them by examining how their decisions and behaviors contribute to (or detract from) their overarching goals at UMD. Outcomes provide students with an opportunity to make things right or to prevent themselves from ending up back in the same situation again in the future.
OSCCR addresses situations in which a student’s behavioral choices may negatively impact themselves or others utilizing a range of responses, from informal guidance to formal adjudication. OSCCR staff determines the best approach, taking into account the needs of the individual, the needs of the community, the opportunity for student development, relevant law and policy, all while ensuring fundamental fairness.
Contact OSCCR at conduct@d.umn.edu, 218-726-7255, TTY/TDD 800-627-3529, 245 Kirby Plaza.
Student Conduct Code
The most important thing to know is that at all University of Minnesota campuses, the Board of Regents Student Conduct Code governs the behavior of all students. The Office of Student Conduct & Conflict Resolution shares and upholds the Student Conduct Code in a manner that is centered on equity and student learning and grounded in fairness, due process, and restorative practices.
Read the full Student Conduct Code
Scholastic Dishonesty
Scholastic Dishonesty is prohibited academic conduct that discredits the accomplishments of students and tarnishes UMD’s scholarly reputation. Many incidents of scholastic dishonesty occur because a student does not know the correct way to do something (Ex. copying/pasting from a website without appropriate citation).
For more information, please review UMD’s Student Academic Integrity Policy.
Study Abroad
UMD Study Abroad (a division of International Programs & Services) is the leader for the University’s study and student exchange programs. Study abroad provides short-term, semester-long, and academic-year international learning experiences in support of UMD’s commitment to global engagement and internationalization. Through study abroad programs, students build new life skills and are better prepared for their roles and responsibilities as global citizens.
By participating in a supported study abroad program, UMD students gain self-confidence in cultural experiences, acquire an awareness of their own cultural values and biases, and develop a global mindset and appreciation for cultural differences.
For more information, visit the Study Abroad website.
"If you even are considering it just 1%, you should just do it. It's amazing. I don't think that you would ever regret studying abroad… but you might regret not studying abroad."
—Medori M. • Graphic Design • England
University Police
Mission Statement
To serve the University and the surrounding community in a professional and ethical manner and to provide safety and security equally to all members of the community.
Values Statement
In its pursuit of excellence in the field of law enforcement, the University of Minnesota Duluth Police Department shall incorporate its core values in its individual and collective efforts to serve and protect our community.
- Honor
- Integrity
- Initiative
- Inclusiveness
- Dependability
- Accountability
- Commitment
Jurisdiction
The University of Minnesota Duluth Police Department (UMDPD) is responsible for policing and investigating crimes that occur on property owned, leased or operated by the University of Minnesota on the Duluth Campus. Our Clery Act geography website presents our areas of operation and responsibility. This property consists of academic buildings, parking facilities, and property surrounding the facilities. The University also owns and maintains several roadways that run through campus.
Neighborhoods and business districts surrounding the University of Minnesota-Duluth campus fall under the jurisdiction of the Duluth Police Department. However, UMDPD has a stake in keeping the greater campus community, where students live, work, and recreate, safe. UMDPD officers assist our neighboring jurisdictions by patrolling and responding to calls for service.
Training
Officers employed by the University of Minnesota Duluth Police Department are licensed by the State of Minnesota Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST Links to an external site.) Board Links to an external site..
UMDPD meets and exceeds training mandates in the areas of diversity and de-escalation. All UMD Police Officers have attended 40 hours of Crisis Intervention Training Links to an external site. and receive continuing refresher training and updates. Officers also receive training in and recognizing and valuing community diversity and cultural differences (including implicit bias training and de-escalation tactics).
UMDPD has also established the following ongoing training programs:
- Campus Racial Diversity and Effective Communications in Law Enforcement
- Cultural Sensitive/Trauma Informed Investigations
UMDPD leadership has completed UMD's Intercultural Leadership Development program (ILD).
UMDPD officers participate in additional training offerings on an ongoing basis in the areas of diversity and de-escalation through a web-based training program called Peace Officer Accredited Training Online (PATROL Links to an external site.) through the League of Minnesota Cities. Training topics include:
- Use of Force and De-Escalation
- Mental Health Crisis Response
- Implicit Bias
Contacting UMDPD
- For emergencies and non-emergency officer response, dial 911.
- For administrative service, call 218-726-7000 or email umdpd@d.umn.edu.