New Student Orientation
(Almost!) Everything You Wanted to Know but Did Not Know Where to Look
Your First Steps
Your Network of Support
Your Class Work and Research
Your Finances
Your Health
Your Home
Your City: Boston
Your First Steps
General campus service hours of operation: Campus Center, dining, bookstore, parking, shuttle bus, Quinn Graphics copy center
Bookstore: location: Campus Center, first floor; 617- 287-5090
Getting a Student ID Location: Campus Center, Room 3401 (in the Student Activities & Leadership Office)
Getting a Student Email account: The Registrar's office will mail information to new students about your new email account and how to access it.
Parking and transportation
- Costs and passes
- Directions to campus
- Handicapped and Van-accessible parking
- On-campus parking
- Parking map
- Public transportation
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The shuttle bus hours:
- Monday – Thursday: 6:40 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.; Friday: 6:40 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.; Saturday: 7:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.; Sunday: 8:00 a.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Registration
WISER is the web-based, self service system used by the students, faculty and staff at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Students can access information regarding their account and use online features to update and maintain their personal, academic and financial information.
Your Network of Support
OneStop Center - Location: Campus Center, Upper Level, Room 120
The One Stop is just that --the one-stop shop for walk-in services and queries about registration, billing and financial aid matters. If they cannot help you, they will direct you to the Registrar’s Office, Bursar’s Office, or Financial Aid Office for further assistance.
Bursar’s Office - Location: Campus Center, 4th floor, Room 04300; 617-287-5350
Career Planning, Career Services Office - Location: Campus Center, 1st floor, Room 1300; 617-287-5519
Disability Services, Ross Disability Center - Location: Campus Center, Upper Level, Room 211; 617-287-7430
Adaptive Computer Lab - Location: Lab Healy Library, Upper Level, Room 032; 617-287-5227
Financial Aid: See Your Finances section below
Graduate Employee Organization (GEO, student union) - Location: Quinn, 2nd floor, Room 81A; 617-287-3109; email: geo@umb.edu
Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) Location: Campus Center, 2nd floor, Room 2403, 617-287-7975
Health Services: see Your Health section below
Office of International and Transnational Affairs - Location: Campus Center, 2nd floor; 617-287-7560; email: oita@umb.edu
Registrar’s Office - Location: Campus Center, 4th floor, Room 4200, 617-287-6200
Your Class Work and Research
Blackboard Vista and on-line classes
Code of Student Conduct: See sections VI ff on Academic Honesty
Computer labs
Two MGS departments have their own computer labs:
Gerontology: W-3-125B,
Public Policy and Public Affairs: M-3- 414; consult staff for entry code or key
General info on hours and lab locations in Healey Library
Graduate students lab: Graduate Research Center (GRC) - Location: Healey Library, 5th Flr
Graduate Grading Policy (scroll half way down on Academic Regulations web page)
Healey Library - Location: accessible from the second floor catwalk between the Quinn Administration Building and the Science Center, in the middle of campus. 617-287-5900
- Hours of operation
- Library services
- How to get a library bar code for your student ID
- Floor by floor directory
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Location: Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Quinn Building, second floor; 617-287-5370
Plagiarism See Section VI of the Code of Student Conduct on Academic Honesty
Reading, Writing, Study Strategies Center - Location: Campus Center, 1st floor, Room 1313; 617-287-6550
Statistics Support - Location: Healey Library, 5th floor, Room 0001, 617-287-5241; email: jie.chen@umb.edu
Your Finances
Financial Aid aka Student Financial Management Office - Location: Campus Center, 4th floor, Room 4300; 617-287-6300
Hours of operation: Monday – Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Counselors are assigned according to the student’s last name and are available by appointment:
- A – F Katie Holland 617-287-6329 katie.holland@umb.edu
- G – M Lydia O’Garro 617-287-6310 lydia.ogarro@umb.edu
- N – Z Joyce Rey 617-28 7-6317 joyce.rey@umb.edu
Also, staff at the OneStop Center are well versed on financial aid awards.
(Location: Campus Center, Upper Level, Room 120)
Assistantships and loans
Fellowship Advising:
Fullbright Fellowships - Location: Campus Center, 1st floor, Room 1412 (Honors Area); 617-287-5220; email: betsy.klimasmith@umb.edu
Other Fellowships - Location: Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Quinn, 2nd floor
Graduate Student Union, GEO/Graduate Employee Organization - Location: Quinn, 2nd floor, Room 81A; 617-287-3109; email geo@umb.edu
Current collective bargaining contract
Student Employment Office - Location: Campus Center, 4th floor, Room 4300; 617-287-6320; e-mail: ses@umb.edu
Your Health
Athletic facilities - 617-287-6789
Beacon Fitness Center - Location: McCormack Hall, 1st floor, 617-287-6786
Clark Athletic Center (Gym, Pool, Ice Rink) - Location: Adjacent to the Quinn Administration Building
Health Services Department - Location: Quinn Administration Building, 2nd floor, Room 40; 617-287-5660
Health insurance waivers
Required medical insurance information
Mental Health Counseling Center - Location: Quinn Administration Building, 2nd floor, Room 39; 617-287-5690
Your Home
Student Housing Office - Location: Campus Center, 3rd floor, Room 3400; 617-287-6076
What type of housing do you need?
Off-campus housing: Search rental opportunities
Helpful web sites on Boston housing, moving companies and furniture rentals
Other: Search A-Z
UMass Boston directory of web sites, people and departments
We acknowledge the University of Chicago who developed this content model for their orientation web site.
