Resources
for Katrina Victims
Information and Links for New Students
In order to make the transition as
easy as possible, we have compiled some information
for our students who have recently come from Louisiana
and other areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Click on the orange letters to jump
to the appropriate part of this page.
Forms
Needs
Assessment Form
This form
(click above to download) will allow us to understand
what you need. When you have completed it, please return
it to the Office of Student Affairs in the SPH-PI building,
1603 W. Taylor, room 179, attention: Toni Flynn.
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Housing
www.Hurricanehousing.org
www.moveon.org
www.IHDA.org
In addition,
Campus Housing has space available for all hurricane-affected
students. Contact the office at 312-355-6300, visit
the website at http://www.housing.uic.edu/,
or go in person to fill out an application at 818 S.
Wolcott (within walking distance of School of Public
Health).
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Photo
ID and U-Pass
Photo IDs:
You may get
your photo ID at the Student Services Building (SSB),
1200 W. Harrison. If your registration has not been
processed yet, please contact Deborah
Meiselman (312-996-4731) and she will give you a
letter requesting that you be given one.
U-Pass:
After you
get your Photo ID, go to the U-Pass office, which is
within the Photo ID Office. It is in the Campus Auxiliary
Office Services Administration Office in the SSB, room
2560. You must have your photo ID before getting the
U-Pass.
What is the
U-Pass?
Check out
the website: http://www.vcsa.uic.edu/MainSite/departments/Upass/home/.
It is a pass to use on all CTA buses, trains and PACE
busses. This is the major public transportation in Chicago
and surrounding areas. It is not valid on the Metra.
Also, the tuition and fee waiver will include the U-Pass
fee. The U-Pass is typically for students registered
for 12 credit hours or more. The University has spoken
with the CTA to waive this requirement for Katrina-affected
students. If you ask someone and they do not know what
you are talking about, contact Nikki Andrae at nikki@vcsa.uic.edu
or call her at 312-413-5004.
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Computing
and Registration
You have
to take the following steps below to get set up at UIC.
- Establishing your Net ID:
The NetID is REQUIRED! It allows you to register and
provides you access to campus-specific sites and services,
such as email, use of computer lab equipment, etc.
You will need to establish your NetID to establish
an Enterprise ID, so it is important to set up your
NetID first.
- Go to http://activatenetid.accc.uic.edu
- Follow the instructions listed for establishing
a NetID and password.
- Be sure to remember your password. If you have
any problems establishing your NetID and password,
contact: ACCC Help Desk – (312) 413-8080
Email: consult@uic.edu
- Activate your UIC email account – it’s
mandatory
To activate your UIC email account, visit:
https://tigger.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/
password/pass.cgi?dispatch=acct_panel
Why you need to activate your UIC email:
- Access to SPH listservs
- Access to any UIC public lab on campus
- Network Services Kit (NSKIT) usage
- You will be able to access the university system
and the Internet from an off-campus site through
dial-up telephone lines; no additional Internet
provider is necessary.
- Online course access
- All MPH students will take at least one online
course during their academic career at SPH. In
order to access the course, one must establish
a UIC account.
- Access to thousands of online journals through
the e-library.
- To keep updated on university happenings.
- YOU CANNOT REGISTER WITHOUT IT! If you'd prefer
to use an alternative email account (e.g., a hotmail
or yahoo address, rather than the UIC account)
you should set up the mail forwarding mechanism
for your UIC email address. To do this, visit
emails tools: http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/home/EMAIL.html.
If you are an international student and do not
have a Social Security number yet, you may still
get your netid. Go to the computer lab in person
and talk to the staff there. Go to the Science
and Engineering Laboratory (SEL) at 950 S. Halsted,
on Halsted Street between Taylor and Polk, Room
2267. The Campus Shuttle should take you there.
Their phone number is 312-413-0003. Here's more
info about our computing services...
What is the
CSO?
The Client
Services Office (CSO), part of UIC's Academic
Computing and Communications Center, addresses the
computer support needs of the UIC community. Its aim
is to provide a central location for software support
and sales as well as general consulting. It does not
offer help with class assignments. It tries to help
you resolve problems with software that the office sells
or computer equipment that is located in any ACCC computer
lab on campus.
The main
office is located in room 2267 SEL
(Science and Engineering Laboratories). Office hours
are 9-5 Monday through Friday, with
the exception of Wednesday when the office closes
at 4.
Establish
your Enterprise ID and Password
The Enterprise
ID allows you access to UI-Integrate Self-Service -
the University-wide administrative system for official
records, e.g., Student Services, Financial Aid, Billing,
and other services.
- Go to: https://apps.uillinois.edu
and select the Student & Faculty Self-Service
link. Next, select University of Illinois at Chicago
(UIC) link, scroll down, and follow instructions for
first-time users. You will then be prompted for your
NetID. When you type in your NetID, add "@uic.edu"
at the end. For example, if your UIC NetID is joan,
enter joan@uic.edu.
- Click Enter. You will be prompted for your NetID
password (the one you established in the last step).
- You will be provided your Enterprise ID.
