No money to get home for break
Concerns may include: concerns about money for transportation, questions about staying on campus during breaks, questions about what to do if you're staying on campus during a break.
Primary Resource
Student Support
During this time, we are unable to provide in person services but we are able to meet with you via phone, video conference or text chat.
Student Support at SRU part of Student Affairs and acts as a central location where faculty, staff, students, parents or community members can refer a student experiencing or causing distress that interferes with learning, development and success.
Student Support uses a model focused on the holistic development of the student to assist when they encounter challenges, barriers, and crises that impact their ability to be successful and safe by setting goals and connecting to the appropriate resources.
In Student Support we focus on enhancing student learning and development through:
One on one case management
Boost peer programming
Behavioral Intervention
Critical Incident Response
Students, faculty, staff and community members can submit a Care referral for the following situations:
Student will be missing class and needs an absence notification to be sent
Student has been or will be hospitalized
Student has become physically ill
Student is experiencing emotional distress
Student is having trouble adjusting to campus life/online work or is having angry outbursts
Student is experiencing housing insecurity or unsafe housing environment
Student is experiencing food insecurity or lack of adequate food
Student is experiencing a financial emergency or cannot obtain basic needs due to financial issues
Student is isolating from friends/class/work
Student has experienced or been accused of dating/domestic violence, sexual misconduct (Rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment), stalking or harassment
Student is expressing suicidal thoughts or ideations or engaging in self harm
Student needs support with personal, social or emotional wellness/development
If your efforts to manage a significant classroom behavioral issue has not resolved the problem
If you are concerned about the welfare of a student, yourself, and/or other students
If a student asks for help in dealing with personal issues that are outside your role as a faculty or staff member
If you have referred the student for assistance in the past and there seems to be no improvement or things seem to be worsening
If you'd like for our Care Network to connect with you or your student, please complete an online referral form here: https://sru-advocate.symplicity.com/care_report/
Student Support
005 Patterson Hall
Slippery Rock, PA 16057
724-738-2121
Visit Website
karla.fonner@sru.edu
Related Resource
Student Counseling Center
The Student Counseling Center (SCC) strives to facilitate the total development of students by reducing psychological problems and distress by enhancing mental health, well-being, quality of life, and supporting your aspirations. Our primary focus is on providing brief, confidential counseling aimed at helping students to succeed academically and interpersonally. When students require mental health services that are beyond the role or scope of the SCC, we will make appropriate referrals to campus and community resources.
Related Resource
Bob's Cupboard (Food Pantry)
Bob’s Cupboard is a food pantry focused on helping students who are unable to consistently access food or toiletries. For the current semester, Bob’s Cupboard is operating by appointment only. Students will need to complete the intake form (at the URL listed on this page) so volunteers can prepare a prepackaged bag of food and/or toiletries that can be picked up at a pre-scheduled time.
Bob's Cupboard is located within the Macoskey Center. The Macoskey Center is Slippery Rock's home for hands-on sustainability education and action, promoting sustainability at SRU and within the local community. Bob's Cupboard is a collaborative project between SGA, the Macoskey Center, and the Bonner Leader Program.
Bob's Cupboard (Food Pantry)
247 Harmony Rd
Slippery Rock, PA 16057
Visit Website
bobscupboard@sru.edu
