Faculty/Staff Guide to Student Resources

MSU Denver has a diverse array of student service offerings and programmatic opportunities in which students may engage. Faculty and staff play a critical role in helping students find and navigate relevant services.  

 This guide is designed to be an ‘at-a-glance’ resource for colleagues about most – but not all – of the available student support.  

For more information or assistance, please call or visit the program’s website for the latest updates and details about specific offerings. To access a version of this to print, please download the Faculty/Staff Guide to Student Resources (pdf). 

Supplemental Instruction

Jordan Student Success Building 230
Website

Supports students enrolled in traditionally difficult courses by offering free, regularly scheduled group meetings with current students who previously succeeded in the course.

Tutoring Center

303-615-1919 | Jordan Student Success Building 220
Website
Designed to not only support students having difficulty with course material, but also for those looking to excel in their academic pursuits.

Writing Center

Locations and phone numbers vary
msudenver.edu/writing-center
Assists students across all writing levels and in any discipline, including help with summary/response papers, journals, case studies, research projects, collaborative projects and more.

Office of Testing Services

303-615-1700 | Tivoli 347
msudenver.edu/testing
Offers math and English placement testing for new and current students. CLEP exam proctoring is also available.

Access Center

303-615-0200 | Plaza 122
msudenver.edu/access
Provides and promotes a supportive, accessible, and inclusive learning environment for students with qualified disabilities.

Office of Community Standards and Conflict Resolution

303-615-0220 | Tivoli 343
msudenver.edu/dean-of-students
Supports and advocates for students by addressing concerns and promoting wellbeing and accountability

Student Conduct

303-615-0220
msudenver.edu/dean-of-students/student-conduct
Coordinates and facilitates the conduct process in response to an incident that violated the Student Code of Conduct.

Student Conflict Resolution Services

303-615-0220
msudenver.edu/dean-of-students/student-conflict-resolution-services
Provides a variety of programs and services to support students experiencing conflict in their personal and/or academic life.

Student Care Center

303-615-0006 | msudenver.edu/student-care-center
Provides holistic, non-clinical case management support to students facing challenging life circumstances that may prevent them from otherwise pursuing their educational goal.

Rowdy’s Corner

303-615-0423 | Tivoli 271 msudenver.edu/student-care-center/rowdys-corner
Connects students to no-cost food resouces, including mobile food pantries, prepared meals or to-go snacks.

Epic Scholars Program

JSSB 240F | msudenver.edu/epic-scholars
Provides academic, economic, personal, and career support for students with experience in different systems of care (foster care, legal guardianship, kinship care, division of youth services) or who self-identify as unaccompanied youth, emancipated minors and independent students through the Financial Aid office

Health Center at Auraria

303-615-9999 | Plaza Building, Suite 150
healthcenter1.com
A tri-institutional health center that specializes in college health. Offering in-person and telehealth appointments for medical and mental health needs, on-site lab testing, X-ray services, immunizations, testing, and outreach programs. Physicians specializing in psychiatry, family medicine, sports medicine, GYN, and gender affirming care.

Counseling Center

303-615-9988 | Tivoli 651
msudenver.edu/counseling-center
Provides a broad range of relevant therapy groups; short- term, goal-focused individual counseling; walk-in and crisis appointments; consultations; and clinical case management services.

Recreation and Well-Being

303-615-1500 | PE/Events Center, Suite 108 msudenver.edu/recreation
Provides membership to the recreation center for intramural, club sports, outdoor programming and fitness and wellness programming for all fitness levels.

Phoenix Center at Auraria

303-315-7250 | thepca.org
Provides confidential resources and assistance to survivors of interpersonal violence (relationship violence, sexual violence and stalking).

Auraria Early Learning Center

303-556-3188 | 950 9th Street

ahec.edu/services-departments/early-learning-center
Provides early childhood education and care for children 1-5 year-round.

Housing

303-615-0006 | msudenver.edu/housing
Helps students secure housing that meets their unique needs.

Morgridge Peer Mentoring

Tivoli 223 | Website
Connects students to peer mentors who support career development, resource navigation, and college success.

