Get Connected & Support
When you do not know where to start, start with YOUR Dean of Students (DoS) Office.
Mission Statement
The Dean of Students Office takes a comprehensive and integrated approach to student support, access, accountability, and restorative intervention. We engage students holistically through proactive and responsive collaboration to address and mitigate barriers to facilitate a student’s full engagement in their DU experience. Students learn strategies and skills that foster their learning, connection, and success. The core principles of the DoS office include:
- One-on-One Engagement
- Specialized expertise focused on tailored individual support and accountability plans with students
- Skill building in self-awareness, self- advocacy, support, connection (academic and non-academic), and navigation
- Wrap Around Support
- Holistic team approach to care as part of a support network
- Informed Referrals and Personalized Connections
- Intentional connections to resources with personal introductions for seamless engagement
- Reflection and Meaning-Making
- Interactive conversations to process life challenges, deepen self-awareness, growth, and understanding, and develop more strategies to meet goals
The Dean of Students Office serves as a central hub to connect all students to supportive campus and community resources to successfully navigate their DU experience.
The DoS Office partners with faculty and staff across campus to best serve our students through advocacy, collaboration, and education.
Please email us at DoSoffice@du.edu or call us at 303-871-4261
The Dean of Students Office
FIRST@DU
FIRST@DU provides support for pathway programs, first-generation, minoritized, and other underrepresented students at the University of Denver through mentorship, community activities, leadership development, resource and scholarship support, and academic success workshops.
Learning Effectiveness Program
The Learning Effectiveness Program (LEP) supports students at the University of Denver who are neurodiverse and/or have a history of learning differences through Academic Counseling, Executive Functioning Support and Social Skills Building.
Student Disability Services
Student Disability Services (SDS) assists students with disabilities define reasonable access needs and implement those accommodations to fully participate in all – academic and non-academic activities at the University of Denver.
Student Outreach & Support
Student Outreach & Support (SOS) helps all University of Denver students, graduate or undergraduate, succeed by connecting them to resources, developing a plan of action to meet their goals, and navigating challenging situations.
Student Rights & Responsibilities
Student Rights & Responsibilities (SRR) is educational and restorative, striving to encourage self-awareness and social engagement and to provide opportunities for reflection and meaning-making. Integrity, Respect and Responsibility are the pillars of a healthy and thriving community. Learn more about your rights and responsibilities in upholding these pillars of community at the University of Denver.
Veterans & Military Resources
Veterans & Military Resources vision and mission is to support 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.