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Wolfpack Pick Up

Wolfpack Pick Up provides transportation on Main Campus via golf carts for individuals experiencing mobility challenges. Learn more and schedule rides at https://go.ncsu.edu/pickup

The Oval

While on Centennial Campus, head to a grassy open area surrounded by four engineering buildings and the Hunt Library to relax and unwind. Enjoy the outdoor plaza and check out the nearby art installation.

Free Expression Tunnel

Express your creativity at the Free Expression Tunnel — a heavily trafficked underpass that connects the university’s north and central campuses. Designated a graffiti-friendly zone in the late 1960s, students can tag the tunnel’s walls as they see fit.

Mary Yarbrough Court

Mary Yarbrough Court is a quiet, shady escape named after the first woman to complete a graduate program at NC State. You can find the court, and its gardens, behind Holladay Hall on North Campus, within view of the Memorial Belltower.

Court of North Carolina

The Court of North Carolina is one of the largest green spaces at NC State. It’s a place for leisurely picnics, outdoor lessons and the occasional snowball fight on a wintry day. Unwind on Main Campus near the steps of the 1911 building.

JC Raulston Arboretum

The arboretum is open daily and is only two miles west of main campus. Explore one of the largest and most diverse collections of landscape plants in the southeast United States boasting 14 botanic gardens — including a rooftop terrace.

Schenck Forest

Sitting on 245 acres of land, Schenck Forest is a unique site that benefits NC State students, faculty and staff as well as the broader Raleigh community. The forest provides outdoor laboratories for students and faculty, publicly accessible trails, an arboretum and 50 acres of dedicated hardwood preservation. It’s located about 10 minutes from NC State’s campus.

Lake Raleigh Woods

Lake Raleigh’s recreation area sits in the heart of NC State’s Centennial Campus and offers plenty of opportunities for outdoor exploration, including hiking, biking, picnics, disc golf, fishing, non-motorized boating and watersports.

Grief in Common

Find support and connection from others who understand the loss you may be experiencing.

The Shore Grief Center

If you have experience the death of a child, parent, sibling, spouse, grandparent, or friend, The Shore Grief Center is here to help you make sense of the grieving process. At The Shore Grief Center, we provide peer-based grief support groups for ages six and up and assist with the highly-personal journey through grief. Our facilitators meet with suicide survivors, bereaved parents, and host a general support grief group in Wake Forest, North Raleigh, and Youngsville.

Phone: 828-384-8889

WakeMed Grief Support Groups

WakeMed Grief Support Groups are a free, supportive place for anyone that has lost a loved one. Come to share your story, learn more about grief, and hold your loss in a compassionate group space.

Phone: 919-350-3177

Wake Network of Care

Search Wake County's comprehensive directory to find services related to housing, food, mental health, medical healthcare, transportation, children and family services, financial assistance, substance use, reentry services and more.

211

211 connects you to expert, caring help. Every call is completely confidential.

Phone: 211

Legal Aid of North Carolina

We provide support to North Carolinians who are unable to afford an attorney.

Phone: 1-866-219-5262

A Place at the Table

A Place at the Table accomplishes our mission in two ways.

  1. We eat together. We are Raleigh’s first pay-what-you-can cafe. Patrons from all walks of life come together to share a meal at our table.
  2. We volunteer together. Over 80 people volunteer for their meal every day. They gain skills and connection each shift.
Phone: 919-307-8914

Therapeutic Alternatives Mobile Crisis

Mobile Crisis response provides an immediate evaluation, triage and access to acute MH/DD/SA services, treatment and supports. These services include immediate telephonic response to assess the crisis and determine the risk, mental status, medical stability and appropriate response.

Phone: 1-877-626-1772

Raleigh ACORNS

The City of Raleigh’s ACORNS (Addressing Crises through Outreach, Referrals, Networking and Service) program was established as a proactive team that works with residents in crisis and directs them to available resources. The ACORNS team combines social workers and law enforcement officers who are tasked to help by using the most appropriate and least invasive interventions possible.

Phone: 919-996-3345

HopeLine

HopeLine is a nationally accredited crisis intervention and suicide prevention agency whose mission is to support people's mental health through active listening and caring confidential conversations.

SMS: 877-235-4525 Phone: 919-231-4525

Accessibility and Accommodations

NC State is committed to ensuring access to its physical and digital spaces, programs and services. We can guide you to resources and support across campus.

Gregg Museum of Art and Design

Visit the Gregg Museum and experience its wide range of programs, lectures, artist residencies, film screenings and other immersive art experiences. During your visit, explore the museum gardens designed and planted by NC State Horticultural Science students.

National Domestic Violence Hotline

The Hotline provides support to help survivors of domestic violence so they can live their lives free of abuse, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. The Hotline maintains free, confidential and compassionate highly-trained expert advocates ready to share crisis intervention information, education, and referral services in over 200 languages.

