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• Help with academic issues
• Advising, majors, careers
• Computers
• Workshops to improve your academic skills
• Help with personal issues
• Abuse - Assault
• Alcohol & other drugs
• Counseling available on campus
• Depression & suicide
• Eating disorders
• Emergencies
• Family & marriage services
• Gay / lesbian / bisexual / transexual resources
• Health services
• Rape, including "acquaintance rape"
• Safety concerns
• Stress management
• Veterans' Affairs
• Search the PSU TIPS database

Help with academic issues

• Advising, majors, careers
• See your advisor at Penn State Mont Alto!

Find out who your advisor is by:
• using eLion (http://eLion.psu.edu)
• visiting the Records Office (first floor in Conklin)
• visiting the Advising Center, 1st floor General Studies building (http://www.ma.psu.edu/~madus/advise.htm)
• eLion http://eLion.psu.edu
• Mont Alto Advising Center

http://www.ma.psu.edu/~madus/advise.htm
• University Undergraduate Advising Handbook

http://www.psu.edu/dus/handbook/
• PSU Registrar's homepage (information about schedules & lots more)

http://www.psu.edu/dept/registrar
• Help with choosing a major (see also Mont Alto Advising Center)

http://www.psu.edu/dus/leonard/majordec/md_cover.htm
• Help with making career choices; Career Services home page

http://www.ma.psu.edu/~madus/career.htm
• Computers
• Penn State Mont Alto Computer Center http://www.ma.psu.edu/~comp_ctr/
• Center for Academic Computing http://cac.psu.edu/consulting/

 
• Workshops to improve your academic skills
• A variety of workshops are often scheduled near the beginning of semesters. Watch for information on bulletin boards, or use the contact information below to find out more.
• Workshops on using the library are offered by various library staff
• 749-6040, http://www.ma.psu.edu/~library/mahome.htm
• Workshops on study skills, test-taking strategies, time management, & much more

are offered through the Learning Center
• first floor of General Studies, 749-6046, http://www.ma.psu.edu/~malc/

• Abuse - Assault
• Police, Fire, Ambulance 9-1-1
• Children & Youth Services (child abuse) 263-1900
• Domestic Violence 1-800-777-1960
• Franklin / Fulton County Drug & Alcohol Program 263-1256
• Legal Services, Franklin County 264-5354 or 1-800-635-7133
• Women In Need (24 hour) 264-4444 or 1-800-621-6660

 
• Alcohol & other drugs
• Emergencies
• Police, Fire, Ambulance 9-1-1
• Crisis Intervention 264-2555 or 1-800-994-2555
• EN CARE (Alcohol related emergencies) 765-3422
• Support groups & programs
• Franklin / Fulton Drug & Alcohol Program 263-1256
• Alcoholics Anonymous 1-800-296-9289, http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/index.html
• Al-Anon Alateen (York) 792-6620
• Narcotics Anonymous 264-0529 or 1-800-445-3889, http://www.wsoinc.com/

Mid-Atlantic Region of Narcotics Anonymous, Public Information
http://pages.prodigy.com/PA/mid_atlantic_na/mid_atlantic_na.html
• South Central PA Area- PO Box 726, Lancaster, PA 17608,

Helpline - (717) 393-4546
• York Area - PO Box 1012, York, PA 17405,

Helpline - (717) 848-9988
• Mason Dixon Area - PO Box 478, Fairfield, PA 17320,

Helpline - (717) 264-0529
• Treatment facilities
• Mountain Manor 264-6449
• Twin Lakes Center 800-452-0218
• General information
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) 261-9406
• Alcohol Awareness (information from PSU)

http://www.psu.edu/dept/ATOD/aip.html
• Prevline: Prevention Online

http://www.health.org/
• Education Development Center

http://www.edc.org/
• Counseling available on campus
• Personal counseling

Counselors are available on a limited basis. Please make appointments through Kathy Swope, 749-6094
• Campus ministry

Inquire at Campus Life offices in Conklin Hall, 749-6150
• Residence life

Residential students may contact their RA or Resident Coordinator, http://www.ma.psu.edu/~camplife/reslife.htm
• Adult learners

Alice Royer, coordinator, 749-6234, email axr24@psu.edu
• Depression & suicide
• Suicide Prevention (24 hour helpline) 1-800-333-4444
• The Internet Depression Resources List, http://www.execpc.com/~corbeau/
• See also counseling available on campus

