Student Services: COUNSELING SERVICES

NOTE: This document was generated from the 1995-1997 UIUC Programs of Study. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, but be advised that requirements may have changed since this book was published. Errors may have also been introduced in the conversion to a WWW document. Thus for items of importance, it might be wise to seek confirmation from either the paper version or a live human being.

Counseling Center

The Counseling Center is staffed by clinical and counseling psychologists, a health educator, a reading and study method specialist, predoctoral interns, graduate assistants, and paraprofessonals who provide a variety of services to help students with academic, personal, relationship, and vocational problems. Among the services offered are workshops on specific topics such as identifying and referring troubled students, test anxiety, time management, adult children of alcoholics, survivors of child sexual abuse and acquaintance rape, eating disorders and disturbances, and dual-career issues. Also offered are reading and study classes; individual, couple, and group counseling (short- and intermediate-term), and referral services for long-term counseling; and consultative services to University departments and staff members.

The Counseling Center has a Self-Help Information Center (SHIC) in the Undergraduate Library. The center sponsors student-led support groups for a variety of issues and concerns. The center aims to be aware of and sensitive to both the regular and special needs of students of color, students with disabilities, international students, and gay, lesbian, and bisexual students. Fees for the services of the Counseling Center have been prepaid through the student health fee. All counseling is completely confidential.

Dean of Students

The staff in the Dean of Students Office at 300 Turner Student Services Building (333-0050) provides general counseling to all students. Staff members are available to help students cope with whatever problems face them at the University, including sexual harassment, assault, discrimination, and grievances. A dean is available twenty-four hours a day to help in emergencies. Call the Emergency Dean at 333-0050 at any time for help.

Minority Student Affairs

Note: See also the Office of Minority Student Affairs web site. The Office of Minority Student Affairs (MSA) at 110 and 130 Turner Student Services Building (333-0054) provides leadership in developing, implementing, and coordinating student support services and activities designed to assist minority students' personal development and academic achievement. MSA provides guidance and counseling support to minority students in all areas relevant to their persistence and success on campus, including general adjustment, financial aid, and career selection. Particular emphasis is placed on assisting students who come from backgrounds underrepresented on the campus or who are academically underprepared. By promoting and developing programs, and by collaborating with other Student Affairs campus units as they develop programs, MSA seeks to help minority students grow educationally and personally. MSA assists campus units and student organizations in creating environments and programs that will attract, support, and bolster minority students' success and continuation at the Unive rsity. MSA helps academic units monitor the progress of students and makes appropriate referrals to Student Affairs and/or academic units. MSA administers the federally funded Student Support Services (TRIO), Project Upward Bound, and Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Degree programs.

Graduate College Minority Student Affairs Office
The Graduate College Minority Student Affairs Office coordinates minority graduate student recruitment, collects and disseminates information for prospective and current minority students, and counsels minority students who have problems with financial aid, academic matters, race relations, or personal and social concerns. In addition, the office supports the activities of many campus groups involved with minority graduate students, including the Black Graduate Student Association, La Casa Cultural Latina, the Bilingual Multicultural Education Student Association, and the African-American Cultural Program. These groups, in turn, help the office in disseminating information and assisting students. For more information, call 333-4860.

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