SMS: Text "START" to 88788 Phone: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

Behavior Assessment Team

The Behavior Assessment Team (BAT) is committed to improving the NC State community through a proactive, multidisciplinary and coordinated approach to the prevention, identification, assessment, intervention and management of the safety and well-being of our campus community. All employees and students are encouraged to report/share concerns.

Phone: 919-513-4224

Lux Resources

Lux Resources is a non-profit based in North Carolina created by NC State students to provide free legal support to survivors of sexual violence. Lux's website compiles resources that support survivors, so survivors can focus on healing rather than navigating the legal system alone.

Crafts Center

Did you know that just 20 minutes of art daily is as beneficial as exercise and mindfulness? The NC State Crafts Center offers classes, workshops, and special sessions in jewelry, wood, clay, glass, mixed media, fibers, painting, printmaking, photography – and more! Phone: 919-513-3677

Jeffrey Wright Military and Veteran Services

NC State’s centralized resource in support of military-affiliated students.

Multicultural Student Affairs

Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) is a place for students of all cultures, backgrounds and experiences to come together to learn more about themselves and each other. MSA strives to foster a sense of belonging and to empower students to thrive at NC State.

African American Cultural Center

The African American Cultural Center promotes awareness of and appreciation for African American and other African descent experiences through activities and events that enhance academic excellence and strengthen cultural competence for the campus and surrounding communities.

Wellness and Recreation Membership

Student, faculty, staff, alumni, affiliate, retiree, temp employee, visiting scholar, and household memberships are available at the Wellness and Recreation Center. They grant access to all indoor facilities, outdoor spaces, programs, and services.

Question, Persuade, Refer Training

Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Training is a bystander-intervention programming focused on identifying warning signs for students in crisis, strategies for support and resources for referrals.

Wellness and Recreation Teambuilding

Wellness and Recreation offers a variety of team and leadership development programs to student organizations, university departments, community organizations and corporate groups at the Jim Wall Challenge Course.

Opioid Training

This workshop will draw attention to opioid trends, signs and symptoms of overdose, and appropriate intervention. Each participant can take home a Naloxone (Narcan) kit.

Interfaith Prayer and Meditation Space

NC State’s interfaith prayer and meditation room (Room 2108, East Wing, Hill Library) serves and supports all students and the holistic wellness of the university community, as scientific evidence demonstrates the significant cognitive and physiological benefits of meditation. The spaces allow individuals of all religious faiths and non-religious beliefs to experience a place for peace, prayer, meditation and/or reflection throughout the day.

Mindfulness in the Museum

As part of our Mindfulness in the Museum initiative, the Gregg Museum of Art + Design offers regular free Yoga and tai chi classes throughout the academic year.

Duke Raleigh Hospital Emergency Department

In emergencies, call 911. Phone: 919-954-3271

UNC Rex Emergency Department

In emergencies, call 911.

Veteran Crisis Line

24/7, confidential crisis support for veterans and their loved ones. SMS: 838255 Phone: 988 then Press 1

Vets4Warriors

V4W is the nations leading 24/7 confidential peer support network staffed by veterans for veterans, service members, family members and caregivers. Phone: 855-838-8255

Wake Med Emergency Department

In emergencies, call 911.

911

In case of a medical emergency or imminent danger, dial 911 and specify that you require assistance for a mental health crisis.

SMS: 911 Phone: 911

988 Lifeline

The 988 Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

SMS: 988 Phone: 988

CHADD

The nation's leading nonprofit organization serving people affected by ADHD. Phone: 866-200-8098

InterAct

Dedicated to ending the cycle of domestic and sexual violence in Wake County, InterAct saves lives, rebuilds lives, and secures safer futures for victims and survivors and their families. Phone: 919-828-7740, 866-291-0855

Crisis Text Line

Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 support via text message. We're here for everything: anxiety, depression, suicide, school. SMS: Text HOME to 741741

Find Substance Treatment

Find Treatment is a government resource to find help for substance use. Phone: 800-662-HELP(4357)

Hope4NC Helpline

SMS: 1-855-587-3463 Phone: 855-587-3463

National Parent and Youth Helpline

A premier family strengthening organization leading the way in prevention by positively impacting the well-being of families and communities worldwide.

Phone: 855-4A-PARENT (855-427-2736)

Psychology Today

Psychology Today's Therapy Directory lists clinical professionals, psychiatrists and treatment centers who provide mental health services in the US and internationally. By accurately displaying local providers, clients can be shown the alternatives open to them in their time of need.

RAINN National Sexual Assault Helpline

Call 800.656.HOPE (4673) to be connected with a trained staff member from a sexual assault service provider in your area. Phone: 800-656-4673