Meet the Online Student Success (OSS) Team

OSS provides multiple services and resources for faculty, staff, and students.

Merci Rivera and Deanna Simonds are located on the Dahlonega campus and also serve the Blue Ridge and Cumming campuses. Steven Bagley is located on the Gainesville campus and also serves the Oconee campus.

Merci is bilingual in Spanish!

Online Student Success Advisors help all UNG students with online courses, both UNG Online and eCore, from start to finish. We also help faculty and staff with any online student concerns, such as students who have gone MIA in their classes or need additional help managing the online classroom.

Feel free to contact us if you ever need assistance or have any questions!

The Online Student Success Team provides:

  • Online Student Support
  • Advising
  • Registration/Withdrawal Assistance
  • Access to other UNG Academic Services and Resources
  • Access to Smarthinking (Online Tutoring for all UNG Students)
  • Online Student Organization
  • eLearning@UNG (D2L) Assistance

Faculty/Staff Support

  • Academic Alert support for online students
  • UNG Online Course Building (Banner) Audit

Learn More

Visit our webpage (on ung.edu) Online Learning@UNG.

Additional information is found on the DETI website (myUNG login required). Use the Student Support navigation link on the left side.

Updated August 26, 2022