Community Resources:
crisischat.org (national chat network providing online support)
Georgia Tech Resources:
Counseling Center
Hours: Monday- Friday 8AM-5PM
Location: Smithgall Student Services (Flag) Building Suite 238
Phone: 404-894-2575
Website: http://counseling.gatech.edu
After Hours: Call 404-894-2500 and ask for the 24/7 on call counselor
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- Free and confidential services
- Appointments can be made by phone or in person
- Emergency consultation and after-hours on-call counselor
- Individual, group, and couples counseling for enrolled GT students for a range of concerns
- Support Groups (social anxiety, grief and loss, women, men, queer, etc.)
- Workshops
- Community Workshops: Stress Management Series
- Client Workshops: Life Skills
- Assessments
- Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Learning Disorder (LD)
- Counseling Center will help connect you with off campus resources
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Tech Ends Suicide Together Initiative:
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- http://endsuicide.gatech.edu
- Question Persuade Refer (QPR):
- Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training – learn how to recognize the warning signs of suicide, offer hope and help save lives.
- Interested Individual: Register for a free QPR training today at http://endsuicide.gatech.edu/content/qpr-training
- Interested Group: If you are interested in getting a group trained please email endsuicide@gatech.edu to get connected with one of the Initiative’s QPR Instructors
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Peer Coaching:
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- Need some extra support? Feel like talking with someone who knows what it’s like to be a Tech student? Learn more about meeting one-on-one with a trained Peer Coach at http://peercoaching.gatech.edu
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Stamps Student Health Center/Psychiatry
Medical Clinic Hours: Mon – Wed, 8-5 , Thurs – 9-5 , Fri – 8- 5
Online Reservations
Phone: 404-894-2584
Website: https://health.gatech.edu/
Location: 275 Fifth Street, N.W; beside CRC
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- The Health Center is staffed by licensed physicians, registered nurses, medical and x-ray technologists, health educators and pharmacists.
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Stamp’s Psychiatry:
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- To make an appointment call 404-894-2585
- Can prescribe medication; 6 visits a year
- Care coordinators will help refer students off campus as needed
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Office of the Dean of Students
Location: Flag Building
Phone: 404-894-6367
Referral form
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- https://studentlife.gatech.edu
- Faculty, staff, students, and parents may use the form to express a concern they may have for a student
- The referral form can be found at the top bar of the Student Life website, by clicking on the tab “Referral Form”
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Petition to the Faculty
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- http://www.registrar.gatech.edu/students/formlanding/pettofac.php
- To withdraw from all or a single class past the deadline, etc.
- Various guidelines on the website
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Other Georgia Tech Resources:
Health Initiatives:
Open hours: Mon – Wed, Fri 8am – 5pm, Thurs 9am – 5pm
Phone: 404-894-9980
Website: http://healthinitiatives.gatech.edu/
Location: 2nd Floor of Stamps Health Services
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- Health Promotion provides information and help in all the following areas: Nutrition, Alcohol and Other Drug Use, Tobacco Cessation, Fitness, Sexuality Issues, Sexual Assault Resources, and more.
- Health Promotion has a dietician on staff that students can meet with for just $5. Make an appointment to discuss healthy eating, gaining or losing weight, or general nutrition call
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VOICE:
During business hours: 404-385-4464 or 404-385-4451
After Hours: 24/7 on call VOICE advocate 404-894-2500
24 Hour Info Line: 404-894-9000
Website: http://healthinitiatives.gatech.edu/voice
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- Victim/Survivor Advocates
- These trained individuals can assist with support, resources and academic accommodations.
