Dean of Students Office
We're here for you, Falcons! The Dean of Students Office strives to serve as a collaborative, compassionate resource that advocates for students through challenge, support and removal of barriers to your success. We offer services ranging from conflict resolution management to case management for the Care Team and even Freddy's Pantry, our on-campus food pantry for students. Email us at deanofstudents@uwrf.edu or call 715-425-0720 to connect!
Our Goals
- Care and Mental Health: We'll provide Falcons with individualized consultations and relevant resources to support their overall wellness and success.
- Student Conduct and Accountability: We'll offer students opportunities to engage in learning after policy violations and/or community harms, in order to change and improve behavior moving forward.
- Identity and Equity: We'll provide a spectrum of opportunities to respond to concerns related to identity-based harm and incidents.
- Access and Collaboration: We'll offer resources and support to each Falcon that honors their identities, removes barriers and supports holistic student success.
Academic Misconduct
Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT)
Care Team
Emergency Fund
Freddy's Pantry
Freedom of Expression
FAQs
Nonacademic Misconduct
Title IX
Our Team
Learn about the team at the Dean of Students office who bring essential student services to UWRF, as well as our mission, goals and more.
Reporting Concerns
UW-River Falls promotes a culture of reporting that encourages students, faculty, staff, and community members to report concerns about the welfare and safety of our campus community.
If you require immediate medical, police, or other emergency services, call:
- Emergency Dispatch: 911
- University Police: 715-425-3133
- City of River Falls Police: 715-425-0909
Non-emergency concerns (of any kind) can be reported via the UWRF Report It! webpage.
Medical Class Absence Notification
Unforeseen events or circumstances may cause a student to be absent from class. These could include illness, bereavement, accident, or a catastrophic event such as fire. If such issues arise, student are encouraged to notify their instructors as soon as possible to apprise them of the circumstances leading to their absence from classes and to develop a plan with a timetable to make up missed coursework. Students may be asked to provide documentation to provide perspective that the class absence is warranted. Instructors are expected to make reasonable accommodations for these class absences including administration of make-up assignments and exams whenever possible.
Family members and/or students should also contact the Dean of Students Office. After receiving appropriate documentation, we can send a courtesy class absence notification to faculty informing them of a student's current situation and the period the student is anticipating missing class. This memorandum does not necessarily constitute an excused absence. It is strongly recommended that students alert their academic adviser to notify them of the circumstances and discuss potential next steps with them.
Students are encouraged to contact a Dean of Students staff member if they need additional follow-up assistance with a class absence notification.
- Communicates with students who may be involved.
- Meets with students to discuss the alleged misconduct.
- Ensures due process throughout the entire process.
- Upholds the rights of individuals and the entire campus community.
- Balances the facilitation of individual growth/development with the safety of the campus community.
- Holds students accountable for their decision-making and behaviors through the use of educational sanctions/outcomes.
- Reaches out to the referred student.
- Offers on- and off-campus resources for support.
- Offers opportunities to meet with DOS Office staff for consistent and continual support.
- The disciplinary records of current and former UWRF students are requested from the Dean of Student Office.
- Academic records can be requested by contacting the Registrar's Office.
- If you have questions regarding records requests, please contact the Dean of Student's Office.
To learn about campus seg fees and see a breakdown of current fees, visit our Segregated Fees page.
