The Academic Support Center, located on the 2nd floor of the library, is open to all Morningside students.   The staff at the Academic Support Center at Morningside College helps students improve or strengthen their academics by providing free assistance in the following areas:

1. WRITING TECHNIQUES
Are you having problems with comma usage? Do you know how to document using MLA, APA, or Chicago style? Writing specialists are available to help students with the basics as well as help proficient writers who want assistance for particular writing assignments or projects. The specialists do not proofread, but they can help you see the strengths and weaknesses of your paper.

2. TUTORS (for current tutor availability click on schedule link below)
Staff and student tutors are available for students who want help in areas such as accounting, biology, chemistry, economics, history, math, science, religion, and sociology. Hours vary and are posted at the Academic Support Center, 2nd floor of the learning center.

Tutor Schedule

3. PLACE TO STUDY
Are you looking for a good place to study that has various resources at your disposal (dictionaries, internet, tutors, and coffee shop)? The Academic Support Center has both casual and private study areas.

For more information call (712) 274-5166

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Campus Ministries  

Campus Ministries at Morningside College seeks to support and develop the spiritual life of Morningside students, staff, and faculty.

Opportunities include interdenominational worship of various formats, weekly Bible studies, faith formation groups, mission trips, service projects, and other opportunities designed to help the Morningside community grow in faith.

The Campus Pastor is located in the Student Services office on second floor, Lewis Hall and is available to support students individually and in groups and as a resource for students, staff, and faculty.  Click here for our link to Morningside College Campus Ministries:  webs.morningside.edu/campusministries.

Kathy Martin
Campus Pastor/Director of Church Relations
martink@morningside.edu

(712) 274-5148

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Technology Services Center

Morningside’s Technology Services Center, located in the lower level of the Olsen Student Center, provides hardware and software support for college-issued computers.  Full-time technical staff, part-time Student Technology Assistants and a local authorized service provider are here to help YOU when your computer’s feelin’ blue!  If extensive hardware repairs are needed, loaner computers are available upon request.  Print stations are located in each of the residence halls and the Learning Center.  Our campus-wide wireless network provides ease of access at appropriate points on campus for convenient learning opportunities.

Morningside College began providing residential students with PC’s in 1993. Beginning fall 2002, all new, full-time students have been issued notebook computers.  Currently, Morningside’s Student Notebook Computer Program provides every entering full-time student with a notebook computer, eliminating uncertainty as to which computer and software will work with the campus network.  Students are provided with the software and compatible hardware needed to complete their coursework and explore the online world.  Students may choose between a Windows-based PC or an Apple MacBook Pro.  With our 2-year technology refresh cycle, entering freshman receive a new computer, then turn it in at the beginning of their junior year for a new computer. Upon graduation, students own the two-year-old computer. Refer to the above links in this section for more information about our services and program.

Technology Services Center
712-274-5544

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Counseling Services

Morningside College offers counseling for individuals and couples. Many college students experience homesickness, insecurities, test anxiety, roommate conflicts, depression, feeling overwhelmed, etc. Assistance is available through Morningside College's Counseling Services. Counselors utilize various tests such as: the Beck's Depression Inventory, the SASSI (a substance abuse screening test), the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and the Campbell Interest and Skill Survey. 

Ulifeline web site provides Morningside College students with a free resource on drug information, mental health, and a screening diagnostic that allows students to be screened for depression, suicide, and several other disorders, including alcohol and drug dependence, eating disorders, generalized anxiety disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder privately through their own computer.

Half of Us website provides valuable information about numerous mental health topics and also includes "Check Yourself", an anonymous mental health screening tool developed by Duke University Medical Center.  

Student Health 101

A Student Health Magazine

Bobbi Meister, Personal Counselor

meisterb@morningside.edu

(712) 274-5606

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Diversity Affairs

Morningside College is committed to supporting students in reaching their personal and professional goals.  Diversity is valued and nurtured through programs, activities, and curriculum that actively engage the entire college community.  

Andre McWell serves as the advisor to the Diversity At Morningside group.  Andre works to provide a supportive environment on campus for students from diverse backgrounds.   

Andre McWell

mcwell@morningside.edu

(712) 274-5318

Food Services

Sodexo Cafeteria

Morningside College contracts with Sodexo Food Service to provide campus meals to residence hall students. Several meal plan packages are available. Students get a nutritionally balanced diet and varied menu in the Dick and Marty Wikert Dining Hall in Olsen Student Center. Unlimited "seconds" are available!

