The DOSC Program, in its 15th year at Dartmouth, has two primary purposes:
The eight SENIORS who serve as DOSCs are well informed regarding course selection, major choice, enrollment patterns, internship and research opportunities, funding resources, grants/scholarship options, time management, reading comprehension, study strategies, and library skills.
In interacting with individual students they provide mentoring and preliminary advising information and then refer students to appropriate offices for more in-depth advice. They make themselves easily accessible to students by being available in the residence halls and on-line. The eight DOSCs hold office hours in residential clusters and respond to questions submitted to Dartmouth's Advising blitz account, "Ask311."
DOSCs enjoy many opportunities to help students navigate their Dartmouth academic experience by providing useful information and resource recommendations in an easy, timely, and user-friendly manner.
While the DOSCs spend most of their time in one-on-one meetings with students, they also initiate, coordinate and implement outreach programs and information sessions throughout the year. These programs are suggested by the DOSCs themselves to address needs they have identified; through collaboration with administrative and advising offices on campus, they are able to affect the experiences of many Dartmouth students.
The Upperclass Deans Office relies on each DOSC to bring their ideas and resourcefulness to the position; we place tremendous value on the input, feedback and proposals of the students with whom we work.
All DOSCs receive training prior to fall term from the Upperclass Deans, First-Year, Pre-Major Advising, and Scholarship Advising Offices, Academic Skills Center, Career Services, Residential Life, and Baker Library, as well as other advising offices on campus.
DOSCs serve all three terms of their senior year.
This year we are enriching the program by adding a residential component for three of the DOSC positions: these three DOSCs will live in a single room in the cluster in which they are advising students. What a remarkable opportunity to serve as a resource while getting to know the students around you!
See a list of our terrific DOSCs at www.dartmouth.edu/~upperde/consultants/contact.html.
As an employee of the Dean of the College Office at Dartmouth College, each DOSC understands that they may be handling documents and participating in discussions which contain confidential student information. It is important that confidentiality of all student information be strictly upheld. Therefore, they agree not to discuss or disclose any student information to persons other than the Upperclass Deans or DOSC advisors.
This agreement also pertains to any conversations overheard or encountered while working in the Upperclass Deans Office or any advising office.
In addition, they understand that as employees of the Dean of the College Office at Dartmouth College, they represent that office and will conduct themselves in ways consistent with the goals, values, and mission of the Dean of the College.
Upperclass Deans Office and First-Year Office
