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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

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.

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

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

Student Ombuds Services

The Student Ombuds is here for you to discuss your concerns related to any aspect of your NC State experience. An independent, neutral, confidential and informal office at NC State, Student Ombuds Services is here to be a personal guide for conflict management, prevention and resolution while advocating for fair processes and empowering students to successfully navigate NC State.

Phone: 919.513.0235

Faculty and Staff Ombuds Office

The faculty ombuds office is independent, impartial, informal and confidential and helps to strengthen relationships across the university, engages with people to help inform critical decisions, monitors trends and promotes fair process.

Campus Health

Campus Health provides affordable, accessible and high-quality primary health care to eligible students, and provides a comprehensive disease-prevention and health education program to the NC State University community. Phone: 919-515-2563

Survivor Support Services

The NC State Women’s Center has trained advocates who support survivors of interpersonal violence (domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, etc.) in understanding their options and navigating healing and recovery. The NC State Women’s Center serves ALL NC State students and we welcome students of all gender identities, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. Services include accompaniment to court, student conduct hearings, law enforcement agencies, and medical services; crisis intervention and emotional support; academic and housing accommodations; resource navigation and referrals; financial support; reporting options; and safety planning. Services are by appointment only. Students can access services by calling the 24/7 Sexual Assault Helpline at 919.515.4444, or by emailing [email protected] to request an appointment. Phone: 919.515.4444

Faculty and Staff Assistance Program

The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FASAP) offers no-cost counseling services for eligible employees and their household members to address stress, relationship, personal and family issues (three free sessions per issue). Counseling services available by phone, in-person or virtually.

Phone: 866-467-0467

CARES

CARES is a program that works closely with campus resources to provide early intervention for students who may be struggling personally or whose behavior has led others to be concerned for their well-being. Case managers can meet with the individual(s) to provide access to resources and follow up with them to monitor their progress.

Students, faculty, parents, and others are strongly encouraged to report behaviors that they feel are concerning or worrisome (no matter how small or insignificant they may seem).

Personal Training

Wellness and Recreation's nationally-certified personal trainers take a science-based approach to developing safe and effective programs tailored to your individual needs, goals and interests.

Wellness Coaching

Wellness and Recreation's nationally-certified wellness coaches offer several options to NC State students to improve their well-being in individual and group settings. Each coaching opportunity is designed to meet you where you are in your well-being journey and facilitate your personal growth and development along the way.

THRIVE Village

THRIVE Village helps first-year students feel supported as they transition to NC State. By teaching the six dimensions of wellness, THRIVE equips them to flourish personally, physically and socially.

Individual Counseling

Short-term therapy at the Counseling Center is goal-oriented, solution-focused and time-limited. You and your clinician will work together to determine a plan to address the primary goal.

Case Management and Off-Campus Referrals

This service connects students with specialized and/or longer-term mental health services not currently provided by the Counseling Center. Case managers meet with students to discuss and make appropriate referrals, goals, insurance, transportation, and other relevant elements.

Fitness Assessment Services

Know where you are today to get where you want to be tomorrow. Fitness assessments are designed to help you learn more about your body to develop a personalized plan for meeting your health and fitness goals.

Changing Major Support

Academic Advising Programs and Services (AAPS) provides drop-in advising for students who are exploring or changing undergraduate majors at NC State, outside of their current college. Cross-curricular advisors help students evaluate potential majors, navigate the on-campus change of major process (CODA), and plan appropriate coursework as students transition between majors.

Pack Essentials

Pack Essentials provides resources for students at risk of or experiencing food, housing or financial insecurity, with a centralized collection of on- and off-campus resources, including the Student Emergency Fund, Meal Plan and Housing Scholarships, Meal Share program and the Feed the Pack food pantry. The Pack Essentials team responds to applicants in a timely manner to conduct a comprehensive assessment of each student's needs and helps connect them to the appropriate resources.

Find Substance Treatment

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

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.