Missing home or friends
Concerns may include: having a hard time transitioning to college because you are missing your family and friends, missing your family and friends more than you thought you would, spending so much time focusing on home/friends that you're missing opportunities on campus.
Primary Resource
Counseling Center
The Counseling Center offers individual, couples, and group therapy, outreach and consultation services and referral services to help coordinate your mental health care.
If you are experiencing a mental health emergency, please contact:
On-Campus - Public Safety (610) 436-3311
Off-Campus - Crisis Intervention (Exton) for community help: (610) 918-2100
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1 (800) 273-8255 (TALK)
Crisis Text Line: Text START to 741-741
If you are experiencing a mental health emergency, please contact:
On-Campus - Public Safety (610) 436-3311
Off-Campus - Crisis Intervention (Exton) for community help: (610) 918-2100
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1 (800) 273-8255 (TALK)
Crisis Text Line: Text START to 741-741
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Academic Success Program
The Academic Success Program is a special admissions program for students who do not meet the admission requirements but who show academic promise. Students must successfully complete a five week summer session program during which they take two courses. Once students complete the summer component, ASP continues to support the students by providing academic advising, tutoring, success coaching/mentoring and academic monitoring, and counseling. Students who successfully complete the summer session enter the fall semester with increased academic confidence and familiarity with the campus culture and university procedures and are positioned to do well at WCU.
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New Student Programs
New Student Programs is a campus resource that welcomes, assists, and supports new students, families, and guests as they transition to, and through, the WCU community.
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Off Campus & Commuter Services
Off Campus and Commuter Services (OCCS) ensures equitable access to co-curricular experiences, leadership opportunities, and institutional resources designed to assist off campus and commuter students regardless of place of residence.
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Residence Life and Housing Services
The Office of Residence Life and Housing Services, located in room 202 Lawrence Center, assists students in all aspects of their on-campus living experience. This includes supervision of the residence hall staff, oversight of university policies and procedures related to campus housing, and the oversight of the Traditional North Campus Residence Halls and the South Campus Apartment Complex.
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Wellness Promotion
The Office of Wellness Promotion engages students in intentional educational opportunities to cultivate life-long learning and a community of well-being. Students are engaged around topics such as alcohol, nutrition, sexual health, tobacco, and well-being.
The Office of Wellness Promotion provides Wellness Coaching which is an individualized process that empowers students to explore and practice strategies to support their health and well-being focusing on the four s’s: stress, sleep, social support, and substance use. Coaching is a short-term, action-oriented tool to help students explore their strengths and personal motivations, identify topics they want to explore, and work towards their health and well-being vision utilizing sustainable strategies in a supportive environment.
The Office of Wellness Promotion provides Wellness Coaching which is an individualized process that empowers students to explore and practice strategies to support their health and well-being focusing on the four s’s: stress, sleep, social support, and substance use. Coaching is a short-term, action-oriented tool to help students explore their strengths and personal motivations, identify topics they want to explore, and work towards their health and well-being vision utilizing sustainable strategies in a supportive environment.
