Academic, Counseling, Disability and Testing Services
The Center for Student Success (CSS) offers wholistic services to help students thrive and succeed in academics and relationships. These services are designed around a Christ-centered student growth model to encourage student success in the classroom and in life.
CSS houses a federally funded TRIO SSS program for Residential Campus undergraduate students. The main goal of the program is to provide additional support services necessary to increase college retention and graduation. The program is open to first generation students, low-income students, and students with disabilities.
Counseling services focus on assisting each student in developing skills, abilities, and potential within the academic, social, spiritual, physical, and emotional climate of the campus. Counseling is provided by licensed professional counselors or supervised interns either face-to-face or through a tele-counseling partnership with TimelyMD. All counseling is confidential. Personal counseling includes support for psychological and emotional issues, as well as behavioral transitions. Counseling is available for IWU Marion students.
For students with disabilities who are enrolled in any IWU program CSS works to make programs and facilities available in a non-arbitrary and beneficial manner. The Director of Accessibility and Accommodations is responsible for receiving a request for academic or physical accommodation. The director will work with the students to obtain and review the required documentation and will assign reasonable accommodation based on documentation that supports the student's request. Academic accommodations include, but are not limited to, alternative testing environments, note-taking services, recording lectures, books in alternate format, and adaptive technology.
CLEP Testing and Disability Accommodated Testing is also proctored in CSS.
