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Special Features

The purpose of higher education is to help students to attain their professional and personal goals. The University helps students reach their goals in a number of closely related ways. The General Education curriculum and program-specific curricula help students fulfill these goals in the classroom and the laboratory.

Both within the classroom and without, The University of Toledo offers many special features -- learning opportunities, structures, and programs -- that complement classroom learning and help students to realize their professional and personal goals.

Highlighted throughout these special features are reports, labeled Measuring Effectiveness, that document the effects of programs and structures as reports become available.

• Accessibility - The Office of Accessibility provides support services and accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

• American Language Institute (ALI) - The American Language Institute is committed to providing quality English language instruction for college-bound students, permanent residents, international businessmen, and visitors.

• Career and Academic Planning (CAP) House - CAP house is a living-learning community for students who are undecided about their major. It is one of programs of the Student Success Center.

• Catharine S. Eberly Center for Women - The Eberly Center serves women of the University community and the larger Toledo community by advocating for women's equity in education, work, and health.

• First-Year Experience (FYE) - Adjusting to college life can be tough. UT's First-Year Experience initiative helps new students to make the transition to college with information and advice about how to be successful, both in and out of the classroom.

  • Measuring Effectiveness: Results from Your First College Year 2006

• Greek Life - The purpose of Greek Life is to develop leaders and well-rounded individuals in social organizations through dedication to education, service and responsibility, which strengthens the community's values and standards.

  • Measuring Effectiveness: Results of the EBI/AFA Greek Life Study at The University of Toledo: Greek Advisory Council, March 14, 2005

• Honors Program - One of the earliest Honors programs at a public university in the State of Ohio, the UT Honors Program gives talented undergraduates the personal attention of a small college with the resources of a large state university.

  • Student Research - UT Honors students have opportunities to work with faculty members in cutting-edge research.
  • The Washington Center - UT is affiliated with The Washington Center, which provides selected students with challenging opportunities to work and learn in Washington, D.C., for academic credit.

• Learning Enhancement Center - The Learning Enhancement Center is UT's resource for tutoring and academic support.

• Living-Learning Communities - These offer special theme living units designed to enhance a student's area of study or interests and promote student intellectual, social, and personal growth.

• Internships and cooperative education (co-op) programs
• Multicultural Student Services - The mission of the Multicultural Student Center is to create a campus environment conducive to learning for African American, Asian American, Latino American, and Native American students by providing programs and services that meet their needs.

  • African-American Student Enrichment Initiatives - The African-American Student Enrichment Initiatives Office (AASEIO) not only helps students to make the transition to the University, but also follows students until they earn their undergraduate degree from The University of Toledo.

    • Measuring Effectiveness: Analysis of the 2005 Academic Year Black Student Union Freshman Leadership Program Participants and Non-Participants

  • Reaching African-American Potential (RAAP) - One of the programs of AASEIO, RAAP is an interactive workshop that addresses issues related to success in college.

    • Measuring Effectiveness: Analysis of RAAP: Participants and Non-Participants: 2005 Academic Year

  • Latino Initiatives - The Office of Latino Initiatives creates partnerships with communities, K-12 public and private schools, and businesses to give Hispanic students the support they need to succeed, from kindergarten through high school and beyond.

    • Primos - A Latino Initiatives program, Primos is designed especially for first-year Latino students at UT to help them transition from high school to college. Students are paired with trained mentors, who coach them and inform them about University resources, helping them to be successful at UT.

• Service-Learning and Community Engagement - The Office of Service-Learning and Community Engagement (OSLCE) provides opportunities for motivated students to work with faculty and partners in the Toledo metropolitan community to foster civic responsibility through active learning and guided reflection.

• Stranahan Arboretum - Located just a few miles from the Westfield Franklin Park Mall, the Stranahan Arboretum offers 47 acres of research area where students can learn about the complexities of life in the natural world, especially those found within the Oak Openings Region, a natural community rivaling the rainforest in its rarity and significance.

• Student Activities and Leadership - UT has over 200 student organizations, offering leadership experience and social activities to UT students.

• Student Success Center - The Student Success Center serves a variety of students, including those who are undecided on a major, nondegree-seeking students, post-secondary high school students (PSEOP), and others.

• Study Abroad - The Office of Study Abroad collaborates with UT's colleges and departments to create and administer study-abroad opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students.

• TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) - Student Support Services is an academic program that assists eligible low-income and first-generation students by providing services such as academic advising, tutoring, mentoring, and graduation assistance.

• Writing Center - The Writing Center works with current UT undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff on a variety of writing projects in any subject.

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