Resource Guide
The purpose of this page is to help graduate students/mentors identify different avenues, offices, and persons that may be contacted should various student life obstacles or questions arise. If the reader has any questions or comments regarding the guide, please contact the Student Life Chair.
Private vs. Confidential
Private Resource: On-Campus Resources identified as private (non-confidential) are required to promptly share a disclosure of sexual assault, sexual or gender-based harassment, dating or domestic violence, or stalking, including all known details, with the Title IX Coordinator. This information will only be communicated with other individuals on a need-to-know basis or as required by law.
Confidential Resource: The resources designated as confidential may not share your information without your expressed consent unless there is imminent danger to self or others, or as otherwise required by law (e.g. mandatory reporting for sexual violence against minors).
Ombudsperson office: Dartmouth reestablished the office on Sept 06, 2022
Tracey Brant: Ombuds@dartmouth.edu or 603-646-8132
Anonymous Reporting Forms
Achieving Community Together (ACT) Reporting Form - confidential; monitored by Community Standards and Accountability and Safety and Security; for an incident that defies the College's Principle of Community. This includes incidents of harassment, property damage, slurs, conduct, hate speech, threats of physical violence, physical violence, sexual violence, and intimate partner violence.
Academic Honor Principle Violation Reporting Form - for potential violations of the academic honor principle.
Dartmouth Compliance and Ethics Hotline - confidential; monitored by a third party (EthicsPoint); for violations of the law or Dartmouth policy, including but not limited to violations of sexual respect.
Graduate Student Council Anonymous Form - monitored by the GSC executive board; for comments, questions, or concerns regarding the graduate student life experience; must be signed into Dartmouth G suite account.
Safety & Security Anonymous Reporting Form -confidential; for incidents concerning campus safety, including but not limited to crime.
Student Outreach & Support Form - for concerns about an undergraduate's health or behavior; monitored by the Division of Student Affairs.
Umbrella Term Definitions
The umbrella terms that are identified in this Resource Guide should not be considered a fully comprehensive list of challenges that could arise for graduate students. The following page lists each term, some examples, and the resources available to graduate students that are relevant to that specific term.
Academic - concerns about grades, academic probation, career counseling, writing support, teaching assistance, visa and immigration services
DCAL, Guarini Office, OVIS, RWIT
Accessibility - academic, mental, physical, and structural obstacles that hinder the inclusion and success of all students
Counseling Center, Guarini Office, IDE, SAS
Harm to self/others - thoughts or concern about self or peer harming themselves, suicidal ideation, or intent to harm others
Counseling Center, Guarini Office, S&S, Tucker Center
Health and wellness - medical and well-being concerns such as primary care, illness, injury, gender identity, sexual health, nutrition
Counseling Center, Dick's House, Wellness Center
Equal opportunity - Identity-related harassment or discrimination
Counseling Center, Guarini Office, IDE, Tucker Center
Financial assistance - emergency loan, difficulty paying for necessities, unexpected expenses
Guarini Office, GSC
Housing - difficulty finding housing, searching for housing resources
Guarini Office, GSC
Making connections - feeling isolated, seeking communities on campus, seeking personal relationships in or outside of departments
Counseling Center, Guarini Office, GSC, Tucker Center, Wellness Center
Mental health - depression, anxiety, trauma (PTSD), imposter syndrome, other mental health disorders (bipolar, ADHD, schizophrenia etc)
Counseling Center, Guarini Office, GSC, S&S, Tucker Center, WISE, Wellness Center
Peer to peer conflict - conflict with labmates, friends, roommates, classmates
Counseling Center, Guarini Office, S&S, Tucker Center
Power dynamic conflict - power abuses (not related to identity or sexual respect) by PI, professor, faculty/staff, TA, post-doc; can involve unreasonable expectations, purposely impeding student progress (e.g. refusing to publish a paper, withholding grades, preventing graduation)
Counseling Center, Guarini Office, S&S, Tucker Center
Sexual respect - issues related to sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, sexual assault, stalking, unsolicited explicit photographs/text, dating/domestic violence
Counseling Center, Guarini Office, S&S, Title IX, Tucker Center, WISE, Wellness Center
Counseling Center
The Counseling Center provides students with support and help in finding ways to cope with the emotions that go along with a difficult time period in a confidential and safe setting.
Location: 7 Rope Ferry Road, Dartmouth
Phone: 603-646-9442
Email: counseling@dartmouth.edu
Website: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~counseling
To schedule a triage appointment: call 603-646-9442 (it can also be scheduled from the health portal)
To speak to the counselor on-call:
During regular business hours: Identify that you would like to speak with the Counselor On-Call.
