{"id":195,"date":"2025-12-16T17:28:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/faculty\/?p=195"},"modified":"2025-12-16T17:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:35:56","slug":"student-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/faculty\/2025\/12\/16\/student-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What support services are available for students?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"top\">Macaulay provides support for both academic and mental health and wellness needs. A student\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulay.cuny.edu\/opportunities\/advising-support\/macaulay-advising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local Macaulay advisor<\/a>&nbsp;is often a good ally in supporting students\u2019 academic needs; contact the campus Macaulay director if you need to get in touch with an advisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macaulay has a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulay.cuny.edu\/opportunities\/advising-support\/writing-assistance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dedicated writing specialist<\/a>, vibrant\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulay.cuny.edu\/student-life\/student-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">student clubs<\/a>, and active\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulay.cuny.edu\/after-macaulay\/career-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">career development<\/a>\u00a0program. We also operate a <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulay.cuny.edu\/student-life\/student-well-being\/mountain-lion-food-pantry\/\">food pantry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have concerns about the wellbeing of a student, they suddenly stop attending class, or seem to be struggling in some way, we suggest filing a referral with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulay.cuny.edu\/student-life\/student-well-being\/student-support-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Student Support Team<\/a>. The Team will evaluate the information and make plans to check on the student in a way commensurate with the report. There are never any punitive consequences associated with the Student Support Team. If you aren\u2019t sure whether or not to submit a referral, we urge you to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If a student is seeking mental health counseling, they may make an intake appointment with our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulay.cuny.edu\/student-life\/student-well-being\/mental-health-and-wellness-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mental Health and Wellness Center<\/a>. Please note that all services at the Center are confidential and our therapists will not be able to inform you about whether or not a student has made an appointment, nor can they mediate academic issues between you and the student. The Mental Health and Wellness Center offers individual and group counseling, and also hold drop in sessions targeted to issues common in college, young adulthood, and overall wellbeing. CUNY also provides a crisis text line. To access it, text CUNY to 741741. The crisis text line is operated independently from Macaulay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macaulay provides support for both academic and mental health and wellness needs.  Learn what is available and how to contact them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-faculty","category-course-logistics","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}