Transfer and Adult Student Success

303-605-5602 | Jordan Student Success Building 217 | Website
Supports transfer, re-admit, and adult students with personalized guidance, transfer credit and degree progress help, and campus resources to ease their transition to MSU Denver and support long-term success.

The Student Advocacy Council (TSAC)

303-615-0899 | Tivoli 307
msudenver.edu/student-government-assembly
A board of student leaders that are committed to the advancement and advocacy of students.

First-Generation Initiatives

303-615-1133 | Jordan Student Success Window #2 msudenver.edu/classroom-to-career-hub/first-generation-initiatives/
Mentoring programs and resources for students that identify as first generation; the first in their families to go to college.

Fraternity & Sorority Life

303-615-0606 | Tivoli 305
msudenver.edu/multicultural-center/fraternity-and-sorority-life
A social and academic support system designed to give a well- rounded and enriching college experience.

Immigrant Services Program

303-615-0035 | Jordan Student Success Building 238 msudenver.edu/immigrant-services
An academic and social support program serving immigrant, refugee, DACA and undocumented students.

LGBTQ Student Resource Center

303-615-0515 | Tivoli 213
msudenver.edu/lgbtq
A tri-institutional office serving students of all genders and sexualities through campus education, advocacy, and community- building.

Met Media

303-615-0155 | Tivoli 313
msudenver.edu/multicultural-center/met-media
Elevates and represents the student voice through student-run and student-produced television, radio, magazine and newspaper.

Racial Equity Programs

msudenver.edu/multicultural-center/racial-equity-programs/
Racial Equity Programs bring together students to explore, influence, and shape change in their communities. Programs are designed to strengthen your identity and understanding of yourself and advance our shared communities towards positive change.

TRIO Student Support Services

303-615-0022 | Jordan Student Success Building 240 msudenver.edu/trio-student-support-services
Provides advising, financial-literacy workshops, tutoring, mentorship, cultural events and more to students that have academic need, are first-generation, have a disability and/or are socioeconomically classified as low income.

Veteran and Military Student Services

303-615-0044 | Tivoli 215
msudenver.edu/veterans
Connects veterans and military-affiliated students to academic, career, social and wellness support, including processing and maximizing education benefits.

Advising

Locations and phone numbers vary
msudenver.edu/advising
Academic Advisors advise a caseload of students on degree planning, helping students navigate academic policies and procedures, develop educational goals and connect them to university-wide resources, including their major department and faculty, early in their time at MSU Denver.

Exploratory Advising

303-615-2025 | Jordan Student Success Building 170 |Website

Guides students who have not yet declared a major and/or who need more time to learn about their strengths, interests and values.

Individualized Degree Program (IDP)

303-615-0525 | Central Classroom 223 | Website

Housed within the Center for Individualized Learning, this program offers students the opportunity to collaborate with faculty to design an individualized major or minor to meet their specific educational goals.

Office of Graduate Studies

303-615-0042 | Jordan Student Success Building, 330M Website
Supporting students interested in graduate education and the professional, research, and scholarly activities associated with graduate school.

Student Intervention Services (Academic)

303-605-5644 | Email
The Office of Student Intervention Services (SIS) at MSU Denver engages students that have an overall GPA below 2.00. Our staff and advising professionals manage the MSU Denver Academic Standing Policy by sending out informational notifications and providing advising and support to these students.

Honors Program

303-615-1154 | 1033 9th Street Historic Park msudenver.edu/honors-program
A community of highly motivated and academically adventurous students and faculty members.

Office of International Studies

303-615-1222 | Central Classroom 105 msudenver.edu/international-studies
Focuses on creating global opportunities for students through development of study abroad courses.

Undergrad Research & Creative Inquiry

303-605-7407 | Jordan Student Success Building 330J msudenver.edu/undergraduate-research-creative-scholarship-program
Supports, promotes and connects students with research and creative scholarship opportunities

Bilingual Education Specialist Certificate

303-615-1122 | Plaza 360
msudenver.edu/languages/programs
Designed for advanced and Heritage speakers of Spanish wanting to further develop their cultural and linguistic background.

Spanish Translation Program Certificate

303-615-1122 | Plaza 360 https://www.msudenver.edu/languages/spanish/#program-options
Intended for bilingual (English-Spanish) speakers who wish to pursue translation