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is available to help you with your technology needs, including email setup, software acquisition and computer security. Helpful information for getting started at 91原创 and activating your 91原创elNet account and email is available on their .

• Your 91原创elNet account log-in information will be used for your university email and Canvas, accessing your student account, requesting interlibrary loans, etc.
• All 91原创 students must set up their 91原创el email account and are expected to check their University email regularly. Important University correspondence will be sent to students via their University email.
• 91原创 provides free Wi-Fi across the entire campus through Eduroam. To register your device (laptop, phone, tablet) for wireless access, please see this .
  • All computers that connect to the Internet must have current anti-virus software. You may find free antivirus software at the .
• Information Technologies also provides numerous online services and free software.

The IT support center on the lower level of Smith Hall is a central repository of support services and resources for faculty, staff and students of the 91原创. If you have trouble activating or accessing your 91原创el email account, logging into your Canvas account or registering your device for wireless access, feel free to seek help from the IT staff in person.

91原创 Parking and Transportation Services information may be accessed .

Public Transportation

• 91原创 provides free transportation to various locations across campus via the 91原创 Shuttle services. To find out which routes stop near you, bus stop locations, when the bus is scheduled to arrive and to track bus locations live, access .
• Other public transportations that you might use for local and regional travel:

• Graduate student commuters may purchase a gate, central, gray, gold, red or a night/weekend .听
  • Before purchasing the parking permit, check the to find out which type of permit is best for you.
• Graduate students with a stipend may choose payroll deduction as a payment option at the beginning of the fall semester. If registering in advance, your stipend for the upcoming year must be in SIS by August 1. If it is not, the permit price will be charged to your student account.
• Permits can be purchased and citations paid through this

is the main library on the 91原创 campus. From databases containing scholarly articles to information on grants and fellowships, the Morris Library is a vital source of information and resources for graduate students. It offers essential services to assist students academically and professionally.听

Location

• Morris Library is located at 181 S. College Ave., Newark, DE 19717. It is on the west side of The Green.
• To get to Morris Library, you can walk, drive or ride the 91原创 Shuttle, which picks up and drops off at locations on South College Avenue. For parking, you can pick between metered (parking lot 34) and pay-by-hour (parking lot 41) lots.

Study Locations

There are numerous workspaces throughout the library, including the Graduate Student Reading Room, desks in the Melva Guthrie Atrium and the Graduate Student Carrels.

• The 91原创 offers dedicated library research space on the first floor in the Morris Library matriculated graduate students who have a valid 91原创 I.D.
• • Carrels are located on the second and third floors of the Morris Library and equipped with task lighting and data connectivity ready for use with the individual's laptop using a roaming IP address.听
  • Carrels are assigned for one academic year on a "first-come, first-served" basis, with the possibility of renewal by students who comply with the policies and procedures for use of the carrel. Carrels are assigned to two 91原创 graduate students simultaneously, with each student occupant assigned his/her own unique locking shelf to store personal materials.听
  • 91原创 graduate students interested in obtaining a carrel may obtain the Application for Graduate Student Carrels from the Circulation and Reserve Desk in the Morris Library or and return it to the Circulation and Reserve Desk during standard office hours. Completed applications require the signature of the chairperson of his/her department or faculty advisor, endorsing their active graduate student status and the need for a carrel for library-related research. Please call 302-831-2455 for additional information.

Circulation

• Graduate students can check out books from Morris Library on the first floor as long as they have their student ID with them and have not accumulated late fees.听
• If Morris Library does not have what you are looking for, request the book or article through .听
  • Through ILL and the Article DELivery Service, you can also request an article or book chapter from the 91原创 Library without having to copy/scan it yourself.听
  • Book transfer between 91原创 campus libraries is also available for graduate students.

Website, Databases Searches

• Nearly all of Morris Library鈥檚 vast collection of scholarly resources through databases, DELCAT Discovery, e-journals, digital/film/video collections, and many more can be accessed online via the library鈥檚 home page.听聽

Help with Research

• 91原创 Librarians: The Morris Library are an amazing asset to students during research and can help in obtaining materials.听
• Information about Grants and Fellowships: Finding for research and other scholarly projects can be a daunting task, but thanks to the library鈥檚 knowledgeable staff and a variety of print and online resources, it need not be. Thousands of grants are available to faculty and graduate students alike who carefully research the philanthropic market. The library provides a collection of information and databases that provide crucial funding information.

