Student Support Services

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Student Support Services

Dr. Ridell Rose
Director for Student Support Services
Dent Hall
2601 Gentilly Boulevard
New Orleans Louisiana 70122

Office Hours:
M-F 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Student Support Services at Dillard University

Student Support Services (SSS) welcomes you to Dillard University. We look forward to assisting you in a successful academic year. We are dedicated to student success!

Dillard University’s Student Success Services is a federally funded program and has received continuous funding through the Department of Education since 1976. The overall goal of the program is to instill confidence in our students by providing academic support, counseling, and various workshops to promote student success.

Academic Support Labs

Tutoring is available for students in many subject areas through various support labs:

Academic Skills Enhancement Lab
Writing Center
Math lab
Science lab
Foreign Languages lab
Computer lab

Counseling Information

Counseling Center (academic, personal, career, graduate school, and financial)
Social Service Referrals
Workshops for students on various relevant topics to promote student success
Career Guidance

Further Support

Exposure to cultural enrichment activities
Academic advice and assistance in course selection

Student Support Services Goal

Increase the retention, and graduation rates of eligible students
Increase the transfer rates of eligible students from 2-year to 4-year institutions
Foster an institutional climate supportive of the success of low-income and first generation college students

Emerging Scholars Program

Student Support Services has developed a free, non-credit, five-week pre-college summer enrichment program entitled Emerging Scholars. This program, which lasts for five weeks, is designed to assist students with the transition from high school to college while strengthening basic academic skills. Small group instructions will be held in reading, English, mathematics, and study skills. Also, a variety of cultural enrichment activities will be held throughout the summer experience.

For further information feel free to contact:

Dr. Ridell Rose at (504) 816-4715
or
Mrs. Erica Ellis at (504) 816-4798