STUDENT SERVICES AND RELATED MATTERS

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Bulletin Boards. Current announcements are posted on the doctoral bulletin board to the right and around the corner from 118 Haviland and the financial aid bulletin board directly opposite. Please check these boards frequently for important information regarding deadlines, fellowships, employment opportunities, and current campus events.

Computer Resources. If you wish to use a campus mainframe computer account, you must obtain the approval of your faculty adviser. Application forms are available from the Dean’s office, 122 Haviland (642-4408). Haviland Hall's computer facility in Room 309 is equipped with terminals and IBM PCs, many of which are connected to the campus mainframe computer. The equipment is secured with theft deterrent devices and the room is kept locked at all times with a combination lock. You may obtain the combination from the receptionist in 120 Haviland, at which time you will sign an agreement not to divulge the combination to anyone and to abide by all School policies pertaining to the room.

The School's computer analyst, Claudia Waters, is available to assist you and can also give you information about other campus computer resources. Claudia Waters may be reached at 643-6668 or e-mail claudia2@socrates.berkeley.edu.

Fliers on establishing an e-mail account and information on accessing the Berkeley Internet Link and Melvyl are available in the Graduate Office, 118 Haviland. Please consult with Claudia Waters if you have questions.

Discount computer sales are available through The Scholar's Workstation in 41 University Hall (642-8424). If you are purchasing a computer, you may wish to check with the staff at the workstation consulting office, 262 Evans (642-8899), or the Tolman Hall microcomputer facility (643-6253) for information.

Health Insurance (SHIP). All graduate and undergraduate students are automatically enrolled in a health insurance plan; fees are included in your registration billing statements. If you already have comparable insurance (such as Kaiser) and do not want to enroll, you must file an exemption form and proof of insurance each semester by a set deadline. Further information on SHIP coverage and exemption forms, and dental insurance are available from the Student Health Service's insurance office in the Tang Center Bldg. at 2222 Bancroft Way or by telephoning 642-5700 (also see Attachment XVIII). The Optometry Clinic provides low-cost eye examinations and glasses and contact lenses at reduced prices. Call 642-2020 or 643-2020 for further information.

Library Delivery Service (BAKER). The main library offers a BAKER delivery service of reference material to faculty, staff, and graduate students of the University. There is a fee for each request and a deposit is required. Applications are available in room 133, Doe Library (642-2538).

Library Fines. Warning! Unpaid library fines OR late recording of returns and payment of fines will result in blocked registration and graduation. Because the library system is large, errors are made in the process of clearing records. For your protection, it is important that you be able to verify the fact that your fines have been paid. Be sure that you keep canceled checks and/or receipts for any fines you pay. You may also wish to obtain a receipt from a librarian when you return books to the main library or large campus branches.

Alumni Magazine. The School publishes its alumni magazines – Insight and Social Welfare at Berkeley periodically. These are distributed to alumni and other schools of social work, as well as current students and staff. Please keep the Doctoral Assistant informed of any honors or awards, publications, or special activities so that this information can be considered as student news.

Mailboxes. Mailboxes for Ph.D. and MSW/Ph.D. students are located across from room 118 Haviland, starting to the right of the MSW student mailboxes and continuing to the boxes on the right of room 117. Please check your mailbox and e-mail whenever you come to Haviland. This is the only reliable way of relaying critical information regarding deadlines, jobs, fellowship announcements, dated events, and doctoral program matters. The receptionist also leaves telephone messages and letters that come to the main office in your mailboxes, so it's important that you check your box regularly. Please discard unwanted mail.

Offices and Other Study Areas. Rooms 13 and 312 are doctoral student offices. Room 312: Used by current GSIs for holding office hours and course preparation. No individual desks will be assigned. In Room 13: The receptionist, 120 Haviland Hall, will distribute a desk space questionnaire in your mailbox at the beginning of the Fall Semester. The School will try to accommodate all needs within the limitations of space and on the basis of fairness. Once a desk has been assigned to you, the receptionist will sign out a key. Please return the key to the receptionist when you have completed your term of employment or completed your degree. SECURITY IS A CONCERN FOR ALL CAMPUS BUILDINGS, AND YOU ARE ASKED TO LOCK THE DOOR WHEN YOU LEAVE THE ROOM, EVEN FOR BRIEF PERIODS.

The Social Welfare Library has an excellent study area as does the Educational Psychology Library in Tolman Hall and the new underground Doe/Moffitt Library.

Placement Services. "Announcing Our Ph.D. Graduates." Each fall, a brief vitae of doctoral students nearing completion of their degrees and recent graduates who are seeking faculty positions for the next academic year is sent with a cover memo from the Dean to all schools of social work and social welfare offering the MSW degree. A request for your vitae will be distributed in your mailboxes by the Dean's secretary in the fall. This request will include samples of vitae previously sent as well as guidelines for format. Please consult with your dissertation chair if you have any questions regarding format on your final draft.

Notices of faculty vacancies are posted on the bulletin board outside 120 Haviland and copies are kept by the receptionist for your information. Even if you are on the School's list, you should always send a personal response to any recruitment notices which are of interest to you. When you apply, you may wish to seek advice from your dissertation chair on the cover letter you send out in response to a recruitment notice.

Career Center. The Career Center's academic career adviser (2111 Bancroft Way, telephone 642-1716) can provide some useful services to you, such as assistance in preparing a vita. The Career Office offers workshops throughout the year which may be helpful; notices will be posted on the doctoral bulletin board or forwarded by way of e-mail. We do not generally recommend setting up a "placement file" with this office, however, since the references in such a file are not specific to each job to which you apply. The School's faculty members serving as your references will receive direct requests for letters from schools interested in your application and will send original replies to each request they receive.

Faculty-Student Authorship Guidelines. In Spring 1995, the Doctoral Committee approved a set of authorship guidelines for faculty and students who work together (see Attachment VIII).

Ethical Standards and Student Conduct. The School of Social Welfare is committed to upholding the ethical standards required of social workers and their relationships with clients, colleagues, co-workers, and members of the public. See Attachment XII for guidelines.