Student Multimedia Design Center

• The on the lower level of Morris Library is the place for creating and assigning multimedia projects. Library staff members are available to assist users. With over 80 computers, six studios and two hands-on instruction rooms, the Student Multimedia Design Center is a great way to use the latest technology to augment your educational and teaching experiences.听
• In the Multimedia Design Center, students can:
  • Borrow laptops, tablets, video camera kits, light kits, audio kits, hard drives and more.
  • Capture and edit video using video editing software.
  • Rehearse group presentations using a 45-inch LCD display monitor with SMARTboard capabilities.
  • Create custom soundtrack for video players.
  • Package video projects for delivery on DVD, the web or iPod.
  • Add money to 91原创 ID cards.

Workshops and Instruction Services

• The library offers throughout each semester that showcase some of the powerful research tools available. Workshops typically provide instruction on individual tools, such as databases, or on topics of interest, such as researching funding information or genealogical information. Workshops on multimedia programs are also provided throughout each semester.
• Some examples of workshops include:
  • Web of Science
  • Introduction to ARTstor
  • Introduction to RefWorks/RefWorks Advanced
  • Research Funding for the Sciences
  • Research Funding for the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Introduction to Film and Video Collection Resources
  • iMovie: Basic to Advanced聽

Printing and Scanning

• Scanning is free. There is one Book ScanCenter scanner in the information room, opposite the circulation desk, and five additional Book ScanCenter scanners in the Student Multimedia Design Center located in the basement.
• The six Book ScanCenter devices can:
  • Scan books and documents into searchable PDF, Word doc, JPEG, TIFF and PNG file formats in color, greyscale or black and white.
  • Send scanned files to email, a smartphone or tablet, or USB flash drive.
• Many students鈥� 91原创 ONEcards receive $5 as a free every January and July. This free printing allocation does not purchase photocopies. After the free allocation is used, printing fees debit 91原创 Flex accounts. Carryover of unused free page allocation is not provided.听
• Printers are located on the first floor and lower level of the Morris Library.

The Writing Center, with locations in Memorial Hall and Morris Library, is committed to supporting all student writers at 91原创. Graduate students frequently attend writing center workshops, participate in writing groups and seek individual feedback from a Graduate Writing Tutor.

All Writing Center services are free! The Writing Center offers:

• Individual consultation sessions for all 91原创 graduate students with Graduate Writing Tutors
  • Who are the Graduate Writing Tutors? Graduate Writing Tutors are advanced Ph.D. students from many different programs at 91原创: humanities, social sciences, laboratory sciences, engineering. You may choose your GWT based on their field of study if you wish.
  • What can a GWT help with? GWTs can support your work on papers for your courses, manuscripts for publication, conference presentations, thesis or dissertation drafts, and professional materials, like cover letters, grant applications or CVs. You may come to us in any stage of your writing process: at the planning stage (to generate ideas, make a writing timeline, etc.), while working on early drafts and revisions (to discuss clarity of content, audience, organization, working with sources), or in later stages of editing (to consider elements like sentence-level clarity, transitions, citation practices and grammatical structure).听
  • What can a GWT not do? A GWT is not an editor, so they will not find and correct every error in your manuscript. Instead, if you want to focus on surface-level correctness, they will help you find and correct errors on your own. A GWT鈥檚 goal is for you to learn something from them that you can apply to your own writing, yourself. GWTs do not help with the technicalities of formatting your thesis or dissertation manuscript鈥攖hat does not take writing knowledge, but rather software knowledge, which is just not in our scope.
  • How do I meet with a GWT? Visit our to make an appointment. GWTs are available for sessions in person (in Morris 017), live-online or through asynchronous e-tutoring. The 鈥淎ppointments鈥� section of our website describes what to expect from each session type. Graduate student writers may have one hourlong appointment per day; that means you may meet with us as frequently as seven times a week if you want to!
• Individual consultations with Oral Communication Consultants
  • If you will be presenting your work in class or at an academic conference, you can make an appointment with an OCC through the Writing Center website. OCCs can help you plan a presentation, design visual materials and rehearse your talk.
• Workshop Series
  • Every semester, the writing center offers a on writing and speaking topics that are often challenging to both undergraduate and graduate students.听
• Writing Groups
  • The Writing Center鈥檚 offer weekly time for graduate students to devote to working on their dissertations, theses or other significant graduate-level writing projects in a supportive environment. Group participation involves coming to the Writing Center (or joining a Zoom room) once a week to spend time working on your project. A writing group leader will lead short discussions about the writing process and will help you structure your writing time, but for the most part, writing groups are about dedicating time for you to sit and write.
• Writing Retreats
  • During the summer, the Writing Center offers weeklong and two-weeklong working on a thesis or dissertation project. These retreats offer physical space in the center, as well as dedicated time to make significant progress on a writing project. Retreat leaders will invite campus guests to talk about aspects of writing a thesis or dissertation. Typically, a retreat includes a 2.5 hour morning writing session, lunch break with a speaker or guided discussion, then a 2.5 hour afternoon writing session.

