Our holistic, comprehensive approach to education is called the 4D Experience. The goal is to empower you to build an educational experience that aligns with your goals and interests, as well as in service of the public good. This means that each student can build towards a future where they're able to draw on their own passions and perspectives while strengthening the communities around them.
Student Affairs' role in that process centers around two specific goals: Exploring Character and Promoting Well-Being.
Business Operations & Division Resources (BODR) is the central SAIE budget and resource office. Located in Driscoll Commons and serving all 25 SAIE units, BODR is guided by the below mission and values.
Mission Statement: To create partnerships that empower, educate, and support student and staff stakeholders, by providing resources and services that support the mission of Student Affairs and Inclusive Excellence.
CAPE supports survivor healing by providing advocacy and support for survivors of sexual assault, relationship violence, stalking, and sexual harassment.
DU's Collegiate Recovery Program offers a community lounge, alcohol and drug-free social events, support meetings, peer mentoring and educational seminars and events. CRP reinforces the decision to pursue sobriety, and is designed to promote academic excellence alongside recovery support to ensure that students do not have to sacrifice one for the other.
The newly-opened Community Commons sits at the heart of the DU campus, providing centralized dining services, event spaces, lounges for both students and faculty, and numerous other services for our community.
If you are experiencing a situational problem, a crisis or have long-standing mental health concerns, we are here to help. Our professional staff includes licensed psychologists and licensed social workers, as well as supervised graduate student staff from both of these disciplines. Our services are all confidential and no information is released to anyone without your written consent except in the case of a life-threatening emergency, or when it is otherwise required by law.
The Cultural Center works to to foster a campus community committed to centering, preserving, and promoting the historical, cultural, intellectual and social movement traditions of the affinity groups we support at the University of Denver, and throughout the world.
Fraternity & Sorority Life at DU works to promote opportunities for lifelong friendship, leadership development, scholarship enhancement and social interaction.
DU's Health & Counseling Center (HCC) is an integrated health and counseling center that works to enhance student well-being through inclusive physical and mental healthcare, education, advocacy and recovery support services. The HCC is every eligible student's home for health and well-being during their time at DU.
Health Promotion envisions a future where every member of the DU community will have the opportunity to learn, connect and thrive in a supportive campus community. They work to accomplish this through education, engagement and sociocultural change.
DU Housing & Residential Education works to make residential life a positive, meaningful experience from which each of our students can grow and learn.
The Learning Effectiveness Program (LEP) provides individualized support for neurodiverse learners with learning disabilities, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), students on the Autism Spectrum and students who have a history of learning differences.
DU and our Health & Counseling Center offer an extensive roster of professionally administered medical services, including urgent care, immunizations, lab tests, travel health, women's health and more.
New Student and Family Programs is committed to the successful transition of new students and families into the DU community. They support this mission by providing inclusive, holistic programming designed to help students succeed, meet their goals, and develop meaningful connections with other students and families.
Formerly, Inclusion & Equity Education, SJE provides students with information, skills, and opportunities for constructive engagement across difference through workshops, events and online resources.
As part of its 4D framework, DU supports students in developing and exploring lives of purpose—including spiritual purpose. And we define spiritual purpose broadly. This includes a wide range of existential explorations, mindful meaning-making, authentic and ethical pathfinding, spiritual and religious identities and expressions, religious pluralism, and interfaith/interreligious bridge-building.
We believe in unleashing students' potential to lead and impact the world by providing all University of Denver students a co-curricular experience which empowers them to explore, connect, and grow.
SDS is dedicated to giving students with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in the University’s programs, courses and activities, and provides accommodations at no cost to any student who has a documented disability. Accommodations include:
Test accommodations (examples: extended time, minimal distraction)
Student Outreach & Support (SOS) helps students succeed by connecting them to resources, developing plans of action to meet their goals, and helping navigate challenging situations. The SOS staff creates an inclusive and welcoming environment for students to develop skills in self-awareness, self-advocacy, resilience and navigation that will serve them throughout their educational experience.
Student Rights & Responsibilities supports the University's mission and strives to achieve a safe campus community by upholding the Honor Code and providing programs and services designed to foster an inclusive campus community and promote opportunities for holistic student living, learning, and growth.
Veterans & Military Resources vision and mission is to support our Veterans through exceptional programming. Veterans & Military Resources supports all levels of Student Veterans attending the University of Denver, starting with the admissions process and extending through Alumni Relations.
