Academic Wellness
If you're in need of accommodations, this is where you should go.
What is The Academic Support and Access Center (ASAC)?
This person (or office) intervenes on your behalf should your studies be significantly impacted by a medical emergency.
Who is the Dean of Students (DOS)?
This person is your first point of contact for navigating AU during your freshman year.
Who is your FYA or Prof Kim?
"Paying attention to [this] will allow you to restore and balance different aspects of your health.”
What is self-care/self-care needs?
What is 20%?
Having trouble in a course? I should be your first point of contact.
Who is the professor?
Bias-related incidents can be reported to this office.
What is the Office of Equity and Title IX?
This American social norm that was frowned upon during the pandemic also serves as the name of an app that can help land you a job.
What is Handshake?
Your syllabi, professors' office hours, classes, and assignments can all be found here.
What is Canvas?
Knowing yourself and reflecting on your wants and needs from an interaction or relationship is part of this.
What are boundaries or what is boundary-setting?
Need help honing those time-management and study skills? Just call on us.
What is Academic Coaching?
Four of the Eight Dimensions of Wellness.
What are emotional, intellectual, spiritual, financial, environmental, occupational, social, or physical?
Your one-stop shop for questions about/assistance with past due balances, holds, personal record, general information, etc.
What is AU Central?
This app keeps you in the know about the events, activities, clubs, and organizations around campus.
What is ENGAGE?
This term describes values and practices where no person is left out of our circle of concern.
What is Belonging?
According to the Academic Integrity Code, you should always do this, even if it comes from your own previous work.
What is cite?
Don't let anxiety, stress, or depression fester. Any one of these resources is here to help you (Name one).
What are the Center for Wellbeing and Psychological Services, you@American, or Mantra Health?
Got the service bug? We've got the scoop on all the local volunteer opportunities around DC.
What is the Center for Leadership & Community Engagement?
Ready to create? Makerspace is a place where people with similar interests can come together to work on projects while sharing ideas and knowledge. You can find it here.
What is Bender Library?
Watch out! Kendall won't be very happy if she doesn't get her favorite drink order from this local spot.
This coaching service promotes and facilitates AU students' acquisition and enrichment of language skills and cultural competency.
What is The Center for Language Exploration, Acquisition and Research (CLEAR)?
You have confidantes in the Center for Wellbeing Programs and Psychological Services, the Student Health Center, and the University Chaplain should you need to discuss _______ _______-related issues.
What is Title IX?
The acronym, PASS.
What is Peer-Assisted Student Support?
If anyone wants access to your protected information, they'd be hard-pressed to get it unless one of these are on file.
What is a FERPA waiver?
This 3-part Reflection model used in AUx1 goes beyond an experience itself to focus on its impact and next steps. Hint, remember our dialogue from last week.
What is "What, So What, and Now What?"