Student Services
Note: Full descriptions of all services and activities are provided at the website indicated.
Division of Student Affairs
Juan Regalado, Chief Student Affairs Officer
https://laverne.edu/student-affairs/
Military Connected: Active Duty, Veterans & Military Affiliated (i.e. Spouses, Dependents & Survivors)
The University has appointed counselors and liaisons in support of Military Connected Students in the several key offices including the Office of Admissions, Registrars, Financial Aid, Student Accounts, Advising and the Abraham Center for Veteran Students Success (AVSSC) to assist active duty and veterans, as well as their spouses, registered domestic partners, dependents, and survivors.
Resources and information in support of Military Connected Students is available at https://laverne.edu/military/.
The AVSSC is located at:
1860 Third Street
La Verne, CA 91750
https://laverne.edu/veterans
Student Government
Associated Students of the University of La Verne (ASULV)
ASULV is the governing body representing and advocating for the traditional undergraduate student body on the main campus.
https://laverne.edu/student-life/asulv/
Graduate and Adult Student Government (GASG)
Graduate and Adult Student Government is the governing body representing and advocating for the graduate and adult student body at all campus locations. https://laverne.edu/student-life/graduate-and-adult-student-government/
Accessibility Services
The Accessibility Services Department has been designated by the University of La Verne to ensure access for all students with disabilities to all academic programs and university resources. Types of disabilities include medical, physical, psychological, attention-deficit, and/or learning disabilities, and reasonable accommodations are provided to minimize the effects of a student’s disability and to maximize their potential for success. Information and application forms can be found on the following website: https://laverne.edu/accessibility/.
Campus Activities Board (CAB)
The Campus Activities Board (CAB) at the University of La Verne is a non-profit student organization, which serves as the largest student program board on campus coordinating a variety of programs annually. Activities include concerts, movie nights, multicultural events, and other major social events on campus for all students.
https://laverne.edu/student-life/campus-activities-board/
Campus Safety and Transportation
The University maintains its own security department focused on guarding the safety of the campus and campus community 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
http://myportal.laverne.edu/web/campus-safety
Commencement Services
The Office of Commencement Services provides information on the Spring ceremonies.
https://laverne.edu/commencement/
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) supports students by providing counseling support to all registered students.
https://laverne.edu/counseling/
Dining Services
The Spot, the main dining hall, is located on the La Verne Campus and is open for use by all students (commuters and residents), faculty, staff and visitors. In addition to the Dining Hall, there is Barbara’s Place, serving coffee, snacks, beer and wine. For more information on dining services visit:
http://laverne.cafebonappetit.com/
Greek Life
The University has national and local fraternities and sororities. Although distinct and unique organizations, the fraternities and sororities are centered around the core principles of sisterhood and brotherhood, leadership, philanthropy and community service, scholarship, and social activities and events.
https://laverne.edu/student-life/greek-life/
Housing and Residential Life
On-Campus housing is available to all students (undergraduate, graduate, and adult). Residence Halls are located on the Main Campus. The mission of the Housing and Residential Life program is to partner with students living on-campus to create a learning environment where students feel they are part of the university, are engaged in productive citizenship, and expand their potential. For more information on the on-campus experience, including how to apply, please visit:
https://laverne.edu/housing/
New Student Orientation and Parent Orientation
Orientation includes a variety of programs geared to help students and their families make a successful transition to college life at the University of La Verne.
https://laverne.edu/orientation/
Office of International Services and Study Abroad
The Office of International Services and Study Abroad (ISSA) specializes in advising international students and scholars, helping them understand and maintain their immigration and visa status, planning orientations, workshops, and other culturally diverse events that help our students thrive while adjusting to American culture and the La Verne community. The office also provides information and coordinates Study Abroad Programs. Study Abroad programs are semester-long study programs for La Verne students.
