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Student Life Student Services
Campus Safety
Safety and Security Services: 847.317.6400
The mission of Campus Safety and Security Services is to protect and serve the Trinity community in collaboration with Facility Services and Student Life to promote individual responsibility and Christ-centered academic excellence.
Trinity International University publishes a Crime Statistics page and keeps a Daily Fire & Crime Log. Both reports can be accessed from the menu at the bottom of this page under Campus Safety Info. These reports are also available to be viewed in person during normal business hours at Facility Services.
All vehicles must check in with Security or have a current TIU parking permit. Passes, permits and a copy of the rules and regulations may be obtained from Security Services, located at the Campus Post Office. When operating a vehicle on University property, you are subject to all State and TIU motor vehicle regulations. These regulations are provided in the student handbook. Register your parking permit >>
The following services are provided by Safety and Security Services:
- Safety escorts (x6400 from a campus phone)
- Vehicle jump starts
- Vehicle lock out assistance
- Missing items/theft reports
- Room lock out assistance
Security information
Your personal safety is our highest priority. Please immediately report any suspicious or criminal activity to Safety and Security Services at 847.317.6400 or call:
- POLICE: 911 (From a campus phone dial: 9-911)
- FIRE/EMS: 911 (From a campus phone dial: 9-911)
You can also visit our webpage on myTIU.
TIU Emergency Alert System: Trinity International University uses RAVE, a university-wide text/email/voice messaging alert service that will notify students, faculty and staff if an emergency situation occurs on campus. The alerts provide real-time, up-to-date information to your cell phone in the event of an emergency. The campus alert service will also be used for a Timely Warning or when any other important information needs to be relayed to the Trinity community.
Emergency Blue Light Phones: There are emergency blue light phones strategically placed around campus that will automatically connect you to a university security officer. Press the button for help and your call will be placed. Don’t know where you are? Don‘t worry, your location is provided to security when you call.
International Student and Scholar Office (ISSO)
ISSO – [email protected]
The ISSO is committed to helping international students as they transition to life in the States. We provide counseling on immigration issues and cultural adjustments, we facilitate a special orientation for international students, and we work to coordinate hospitality and the availability of household items and furniture. We also offer exciting fellowship groups, various activities and events throughout the school year, and can help international students get academic tutoring.
Visas and Legal Matters
Our office works to ensure that international students understand and are able to comply with all visa requirements. Information on all the relevant requirements is found through our official page >>
Counseling Information
The Counseling Department at TEDS recognizes that counseling- partnering with another in intentional dialogue to achieve change– can be an enriching and healing process. Whether it is an acute mental health concern, a relational rupture, a recalcitrant habit, a yearning to position self for formation in Christ, or the launch into a new phase of one’s career or development; a therapist may be of assistance.
At TEDS, we believe that the ministry of counseling is a key resource for our students, staff, and their families as they encounter challenges and grow in their walk with Christ. This database exists to provide our community with access to mental health counselors in our area who share our values, our Christian outlook, and who have expressed openness to working with the TEDS family.
DISCLAIMER: The counseling department cannot make a specific recommendation or endorse a partner to provide mental health or spiritual care. The counselors listed on this database are not directly affiliated with Trinity International University. This directory of community practitioners is provided for convenience and informational use only. Users are responsible for evaluating and selecting their own health care providers, as well as responsible for all costs associated with care. Carefully review insurance benefits and confirm the provider accepts your insurance plan before receiving care.
Student Learning Services
Academic Support
Academic support is provided through the library with the goal of equipping students for success in their research and writing. We offer the following resources and services for students at no charge:
- An academic writing skills tutorial on Canvas that walks you through the process from understanding your assignment to creating an outline to citing your sources. To enroll in the course, use this link: Essential Writing Skills
- Writing coaching – in addition to the course above, you can also meet one-on-one with a peer writing coach who will help you develop and sharpen your communication skills. Appointments are available in person and via Zoom. For more information and to book a writing coach session, please visit our Academic Support site: https://library.tiu.edu/academicsupport.
- Academic tutoring – tutoring in Hebrew grammar, Greek grammar, church history, and theology is available. This includes weekly drop-ins as well as one-on-one appointments. To make an appointment or to sign up to join the drop-in meeting, please visit our Academic Support site: https://library.tiu.edu/academicsupport
- We have a number of guides to help you on your research and writing journey. Here are some important ones as you get started in your program:
- Seminary Research – this guide introduces you to some quality sources for your biblical and theological research.
