OTHER STUDENT RESOURCES
CAMPUS ACCESSIBILITY
Dalton State offers a variety of options across campus that ensure our campus is inclusive and accessible to all. Please reach out to Disability Access in the Dean of Students Office if you find or experience accessibility issues.
Disability Access works to provide students with qualifying temporary or permanent disabilities academic and/or physical accommodations. Please schedule an appointment for details about your particular need and we will work to develop an individualized plan for accommodations. Temporary disability parking can also be granted through this office.
Emergency evacuation chairs-For individuals who have physical or mobility impairments, we have emergency evacuation chairs at the top of stair wells. These allow individuals to be taken down stairwells in case of an emergency and/or when elevators are out of service. Please visit our Public Safety webpage for specific locations across campus.
INCLUSIVE FACILITIES
Dalton State College is committed to supporting all students, faculty, and staff. Single-occupancy restrooms are located in each building on campus and are facilities that can be used by anyone. These restrooms can benefit those assisting persons requiring an attendant, parents with differently gendered children, transgender and gender nonconforming persons, and most are handicap-accessible. Single-occupancy restrooms are a way to provide a safer space for all Dalton State College students, faculty, staff and community members.
A private lactation room is located in Wescott Hall and in Pope Student Center. No lactation equipment or refrigeration is provided.
FINANCIAL AID
The mission of the Office of Student Financial Aid and Veteran Services at Dalton State College is to remove financial barriers to higher education. The office promotes the success of a diverse student body, while complying with all federal, state and University System policies and regulations. Prospective and current students are provided with the information and services needed to finance their education. For more information about Financial Aid, visit https://www.daltonstate.edu/admissions/financial-aid/.
LIBRARY
The Derrell C. Roberts Library maintains a comprehensive and current collection of learning resources to ensure access to the most current, scholarly information possible. The collections of the Derrell C. Roberts Library include 144,351 print volumes, current periodical and newspaper subscriptions, 6,040 media titles, 401,935 e-books, 244,743 federal government documents, and numerous electronic resources.
The library is housed in a 59,323 square foot building on the Dalton campus which includes eleven (11) study rooms, three (3) classrooms, four (4) video labs and a virtual reality (VR) lab. The library’s video labs are equipped with computer, 43” or 55” 4K smart TV, and webcam so students may practice speeches or record video for class assignments. There are computer workstations located throughout the building as well as scanners and five (5) printers/copiers.
You may locate books, periodicals, government documents, e-books, and media using the GIL-library catalog which shows found in the Roberts Library or owned by other USG libraries. Another online tool, LibGuides, will help direct an individual to materials or assistance for specific subject areas or course assignments.
The Help Desk is located just inside the main entrance on the 1st floor. Here you'll find staff to assist you with items that instructors place on Course Reserve, using the photocopiers, picking up print jobs, and checking out library materials. Reference librarians are ready to teach you the best search techniques, and how to evaluate the many resources that are available.
The library also has a laptop loan program. Currently enrolled DSC students can check out a laptop for the semester. On the 1st floor, there are computer workstations for both students and the community. To the left of the computer area are the Reference, Periodical and Government Documents, Childhood Education, and Media collections. Our Reference Collection contains general and subject dictionaries and encyclopedias, almanacs, directories, statistical resources, and multi-volume criticism sets. As a selective federal documents repository, the Roberts Library holds numerous authoritative studies and informational documents published by various federal agencies. Many of these documents are linked to the federal agency site through GIL-Library Catalog. Seven study rooms and a library classroom are also located near the Help desk.
In the west wing of the 1st floor is the computer lab, library archives, seating areas, and the offices of the Bandy Heritage Center. All the workstations in the computer lab offer access to the GALILEO (Georgia Library Learning Online) a virtual library of 250+ full-text databases with over 27,000 full-text periodicals, subject indexes and directories, online reference materials, and Georgia documents and historical papers. Students and faculty may access these resources using their DSC login credentials.
On the 2nd floor of the library are four (4) group study rooms, the Circulating collection, two classrooms, comfortable seating areas, additional student-use computers, the Center for Advising and Student Success and the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL).
The usual semester hours are:
| Day | Time |
|---|---|
| Monday-Thursday | 7:30 am - 6:00 pm |
| Friday | 7:30 am - noon |
The Roberts Library staff encourages you to take full advantage of the resources and services that the library has to offer. We look forward to seeing and hearing from every student. Suggestions and questions are welcome either in person, by e-mail. Make the Library a regular part of your college experience to ensure your academic success.
Call the library at 706-272-4583 or email to: AskALibrarian@daltonstate.edu
Visit our webpage for more information.
OFFICIAL NOTICES
Official Notices include, but are not limited to, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the Notice of Nondiscrimination, the Institutional Policy on Sexual Harassment, and the Invitation to Identify. More on Official Notices can be found here: http://catalog.daltonstate.edu/officialnotices/. For a glossary of Records Management and Archives terms, please visit: https://www.usg.edu/records_management/glossary/
OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS
The Dalton State Office of Alumni Relations serves as the connection between 10,000 alumni and the college. The alumni office is assisted by a 15-member Alumni Advisory Council that provides support for communications such as the biannual Dalton State magazine for alumni and friends, a quarterly e-mail newsletter, and reunions and other programs to engage Dalton State alumni throughout the year. Contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 706-310-8679 or https://www.daltonstate.edu/resources_for/alumni/