The first area the office is responsible for is the Comprehensive Advisement Center (CAC). The CAC is responsible for creating all new student schedules, advising all new students and continuing advisement for students that have declared an "Exploratory" major. The CAC also is responsible for handling the schedules for all Bridge students for the first year to year and a half.
Secondly, is the Academic Peer Advisement Program (APAP). The APAP is comprised of a group of students that are trained in assisting other students in transitioning to ORU and its lifestyle. They also manage and run the Peer Advisors Coaching and Educating program, otherwise known as PACE. Currently the APAs are meeting once a week to allow students the opportunity to meet with peer APAs to get assistance and tutoring subjects that they may be struggling in.
The third area is serving students with disabilities. The Disability Service Center, in compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, assures that no qualified individual with a disability will be denied reasonable accommodations in modification of policies, practices, and procedures. The Disability Service Center offers reasonable accommodations to clients based upon their individual needs. Accommodations offered to clients as services through this office include, but are not limited to the following:
Alternative testing
Textbooks on tape
Adaptive HPER
Interpretation
Note-taking and transcriptions
Text enlargements
Counseling on disability issues
Parking and access services
Academic adjustments
Additional accommodations (deemed reasonable)
Students who wish to access services or find out more information should go to the Disability Service Center link.
