Emergency Information
College involves hard work but it's supposed to be fun and rewarding and not impossibly hard.
If this isn't true for you,
seek help. Don't be shy. Do not try to tough it out. Problems, even serious
ones, are much more common than you think. That is why the campus has so many sources of help.
Your problem can be solved. Keep trying different sources of help
until you've found an adequate solution.
Many problems can be solved by consulting your friends, the
instructor, the course staff, other faculty you happen to know, and/or
your departmental advising office. However, big problems often
require external help. Sometimes you might need help from more than one
place (e.g. mental and physical problems are often interconnected).
Some useful contacts are below.
But first ...
If it is a health or safety emergency, call 911. Or, if someone is apparently contemplating suicide,
call the new 988 hotline.
Do not hesitate to seek help because you may have violated conduct rules (e.g. alcohol use).
There are
amnesty policies to protect you if you call for help.
If the sirens go off, that means there is a suspected tornado (or similarly dangerous high winds) nearby.
Go into the basement. If there is no basement, go to an interior room on the lowest level you can access.
Please do your part to help prevent the spread of communicable diseases
Follow current campus guidance about vaccination, testing, masks, and social distancing.
If your problem relates to sexual misconduct, be aware that almost everyone working
for the university is a "mandated reporter". Please consult
this statement before deciding
who to contact.
Make sure you are getting enough sleep, exercise, food. Wear appropriate clothing when it's
cold outside. Even if
something else is also wrong, skimping on these basics will make your problem
harder to address.
Useful Resources
- Advising offices. They can refer you to other resources when they can't help directly.
- CS undergraduate office
- Your home department's advising office if you aren't in CS.
- Your college's advising office.
- The Office of the
Dean of Students.
They handle some problems directly and will help connect you
with resources for
other problems. They manage accommodations when life
problems affect your academics, e.g. approve incompletes, contact instructors on your behalf.
- McKinley
Health Center, 217-333-2700. Can help with both physical and mental
health issues.
- Campus Free Speech and Expression policies.
- Campus updates on federal policies
- DRES,
our disabilities services office. They help folks with both
major and minor disabilities, including getting them diagnosed,
authorizing accommodations such as extra time on exams, and
running a specialized testing center.
- The
Counseling Center, 217-333-3704.
Helps with a broad range of mental health issues and runs screenings for problems
such as test anxiety.
Each college now has an
embedded counselor.
- Two more mental health hotlines: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800) 273-8255,
Rosecrance Crisis Line (217) 359-4141.
-
Departmental statement on mental health
-
We Care, the campus resource for victims of
sexual assault and related bad stuff.
- The Police non-emergency numbers. (For emergencies, use 911.)
- On campus, contact the
Campus Police,
217-333-1216.
- West of Wright St, call the Champaign police (217)-333-8911.
- East of Wright St, call the Urbana police (217)-384-2320.
-
Campus emergency preparedness page
- Transportation problems
- Food and other basic needs
- Broken laptop? The
Scholarly Commons folks in main library
are setting up a program for 10-day loans of laptops. They also plan to have information about connecting
with financial aid if you are having difficulty purchasing a permanent solution. Be aware that they are still
updating their website so you may need to contact them directly.
- Landlord problems
- Student legal Services
(includes more information on tenant issues.)
Please tell me if I'm missing any important contacts.