There is also a food committee comprised of students who work to keep the food service first-rate.

Dick and Marty Wikert Dining Hall Hours:

Monday - Friday:
    Hot Breakfast 7:00 am. - 9:45 a.m.
    Lunch 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
    Dinner 4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

    Friday Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday:
    Brunch 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
    Dinner 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Also featuring a "Grab and Go" sack lunch program available in the dining room from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  Monday through Friday.

Buck's Snack Bar

Buckingham's Snack Bar (Buck's), in the lower level of Olsen Student Center, serves meals and snacks on weekdays. "Food Bucks" may be purchased at the Business Office (1st Floor, Lewis Hall).  This includes Bucks charged to student accounts as well as those purchased by cash or check. 

Hours: Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

           Saturday and Sunday 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Phone is (712) 274-5177 or 274-5301

Click here for the link to the Sodexo Web site www.morningsidedining.com

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Morningside College will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities who are applicants for enrollment, enrolled students, applicants for employment, or employees.   Morningside College will adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and guidelines, with respect to providing reasonable accommodations as required, to provide equal opportunity to qualified individuals with disabilities. For more information regarding services for students with disabilities, visit the Services for Students with Disabilities web site or contact:

Karmen Ten Napel/Associate Dean for the Learning Center

tennapel@morningside.edu

(712) 274-5191

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Student Health

For all students taking nine hours or more, health services are available in the lower level of the Olsen Student Center. There is no charge to visit either the registered nurse or the physician/nurse practitioner on duty.

Any student taking 9 or more hours -- we must have your immunization records on file.

Student Health Center Director:   Carol Garvey, R.N., B.A.
Physicians:   Dr. Janice Galli, D.O. and Dr. Michael Jennings, M.D.
Nurse Practitioner:   LaVone Sopher, ARNP

Doctors' Hours:  Tuesday & Friday 8:00 - 8:50 a.m.
Nurse Practitioner Hours:  Thursday, Noon - 12:50 p.m.

Health Center Hours:
7:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
7:45 - 11:30 a.m. - Wednesday and Friday

Carol Garvey, Health Center Director

garvey@morningside.edu
(712) 274-5178  (Messages are checked weekly in the summer)
FAX: (712) 274-5414
3609 Peters Avenue, Box 546
Sioux City, IA 51106

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Student Post Office

The Student Post Office is located in the lower level of the Olsen Student Center across from the Bookstore.   All students living on campus with 12 or more hours will be assigned a post office box and encouraged to check it daily.   The box number and combination will be distributed when you arrive on campus for Orientation. If you lose your post office box information, stop by the Post Office during open hours or stop by the Residence Life Office on the lower level of the Olsen Student Center to get your box number and combination information.

If you need to know the address before you arrive to campus, the following address will get all mail to you:

3609 Peters Avenue

Sioux City, IA 51106

Once you arrive to campus, you will simply add your box number to the address listed above.

Mail can be received and sent from the Student Post Office.   Packages can be received, but can only be sent from the College Mailroom, located across the street from Eppley Auditorium.

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Phone Information

Your phone will have a single ring when your call is coming from on campus.   Your phone will have a double ring when your call is coming from off campus.

All phones, including yours, have voice mail capability.   If your phone rings 4 times, it will automatically switch to voice mail and the person calling may leave a message.

If the phone beeps while you are on the phone, it means that you have another incoming call.   Press the HOLD button, hold down the switch hook (hangs up phone), and your phone will ring again.   Release the switch hook and say hello.   To switch back to your previous call press the HOLD button again.

In order to check your messages:

a. If the red light is lit on your phone, you have a message! GO TO #1.

b. After 11:00 p.m. or on weekends, if the red light is NOT on, but you know that you have messages.... dial 5795 and wait for the recording and GO TO #2.

c. If you'd like to receive notification of your messages after 11:00 p.m., contact the switchboard operator by calling 5182 or 0.

#1.   You may access your message by picking up the receiver and pressing the CALL BK button (located in the row above the numbers).

#2. AS SOON as you hear the Morningside recording you may enter your access code.... Your code is 9_ _ _ _ (the last four digits of your phone #).  

Make sure that you enter 9 before the digits of your phone # or it won't work!!!

If you have phone questions or concerns about phones, you may call our campus operator during the day at 274-5182 or by pressing 0 from an on-campus phone.

Our phones have many options and capabilities. Please use our instruction card to explore your options.

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