To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff
           <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Renee Romano, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs" <vcsa@illinois.edu>

Reply-To: vcsa@illinois.edu
 Subject: MASSMAIL - End of Semester Student Stress, Emergency Dean

To:       Illinois Faculty and Staff

From:     Renee Romano
          Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs                        

Re:       End-of-the-Semester Student Stress  Emergency Dean, 333-0050

As you know, this is a stressful time for many of our students.  Many of 
the usual tensions, such as personal and family stress, will exacerbate at 
the end of the semester with final examinations, completion of projects 
and papers, and even returning home for the summer.  Helping students 
achieve their educational objectives in healthy and constructive ways is 
one of the primary purposes of Student Affairs.  May I alert you as to how 
we can help?  Students in your classes or laboratories who show signs of 
panic, depression, anxiety, excessive fatigue, avoidance, confusion or who 
report such conditions as their "mind goes blank," may need your help and 
encouragement in seeking assistance.

If you become concerned about a student's safety and well-being, Student 
Affairs offers the Emergency Dean Program, which operates 24 hours a day, 
365 days a year to help assess a situation and get a student to the 
appropriate source of help.  Call 333-0050 to contact the Emergency Dean.  
Also see some of the specialized programs and services offered by Student 
Affairs units listed below:

EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS & TEST ANXIETY
Counseling Center, 206 Fred H. Turner Student Services Building
7:50 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 333-3704

McKinley Mental Health, 313 McKinley Health Center
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., 333-2705

STUDY SKILLS & LEARNING ASSISTANCE
Counseling Center, 206 Fred H. Turner Student Services Building
8:00 a.m.-Noon, Monday through Friday, 333-3728 or 333-3704

ALCOHOL AND DRUG-RELATED PROBLEMS
Alcohol and Other Drug Office - McKinley Health Center
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 333-7557

AFTER HOURS PSYCHOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES AND OTHER CRITICAL PROBLEMS
The Counseling Center and McKinley Health Center collaborate with the 
Champaign County Mental Health Center to provide students with 
Psychological Emergency Services which are available 24 hours per day, 365 
days a year, and focus on problems that need to be addressed immediately 
(e.g., serious illness, death in the family, severe anxiety, suicidal 
crisis).  For a consultation with a mental health professional after 
office hours, call the Psychological Emergency Service at 244-7911.  You 
and the mental health professional can strategize about the best way to 
make contact with the student and see that he or she gets help.

STRESS MANAGEMENT/SELF-HELP
McKinley Health Resource Center, 222 McKinley Health Center
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 333-6000

McKinley Health Resource Center, 129 Illini Union (north)
10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 244-5994
11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Saturday 

McKinley Health Education offers individual consultations for students 
interested in learning relaxation and other stress/time management skills, 
call 333-2714.

Please note that college offices and the academic deans can also provide 
assistance for academically related and personal problems.  The names and 
telephone numbers of the various academic deans can be found in the 
Student-Staff Directory.

In the next few weeks, our students will be experiencing added stress and 
anxiety. Let's all keep our eyes and ears open and get our students the 
help they need, when they need it. 

Thank you for your care and concern for students and the well-being of our 
community. 
This mailing approved by:
The Office of the Chancellor

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