Veteran Services
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Academic Advising and Pathways
Location: Simon Center Fourth Level
Contacts: Lucy Pivonka , Susan Harding
• Provides integrated academic support and career advising for students at New England College.
• Help students gain the skills and sense of competence necessary for planning and engaging in their curricular and co-curricular activities successfully.
• Help students develop a comprehensive plan for connecting their college experience with their lifelong personal and professional goals. The Pathways Center teaches students to rely on their strengths, and take responsibility for initiating their own learning experiences. With the assistance Pathways offers, students will become increasingly able to articulate their unique goals and accomplishments as lifelong learners and as professionals.
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Athletics
Location: Clement Ice Arena
Contact: Lori Runksmeire
New England College is a NCAA division III school competing in:
• Men’s Ice Hockey
• Women’s Ice Hockey
• Women’s Soccer
• Men’s Soccer
• Field Hockey
• Cross Country (Men and Women teams)
• Men’s Basketball
• Women’s Basketball
• Women’s Lacrosse
• Men’s Lacrosse
• Softball
• Baseball
In addition numerous club and intramural sports are available. NEC Welcomes Veteran’s to engage in our athletic programs.
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Disability Services
Location: CEI 210
Contact: Anna Carlson
The Learning Services Office is committed to providing equal access to all programs and activities so that New England College students can become independent and successful learners.
The Learning Services Office works in partnership with NEC students, faculty, and staff to find ways to overcome barriers that may be keeping students from full participation in the social and academic life of the College. The Goals of the Learning Services Office are to:
• Help students develop the skills and strategies they will need to advocate for themselves in the years ahead
• Help students to learn to thing strategically about how to use their strengths to compensate for their challenges
• Provide timely and equitable accommodations and services
• Promote awareness of services, accommodations, and disability laws to students, families, and the NEC community
• Keep current regarding trends and issues related to disabilities
• Teach students to use the NEC resources available to them, and how to interact with outside agencies as needed
• Assist students in learning to use adaptive technology, computer software such as MyNEC, Blackboard, and the other technical resources of the College
• Provide development and information to NEC faculty and Staff
• Endeavor to find a balance between protecting student’s privacy while maintaining necessary interaction and support
• Assume that the College is compliant with all federal and state regulations pertaining to persons with disabilities
We have set these goals with the hope that students will learn to meet and exceed all the objectives and policies of the College. WE cannot guarantee that all students will be successful, but we can reach out to students who are ready to pursue academic success. Hopefully, once the barriers are removed, the student’s innate abilities will allow them to compete on an equal footing with their classmates. It is our most basic belief that every student can develop and grow if they are willing to participate as equal partners in the discovery process.________________________________________________
Financial Services
Location: Administration Building First Floor
Contacts: Ali Walsh: U.S Army, Russell Romandini
The Student Financial Services office combines the business office and financial aid functions of the College. The best way for forms and information is to go to: http://www.nec.edu/student-financial-services.
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Residence Life and Housing
Location: Simon Center Third Level
Contacts: Lisa Hadley, Amy Reynelli
The Office of Residence Life is committed to making the out of class experience at New England College the best experience for each student. We are a small residential campus, and our primary focus is providing a living/learning environment that directly supports the educational, social, and personal development of each student. There are numerous ways in which students are encouraged to get involved on a personal level on the campus. This can occur through leadership opportunities in any of our 50 Student organizations, student employment opportunities available in our office, and through participation in any of our activities and events. In addition, special programs, major events and programming, community service and leadership opportunities are all excellent ways to become actively engaged in the NEC experience.
The Office of Residence Life maintains a bulletin Board listing off campus housing opportunities for those veterans who will not be residing in the residence halls.________________________________________________
Course Registration
Location: Simon Center Fourth Level, Administration Building First Floor
Contacts: Lucy Cook, Susan Harding, Frank Hall: US Army
Registration for courses takes place usually shortly after a veteran has deposited. Most veterans will have transfer credit awarded based on their MOS and courses undertaken while in the Service. NEC is a Servicemembers opportunity college and follows all the recommendations for credit earned during enlistment. Credit earned at other institutions will also transfer in. As such most veterans should meet with the Pathways staff (Susan Harding and Lucy Cook) to create their first schedule. Pathways will also assign your academic advisor depending on your major. Questions concerning transfer credit should be directed to Frank Hall.
