Student Support and Resources
We have the resources you need to help you build your legacy.
You’ll always have support with us.
You never know what you may need while you are away at college. We have various resources for students to meet the many needs you might have.
Center for Student Success
and First Year Experience
The CSSFYE offers programs and services that help new students adjust to college life and succeed in the classroom. These include academic coaching, peer mentoring, workshops, and help with course selection and registration.
Student Housing
Everything Student Housing does is to prepare our students to be independent and contributing global citizens. Through our actions, we prepare our students by promoting healthy relationships, ethical decision making, and participation as leaders in their respective communities. We prepare our students to meet life’s challenges that lie ahead. By the way, we provide on-campus housing! Want to come live with us?
University Police Department
The three units which compose the University Police Department– patrol, administrative operations, and emergency management– are an integrated team striving to achieve excellence in public safety and to ensure a high quality of student-faculty life by promoting a tranquil, safe atmosphere conducive to the objectives of the University. The department is dedicated to the protection of the university properties to ensure the beauty, security, and safe function of the campus grounds and resources.
Student Health Services
The mission of Student Health Services is to promote the health and well-being of students through education, prevention, and care of acute medical conditions, thereby enhancing the quality of the student’s university experience.
Student Disability Services
In collaboration with the larger campus community, SDS assists the University in its commitment to protect the civil rights of students with disabilities and to assist with the design of more welcoming and inclusive environments. SDS is responsible for determining support for a student’s disability-related need for accommodations and for facilitating, through an interactive process with students and faculty, the removal of unintentional curricular and programmatic barriers.
University Counseling Center
The University Counseling Center offers in-person and telemental health services. At the University Counseling Center (UCC), you will find a team of dedicated professionals who strive to offer the best care possible in an atmosphere of acceptance and respect. If you are experiencing a mental health-related crisis or emergency after regular business hours, then call the UCC office at 662-915-3784 to speak to an after-hours counselor.
Math Lab
The purpose of the labs is to help students develop their mathematical skills through applied methods. We offer tutoring for all mathematics courses up to Calculus 4. Our labs are staffed with tutors throughout the day. The labs offer a hands-on component that supplements the traditional lectures that students receive in class.
Writing Center
We offer free writing consultation services for UM students. Our highly trained peer consultants work alongside UM students on projects in all disciplines at any stage of the composition process. Our centers provide access to free one-on-one consultations, group workshops, and other writing-focused resources. No matter your home campus, you can make appointments at any of our centers through our online reservation system.
Online Testing Center
The UM Online Testing office offers a variety of proctored exams in the Linda Chitwood Testing Center at the University of Mississippi Jackson Avenue Center. Our mission is to serve the University and the community by facilitating and providing high quality testing services. We value integrity, quality, and efficiency and adhere to the National College Testing Association Professional Standards.
Center for Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Engagement
The Center for Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Engagement works enthusiastically to develop programs and services that support the University of Mississippi’s core value of inclusiveness. The center works to foster an environment that is characterized by open and ongoing communication that deepens students’ understanding of their own and others’ identity, culture and heritage. It is dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive campus environment that complements the academic experience, connects and engages students with the university community, and provides opportunities for success in a multicultural society.
Center for Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Engagement
Campus Recreation
Campus Recreation offers programs and facilities for Ole Miss students, faculty, staff, and community members. As you explore their website, you will quickly find opportunities to engage in numerous recreational programs and services administered by the Department of Campus Recreation. Structured and unstructured, traditional and nontraditional recreational opportunities are offered throughout the school year. This website provides much of the information you might need to get involved in one or more activities within Campus Recreation.
Career Center
The Career Center uses state-of-the-art career tools and access to qualified professionals to empower Ole Miss graduates to make a successful transition into the work world.
William Magee Center for AOD and Wellness Education
We are dedicated to transforming students’ lives by providing education, intervention, and support services to enhance well-being and foster success at the University of Mississippi.