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As the fall 2023 semester gets underway, some UT Dallas students need help during the transition into the new school year. Help UT Dallas students start off strong by making a gift to support one of these vital resources available to new and returning students:
Choose your area of impact and make an immediate difference with your gift today.
The Center for Students in Recovery (CSR) helps students seeking recovery from substance and alcohol use, eating disorders, and other addictions and compulsive behaviors. The CSR helps UTD students affected by these issues or individuals explore the impact of addictions or compulsive behaviors within their lives. The CSR offers one-on-one recovery planning sessions provided by a mental health professional, several peer-led open support groups for students, and psycho-educational outreach programming around recovery. CSR’s mission is to provide a safe, supportive community to enhance students’ ability to thrive socially and academically while living in recovery.
Donations to CSR will help
You can learn more about the Center for Student Recovery and the services they provide at https://recovery.utdallas.edu/
To meet the needs of on-campus students experiencing food insecurity, the Comet Cupboard continues to serve the UT Dallas community. The Comet Cupboard experiences high levels of demand year-round and is anticipating food and personal care item shortages during the coming weeks. We hope you’ll help us continue to feed our hungry Comets!
The Comet Cupboard could not exist or grow without your help.
The Comet Cupboard food pantry, an on-campus student-led initiative, began operations in 2012 and is dedicated to helping students in need achieve academic success by alleviating their food insecurity challenges. Additionally, undergraduate Comets are able to engage in volunteerism and leadership with the Comet Cupboard as a service-learning experience that helps students value community over individualism.
Food insecurity compromises a student’s ability to achieve academic success. According to college students surveyed in the College and University Food Bank Alliance’s Hunger on Campus study, 53% or respondents report missing a class, 55% did not buy a required textbook and 25% dropped a class because of hunger or housing problems.
We value each student and want to ensure they have their essential needs met in order to achieve their full potential during their academic journey. Please join us to continue the mission of feeding hungry Comets. Let’s create a #HungerFreeUTD!
You can learn more about the Comet Cupboard, along with how to donate the cupboard's most needed items, at https://oue.utdallas.edu/cupboard
Donations to the Galerstein Gender Center will help expand the Life Transitions Closet. The mission of the Life Transitions Closet is to provide UT Dallas students and employees with the clothes, shoes and accessories they need to navigate whatever life transitions they experience, including gender transitions, loss or gain of employment, pregnancy or birth and more. The space is a donation-based resource and open year-round, except for campus holidays.
You can learn more about the Multicultural Center and the services they provide at https://multicultural.utdallas.edu/
This fund is managed out of the International Student Services Office and was established to support F-1 international students at UT Dallas. The UT Dallas International Student Emergency Fund (UTDISEF) exists to offer limited financial assistance to UT Dallas international students experiencing unforeseen and unexpected circumstances that require financial resources to solve and which, if not addressed, could prohibit the student from remaining enrolled and persisting toward graduation.
By supporting the UTDISEF, you can assist UT Dallas students contending with financial challenges such as:
You can learn more about the International Student Emergency Fund and the application process at https://isso.utdallas.edu/isef/
The Student Counseling Center (SCC) offers free and confidential mental health services and resources to UTD students. The SCC provides brief individual counseling, group counseling, relationship counseling, psychiatry services, skill-based workshops, outreach and education, referrals and crisis services to all enrolled UTD students. The UTD SCC utilizes a short-term model, and services are goal-focused and brief. The SCC provides a safe, affirming and non-judgmental environment in which students can openly explore their concerns, work towards treatment goals and ultimately achieve overall better well-being.
By supporting the Student Counseling Center, you can support initiatives such as:
You can learn more about the Student Counseling Center and the services they provide at https://counseling.utdallas.edu/
The UT Dallas Student Emergency Fund supports all UT Dallas students experiencing financial hardships. It is managed by the Division of Student Affairs and Office of Financial Aid, and financial support is based on immediate needs.
The Student Emergency Fund was created during a time of unprecedented uncertainty. Unfortunately, many UT Dallas students continue to face difficulties. Unexpected financial hardships may limit students from continuing their academic journeys.
To date, 2,895 students have been served and over $1 million in emergency funds have been disbursed. The Student Emergency Fund represents the resilience and generosity of the Comet spirit. Its creation was driven by alumni and friends asking how they could help current students, and provides a way for our community to continue meeting student's emergent needs.
By supporting the UT Dallas Student Emergency Fund, you can assist UT Dallas students contending with financial challenges such as:
You can learn more about the Student Emergency Fund and the application process here: www.utdallas.edu/deanofstudents/emergency