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Tutoring Services and Academic Support Center
Location: Spaulding 106, Library Second Floor
Contacts: Mark Watman, Bill Carr
The Academic Support Center (Tutoring Center) provides tutoring services to all students populations of New England College in a welcoming and supportive environment. The Center is located on the second floor of the H. Raymond Danforth Library and provides a variety of academic services including profession and peer-tutoring programs. Professional tutor are available six days a week (usually from 8:30 AM until 10:00 PM) and offer free, drop-in, and scheduled tutoring appointments to individuals and groups. Working closely with faculty and staff, the Center encourages students to excel at their academic goals. The Center’s major objective is to foster student academic success while encouraging independent learning.
• Services offered: The professional tutors provide general tutoring in such areas as writing development, time management, study techniques, test-taking strategies, and goal-setting processes, as well as select subject area tutoring in a number of academic disciplines including: Math, Science, and Business. At the core of our services are the following
• Writing Support: We assist student in all facets of the writing process (brainstorming, critical thinking, development, organization of ideas, thesis development, preparation of outlines, revision strategies, and editing strategies). Our writing support is holistic in nature. We model effective writing strategies and support students in their development of specific writing assignments. While we do identify grammatical or syntactical errors in written work and then model how to effectively fix those errors, we are not an editing service.
• Critical reading Skills: We model active reading strategies such as previewing texts and exploring various note-taking formats and strategies. While noting key points and outlining chapters, we teach summarizing, paraphrasing , and analytical skills for the purpose of entering into a dialogue that entails synthesis of information and analysis.
• Time Management and Study Skills: We review course syllabi and co-curricular activity schedules with students and help them learn to create schedule that will lead to the most effective use of their time. Additionally, we teach effective study strategies tailored to individual student needs.
• Peer Tutoring Services: Peer tutors offer tutoring in select academic disciplines in an effort to assist students in the adjustment, satisfaction, and attainment of their educational goals Peer tutors strengthen the academic climate on campus and serve as academic peer-mentors.________________________________________________
Veterans Advocates
Location: CEI 203
Contact: Phil Huckins: Air Force
Director of Veterans Resources
Professor of Education
• Ensure that veterans among our student population have an advocate on campus. To that end of the DVR will coordinate with representatives of the Various offices on Campus that serve the student population, inter alia, Student Financial Services, the Registrar, Housing, and Admissions.
• Advise the student organization that will eventuate as a sufficient student population is reached.
• Coordinate with the Office of Admissions to assist where appropriate with recruiting of veteran students.
• Coordinate with the office of Advancement where appropriate with fund raising efforts relative to initiatives that involve veterans.
• Produce a yearly report outlining the activities of the DVR and plans for future endeavors________________________________________________
Veterans Paper Work Registrar's Office
Location: Administration Building First Floor
Contact: Joanne Rice
• Certification
• VA program information_______________________________________________
Wellness Center
Location: Hill House
Contact: Gretchen Richters
• Health Services
• Counseling Services
• Referrals to Riverbend
The Wellness Center is dedicated to the physical and psychological health maintenance, education, and health promotion of all regularly enrolled students at New England College. By offering confidential medical and psychological care and disease prevention counseling that focuses on the whole person, physical, emotional, psychological, and social, the Wellness Center strives to contribute to the growth and academic success of students and New England College and empower them to become responsible, knowledgeable manager of their own well being. The Wellness Center also is committed to the health and safety of the entire New England College community. Through educational programs and participation in college-wide events that promote public health, the Wellness Center helps foster a caring community that shows respect for each other and the world around us. To accomplish its objectives, the Wellness Center has a professional staff that probides care through walk-in visits and scheduled appointments Monday through Thursday 8 AM to 6 PM and Friday 8 AM to 4 PM.