 
• Eating disorders
• PSU tips - Eating disorders

http://cac.psu.edu/~jas251/TIPS/viewfile.cgi?FILE=487
• See also counseling available on campus
• See also health services at Penn State Mont Alto

 
• Emergencies
• Police, Fire, Ambulance 9-1-1
• Franklin County Mental Health Association 264-4301
• Alcoholics Anonymous 1-800-296-9289
• Central Poison Control Center 1-800-521-6110
• Crisis Intervention Services 264-2555 or 1-800-994-2555
• Franklin County Information & Referral 263-0848 or 1-800-458-9800
• Franklin / Fulton Mental Health
• Base service unit 264-2184
• After hours, weekends, holidays 264-2555 or 1-800-994-2555
• Cumberland Valley Shelter (24 hours) 263-5791
• Narcotics Anonymous 264-0529 or 1-800-445-3889
• Rachel's House Family Counseling Center 530-1303
• Suicide Prevention (24 hour helpline) 1-800-333-4444
• Waynesboro Welfare Association 762-3712
• Women In Need Victim Services (24 hour) 264-4444 or 1-800-621-6660

 
• Family & marriage services
• Al-Anon Alateen (York) 792-6620
• Catholic Charities, Chambersburg 263-3765
• counseling for individuals, couples, & families
• pregnancy counseling
• Children's Aid Society 264-4159
• Cumberland Valley Mental Health Center 264-5410
• Domestic Relations Section Division of Franklin Co. Court 264-6144
• Family Health Services
• Chambersburg 264-4666
• McConnellsburg 485-5242
• Waynesboro 765-8784
• Mary's Center (Catholic Crisis Pregnancy Center), Hagerstown 301-739-1234
• Planned Parenthood of the Susquehanna Valley 532-7896
• Rachel's House Family Counseling Center 530-1303
• See also counseling available on campus

 
• Gay / lesbian / bisexual / transexual resources
• Allies student group (see student clubs & organizations)
• LGBT support network
• Zero Tolerance for Hate

 
• Health services
• Health Services at Penn State Mont Alto
• Location: Conklin Hall, first floor, 749-6160
• Homepage: http://www.ma.psu.edu/health.htm
• Campus health services
• Students are seen on a walk-in basis.
• Care for students is provided free of charge, with nominal fees for medications billed to a student's account.
• The campus nurse is present daily; a doctor is in 1-2 days per week. The schedule can be found on the monthly calendar distributed around campus.
• Women's Health Clinic at Penn State Mont Alto
• Students are seen by appointment only (749-6160).
• Services available to female students: physical examinations, contraceptive prescriptions, pregnancy testing, diagnosis & treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, annual Pap smears, reproductive health education. (Male students with reproductive system or STD concerns should contact campus health services.)
• Other local health care services
• Franklin Co. AIDS Network 1-800-563-3226
• Planned Parenthood of the Susquehanna Valley 532-7896
• A Call For Help Pregnancy Counseling 1-800-537-2229
• Family Health Services
• Chambersburg 264-4666
• McConnellsburg 485-5242
• Waynesboro 765-8784
 
• Rape, including "acquaintance rape"
• Police, Fire, Ambulance 9-1-1
• For local information on medical treatment, emotional support, police & legal information, contact Police Services (749-6070, Wiestling 116) and/or Student Affairs (749-6130, Conklin) or review the guide from health services
• See also counseling available on campus
• Residential students may contact their RA or RC
• Women In Need Victim Services (24 hour) 264-4444 or 1-800-621-6660

 
• Safety concerns
• For emergencies, call Police - Fire - Ambulance, 9-1-1
• For non-emergency safety concerns, contact

Mont Alto Police Services, Wiestling 116, 749-6070
• Stress management
• See counseling available on campus
• Search the PSU TIPS database.

 
• Veteran's Affairs
• Penn State Veteran's Outreach

http://blue.ue.psu.edu/psu/ee/veterans/
• For help with benefits, contact Kathy Swope, office on second floor of Conklin Hall, 749-6094, kqs3@psu.edu

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This set of links and phone numbers is the result of help from people all over Penn State Mont Alto. If you find additional information that should be added to this list or an entry that needs to be updated, please email Dr. Lauraine Hawkins.