he mission of the Counseling & Advocacy Center is to provide services which help students overcome life challenges to achieve academic success and attain their educational goals. We provide a full array of counseling services including personal, mental health, substance abuse, career, academic and relationship concerns. We offer crisis intervention including victim and gender advocacy, services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender students, prevention and education programs, a Women’s Resource Library and aid for students with emergency needs through a clothing bank and food pantry and emergency fund.

Women and Gender Advocacy Services

Specialized care is provided through our Women and Gender Advocacy services. Advocacy services include many personal supports and education programs for persons of all genders on issues such as violence prevention, sexual harassment, sexual assault, relationship violence, affectional orientation and gender identity. For persons facing gender issues, from gender identity to gender equity, we provide information and individual assistance which permits students to explore gender role concerns and discover answers that fit their career objectives and personal values. Women’s advocacy services helps women overcome the experience of gender discrimination.  Through our Women’s Resource Library, women are empowered to understand and address many gender concerns including life balance and relationship equity.

Violence Prevention and Gender Advocacy Services

Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Relationship Violence and Stalking are all crimes of power and control.  They are a violation of Title IX protections for students and not tolerated on our campus. If you are the victim of one of these crimes, we can help you reclaim your power through nonjudgmental support and advocacy. As a survivor, you have the right to choose if and when to report the assault; you decide how you want to proceed.