Resources

On-Campus

Office of Student Affairs

New Castle Campus-Pratt Student Center Room 146
Phone: 302-356-6940
Fax: 302-328-7376
Email: tina.m.scott@wilmu.edu

Wilmington University Student Handbook

Academic Advising

New Castle Campus-Audrey K. Doberstein Admissions Center (DAC), Second Floor Phone: (302) 356-6711
www.wilmu.edu/advisement

If you are attending one of Wilmington University's other sites, please contact your site to make an appointment with your advisor.

Student Success Center (SSC)

The Student Success Center is your place to go for all your tutoring, mentoring, and other academic support needs. The SSC offers free tutoring for all students (graduate and undergraduate) and is offered in many different formats.  We have a drop-in math and English tutoring lab at the New Castle site (located in DAC219), and we also offer by-appointment tutoring at many of the sites. In addition, we offer on-line tutoring. For specific times, subjects and formats, please go to the WU website for tutoring information or contact Peggy Mitchell, Manager, Student Success Center at 302-356-6810 or e-mail at peg.p.mitchell@wilmu.edu. In addition, the Student Success Center offers mentoring services and supplements course work through study skills workshops. Please feel free to contact the SSC at 302-356-6810 or visit the SSC in DAC219.  

Burlington County College (877) 967-5464

University Information Center (302) 356-4636

Cumberland County College (877) 967-5464

Dover Air Force Base (302) 674-8726

Dover Site (302) 734-2594

Georgetown Site (302) 856-5780

Salem Community College (877) 967-5464

Wilson Graduate Center (302) 655-5400

 

Local/State/Regional

ADA Information Center for the Mid-Atlantic

451 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 217-0124
www.adainfo.org

* The ADA Information Center has a number of resources about the ADA.

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (C.H.A.D.D.)

Newark Chapter (302) 737-5063
www.chadd.org
* C.H.A.D.D. is a national organization that provides support and information for children and adults who have ADD.

Delaware Elwyn, Inc.

321 E. 11th Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: (302) 658-8860 Fax: (302) 654-5815
www.elwyn.org
* Delaware Elwyn, Inc. has a mission to increase the self-sufficiency and productivity of people with disabilities and other disadvantages, subsequently increasing their ability to participate in, and contribute to the community.

Division for the Visually Impaired
New Castle County

Herman M. Holloway,
Sr. Campus Biggs Building 1901
North DuPont Highway
New Castle, DE 19720
Voice:  (302) 255-9800
Fax:  (302) 255-4441
TDD:  (302) 255-9854
Website: http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dvi/index.html

Kent and Sussex County Counties
Milford State Service Center Annex
13 SW Front Street Milford, DE 19963
Voice: (302) 424-7240 Fax: (302) 422-1419
*In order to promote health and well being, the Division for the Visually Impaired strives to reduce or eliminate all barriers to lifelong personal independence produced by the sensory disability of vision loss.

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Department of Labor

4425 North Market Street, P.O. Box 9969 Wilmington, DE 19809-0969
Phone: (302) 761-8275; (302)761-8336 (TTY)
www.delawareworks.com/DVR
* The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation seeks to empower individuals with disabilities. They provide employment, government programs, an information network, and educational and financial assistance.

State Council for Persons with Disabilities

Margaret M. O'Neill Building
122 William Penn St., Dover, DE 19901
Phone: (302) 739-3613
Fax:(302) 739-6704
www2.state.de.us/scpd
* The State Council for Persons with Disabilities provides information/network, advocacy/government programs for persons with disabilities.

Statewide Coalition for ADA (SCADA)

400 N Broad St., Middletown, DE  19709
Phone: (302) 376-4399; (302) 376-4397 (TTY)
* SCADA's mission is to educate the entire community of its rights and responsibilities in complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

National

Association for Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)

107 Commerce Center Drive, Suite 204, Huntersville, NC  28078
Phone: (704) 947-7779
Fax: (704) 948-7779
www.ahead.org
* AHEAD is the premiere professional association committed to full participation of persons with disabilities in postsecondary education.

HEATH Resource Center

Phone: (202) 973-0904 voice
1-800-54-HEATH voice/TTY
Fax: (202) 833-4760
www.heath.gwu.edu

* HEATH is a clearinghouse of information on topics related to postsecondary education and disabilities.

International Dyslexia Association (IDA)

40 York Rd., 4th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21204
Phone: (410) 296-0232 voice
(800) ABCD-123 for messages
Fax: (410) 321-5069
www.interdys.org
* The IDA is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to the study and treatment of earning disabilities and dyslexia.

Job Accommodations Network (J.A.N.)

PO Box 6080, Morgantown, WV  26506-6080
1-800-526-7234
Fax:  (304) 293-5407
jan.wvu.edu
* JAN has information about accommodating persons with disabilities.

Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)

4156 Library Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15234-1349
Phone: (412) 341-1515 voice
Fax: (412) 344-0224
www.ldanatl.org
* LDA is the largest non-profit volunteer organization advocating for individuals with learning disabilities. LDA seeks to educate individuals with learning disabilities and their parents about the nature of the disability and inform them of their rights.

National Rehabilitation Information Center

8201 Corporate Dr., Suite 600, Landover, MD 20785
1-800-346-2742
Fax:  (301) 459-4263
www.naric.com
* The NARIC maintains a research library on rehabilitation and disability issues.