Graduate Program Support and Resources

The Glenn College Office of Career Services offers several programs to help students with professional development. Examples include the following:

• One-on-one sessions with a career advisor
• Handshake, an online database of jobs and internships
• Networking events and career fairs
• Employer information sessions and on-campus interviews
• Resume and cover letter assistance
• Mock interviews

Additionally, information sessions and workshops are designed to build and sharpen the skills students need to prepare for a successful career. Some of these topics include social media branding, job searching, and financial wellness.

Paid Internships and Employment

The Glenn College does not require students to pursue internships to fulfill degree requirements, and internships cannot count for graduate credit. However, the opportunity to apply your coursework to an actual work environment is key to future professional success. This is why nearly all Glenn College students complete some type of internship or otherwise relevant work experience prior to graduation. Students regularly succeed in securing jobs and internships (paid and unpaid) via our job databank, Handshake. Please contact Student Services for more information.

The Glenn College has two computer labs for graduate student use, both accessible with a BuckID card swipe. The primary lab in room 030 Page Hall is available to all Glenn College graduate students 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The secondary lab in room 040 Page Hall is a lab/classroom. While it is used chiefly for classroom instruction, it is also available to students for lab use when it is not being used for a class or other scheduled activities (e.g., examinations). When 040 is not otherwise occupied, it is reserved for students as a “quiet lab,” while 030 is reserved for students who need to work in groups.

Graduate students have exclusive access to these computer labs and must have key-card access to enter. Lab access for new students is loaded before the start of the academic year. However, if you are a Glenn College graduate student and your BuckID is not working to grant you access to the computer labs, fill out the Lab Access Form with your BuckID information. Occasionally, the labs are scheduled for administering exams. Notice is provided via a sign on the lab door. 

All Glenn College IT tech support is provided by the OSU Office of Technology and Distance Innovation (OTDI) Support Desk. This includes tech support for email, MS Office 365, Page Hall computers, printers, etc. The OTDI Support Desk is staffed 24/7. The Support Desk number is 614-688-HELP. For any lab-related or technical questions, inclusive of e-mail, computers, printers, and virtual labs, please reach out to the OTDI Support Desk.

For more comprehensive computer and technology information, please see Section XI: Additional Glenn College Resources, Program Information and FAQs.

Page Hall is open to the public during business hours Monday through Friday. In addition, certain parts of the building are accessible to students on a 24/7 basis, including the 030 lab and the main areas of all four floors of the building. Students can access Page Hall outside of business hours by swiping their BuckID at the southeast door, facing the Ohio Union North parking garage. Students can access all floors of Page Hall by swiping their BuckID in the elevator, and then selecting a floor.

The Office of Disability Services collaborates with and assists students with documented disabilities in order to coordinate support services and programs that enable equal access to an education and university life. Students with such needs should contact Disability Services upon enrollment to ensure reasonable accommodations can be arranged in a timely manner.

The Office of Student Life’s Counseling and Consultation Services provides individual and group mental health services, psychoeducational workshops and outreach programming to currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate and professional students. CCS offers a wide variety of services to meet the individual needs of each student.

New international students must check in and attend an orientation with the Office of International Affairs (OIA). For more information, please visit OIA’s Check in and Orientation resource.

Section 3.1 of the Graduate School Handbook states that international students are required to register for a certain number of credit hours each semester (eight hours in autumn and spring). International students must make sure they comply with minimum credit requirements as they apply to their student status. Contact OIA and/or the Graduate School for current and complete information.

Assistance for military personnel and veterans is available through the Office of Military and Veterans Services. This office offers information on GI Bill benefits, other types of financial aid, counseling services, resources for friends, family and alumni, and job postings.

The Office of Student Life’s Student Advocacy Center provides a broad set of academic, financial, health, and emergency resources to empower students to overcome obstacles that are part of their growth inside and outside the classroom. 

The Center for Belonging and Social Change (CBSC) is a department within the Office of Student Life.

The CBSC offers several hundred programs a year - cultural and intercultural celebrations, heritage and awareness events, dialogues, workshops, student leadership and cohort meetings, prejudice-reduction trainings, wellness initiatives and Social Justice Engagement courses - all focused on teaching students personal and interpersonal skills necessary to be most effective in a diverse world.

The CBSC welcomes ALL students, faculty, staff and community members to our events while at the same time supporting and celebrating specific constituency groups (including African and African American, Asian and Asian American, American Indian/Indigenous, Hispanic/Latino, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Women, Men and Faith communities).

The graduate and professional student (GPS) ombudsperson is an independent, confidential, * impartial, and informal resource for all graduate and professional students for resolving issues and conflicts, and for exploring options and making important decisions.

The primary mission of the GPS ombudsperson is to support graduate and professional students in addressing issues and challenges they may face in their academic and professional careers at Ohio State. The GPS ombudsperson addresses issues and challenges that students may face with faculty and advisors, within their programs or within the university at large, with the goal of supporting a positive learning and work environment and advancing fairness and equity for graduate and professional students. The GPS ombuds also serves postdoctoral scholars.

* Please note that, while the ombudsperson provides confidential support resources for a wide variety of issues, the ombudsperson has reporting obligations with the Office of Institutional Equity related to sexual misconduct and discrimination complaints. Thus, while the ombudsperson will discuss concerns in these areas with sensitivity and keep your information as private as possible, confidentiality cannot be guaranteed. For confidential resources for concern in these areas, please contact a confidential counselor.