- NOTE: In many cases your Enterprise ID will be the
same as your NetID. If your NetID is different from
your Enterprise ID, you will need to know both depending
on which system you wish to access.
- Once your Enterprise ID is displayed, you will need
to establish an Enterprise ID password. There are
specific guidelines for setting your password. Please
follow the guidelines carefully.
- Please remember your Enterprise ID and password.
You are now ready to register! If you have any problems
establishing your Enterprise ID and password and/or
registering for classes, contact AITS Help Desk at
(312) 996-4806 or email helpdesk2@uillinois.edu
Registration
Since you
are all here after the regular registration deadlines
you should register through your academic coordinator
(see below). If you have not already
done so, please see your academic coordinator to register
for classes. You may view the School of Public Health
classes being offered this semester at http://apr.sph.uic.edu/str/courseschedule/course_fall.asp.
The course
requirements for UIC are here:
Community
Health Sciences
Environmental
and Occupational Health Sciences
Epidemiology
and Biostatistics
Health
Policy and Administration
If you want
to continue with the Tulane requirements and you have
them available, but are unsure what to take, please
contact Dr. Vince Freeman at freem981@uic.edu
or 312-413-0301 in Room 981.
To see if
your registration has been processed:
- Using a web browser, connect to https://apps.uillinois.edu.
- Choose the Web Self-Service option.
- Select your campus (UIC).
- Log in using the Enterprise ID and password established
previously.
- To register: click "Registration & Records,"
then click "Registration," then click on
"Look up or Select Classes," then find the
class you wish to register for by subject, course
number, etc.
- To view registration: click "Registration &
Records," then click either "student schedule
detail" or "student schedule week at a glance."
SPH Student
Handbook
We know this
is a lot of information, but please review the SPH Student
Handbook available online at http://www.uic.edu/sph/shandbook.htm.
This document will answer a lot of your questions.
Register
for Student Listservs
- There are 2 SPH student listservs, SPHNEWS and
SPHVIEWS. SPHNEWS is MANDATORY! This is where important
notices and deadlines will be sent from faculty and
staff at the school. You will be held responsible
for all information on the listserv.
- SPHVIEWS is an optional listserv which we highly
recommend joining. This is where students can post
to each other. Job opportunities are posted here,
as well as events and other information. Once you
establish your UIC email, using this email send a
message to listserv@listserv.uic.edu
and in the body of the message type "subscribe
sphnews" without using the quotation marks. Please
be sure to type it in the body of the email and not
the subject. To subscribe to SPHVIEWS, send a separate
email to listserv@listserv.uic.edu
and type in the body of the email "subscribe
sphviews" without using the quotation marks.
You will be asked to confirm this request by replying
to the verification email that will be sent to you
and typing "ok" without the quotation marks
in the body of the email. If you have any difficulty,
please contact Gwen Slaughter at gwens@uic.edu.
To get your
book vouchers from the African-American
Academic Network, you must be registered in the
Banner system. You also must have your UIC ID. So please
follow the above steps as soon as possible.
Official
SPH orientation packets are available in Toni Flynn's
office (Room 179). They contain important information
which may be helpful to you.
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Tuition
and Fees
The University
has agreed to waive all tuition and fees. This waiver
will apply for the Fall 2005 semester only. It will
include all fees, even the U-Pass. It is not yet clear
if the waiver covers health insurance or not. You will
all be automatically covered by UIC health insurance.
As of September
12th, there was a very important message regarding tuition
on the Tulane student website, here: http://www.tulane.edu/tuition.html.
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Money
If you need
extra money:
Contact the
Office of Student Financial Aid at 312-996-5563 or email
money@uic.edu. (It
is not clear exactly what they have available, but they
encouraged Katrina-affected students to call them if
they needed extra funds.)
Book
Vouchers
Get vouchers
for your textbooks from the African-American Academic
Network (AAAN) at the Student Services Building (SSB),
1200 W. Harrison. While you are at the SSB, get your
photo ID, apply for your U-Pass and see the Office of
International Services (OIS) if you are an international
student.
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Healthcare
Health
Insurance: CampusCare
Check out
the website at http://www.uic.edu/hsc/campuscare/chicago/.
You will be automatically enrolled unless you have other
insurance, and then you can waive it. The waiver form
is available on the website. The deadline to waive health
insurance is September 18, 2005. All you need to do
to waive the insurance is show proof of other insurance
and fill out their form.
CampusCare
Student Health Benefit Program
Administered by:
University of Illinois at Chicago
CampusCare (MC 972)
Medical Center Administration Building
914 South Wood Street, Suite 227
Chicago, Illinois 60612-7339
312-996-3325
rbastone@uic.edu
Family
Medicine (Medical Facility for all UIC students
with CampusCare)
Check out
the website at: http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcfp/FMC_in_student.htm
Family
Medicine Center
Outpatient Care Center (M/C 197)
1801 West Taylor Street, Suite 4E
Chicago, Illinois 60612
Appointment: 312-996-2901
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International
Students
If you have
not already done so, please stop by the Office of International
Services (OIS) at the Student Services Builidng (SSB),
1200 W. Harrison. This is necessary to make sure your
status is transferred from Tulane to UIC and that you
will maintain legal status.
