For just about any issue you may be having, there is someone on campus who can help. Finding that person isn't always easy though. Here is a brief guide to some of the services available. If you don't find what you need, ask Lenna for advice on where to look. Abbreviated email address end @ucdavis.edu.
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| Graduate Coordinator | Knowledgeable about department and campus rules: getting exceptions to Grad Studies requirements, how to navigate the campus bureaucracy, etc.; can help with office assignment issues; starts requests for PELP and filing fee status and has access to many forms. |
| Lenna Crabbe Charlesworth | |
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752-1501 ljcrabbe@... |
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| CAO | Expert on campus bureaucracy. Staff supervisor who can help with conflicts between students and staff. |
| Lourdes Gomez | |
| 752-5891 | |
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| Graduate Vice Chair | Contact regarding academic matters including course requirements, exams, qualifier committees and also non-academic matters including department financial support for students, PELP approval, and filing fee status. Can add extra weight on exceptions for Grad Studies rules. |
| Rena Zieve | |
| 754-0564 | |
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| Undergraduate Vice Chair | Helps with complaints regarding TA assignments and supervision. |
| Mike Mulhearn | |
| 754-7226 | |
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| Chair | The boss. Can overrule both the CAO and Vice Chairs. |
| Daniel Cebra | |
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754-9836 dacebra@... |
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| Grad Studies | |
| Senior Academic Advisor | Can explain most Grad Studies rules. |
| Samantha Duesdieker | |
| 752-4928 | |
| Associate Dean for Students | Serves as a neutral sounding board for graduate students, and is knowledgeable about the procedures students must take to resolve their issues. |
| Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor | |
| 752-2050 | |
| Dean | The big boss: can approve exceptions to Grad Studies rules; is responsible for formal "disqualification" of graduate students, and decides on appeals from students who have been disqualified or have been warned that they are subject to disqualification; can hear appeals of department decisions and complaints about department policies (although usually as a last resort). |
| Jean-Pierre Delplanque | |
| 752-2050 | |
| Graduate Council, Chair | Sets policies on such issues as progress toward degree, employment standards, and fellowships; Administrative Committee hears appeals of disqualification. |
| Carlee Arnett | |
| 753-1624 | |
| Campus | |
| Counseling Services | Provides free short-term counseling to registered students, and referrals for longer term counseling; offers emergency responses; has been very helpful for students with depression, anxiety, and other concerns. |
| CAPS | |
| 752-0871 | |
| Graduate Student Association | General resource for grievance information and advice; provides limited free legal assistance. |
| 752-6108 | |
| Union for Academic Student Employees | Represents TAs and readers on issues such as wages, benefits, workload, grievance procedures, and fair hiring processes (for example, complaints of excessive TA workload). |
| http://www.uaw2865.org | |
| Mediation Services | Provides voluntary, informal, and completely confidential mediation for conflicts involving faculty, staff, and graduate students; for significant conflicts, if both parties agree to mediation, this can be very effective. |
| 297-4480 | |
| Student Judicial Affairs | Deals with charges of academic and personal misconduct by undergraduate and graduate students; hears grievances by students who suffer arbitrary treatment, discrimination or harassment based on prohibited bias. |
| 752-1128 | |
| Sexual Harassment Officer | Deals with complaints of sexual harassment, and can help with other types of discrimination; anonymous complaints can be made to 2-2255. |
| 752-9255 | |
| Student Disability Center | Provides services and ensures the provision of appropriate accommodations for disabled students. Note that to request such accommodations, a student must go through the SDC; faculty members are instructed that under no circumstances should they provide disability-related accommodations without such a letter. |
| 752-3184 | |
| Services for International Students and Scholars (SISS) | The basic resource for issues involving international students (visas, employment issues, etc.). |
| 752-0864 | |
| Reentry Student Services | Offers counseling and referrals to graduate students age 30 and over. |
| 752-4411 | |
| Services for International Students and Scholars (SISS) | The basic resource for issues involving international students (visas, employment issues, etc.). |
| 752-0864 | |
| UC Davis Ombuds Office | The UC Davis Ombuds Office is a confidential, independent, impartial, and informal problem-solving and conflict management resource for all members of the UC Davis campus community. |
| 530-219-6750 | |