Counseling services are provided by professionally trained counselors who can assist students in a confidential and non-judgmental atmosphere. Disabled Students' Services Ruth Masayko Disabilities Service Provider Cowell x2264 Disabled Students' Services is available to provide information and to assist with any special arrangements needed to enable students with disabilities to succeed at Mills. Students are encouraged to contact the DSS Office as soon as possible so that their special needs in housing, registration, class scheduling, test taking, etc., can be accommodated. The College is in compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the mericans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and will make accommodations necessary to ensure that academic requirements do not discriminate on the basis of disability. Director Cowell x2119 Mills provides a health program that encourages students to maintain optimal health.
Emphasis is on prevention of illness and disease, and a healthy campus environment.
This plan meets the needs of students by offering a wide range of health care services in affiliation with the University of California at Berkeley Health Service. On the Mills campus, the focus of health services is health promotion and public health planning. The program includes campus-wide health education on various topics, such as stress management, nutrition, safer sex, alcohol and drug use, sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS, rape prevention, relationships and sexuality. The Health Director also offers individual and confidential health counseling appointments to assist students in their decision-making about personal health concerns. On the Berkeley campus, the focus of service is clinical care and the management of illness or injury so that the disruption to academic life is minimized.