After regular business hours: Choose option 1 or 2 from the voicemail prompts:
Option 1: Transfer directly to a Uhelp crisis provider
Option 2: Transfer to DOSS (S&S) or a Dick's House nurse
Starting Fall 2022, Dartmouth Students will have access to Uwill teletherapy: This external teletherapy is available to all the students. The steps to register can be found here
Uhelp Crisis Line (Uhelp is a service of Uwill): 833-646-1526
NH/West Central Rapid Response Access Point: Call or text 1-833-710-6477
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Call or text 988
Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL)
DCAL improves teaching and learning by providing resources, removing barriers, and promoting evidence-based practices to cultivate a culture that values and rewards teaching for all Dartmouth members.
Note: watch out Guarini Slack space or library events page for DCAL workshops helpful in teaching.
Location: 102 Baker-Berry Library, Dartmouth
Phone: 603-646-2655
Email: dartmouth.center.for.the.advancement.of.learning@dartmouth.edu
Website: https://dcal.dartmouth.edu/
Dick's House
Dick's House provides a patient-centered medical home to all Dartmouth students and is committed to providing quality, inclusive and culturally sensitive health care. Most health services offered are free to all active Dartmouth students, with the exception of the billable services listed here: https://students.dartmouth.edu/health-service/fees-insurance/patient-accounts/billable-services.
Location: 5-7 Rope Ferry Road, Dartmouth
Phone: 603-646-9400
Email: dicks.house.health.service@dartmouth.edu
Primary care email: dicks.house.primary.care@dartmouth.edu
Website: https://students.dartmouth.edu/health-service/
To schedule a primary care appointment: call 603-646-9400 or visit http://healthservices.dartmouth.edu/
Graduate Student Council (GSC)
The Graduate Student Council is comprised of and represents graduate students within the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, the Thayer School of Engineering, and the Dartmouth Institute. The GSC hosts events, creates initiatives, and pushes for policy change based on the needs of the graduate student body.
Email: graduate.student.council@dartmouth.edu
Questions, comments, or concerns: https://forms.gle/beqdcTf5FHkA6vWV6 (you need to be signed in to your Dartmouth G Suite)
Guarini Office
The Guarini Office supports every student throughout their graduate career at Dartmouth and strives to foster graduate academic programs of the highest quality. In addition to professional staff, the Guarini Office houses graduate student fellows: three Guarini Diversity and Inclusion Fellows, the Graduate Student Activities Fellow, and the International Graduate Mentoring Fellow. All Guarini administration and fellows are graduate student advocates. Email any one of them to meet and talk about your graduate student experience!
Location: 64 College Street, Dartmouth
Phone: 603-646-2106
Email: guarini.graduate.school@dartmouth.edu
Website: https://graduate.dartmouth.edu/
Dean of the Guarini School: Jon Kull (f.jon.kull@dartmouth.edu)
Assistant Dean of Graduate Student Affairs: Kerry Landers (kerry.h.landers@dartmouth.edu)
Registrar and Assistant Dean of the Guarini School: Gary Hutchins (gary.l.hutchins@dartmouth.edu)
Assistant Dean of Recruiting and Diversity, and Communications: Jane Seibel (jane.b.seibel@dartmouth.edu)
Assistant Director of Outreach and Communications: Amanda Skinner (amanda.a.skinner@dartmouth.edu)
Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity (IDE)
The Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity creates partnerships with offices and individuals across the institute to provide resources that promote access, respect and community for all.
Location: 006 Parkhurst Hall, Dartmouth
Phone: 603-646-1606
Email: institutional.diversity.and.equity@dartmouth.edu
Website: https://www.dartmouth.edu/~ide/
For any issues involving discrimination please look at the Student Grievance Policy: https://www.dartmouth.edu/ide/policies/grievance/student_ada_grievance.html
Office of Visa and Immigration Services (OVIS)
The Office of Visa and Immigration Services provides legal information and support for non-U.S. citizens studying at Dartmouth.
Location: 63 South Main Street, Suite 303, Dartmouth
Phone: 603-646-3474
Email: ovis@dartmouth.edu
Website: https://ovis-intl.dartmouth.edu/
Online form to schedule appointment: https://ovis-intl.dartmouth.edu/about/schedule-appointment
Student Center for Research, Writing, and Information Technology (RWIT)
RWIT is dedicated to helping members of the Dartmouth community develop more effective strategies for generating and organizing their ideas, finding and evaluating research sources and presenting and revising compositions in a variety of media.
Location: Berry 183, Berry Library, Dartmouth
Email: rwit@dartmouth.edu
Website: https://students.dartmouth.edu/rwit/
Online form to schedule appointment: https://rwit.dartmouth.edu/profiles/new
For international/multilingual students: contact Betsy Tremmel, Ph.D. (elizabeth.c.tremmel@dartmouth.edu)
Safety & Security (S&S)
Safety & Security is committed to providing a safe environment for all students at Dartmouth. S&S monitors the Dartmouth LiveSafe app, which allows students to watch out for their friends, have easy access to emergency numbers, and submit anonymous tips.