The 91原创 takes various efforts to ensure your while on campus.

• To report a crime, there are several options:
  • Call 911 if the crime is in progress.
  • Pick up any blue light phone on campus and you will be connected directly to the University police dispatcher. Blue light phone locations are indicated by blue dots on this map.
  • Contact Public Safety at 302-831-2222.听
  • Appear personally at 413 Academy St.
  • If you witness a crime on campus and would like to report it anonymously, please utilize the聽LiveSafe app.
• There are over 200 blue light emergency phones located across campus. These phones are easily identifiable by the distinctive blue light on top. If you are in need of assistance, you can pick up a blue light phone and be connected directly to personnel in Public Safety.
• 91原创 offers a free walking escort service for students, staff and faculty to or from any University property or contiguous street and specific areas off campus that immediately border the Late Bird bus route. To arrange for an escort, please call 302-831-6666 or use one of the more than 200 blue light emergency phones located throughout campus.
• Rape Aggression Defense is a female self-defense program designed to combat against sexual assaults and rapes. It is available to all female students, faculty and staff (full and part time).
• are placed campuswide.听
• Safety tips are provided by the 91原创 Police Department.
• There are also聽additional services聽offered by 91原创 Police and Public Safety.

offers many resources to graduate students. The Carpenter Sports Building (CSB), also called the Little Bob, is the primary recreation facility on campus. It is located at the north end of campus between Main Street and Cleveland Avenue near Old College Hall.

Facilities

• Carpenter Sports Building: indoor pool and diving well, basketball courts, racquetball courts, squash court, indoor climbing wall, employee fitness center, student fitness center (includes a two-lane walking/jogging track, a student lounge, exercise rooms, over 120 pieces of cardio equipment, and a personal training studio), locker rooms, martial arts workout area, dance room and the Wellness Center
• Independence Fitness Center (North Campus)聽
• Outdoor tennis, basketball, sand volleyball courts
• Frazer Field turf
• Park Place Field聽
• Fred Rust Ice Arena (South Campus)
• Outdoor pool (South Campus)

Programs/Activities

• Aquatics/Swimming (91原创 swim lesson clinic)
• Intramurals
• Club Sports (baseball, bowling, cycling, equestrian, field hockey, figure skating, golf, men鈥檚 basketball, men鈥檚 ice hockey, men鈥檚 lacrosse, men鈥檚 rowing, men鈥檚 soccer, men's ultimate disk, men鈥檚 volleyball, roller hockey, sailing, softball, swimming, synchronized skating, tennis, track and field/cross country, trap and skeet, triathlon, water polo, women鈥檚 basketball, women鈥檚 ice hockey, women鈥檚 lacrosse, women鈥檚 rugby, women鈥檚 soccer, women鈥檚 ultimate disk, women鈥檚 volleyball, wrestling)
• Fitness classes (spinning, Zumba, butts and guts, body pump, kickboxing, Pilates, yoga) offered at the CSB during the entire academic year*聽
• Fitness assessment聽
• Personal and small group trainings聽
• Rock climbing聽
• Table tennis聽
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• Ice skating (public skating sessions are offered at the Rust Ice Arena)
• Hockey
• Basketball
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• Golf

*Sign up for group fitness classes is required prior to participation. Once a membership has been purchased, participants must reserve their spot in class ONLINE prior to arriving. Registration opens 24 hours before the class starts. For single class passes, participants are purchasing a spot in a specific class so their spot in class is reserved at purchase.