- Confidential Reporting Source
- Confidential Reporting Form (CRF) – -> for any type of harassment
- Victim/Survivor Advocates
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Campus Police
Location: 879 Hemphill Ave NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
Phone: 404-894-2500
Website: http://police.gatech.edu/general-information
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- 24/7 on call counselor and 24/7 on call VOICE advocate
- Call GTPD ask for either and you will be connected
- Good Samaritan – if a student needs help and you or they are intoxicated/under the influence of any drug call GTPD and neither of you will get in legal trouble for being in that condition
- Request a Crime Prevention Class
- Property & Bicycle Registration
- Open Records Requests
- Broken Down Car Assistance
- Self Defense Classes
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Women’s Resource Center
Open hours: Mon – Fri 8am – 4pm
Phone: 404-894-1434
Location: Second floor Student Health Center
Website: https://womenscenter.gatech.edu/
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- STI Testing
- Birth control consultations
- Routine exams are provided by a women’s health nurse practitioner (gynecological exams)
- They do provide “morning after” or emergency contraception and that this must be done on a walk-in basis either through Women’s Clinic or the walk-in system (triage) on the first floor for medical reasons.
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LGBTQIA Resource Center
Phone: 404-385-2679
Location: Flag Building Suite 115A
Website: https://lgbtqia.gatech.edu/content/resources
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- Q Chats
- Student Discussion Groups
- Men’s group, women’s group, queer people of color group, and trans, gender non-conforming, and gender-questioning group
- Safe Space Training
- Equips students and employees with the knowledge and skills to support a peer who comes out to them and to be effective allies to LGBTQIA communities
- http://lgbtqia.gatech.edu/safe-space
- Q Chats
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Student Temporary Assistance and Resources (STAR)
Phone: 404-894-6367
Website: https://studentlife.gatech.edu/content/star-services
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- Housing
- Temporary housing available to students who become unexpectedly displaced or put under financial stres
- Professional Attire
- Campus Closet
- Food
- Klemis Kitchen (on campus free food for students in need)
- Financial Support
- Dean Griffin Hip Pocket Fund (interest free loans)
- Housing
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The Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL):
Phone: 404-894-4474
Location: Tech Tower
Website: https://ctl.gatech.edu/
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- Courses for graduate students on teaching, academic writing, presentation skills, oral and written language skills for international students
- 1-1 consultations for developing teaching skills and for professional development
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The Language Institute:
Phone: 404-894-2425
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- Helps international students improve their English proficiency
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Office of International Education:
Phone: 404-894-7475
Location: Savant Building
Website: https://oie.gatech.edu/
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- International Student & Scholar Services
- Assists students who are F-1 and J-1 Visa holders
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Office of Minority Education & Development (OMED)
Phone: 404-894-3959
Location: Chapin Building
Website: https://omed.gatech.edu/
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- Offers a variety of programs to provide academic and social support to minority students
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Office of Disability Services(ADAPTS):
Phone: 404-894-2563
Location: Flag Building
Website: https://disabilityservices.gatech.edu/
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- Ensures equal access to institutional programs and services for students with disabilities
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Employee Assistance Program:
Phone: 678-616-TECH (8324)
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- All healthcare benefits eligible employees and their families have access to the program
- Services are free and confidential, within the bounds of the law. The EAP is available 24/7/365 and to see the list of services it provides go to http://hwb.gatech.edu/eap
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Communications Center:
Location: Clough Room 247
Website: http://www.communicationcenter.gatech.edu/
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- Helps students improve writing skills and gives advice regarding class projects, job and graduate school applications, resumes, etc. Tutors include faculty and peers.
- Reserve 30 minute sessions here: https://www.communicationcenter.gatech.edu/make-appointment
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Academic Resources:
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- Tutoring – http://success.gatech.edu/tutoring-0
- Click the Schedule a 1-to-1 Tutoring Appointment link
- Search availability
- For center select 1-1 tutoring
- Under course select the class you need help with
- Select an open slot and hit save
- 2 appointments per 5 days
- Academic Coaching – http://www.success.gatech.edu/academic-coaching
- Make an appointment through 1-1 tutoring website (link on the academic coaching page under schedule academic coaching is the same)
- Allows you to have more 1-1 tutoring session a week
- Various workshops – REBOOT, study strategies, time management etc.
- PLUS sessions – http://success.gatech.edu/tutoring/plus
- Commons Tutoring – http://success.gatech.edu/tutoring/commons
- Academic Grievance form: https://contact.gatech.edu/academicgrievance
- Tutoring – http://success.gatech.edu/tutoring-0
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