STUDENT HELP GUIDE Advising (English). English advisors are available to discuss Cherry Hall 135 course schedules, assist with registration difficulties, help 270-­‐745-­‐3043 students determine the best academic concentration, and english.office@wku.edu direct them to specific help within the department. wku.edu/english/english-­‐advisors/ Advising (General). Academic Advising & Retention Downing Student Union 2141 Center (AARC). AARC coordinates academic student advising 270-­‐745-­‐5065 activities among colleges and departments. Advising is academic.advising@wku.edu required for all degree-­‐seeking students. AARC advises all wku.edu/advising/ undecided students and helps them plan for potential majors. Campus Police. WKUPD supports WKU’s objectives by 1603 Avenue of Champions providing crime prevention programming, preserving the Inside Parking Structure 1 (PS1) peace, protecting life and property, and fairly and impartially 270-­‐745-­‐2548 (non-­‐emergency) enforcing regulations of the University, ordinances of Bowling wku.edu/police/ Green, and statutes of the Commonwealth. Counseling and Testing Center. The Center provides a variety of psychological services to students that will augment Potter Hall 409 recruitment, retention, and graduation by strengthening their 270-­‐745-­‐3159 capacity to tolerate distress, form healthy relationships, and wku.edu/heretohelp/ seek healthy expressions of their ideals and values. Students pay a one-­‐time, $20 fee, and services are free thereafter. Financial Aid & Scholarships. The Student Financial Potter Hall 317 Assistance Office can arrange meetings with financial aid 270-­‐745-­‐2755 counselors and help student access information about tuition fa.questions@wku.edu costs, student loans, financial aid, and scholarships. wku.edu/financialaid/ Health Services. We're the place you come to for health care 1681 Normal Drive services and information to help you now and beyond college. 270-­‐745-­‐2273 Our state-­‐of-­‐the-­‐art facility and board certified physicians are ggc.wkuhealthcare@wku.edu here to support students’ well-­‐being. Fees apply. wku.edu/healthservices/ Student Accessibility Resource Center (SARC). SARC Downing Student Union 1074 coordinates services and accommodations for students with 270-­‐745-­‐5004; TTY 270-­‐745-­‐3030; documented disabilities. Our most common activities include Video 270-­‐288-­‐0597 reviewing disability documentation, meeting with students to sarc.connect@wku.edu determine appropriate accommodations, and partnering with wku.edu/sarc/ other campus areas to implement accommodations. Study Skills & Tutoring—The Learning Center (TLC). TLC Downing Student Union 2141 provides students free, peer-­‐to-­‐peer, course specific tutoring. In 270-­‐745-­‐5065 addition to tutoring course-­‐specific content, TLC offers tlc@wku.edu assistance with academic skill areas such as note taking, time wku.edu/tlc/ management, test taking skills, etc. Writing Center. The Writing Center offers free, individual Cherry Hall 123 conferences about writing with our staff of English majors and 4th Floor Cravens Commons graduate students in face-­‐to-­‐face sessions in Cherry Hall and 270-­‐745-­‐5719 Cravens Library and online. Our services are available to all writingcenter@wku.edu Western Kentucky University students. wku.edu/writingcenter/ ***Italicized descriptions of services are distilled from unit web sites.