Brandeis Support Resources
All on-campus numbers begin with 781-736-xxxx.
Academic Advising
Contact: PJ Dickson and Emily Walsh
Office of Academic Services, Usdan 130
6-3470
After the director of the Writing Program, advisers to the first-year class are your primary contact for reporting academic or personal problems you notice in the classroom. This could include excessive absence, poor quality work, plagiarism, cheating, roommate difficulties, mental and physical health issues, etc. First-year advisers receive a copy of paperwork filed for students in danger of failing, and can write letters suggesting appropriate accomodations for students who need them.
Athletics
Contact: Adam Levin
Gosman Sports and Convocation Center
6-3631
Students who are involved in athletics may provide you with a letter and schedule of away games, which may require their missing class. Writing Program policy is to count these absences as unexcused.
Bookstore
Contact: Stacey Jackson
Shapiro Campus Center
6-4272
The bookstore handles textbook orders for many UWS classes. A form is usually sent around mid-semester for the next semester's book order. Note: Some instructors prefer to place their book orders at Back Pages Books, an independently run bookstore on Moody Street in Waltham, which delivers books to your students.
Copy Center
Contact: Barry Hayes
Usdan Student Center, lower level
6-4530
The Copy Center will produce course packs at the beginning of the semester for your course. You need to assemble one clean copy of the course pack, acquire a completed Requisition Form from Shannon Hunt in the English department office (Rabb 144), bring coursepack and form to the Copy Center, and bring back the carbon copy to Shannon. Leave plenty of lead time for these to be ready for your first day of classes.
Disability Services
Contact: Beth Rodgers-Kay
Office of Academic Services, Usdan 130
6-3406
Students with a documented mobility, visual, hearing, medical, psychological or learning disability may be entitled to special accomodations in the classroom and on assignments. You should always request students with disabilities to obtain a letter from the Office of Disability Services for your records, which will advise you as to appropriate accomodations.
English as a Second Language
Contact: Nancy Nies and Kyle Wiggins
Rabb 342
6-3391
UWS is often the first place students needing English language support are identified. The ESL program offers one-on-one tutoring throughout the semester, as well as a weekly grammar tutorial at the Writing Center on Fridays from 12:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Facilities
Epstein Building
6-4385
For any issues with your classroom (need chalk, need dry erase markers, clock is broken, leaky ceiling, broken lights, extreme heat/cold, ant colonies, etc.)
LATTE support
Contact: latte@brandeis.edu
Farber Commons, Faculty Resource Center (Goldfarb 1)
6-5883
For problems with uploading and managing content and participants on your classroom LATTE page.
Library
Contact: Circulation Desk 6-5626
Reserves 6-4630
Research help 6-4670
FLIP (Anne Woodrum) 6-4622
Purchase request (Video | Text/CD)
LTS Tech Desk (for faculty, staff, and grad students)
Contact: itservice@brandeis.edu (also submit a ticket)
Feldberg 134
6-7782
For any technology issues (computers, projectors, speakers) in your classrooms.
Registrar’s Office
Contact: registrar@brandeis.edu
Kutz 121
6-2010
For grades and classroom assignment. You can look up your classroom assignment on the Class Search Engine; select the current term and "University Writing Seminars" from the subject scrollbox, then click the "Search" button.
Room Reservations
Contact: Janet Driscoll
Kutz 124
6-2015
Rooms need to be reserved for any classroom events that do not occur in your assigned classroom (e.g., film screenings, end-of-semester presentations). Give it some lead time; you'll receive emailed instructions on how to work the technology.
Transitional Year Program (TYP)
Contact: Erika Smith
Office of Academic Services, Usdan 130
6-3471
The Transitional Year Program is a one-year academic bridge program for students who typically have not had access to AP and honors courses in their previous schooling experiences. TYP students in the UWS classroom have completed the program and should be treated and evaluated with the same standard as their classmates.
Student Support Services (SSSP)
Contact: Gerardo Garcia-Rios
Office of Academic Services, Usdan 130
6-3478
Student Support Services offers support to students who are the first in their families to go to college and/or have overcome significant barriers to attend Brandeis.
Writing Center
Contact: Nat Hodes / Ryan Wepler
Goldfarb 1, Room 107
6-4885
Refer students to the Writing Center who need extra help on their writing. Encourage them to sign up in advance, as appointments fill up quickly. Drop-in sessions from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Many instructors offer a one-day extension on final drafts with proof of a Writing Center visit.