Mental Health & Academic Resources

Mental Health Resources

When parents, faculty, or staff members are concerned about the physical, emotional, academic or personal health of a University student, the Care Team Program can assess the situation, offer support, and provide referrals to the breadth of resources on-campus. Learn more about the resources available through this program.

Staff and faculty are encouraged to submit a Care Team Referral if any of the following applies to a student, but we welcome parent and family outreach as well.

  • Expresses significant personal or family problems in conversation, emails, or assignment 
  • Has experienced a death/significant illness of a family member or friend 
  • Has been hospitalized, injured, or experiencing a significant illness 
  • Has indicated severe resource insecurity affecting access to housing, food, academic books/supplies, or any other basic needs 
  • Has been absent for several class periods with no communication 

Academic Resources

The Learning Commons invites students to connect with their trained writing assistants and peer tutors as an effective learning strategy for greater success in their college courses. Working with these assistants and tutors also makes the online learning experience at UP more socially connected. Check out these helpful new resources!

  • The Study is a peer tutoring program aimed at helping students develop and refine study strategies at the college level.
  • Students can use this guide when forming study groups.
  • Read more about some new peer-assisted learning programs through the Learning Commons.

Regardless of their experience, if your student is having academic struggles of any kind, please encourage them to contact the Shepard Academic Resource Center (SARC). The SARC team wants to meet with them to help answer questions or point them to the right resources to find answers.