Student Life and Support

Student Services

All enrollment services at Gannon University are available to students on campus and online. These enrollment services in-clude course registration, student financial aid, student accounts and billing.

Gannon students can purchase books, supplies, and apparel from the Gannon bookstore in Erie at the Palumbo Academic Center located at 824 Peach Street. Students are also able to order books, supplies, and apparel from the Gannon bookstore online. When ordering textbooks on www.gannon.bkstr.com, students can purchase new or used books to be shipped to their residence or for store pickup. Books ordered online may be filled by one of over 900 Follett stores or from the Follett distribution center in Chicago. The bookstore website lists all of Gannon’s offerings each semester with corresponding text information.

The mission of Gannon’s Information Technology Services (ITS) department is to provide the technology infrastructure and tools to enhance the productivity of students, faculty and staff. Students who have specific needs or problems can contact the ITS Helpdesk 24 hours a day at (814) 871-7501 or online at my.gannon.edu. This information is provided to the students in the new student orientation, registration information as well as published at the bottom of each Blackboard screen.

Gannon’s Student Success Center provides support services, including academic advising, career counseling, tutoring, programming, and resources for campus and distance students attending the University.

Professionally trained peer consultants who reflect respect for the individual writer staff the Writing Center in the Student Success Center. Consultations promote the recognition of an elemental rhetorical situation, the ability to understand and apply corrections, and the stimulation of critical thinking. The Writing Center consultants have a strong commitment to service and regard language as fundamental to the holistic development of the Gannon University student.

Math and Writing Centers are located at the Palumbo Academic Center, 824 Peach Street. Both Centers offer synchronous tutoring services available online. Tutoring is facilitated over the phone and through the Web. Appointments can be made from any Internet-connected computer or mobile device.

Career Services and academic advising are also available to students on campus and from a distance.