Counseling Services
The Office of Minority Student Affairs (OMSA) provides pro-active general counseling services to students. These services are provided by full time staff and by graduate students. The centerpiece of OMSA general counseling services is the assignment of Graduate Counselors (GC’s) to all President's Award Program (PAP) and Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) new freshmen, and selected other students. Graduate Counselors are assigned to students before classes begin, and are introduced to them for the first time at the OMSA Fall Orientation. All new freshmen are invited to the OMSA Fall Orientation, during which students are provided with a general overview of OMSA services and introduced to the GCs who will be working within their college. The OMSA Fall Orientation also includes a faculty lecture on a topic key to the success of new freshman students at UIUC.
OMSA full time staff are assigned to work with specific colleges, and supervise the Graduate Counselors assigned to their college(s). Most OMSA Graduate Counselors actually have their workspace within the college. OMSA also has a Liaison Dean in each college, who usually serves as the on-site supervisor for the GCs assigned to the college. After the freshman year, OMSA full time staff provide on-going general counseling services to sophomores, juniors and seniors, on an appointment and walk-in basis. Our full time staff also continue to serve students until they graduate, through the other programs and services described in this Web site.
For more information, call the Office of Minority Student Affairs at (217) 333-0054.