https://laverne.edu/oise/
Sara & Michael Abraham Campus Center (ACC)
The Abraham Campus Center is the living room of the University. The ACC is home to Scheduling & Events (services for non-academic space), Information & Mail Services, Leo’s Den (game room, billiards), Barbara’s Place Café, administrative offices, social and recreational facilities, classrooms, computer labs, lounges, dining operations, as well as conference, meeting, and event spaces.
https://laverne.edu/acc/
Student Health Center
The Student Health Center provides medical services and consultation to all enrolled students. https://laverne.edu/health
Student Organizations
The Office of Student Leadership and Engagement recognizes a range of academic, religious, cultural, and special interest clubs and organizations that are active at the La Verne Campus.
https://laverne.edu/student-life/student-organizations/
Student Outreach and Support
Student Outreach and Support (SOS) works collaboratively with campus and community resources to provide support to students experiencing distress, ensuring the community at large remains safe while the student involved gains the necessary resources to remain successful academically and personally. Programs under the SOS program include:
- The CARE Network
- Case Management Support
- Behavioral Intervention Team
- Leo Food Pantry
- Emergency Funds and Loans Programs
https://laverne.edu/student-affairs/sos/
Academic Resources
Career Center
The Career Center at the University of La Verne empowers students and alumni to develop a lifelong competitive and applicable skill set for an ever changing global market through a robust set of digital resources, tools, career assessments, and programming. The Career Center supports students and recent alumni in all stages of the career development process, specializing in helping students identify passions, interests and unique skill sets to apply to their professional pathways while providing industry recruitment opportunities for jobs and internships.
https://laverne.edu/careers/
The Elvin and Betty Wilson Library: The University’s central library, owns more than 250,000 physical volumes, 53,000 journals, 14,000 electronic books and access to an online catalog, LEOpac. Research assistance is available to all La Verne students in person and via telephone, online chat or email. For more information visit: http://library.laverne.edu/
The Law Library: The University of La Verne Law Library occupies 27,000 square feet and holds more than 300,000 volumes and microform volume equivalents. This modern facility offers wireless Internet access, a computer lab with enhanced audio-visual capabilities, 12 study/conference rooms, and a seating capacity that accommodates 300 library users. For more information visit: https://law.laverne.edu/library/
The Academic Success Center (ASC) offers free tutoring and academic support for all Undergraduate, Graduate, and Doctoral La Verne students. The ASC is located in the Abraham Campus Center (second floor) and offers individual, group, and online tutoring sessions in Biology, Business/Accounting, Chemistry, Computer Science, Languages, Math, Physics, Statistics, Technology, and Writing. Students may schedule an appointment at mywco.com/laverneasc, access additional information online at laverne.edu/asc, or call (909) 448-4342 to speak to an ASC staff member.
Other Services and Activities
Bookstore
The University Bookstore offers books, supplies, gift items, and other merchandise to the campus and community.
https://laverne.edu/bookstore/
Center for Multicultural Services (CMS)
The Center for Multicultural Services (CMS) creates opportunities for learning, exploring, deconstructing and celebrating diversity and inclusion as it impacts students and the global community. The CMS supports the dedicated space of the Center which allows for students to convene, engage, organize, collaborate, and print copies. The CMS also hosts the winter and spring cultural graduation celebrations, supports and collaborates with cultural clubs and organizations, provides campus wide residential human relations/diversity retreats, hosts numerous student diversity related training and initiatives, as well as other campus-wide diversity initiatives on campus, including the Black student services initiative.
https://laverne.edu/multicultural/
Office of Civic and Community Engagement (OCCE)
This office promotes the University’s core value of community and civic engagement by developing mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships between the university and community partners. The office develops and supports service-learning courses and Community Service LVE requirement (LVCS). OCCE coordinates co-curricular community engagement activities such as the MLK Day of Service and the Federal Work Study Community Service Program.
https://laverne.edu/engagement/
Office of Religious and Spiritual Life
This office provides religious and spiritual programming for the campus community. The University Chaplain coordinates a variety of activities, including faith-specific programs, as well as interfaith and multi-religious opportunities. This office is dedicated to religious diversity with a commitment to acceptance, mutual respect, awareness and dialog.
https:// laverne.edu/chaplain/
Sports Science and Athletics Pavilion
The Sports Science and Athletic Pavilion hosts indoor intercollegiate athletics, intramurals, and recreational sporting events and other University events.