Graduate Student Government (GSG)

The is the student organization that represents all graduate students on campus. Every graduate student is a member, and each program is represented by an elected senator. The GSG serves two main purposes: advocacy and programming.

• Advocacy initiatives are student-driven, and the GSG has a strong relationship with the Graduate College to help find solutions to student concerns. Through the GSG, graduate students have representation on all major University committees, including the Faculty Senate and Graduate Council.
• The GSG sponsors many professional and social events throughout the academic year. Mainstay events include:
  • Graduate Student Gala
  • Graduate Student Research Forum, an annual student-organized conference where graduate students can share their research
  • Graduate Student night at the R.E.P. (Resident Ensemble Players)
  • Meet and greets, informal social events at various locations on campus and around town where graduate students can meet each other over food and beverages
• Looking to get involved? Come to the GSG events 鈥� they are open to all graduate students. You could attend the GSG meeting on the second Thursday of each month, join a committee to work on planning events or getting involved with advocacy, become a senator for your academic program, or run for an officer position! Contact the GSG president to get involved.

Graduate Student Organizations

• 91原创 has many graduate student organizations in which you can participate. Some of the organizations are department specific, such as the Education Graduate Association and the Energy and Environmental Policy Students Association.
• Here is a sample list of our organizations:
  • Black Graduate Student Association
  • College Music Society Student Chapter
  • Chinese Christian Fellowship
  • Chinese Dance Club
  • Chinese Student and Scholar Association
  • Graduate Muslim Student Association
  • Indian Graduate Student Association
  • InterVarsity Christian Fellowship InterGrad
  • Iranian Student Association
  • Korean Graduate Student Association
  • Socratic Club
  • Taiwanese Student Association
  • Turkish-American Student Association
  • the Wesley Foundation Graduate Campus Ministry.听

There are many available for 91原创 students, including on-campus health centers, the counseling center and insurance. For emergency services, dial 911. Christiana Care is the closest hospital and may be contacted at 302-733-1000.

Services Available at 91原创

Many health services are available to students on campus and are covered by your student fees.

Student Health Services in Laurel Hall

• Student Health Services provides a wide range of services and should be students鈥� first step in receiving non-emergency services. Your health center doctor will refer you to other doctors or services if needed.
• Immunization records are to be submitted to the immunization desk in Laurel Hall.
• Once you visit the health center, you will have the same doctor for all visits.

The Center for Counseling and Student Development

• The Center for Counseling and Student Development Services aims to promote psychological well-being so that students can be more successful in their academic, personal and career pursuits. Their mission is based on the belief that mental health affects student success as well as the student, the learning environment and the institution.
• Services provided include the following:
  • Individual and group counseling
  • Career development聽
  • Psychiatric services
  • Consultations
  • Outreach programs and workshops
  • 24/7 emergency on-call coverage聽

Aetna health insurance is made available through the . All full-time students must have .

• Students are required to enroll in the University health insurance plan or complete a waiver form.
• Vision insurance is available for an additional cost via Davis Vision Insurance Plan, and dental insurance is available via Delta Dental PPO Dental Plan.
  • All plans are available for purchase for family and dependents.
  • Find more information about these voluntary plans and sign up through the links listed immediately above.
• The cost of health insurance is billed to your student account.

All 91原创 tuition and fees, including health insurance costs, are billed to your student account.

• Base student fees include the following:
  • Student Center fee ($119 per semester, $238 for the year)
  • Student health fee ($227 per semester, $454 for the year)
  • Graduate recreation fee ($50 per semester, $100 for the year)
  • Mandatory medical insurance (depends on status as contracted or non-contracted)

• All students are expected to read and abide by the .
• All incoming students must complete the online 鈥淯nderstanding Sexual Assault鈥� education.
• Students on contract with the University are expected to abide by the rules of their contracts. Students on nine-month contracts for 20 hours per week are not allowed to take additional employment without approval from Mary Martin in the Graduate College.

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