ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Personal Wellness - Mental Health
Personal Wellness and Mental Health
Your mental and physical health is the underlying necessity for your success at UF. .....Campus Helping Resources
Campus Helping Resources
Students experiencing crises or personal problems that interfere with their general well-being are encouraged to utilize the university’s counseling resources. The Counseling & Wellness Center provides confidential counseling services at no cost for currently enrolled students. Resources are available on campus for students having personal problems or lacking clear career or academic goals, which interfere with their academic performance.
DO NOT WAIT or hesitate to get help if you or your friend is in need - HELP is available.
Health and Wellness Contact
- U Matter, We Care: If you or a friend is in distress, please contact umatter@ufl.edu or 352 392-1575 so that a team member can reach out to the student. They are available 24/7
- University Counseling & Wellness Center, 3190 Radio Road, 352-392-1575, www.counseling.ufl.edu/cwc/ Links to an external site.
- Sexual Assault Recovery Services (SARS) at the Student Health Care Center, 392-1161.
- For emergencies call: University Police Department, 392-1111 (or 9-1-1 for emergencies). http://www.police.ufl.edu/
Services for Students with Disabilities
Please come and talk to your TA at the beginning of the semester about any accommodations required. We will make sure that the student’s needs are met to the best of our abilities in the laboratory setting.
The Disability Resource Center coordinates the needed accommodations of students with disabilities. This includes registering disabilities, recommending academic accommodations within the classroom, accessing special adaptive computer equipment, providing interpretation services and mediating faculty-student disability related issues.
0001 Reid Hall, 352-392-8565, www.dso.ufl.edu/drc Links to an external site.
Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office in Peabody hall. The Dean of Student Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when requesting accommodation at the beginning of the semester.
Academic Integrity
watching other students cheat or getting caught for an academic misconduct accusation can cause severe anxiety. Familiarize yourself with the UF Academic honesty rules to avoid problems and know the procedure to report someone if need be. Simple things like
- Have another person complete a quiz in this course
- Copy another student’s quiz in this course
- Collaborate with anyone during a quiz in this course
- Discuss the questions and answers of a quiz with other students while the quiz window is still open
- Manipulate and/or distribute any materials provided in this course for any purpose (including course lecture slides).
- Use any materials provided by a previous student in the course
Can breech academic integrity and you may not think you have done anything wrong. Check out the Orange Book Links to an external site. to know what's right and wrong or contact the DSO Links to an external site. to know your rights and responsibilities or report academic misconduct.
Graduation Anxiety
It's a real thing - not knowing what to do next. Transitions in life are always a high stress situation and we suggest to tart early to talk to your advisors and the Career Resource Center Links to an external site. (First Floor JWRU, 392-1601). There are many resources available you don't knwo about and many people on campus are willing to help you succeed. Reach out and ask for advice.