Additional Campus Services
Resources are available to support students while they are achieving their academic endeavors. These include, but are not limited to, tutorial assistance, basic needs resources, disability accommodations, and student health.
TUTORIAL ASSISTANCE
Free academic tutorial assistance is available upon request to any veterinary student who is experiencing academic difficulty in one or more of their courses. Students should contact csteam@ucdavis.edu to schedule a meeting with the Associate Dean for Professional Education.
Generally students who have completed courses with a grade of B+ or better are eligible to be hired as tutors. Announcements looking for applicants will be made via CERE when a need is identified.
UC DAVIS AGGIE COMPASS BASIC NEEDS CENTER
Aggie Compass offers UC Davis students financial resources, food security (including The ASUCD Pantry and other food available immediately), housing assistance and mental wellness (including a 24 hr crisis line).
DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS/Student Disability Center (SDC)
The Student Disability Center is a department within the Division of Student Affairs and is located in 54 Cowell Building or call 530-752-3184. Their philosophy is to promote independence and integrated participation in campus life for students with disabilities. The SDC is staffed by professional Disability Specialists who specialize in different areas: learning, vision, hearing, medical, psychological, and mobility. These professionals each work with an assigned caseload of students, determining their eligibility for academic accommodations and ensuring the reasonable accommodation process necessary to allow the students to participate meaningfully in educational opportunities on campus.
Process within the School of Veterinary Medicine for Students with Disabilities
The SDC will provide the Office for Professional Education (Curricular Support) with the accommodation information for each student. The Office for Professional Education (Curricular Support) will work with the student and their instructors to put these accommodations in place. Students are responsible for contacting the SDC at the beginning of each semester in order to have accommodations in place for that semester.
The School is not required to provide accommodations if these accommodations would lower academic standards or compromise the integrity of the school or program by not allowing a student to gain skills or abilities that are fundamental to the practice of veterinary medicine.
STUDENT HEALTH AND COUNSELING SERVICES (SHCS)
The mission of Student Health and Counseling Services is to enhance the physical and mental health of students in order to help them achieve academic success, personal development and lifelong wellness by providing an integrated program of quality, accessible, cost sensitive and confidential healthcare services, tailored to their unique and diverse needs and to assist the University community, through consultation and education, to develop a healthy campus environment consistent with UC Davis "Principles of Community."
Wellness, illness, and injury care
The Student Health & Wellness Center is located on La Rue Road between Hutchison Drive and Orchard Road, across the street from the Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) and next to the Colleges at La Rue.
Students participating in the Student Health Insurance Program (SHIP) must go to the Student Health & Wellness Center for treatment of illness and injuries (including animal bites). Please refer to the Student Health and Counseling Service’s website for their summer and school year hours of operation.
When illness or injury occurs outside of the health center's business hours, you may seek emergency treatment at a nearby facility usually Sutter ER, but must notify the health center of such treatment as soon as possible (preferably the next business day). Please follow these procedures to realize your maximum insurance benefits. For more information, call the SHIP coordinators at 530-752-6055.