Also, all
international students must be registered for 12 credit
hours. If you feel you cannot take on that many courses,
talk to your professors about possibly taking an incomplete
so that you can maintain legal status. We are working
with OIS, who is working with the Federal government,
to see if we can make accommodations for the hurricane-affected
students.
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Buddy
System
We are setting
up a buddy system. We would like to provide each Tulane
student with three names (one faculty, one staff, and
one student), phone numbers, and email addresses. The
purpose of the buddy system is to have three people
the student can call on day or night, weekend or weekday,
for any reason. For more information, or to let us know
that you are interested, please email the division's
Academic Coordinator:
Community Health Sciences
Division
David Mulvihill
Academic Coordinator
Room 682 SPHPI
Phone: 312-996-8940
E-mail: dmulvi3@uic.edu
Environmental and Occupational
Health Sciences Division
Iraida Rios
Academic Coordinator
Room 112 SPHW
Phone: 312-996-8856
E-mail: irios@uic.edu
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Division
Deborah Meiselman
Academic Coordinator
Room 968 SPHPI
Phone: 312-996-4731
E-mail: debm@uic.edu
Health Policy and Administration
Division
Aimee Wiebel
Academic Coordinator
Room 778A SPHPI
Phone: 312-996-7816
Fax: 312-996-5356
E-mail: Aimee@uic.edu
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Supportive
Services in Gymnasium
Where:
1300 S. Racine
Across the street from the Student Services Building
at 1200 W. Harrison, corner of Harrison and Racine.
What
services:
- Salvation Army
- Food & Clothes Vouchers
- Children & Youth Services & Action for
Children
- Head Start / Childcare / Kidcare
- Illinois Department of Employment Security
- Unemployment Claims
- Employment Opportunities & Training
- Mayor's Office of Workforce Development
- Job readiness training & job opportunities
- Mayor's Office of People with Disabilities
- Case Management and Assistive Technology
- Transportation & Wheel Chair Loans
- Chicago Transit Authority
- 30 day public transportation passes
- Map and Travel Information
- Chicago Public Schools
- School Enrollment: Pre-High School and Special
Needs
- Chicago Public Library
- Public Library cards
- Chicago City Colleges
- Connection to City Colleges
- Social Security and Supplemental Security Income
(SSI)
- Reroute checks
- Social Security Cards & Verify Benefits
- Chicago Department on Aging
- Federal Programs for Seniors
- United States Post Office
- Change of Address Forms & Information
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Links
and General Information
The website for the University of
Illinois (UIC) is http://www.uic.edu.
The website for the UIC School of Public Health (UIC
SPH) is http://www.uic.edu/sph/.
If you have general questions, they might be answered
on those websites.
Academic
Coordinators
There are four divisions in the School
of Public Health, each with an academic coordinator.
To register for classes, you should contact the academic
coordinator of the division in which you are studying.
They are:
Community Health Sciences
Division
David Mulvihill
Academic Coordinator
Room 682 SPHPI
Phone: 312-996-8940
E-mail: dmulvi3@uic.edu
Environmental and Occupational
Health Sciences Division
Iraida Rios
Academic Coordinator
Room 112 SPHW
Phone: 312-996-8856
E-mail: irios@uic.edu
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Division
Deborah Meiselman
Academic Coordinator
Room 968 SPHPI
Phone: 312-996-4731
E-mail: debm@uic.edu
Health Policy and Administration
Division
Aimee Wiebel
Academic Coordinator
Room 778A SPHPI
Phone: 312-996-7816
Fax: 312-996-5356
E-mail: Aimee@uic.edu
The UIC School of Public Health
Office
of Development is donating long-sleeve t-shirts
and hats. Please contact Chris
Benson (312-996-0760) for information.
American
Red Cross
The central American Red Cross office provides information
on how to receive aid in different parts of the city.
Their number is 312-729-6100.
Red
Cross Chicago Chapter
1312 South Racine
Chicago, IL
312-729-6100
This service center is open 24 hours; you can receive
information from 7 am to 11 pm. The center can give
you information on clothing, shelter, and American Red
Cross debit cards. Representatives from agencies like
the Red Cross and FEMA will be on hand to help individuals
with housing, clothing, meals and other needs.
UIC
Counseling Center
2010 Student Services Building
1200 West Harrison Street
Chicago, IL 60607
312-996-3490
The counseling center on campus is open and accepting
appointments from transferring students as long as they
are registered. Students can call the center to set
up an appointment.
Tulane
University
The Tulane website is active and posts daily. They are
urging their students to contact them via email if they
are having financial aid issues.
Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Host schools will process students' financial aid information
as they would for a regular student. Financial aid will
be based on the student's FAFSA. However, if the FAFSA
does not have the new school on it, the new school should
be added.
U.S.
Department of Education
The link above provides information from the Department
of Education for college students affected by the hurricane.
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