{"id":1685,"date":"2011-09-26T16:49:05","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T20:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/student_services\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:44:20","slug":"student-affairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/about\/offices\/student-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mission of Student Affairs is to create a positive learning environment by advocating for all pre-doctoral and post-doctoral students and to serve as a \u201cfirst-line\u201d point of contact for those seeking assistance.\u00a0Our support begins by promoting physical and emotional wellness and focuses on working proactively to address student issues.\u00a0We are available to coordinate academic advising, for personal counseling, and to assist you with career resources in your journey through and after dental school.\u00a0We hope that you engage in School-wide curricular and extra-curricular activities\u00a0to\u00a0enhance your experience at GSDM.\u00a0We encourage you to explore your learning environment and engage your classmates, your professors, and the GSDM staff.\u00a0These key people will enrich your overall experience immeasurably.\u00a0We know that you will not only develop your skill as an oral health care professional but also grow as an individual.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pre-doctoral Orientation<\/li>\n<li>Post-doctoral Orientation<\/li>\n<li>OSA provides support for all student groups<\/li>\n<li>Educational Resources\n<ul>\n<li>Working with students with disciplinary, behavioral, or emotional issues<\/li>\n<li>Referring students to appropriate resources for treatment<\/li>\n<li>Tutor Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Career Resources\n<ul>\n<li>Assist students with the writing and\u00a0editing of their cover letters, r\u00e9sum\u00e9s, and personal statements<\/li>\n<li>Work with\u00a0the Global &amp; Population Health\u00a0office to promote the Dental Career Network to students<\/li>\n<li>Drafting of letters of recommendations and professional evaluations for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/students\/careers\/letter-of-recommendation-institution\/\">Post-doctoral Application Support Services (PASS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>One-on-one meetings to discuss career resources and options<\/li>\n<li>Email distribution of open job opportunities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Assist students in the submission of scholarship and award applications<\/li>\n<li>Oversee student email listservs<\/li>\n<li>Work with Student Affairs offices at Boston University School of Medicine (MED) and Boston University School of Public Health (SPH) to promote collaboration amongst students on the Medical Campus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Where to Find Us<\/h2>\n<p>635 Albany Street, G-158<br \/>\nBoston, MA 02118<br \/>\n617-358-5783<br \/>\nFax: 617-358-4789<\/p>\n<p>Email Student Affairs: <a href=\"mailto:gsdmsa@bu.edu\">gsdmsa@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mission of Student Affairs is to create a positive learning environment by advocating for all pre-doctoral and post-doctoral students and to serve as a \u201cfirst-line\u201d point of contact for those seeking assistance.\u00a0Our support begins by promoting physical and emotional wellness and focuses on working proactively to address student issues.\u00a0We are available to coordinate academic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4900,"featured_media":0,"parent":3053,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1685"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64057,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1685\/revisions\/64057"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}