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Cadets are encouraged to take advantage of all university resources to ensure a successful and supported college experience.

Academic Resources

The corps and university have many academic resources to ensure your success.

Corps Academic Staff

  • Your first and most readily accessible stop is your company academics officer/NCOIC.
  • The regimental and battalion S-5s also can help connect you with resources needed for success.

Rice Center Staff

  • Office hours will be posted each semester.
  • Emails will be responded to within two class days.

Other Academic resources

Health and Well-being Resources

There are many ways to seek support for the health and well-being of yourself or others.

Hotlines

Designed for anonymity, but immediate crises can usually be tracked.

  • 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifelife
    • Military Crisis Line (988, press 1)
  • RAFT Crisis Hotline
    • (local 4 p.m.-8 a.m., 24 hours weekend volunteers backed by clinicians)
    • 540-961-8400
  • Crisis Text Line
    • Text HOME to 741741
  • National RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline
    • 1-800-656-4673

RWB Student Leaders

  • Start here. Will help you learn more about these resources and the best place to start.
  • Peer Leadership
  • Private, not confidential
  • May share information with RWB and Deputy Commandant staff
  • Seek out for support

Deputy Commandant & Senior Enlisted Advisor

  • Immediate Corps of Cadets resource.
  • Advisement/Leadership Coaching
  • Private, not confidential
  • Seek out for support
  • Seeking support for Privacy related issues (i.e. Personal, Academics, Medical, and Mental Health) is not jumping the chain of command.

Timely Care Talk Now

  • Talk Now offers immediate access to speak with a crisis counselor via their app. This app also has online resources for mindfulness and mental health self-care.
  • Consultative service with a mental health professional
  • Medical record documentation
  • Minimal Reporting Requirements: risk of abuse or risk to self or others
  • How? Download the TimelyCare app and set up and account
  • No referral needed

Clergy/Interfaith Support

  • Connection with individuals from diverse religious, spiritual, and secular backgrounds.
  • Private and confidential
  • No documentation
  • Non-mandatory reporter
  • Schedule through Dean of Students Office or local community resource

RWB Case Managers

  • Your RWB Case Managers can provide support navigating campus resources and mental health service options.
  • Private, but not confidential
  • Educational record documentation
  • How? Drop-in or email us
  • No referral needed

VTCC Embedded Counselor

  • This member of Cook Counseling works on Upper Quad with cadets, offering both individual appointments and drop-in hours.
  • Confidential
  • Drop-In Hours are a non-recorded consultation
  • Individual counseling results in traditional medical record documentation
  • How? Visit Drop-In Hours or schedule an appt

RWB Embedded Counselors

  • Embedded counselors are members of Cook Counseling who work with on-campus students, M-Th 2-10 p.m., Friday 12-4 p.m.
  • Confidential resource
  • Medical record documentation
  • Minimal Reporting Requirements: risk of abuse or risk to self or others
  • How? Can schedule online or drop-in
  • No referral needed

Timely Care Individual Counseling

  • You can schedule up to 12 individual online counseling sessions with a counselor who meets your needs.
  • Confidential resource
  • Medical record documentation
  • Minimal Reporting Requirements: risk of abuse or risk to self or others
  • How? schedule through the TimelyCare app
  • No referral needed

Cook Triage Services

  • Your starting place to enter Cook Counseling services and develop a plan of action and connection to resources.
  • Confidential resource
  • Medical record documentation
  • Minimal Reporting Requirements: risk of abuse or risk to self or others
  • How? Call Cook for a triage appointment 540-231-5448
  • No referral needed
  • Non-mandatory reporter

Cook Individual & Group Therapy

  • Counselors can work with you on common issues among college students, such as life transitions, family issues, career concerns, or stress management, and/or can develop individual treatment plans for mental health concerns.
  • Confidential resource
  • Medical record documentation
  • Minimal Reporting Requirements: risk of abuse or risk to self or others
  • How? Your triage providers will help you get started
  • Referral from Cook Triage team
  • Non-mandatory reporter

Cook Psychiatry

  • These are physicians who work with medication management for diagnosed psychiatric conditions.
  • Confidential resource
  • Medical record documentation
  • Minimal Reporting Requirements: risk of abuse or risk to self or others
  • How? Your referral source will help you get started
  • Referrals from Cook staff, Schiffert providers, or a community provider
  • Non-mandatory reporter

Women’s Center Embedded Advocate

  • Cadets can speak to an advocate who offers office hours on Upper Quad or seek services at the Women’s Center on Washington Street.
  • Confidential advocacy and counseling services.
  • No medical record documentation
  • No referral needed
  • Non-mandatory reporter

Health Coaching via Timely Care

  • Your opportunity to work with a coach, who is a trained health educator, to achieve health & well-being personal needs or goals.
  • Private, but not confidential
  • No medical record documentation
  • Minimal Reporting Requirements: risk of abuse or risk to self or others
  • How? Schedule through the TimelyCare app
  • No referral needed

Support Groups at Community Centers

  • Support groups are opportunities to discuss concerns and get support from peers like you. These support groups are supported by clinical staff.
  • Peer support with clinician present
  • Private, but not confidential
  • Attendance documentation only
  • Minimal Reporting Requirements: risk of abuse or risk to self or others
  • How? Check the website of the related cultural center or the Cook Counseling website for times and locations
  • No referral needed

Corps of Cadets Cultural/Identity-based Support Organizations

  • opportunities for connection, belonging, and support from peers like you.
  • Asian-American Cadet Org - Community for Asian American cadets in the VTCC
  • Black Cadet Org - Community for black cadets in the VTCC
  • Fenix - Community of Latin/Hispanic cadets
  • Growing Leaders of Women (GLOW) - Community of women cadets, empowering, and supporting women’s issues in the military
  • HERO - Community for LGBTQ cadets and their allies

Hokie Wellness

  • Hokie Wellness offers experiences to support and improve mental well-being, including mental health workshops, The Connection Project, and a number of interactive tools on Hokie Wellness website.
  • Non-medical coaching
  • Private, but not confidential
  • Attendance documentation only
  • How? Visit hokiewellness.vt.edu or follow our social media for events
  • No referrals needed

Schiffert Student Health

  • This is VT’s campus medical services for students.
  • Confidential resource
  • Medical record documentation
  • Minimal Reporting Requirements: risk of abuse or risk to self or others
  • How? Make an appointment through the Healthy Hokie Portal or call 540-231-644
  • No referral needed
  • Non-mandatory reporter