It all depends on what she meant. If she is just missing the settings they
are there. But if she is missing the panel then that leads to the solutions
I suggested. I understood that she meant the panel and menus themselves,
but it is unclear.

Unity is quite configurable. But you need to add either gconf editor for
Unity 2 or Compiz Config Settings Manager (ccsm) for 3D. They are not
installed by default. You can also add Gnome-tweak-Tool for GNOME Shell.