Summer Service
This program provides an opportunity for Main Campus undergraduate students to learn through service during summer.
https://laverne.edu/chaplain/summer-service/
The Washington Center
Students may intern, study, and earn La Verne credit at the Washington Center in the nation’s capital. Internships are available in every undergraduate major. The Study Abroad Office provides information about and coordinates the university’s program in Washington, D.C.
https://twc.edu/
Athletics
Go Leos!!!
The University of La Verne, a NCAA Division III Member Institution, thrives on providing an engaging, diverse Athletics’ community focusing on growth and improvement while creating a challenging, competitive environment with equitable opportunities. Seeking to cultivate teamwork and camaraderie, intercollegiate athletics at the University of La Verne provides an engaging, educational, transformative experience for our coaches, players, staff and surrounding and supportive community members.
In the highly competitive Southern California Athletic Conference also known as the “SCIAC”, our women compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, indoor and outdoor track & field, volleyball, and water polo. Our men compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming & diving, indoor and outdoor track & field, and water polo. In addition to fine facilities and equipment, the athletic department is staffed with highly qualified and enthusiastic coaches, certified athletic trainers, and our athletes are trained by the National Strength Coach of the Year in the NCAA.
As mentioned earlier, the University of La Verne is a member of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). SCIAC members include ourselves as well as the California Institute of Technology, California Lutheran University, Chapman University, Claremont-Mudd Scripps, Occidental College, Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, University of Redlands, and Whittier College. In addition, it is our mission at La Verne to compete against the best regional and national institutions available to provide our teams the best Division III experience we can find.
Student Athletic Eligibility
To maintain full compliance with NCAA Division III and Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standards, full-time traditional undergraduate students, admitted through the Office of Admissions, shall be eligible for participation in intercollegiate athletics at the University of La Verne. For continued participation, a student must be enrolled in a minimum full-time academic program and be making satisfactory progress toward a degree as defined by the institution.
A. ELIGIBILITY
New student-athletes are eligible to participate in athletics during the current academic calendar if, on the first day of classes for a semester, they are one of the following:
Returning student-athletes are eligible to participate in athletics during the next academic calendar if, on the first day of classes for a semester, they meet one of the following:
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One Semester (A1) students who have been enrolled for one semester, AND have successfully completed a minimum of 12 semester hours in that semester.
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Two or More Semesters (A2) students who have been enrolled for 2 or more semesters, AND have successfully completed a minimum of 24 semester hours ensuring satisfactory progress toward a degree in the previous academic cycle.
B. INELIGIBILITY
Students who become ineligible may regain eligibility if
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they identify as A1 (One semester) and successfully fulfill the requirements of A2 (Two or more semesters); OR
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they successfully complete a minimum of 36 semester hours in the previous academic cycle plus the following semester.
a. Three semesters and one summer session
b. EXAMPLE: Fall 2025 (12 units) + Spring 2026 (10 units) + Summer 2026 (1 unit) + Fall 2026 (13 units)
C. TERM OF RESIDENCE
An ineligible transfer student-athlete must have successfully completed a minimum of twelve semester hours in their first semester at the University of La Verne to participate and maintain satisfactory progress in their second semester of attendance.
D. GRADUATE ELIGIBILITY
In the event a student-athlete has eligibility remaining following the completion of their undergraduate degree, the student may participate as a graduate student in intercollegiate athletics if they meet all requirements for participation as defined by NCAA guidelines.