Student Care & Advocacy
The location of the Student Care and Advocacy Center
What is Suite 222 in the Boucke Building?
At least 3 of the services the SCA program provides to support mental health
What are stress management, sleep kits, guided meditation & mindfulness, free wellness services, and peer-support groups
The Snap Program provides this for eligible students
What are supplemental nutrition benefits and financial assistance?
These are at least three of the academic resources that the SCA center provides
What are academic advising, leaves of absence, tuition waivers, grade deferrals, withdrawal and/or re-enrollment?
You feel tired all the time, and you just can’t seem to maintain a healthy sleep schedule. What can you receive for free from the SCA center?
A sleep kit
The mission of the Student Care and Advocacy Center
What includes overcoming challenges, cross-community collaboration, providing resources, and support?
The SCA provides this option for support if you are not sure you want to make a report
What is confidential support?
At least three examples of things the cost assistance program can assist eligible students in paying for
What are meals, medical bills, childcare, and rent assistance?
The website students can use to book an advisor appointment
What is Starfish?
Your friend is really struggling to afford PSU’s tuition. What can you tell them the SCA program offers for eligible students?
Tuition waivers
The kind of collaborations the SCA program encourages
What is campus-community collaboration?
These are at least three of your online reporting options
What is:
Report Student Conduct Violations
Report Sexual Misconduct
Report Behavioral Threat
Report Hazing
Report a Student Concern
These are additional resources for health and wellness
What is:
University Health Services
Alcohol & drug education and recovery
Student disability services
At least three of the things that academic advisors can help with
What is:
Choosing a major/minor
Adding/dropping courses
Withdrawal/retroactive withdrawal
Transferring to another Penn State Campus or any other college or university
You notice that your resident is showing signs of substance abuse and a decline in personal grooming. What should you do?
Recommend your resident to the SCA department
The four main types of support the SCA program offers
What is Academic, Emotional, Physical, and Financial support?
These are at least five signs from the list that suggest a student may be in distress
What is relationship violence/stalking, paranoia or delusions, flat affect or extreme lack of responsiveness, threatening statements about self or others, threatening words or behavior toward self or others, and/or self-abuse?
The location where the SCA can help you with sexual health
What is the Pregnancy Resource Clinic?
The location of the career services center
What is the Sparks Building?
Your resident wants to make a report about their roommate but is scared of the repercussions
Advise your resident to use the online reporting options that can also be confidential
The SCA programs days/hours of operation
What is Monday through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm?
The way in which to talk to a student if you are concerned about them
What is private, kind, honest, and direct?
The form residents can fill out for help with their basic needs
What is the basic needs request form?
These are at least three signs a student may need help academically
What is:
Poor performance and preparation
Excessive absences or tardiness
Avoiding participation
Displaying excessive anxiety when called upon
Disruptive behavior
Your resident is struggling with food and affording meals. What can they use from the SCA?
Meal cost assistance or the supplemental nutrition assistance program