Academic Services

Accessibility Services and Accommodations 

Student Success Center • First Floor, Plassmann Hall • (716) 375-2065

Accommodations and support services are available to students who have learning disabilities, ADHD, vision or hearing loss, physical disabilities, medical diagnoses and health conditions, and/or mental health diagnoses.  Students with documented disabilities may request reasonable accommodations and auxiliary aids that enables them to participate in programs and activities at St. Bonaventure University.  Accessibility Services and Accommodations (ASA) works with students who register with the office, submit documentation that supports the requested accommodations and self-disclose to professors each semester. 

Available accommodations include, but are not limited to, extended time for class exams, distraction reduced testing environment, access to computers with Microsoft Word, note taking assistance, access to digital media materials, and assistive technology. 

In order to be eligible for reasonable academic accommodations, current documentation of a disability must be submitted to the ASA office.  Documentation must include a specific diagnosis of a disability and support the requested accommodation(s).  Students should contact the ASA office for more specific information about documentation requirements or questions regarding eligibility or services.

The Student Success Center

First Floor, Plassmann Hall • (716) 375-2692

The Student Success Center (SSC) is a centralized resource for academic support for all undergraduate students. Offices within the SSC include Accessibility Services, Tutoring & Academic Support, First-Year Programs, International Student Services, and the Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP). 

Tutoring, available at no additional cost to the student, is the most widely used academic support service and is available for most lower-level and general education courses. Other services in the Student Success Center include supplemental instruction, the writing lab, academic counseling, orientation programming, peer coaching, academic and housing accommodations for students with disabilities, study abroad advising, and services for international students. HEOP is a college-access program sponsored jointly by St. Bonaventure University and the New York State Education Department.

Retention programs sponsored by the SSC – notably the Academic Intervention, Academic Restoration, and Freshman Probation programs – offer students who have low grades an opportunity to reclaim their academic standing. 

Career and Professional Readiness Center

Room 231, Reilly Center • (716) 375-2384

The CPRC offers a comprehensive range of services and programs that empowers students with the skills to understand and implement career/life goals, enhance their professional development, and implement effective job and internship search strategies.

Undergraduate and graduate students are offered opportunities to develop career goals and explore the relationship between academic majors and career choice through individual counseling, workshops, vocational assessments and the use of the Center’s web-based resources. To view the CPRC resources or schedule an appointment, students should access their Handshake account. Additionally, all students are encouraged to participate in the CPRC’s Competitive EDGE Certificate Program. This program provides junior and senior students the opportunity to enhance their marketability to employers and graduate schools through participation in specific credential and professional development workshops and events.  The CPRC coordinates an on-campus recruiting program, authors a comprehensive website at http://www.sbu.edu/cprc, and assists students with the job and internship and/or graduate school planning.