- ID 5000 – for those enrolled in this course, this guide walks you through the steps and provides some core resources for your major paper in this course.
- Citation Help – this guide provides some useful resources and helps for how to format citations in your paper.
We are here to help you succeed – if you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us at [email protected] or 847-317-4001.
Student Accessibility Resources (Disability Services)
Trinity International University, in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990, is committed to promoting accessibility for students with disabilities. Unlike public high school, postsecondary schools are not required to provide FAPE (Free Appropriate Public Education), but to provide reasonable accommodations, or academic adjustments, to help ensure an equal educational opportunity.
To begin the process of requesting reasonable accommodations due to a disability, TEDS students on the Deerfield campus or online should complete the online application here, including uploading your disability documentation (IEP, 504 Plan, Evaluations, etc.). Then contact Mary Guthrie, Dean of Students, at 847-317-7114 or [email protected] to discuss your needs.
Examples of Reasonable Accommodations – The following reasonable accommodations, or academic adjustments, are examples of those
that have been offered to students with disabilities at TEDS:
- Extended time on tests and quizzes (typically up to 50%)
- Quiet location for taking tests and quizzes (Professor’s office, testing center, etc.)
- Human/computer reader for exams and quizzes
- Give answers orally to test and quiz questions
- Designated volunteer note taker
- Recording class and lectures
- Preferential seating
- Handouts in enlarged font size / electronic format
- Use of computer solely for the purpose of note taking
- Digital books for eligible students
Post secondary schools are not required to provide tutoring specifically for students with disabilities. Tutoring is available for Deerfield and online students through the academic supportservices of Rolfing Library.
Campus Post Office
Campus Post Office: [email protected]
TEDS’ Campus Post Office, in the Waybright Center, can receive packages of any size and will alert the student when the package arrives and is ready to pick up. You can also drop off packages or envelopes with a prepaid shipping label or stamp affixed to the box or envelope for the USPS mail person to pick up and take to the Deerfield Post Office to ship out.
If you need assistance ordering stamps from USPS or printing off a prepaid shipping label, stop at the Campus Post Office, and they can assist you.
The Inbox and More store in the Bannockburn Green can help you with any other shipping needs you may have.
For additional questions, contact the Campus Post Office at: [email protected].
How to address campus mail
When it comes to receiving mail be sure to provide a correct address. Remember to include the student’s name and mailbox number when addressing mail. Your mail should look like this:
- Student’s Name: [Joe Trinity]
- Trinity’s Address: 2065 Half Day Road
- Student’s Box Number: [Box 123]*
- City and Zip: Deerfield, IL 60015-1241, USA
*Include only the student’s mailbox number, never an apartment number.
University Records
University Records – Phone: 847.317.8050 | Email: [email protected]
The University Records Office considers it a privilege to serve every student who attends Trinity International University. Whether you’re planning a short visit for a summer class or anticipating graduation with a Trinity degree, we look forward to meeting you.
University Records maintains Trinity students’ academic records, coordinates web registration and web adds/drops, generates enrollment certification, provides transcript services, maintains student demographic information including permanent and local addresses, majors, degree programs, class standing, and related academic information.
Transcripts, Enrollment Verification & Degree Verification
To conveniently serve Trinity International University students around the clock, Trinity has authorized the National Student Clearinghouse to act as its agent for transcript processing, enrollment verification, and degree verification. Please use the following links depending on which service you require.
Office of Placement Services
Placement Office – [email protected]
The Office of Ministry Placement helps TIU and TEDS students and alumni fill full-time openings at churches and other ministry-focused organizations. The Placement Office exists to facilitate connections between ministries offering vocational ministry opportunities and graduates seeking ministry placement, whether they be recent graduates or alumni. We work with churches and ministries from a variety of denominations (and independent churches) in filling both full-time and bi-vocational positions.
Post a Position
Are you seeking ministry staff for your church or para-church ministry? Are you beginning a pastoral search process seeking to fill an open position for a senior/solo pastor, associate pastor, youth pastor, worship pastor, etc.?
The Placement Office provides a “virtual bulletin board” where ministries can post positions they desire to potentially fill with a TIU graduate. Post a Full-time, Bi-vocational, or part-time positions.
Find a position
We provide information for many denominations and organizations including historically evangelical, mainline, charismatic, and independent churches. While many of our graduates are placed with the Evangelical Free Church of America, the majority are placed in other churches, Christian organizations, mission agencies, and chaplaincies.