Administrative Services
Student Accessibility Services (SAS)
What it is: SAS is a resource for students with disabilities or with related questions about accessibility.
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Collis Center, Suite 205
Contact:Student.Accessibility.Services@dartmouth.edu, (603) 646-9900.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~accessibility/
Center for Professional Development (CPD)
What it is: The CPD provides career services to students, ranging from workshops and panels to one-on-one resume and cover letter reviews. They also manage DartBoard, a website for Dartmouth students to see upcoming CPD events and explore potential job and internship opportunities on and off campus. Roger Woolsey, CPD director, said that the center is launching a new program, the Professional Development Accelerator, which will use programming, including phone apps, to teach students to network and explore career opportunities.
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: 63 South Main Street, 2nd Floor
Contact: cpd@dartmouth.edu, (603) 646-2215.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~csrc/
Sexual Assault Awareness Program (SAAP)
What it is: SAAP coordinators help students experiencing sexual or relationship violence and answer questions on this topic. Coordinators provide everything from emotional support to legal resources for students suffering from this violence.
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Robinson Hall, 3rd floor
Contact: SAAP@dartmouth.edu, (603) 646-9414.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/sexualabuse/saap/
Counseling and Human Development (CHD)
What it is: CHD is a department of the College’s Health Service that focuses on psychological services with a range of counseling options including short-term, group, medical evaluation and monitoring and consultation. The CHD helps with crises and emergencies the same day they occur. The staff also dedicate themselves to multicultural services and aiding student veterans. All records are confidential.
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Dick’s House, 2nd floor
Contact: CHD@dartmouth.edu for appointments and questions, (603) 646-9442.
After regular business hours, you can reach the counselor on-call through Dick’s House Inpatient Department at (603) 646-9440 or Safety and Security at (603) 646-3333.
Student Health Promotion and Wellness
What it is: Student Health Promotion and Wellness oversees DAPA, EDPA, SAPA and Sexperts. While these groups heavily involve students, this department advises them. Staff members focus on overall wellness, eating disorders, nutrition and general health education. Director Aurora Matzkin said that the department’s purpose is to help students thrive. “We do lots of connecting students to the right resources, because many of the issues we deal with are complex,” Matzkin said. “We try to find the right resources and circumstances so students can thrive.”
She said that the Health Promotion and Wellness offices include a massage chair, safer sex bar and occasional visits from dogs.
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Robinson Hall, 3rd floor
Contact: (603) 646-9414.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~healthed/
Dartmouth College Health Service (Dick’s House)
What it is: Dick’s House is an on-campus medical service where you can pick up prescriptions, make appointments and get vaccines. There are ten beds here as well if you’re too sick to stay in your room. Safety and Security send the students who get “Good Sammed” to Dick’s House. A Good Sam occurs when a concerned student calls Safety and Security regarding a peer who is intoxicated, typically to the point the student cannot stay awake or stand without asssitance.
Hours: Clinic appointment hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Urgent care hours: Monday through Friday, 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: 5-7 Rope Ferry Road
Contact: Dicks.House.Primary.Care@dartmouth.edu, (603) 646-9400.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~health/
Academic Skills Center
What it is: Staff here organize tutors, study groups, a learning course and related online resources. Director of Academic Skills Center Carl Thum said that the center also oversees Learning at Dartmouth, a seven-week course that teaches academic skills including note-taking, speed reading and time management. He said that the center provides strong student-led tutoring services. “When students talk to students about the material — especially if they’re talking to someone who’s taken the course, done well in it, maybe taken the course from the very same professor — it’s very powerful in terms of learning,” Thum said.Whether you are uncomfortable speaking in class or are struggling in a course for any reason, the Academic Skills Center can help.
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: 224 Baker
Contact:asc@dartmouth.edu, (603) 646-2014.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/.
Student Run Services
Sexual Assault Peer Advisors (SAPA)
What it is: SAPA members are undergraduate students who serve as a resource for students experiencing sexual assault and intimate partner violence. The members go through a 32-hour training course to learn how to provide support, information and referrals to survivors and those close to survivors. SAPA members also coordinate different programs including Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Casidhe-Nicole Bethancourt ’16 said that SAPA conversations tend to be casual but always confidential.
Contact: SAPA@dartmouth.edu. Current SAPAs are listed on Dartmouth’s Sexual Abuse Awareness website.
Movement Against Violence (MAV)
What it is: MAV aims to inform students about all violence, especially sexual violence. Student MAVs lead conversations around these topics within residential halls, student organizations, teams and Greek and affinity houses. Bethancourt, a MAV facilitator, said that the discussions focus on the preventative side of sexual assault. “We look at how our community may influence certain patterns of harm and discrimination and address that and make people cognizant of it,” she said.
Contact: Movement.Against.Violence@dartmouth.edu.
https://sites.google.com/site/mavdartmouth/home
Sexual Health Peer Advisors (Sexperts)
What it is: Sexperts focus on education regarding sexuality and relationships on campus and advise peers regarding these issues. These students organize various events throughout the year and also have a number of online resources available.
Contact: Sexperts@dartmouth.edu
http://dartmouthsexperts.blogspot.com/
Eating Disorder Peer Advisors (EDPA)
What it is: EDPA members answer questions or suggest solutions to concerns about eating disorders, nutrition and disordered eating or excercise. EDPAs also plan events around healthy eating, exercise and body image accpetance including Love Your Body Day and Eating Disorders Screening Day.
Contact: Contact the general account at EDPA@dartmouth.edu or find a student you can contact directly on the Student Health Promotion and Wellness website.
Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisors (DAPA)
DAPA students are trained to provide guidance, education and information surrounding drug use and abuse, including alcohol. In times of emergency, the organization will direct you to an appropriate service on campus, These peer advisors also organize annual events including Drug Awareness Week and National Alcohol Screening Day. The organization’s website hosts two online programs that give feedback about drinking and risk patterns.
Contact: Drug.And.Alcohol.Peer.Advisors@dartmouth.edu