Location: 5 Rope Ferry Road, Dartmouth
Phone: 603-646-4000
Email: safety.and.security@dartmouth.edu
Website: https://www.dartmouth.edu/~security/
Sign up for emergency alerts with DartAlert and Alertus programs: https://dartdm.dartmouth.edu/dartDM/dartDM
Anonymous reporting form: https://www.dartmouth.edu/~security/services/forms/anonreport.html
Download the Dartmouth LiveSafe app: http://dartgo.org/livesafe
Student Accessibility Services (SAS)
SAS works with the Guarini Office to provide accommodations to all students. This includes academic accommodations, program changes, and supplemental support. A comprehensive list of possible services can be found here: https://students.dartmouth.edu/student-accessibility/students/services/overview.
Location: 6174 Carson Hall Suite 125, Dartmouth
Phone: 603-646-9900
Email: student.accessibility.services@dartmouth.edu
Website: https://students.dartmouth.edu/student-accessibility/
Accommodations application: https://students.dartmouth.edu/student-accessibility/students/working-sas/getting-started
Documentation guidelines: https://students.dartmouth.edu/student-accessibility/students/working-sas/documentation-guidelines
Additional information: https://ide.dartmouth.edu/compliance-policies/accessibility-inclusion-ada504/student-accommodation-support
For any issues with SAS please look at the Student Grievance Policy: https://graduate.dartmouth.edu/diversity/overview/students-disabilities
Title IX Office
The Title IX office is designated to coordinate the College's efforts to comply with and carry out its responsibilities under Title IX to ensure gender equity in education for all students and employees of Dartmouth.
Location: 005 Parkhurst Hall, Dartmouth
Phone: 603-646-0922
Website: https://sexual-respect.dartmouth.edu/
Title IX Coordinator: Kristi Clemens (TitleIX@dartmouth.edu)
Deputy Title IX coordinators:
Gary Sund (TitleIX@dartmouth.edu)
Gary Hutchins, Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies (gary.l.hutchins@dartmouth.edu)
Leslie Henderson, Geisel School of Medicine (leslie.p.henderson@dartmouth.edu)
Holly Wilkinson, Thayer School of Engineering (holly.wilkinson@dartmouth.edu)
Sally Jaeger, Tuck School of Business (sally.o.jaeger@dartmouth.edu)
Tucker Center
The Tucker Center cultivates spiritual and ethical lives, builds relationships and understanding across identities and engages in dialogue on meaningful issues.
Location: 6154 South Fairbanks Hall, Dartmouth
Phone: 603-646-3780
Email: tucker.center@dartmouth.edu
Website: https://students.dartmouth.edu/tucker/
To make an appointment: email Melinda Cooper (Melinda.A.Cooper@Dartmouth.edu)
Wellness Center
The Wellness Center aims to support the holistic wellness of students by providing spaces for empowerment in health. This can involve meditation or yoga, mindfulness workshops, as well as wellness check-ins with a member of the center. These check-ins are to provide non-judgmental support and are not classified as counseling or providing diagnoses. You can learn about all of the Wellness Center's events by emailing the center and subscribing to their listserv.
Location: First floor of Berry Library, Suite 178-17
Hours: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Phone: 603-646-9414
Email: student.wellness.center@dartmouth.edu
Instagram: @dartmouthswc
Website: https://students.dartmouth.edu/wellness-center/
Wellness Check-in: https://students.dartmouth.edu/wellness-center/wellness-mindfulness/wellness-check-ins/about-wellness-check-ins
WISE
WISE leads the Upper Valley to end gender-based violence through survivor-centered advocacy, prevention, education, and mobilization for social change. WISE offers resources for victims of dating violence, sexual violence, stalking, and violence from childhood. Welcoming All Nationalities Network (WANN) is also a program at WISE.
213 Wilson Hall Hanover: Mondays 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Program center 38 Bank Street, Lebanon, NH 03766: Monday – Friday: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Off-Campus Location: 38 Bank St, Lebanon, NH 03766
WISE regular phone: 603-448-5922
WISE crisis line: 866-348-9473 (open 24/7 and confidential)
WISE Online Chat: http://www.resourceconnect.com/wiseuv/chat
WISE Text Hotline: 603-836-9472
Email: Campus@WISEoftheuppervalley.org
Website: https://wiseuv.org/
WISE co-locations:
Windsor Connection Resource Center
Address:1 Railroad Avenue, Room 203 Windsor
Hours: Mondays 12:30pm – 4:30pm-Wednesdays 8:30am – 12:30pm
Good Neighbor Health Clinic
Address: 70 North Main Street, White River Junction, VT
Hours: Wednesday 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Upper Valley Haven
Address: Hixon House 713 Hartford Ave, White RIver Junction, VT
Hours: Friday 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Address:Center for Nursing Excellence Conference Room, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon,NH
Hours:
1st Thursday every month 8:30am – 10:30am
3rd Thursday every month 8:30am – 11:00am
