Your advisors are your best resource for academic questions and gathering information related to your degree and coursework, but there's more to college than classes! Please use these tools and resources for other concerns or questions outside of the classroom. 

Counseling

Counseling for Tempe campus students. Please call (480) 965-6146 to schedule an appointment. There are also resources for free self-help apps, peer-led support circles, and drop-in sessions.

Counseling for online campus students in all 50 states. Should there ever be a need, please consider using our Student Assistance Program called 360 Life Services, located in the Resources tab on MyASU in the Student Success and Support box. This program provides over-the-phone licensed, clinical counseling in career, financial and well-being counseling as well as thriving, work life balance, elder and child care, relocation, and so much more. For immediate live services, please call (833) 223-9883.

Graduate Students
Power Hour: ASU Counseling Services provides a Power Hour, giving graduate students the opportunity to meet and seek counseling in group settings for free! Call (480) 965-6146 for details. More Information.

Finances

Short-Term Loan: Any ASU student needing short-term loan assistance can find the application here for a loan of up to $500. Please follow up by calling Financial Aid (24/7) at (855) 278-5080 and follow the steps they recommend for receiving funds ASAP.

Learn about the different types of financial aid, use the tuition estimator, assess your overall financial health and more through ASU's Financial Aid office.

Funding.asu.edu enables faculty, staff and students to find funding and develop more competitive proposals via the resources and services it promotes. Our goal is to improve funding success and grow the research enterprise. Sign up to receive information on new opportunities and events sent via a single weekly email.

General Aid and Support

Search for aid or support in your area (medical care, food, job training and more)

Student Advocacy: Please call them at (480) 965-6547 if you need help finding housing, medical care, legal assistance, or any of the necessities of life, short- and long-term.

Career Resources

Career Services: Please call (480) 965-2350 to set an appointment. They can provide direction and resources to help you find a job, both now and in the future.

SHESC-appropriate archived job, internship, and externship opportunities are stored in these google docs - Undergraduate and Graduate.

Peace Corps Service: Some Peace Corps Service programs are an excellent option for students to fund a graduate degree. More information. 

Handshake - ASU students are encouraged to utilize to find opportunities as a student and after graduation. You'll also find information about career fairs at ASU!

Shovelbums - is a website that houses some current job information related to Anthropology, and retail therapy/non-current anecdotal information. If you want to see Prince's Purple Rain gear, or read some Anthropology humor, give it a go.

Food

Pitchfork Pantry offers food packages, available via a drive-by, pick-up option near ASU’s Downtown campus, or drop off at your place of residence. Contact Pitchfork Pantry by email at asupitchforkpantry@asu.edu or Facebook DM for more information or to sign up.

Get Food - Arizona Food Bank Network (azfoodbanks.org)

Food banks near the Downtown, Tempe, West, and Polytechnic campuses

Find an Arizona Foodbank Near You

Students are encouraged to reach out to their deans with any concerns or unmet needs. Deans can share resources that may include additional meal swipes among other things and are happy to help.

Tempe students may contact Shari Gustafson, assistant dean in Tempe.

Downtown students may contact Carla Owens, student advocate at Downtown.

COVID–19 Information

For information about ASU's Community of Care, please read our Live well, Be well plans.

Chicanos Por La Conexión: COVID-19 is a bilingual online resource hub that provides families with critical information and resources on obtaining food boxes, avoiding eviction or foreclosure, getting help with utility bills, securing a new job and more. More information.

Information on StudentAid.Gov regarding Coronavirus and Forbearance: There is new guidance on the federal aid website regarding loans in deferment, payment, forbearance, etc., as well as information about what to do if your financial need has changed during this time.

Official Federal Student Aid Announcements regarding federal student aid programs and the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak can be found here. Please check this page frequently, as information changes rapidly.

Medical

Medical/Compassionate Withdrawal Requests Update: Students can now submit supporting health-related documentation directly to The College, along with their MCW form, etc. For more information, please visit the MCW web page.

Student Accessibility and Inclusive Learning Services (SAILS): can help with policies and procedures and also address specific disorders and what accommodations are best suited to mitigate the impact that the symptoms of those disorders have in the newly-digital educational realm.
If you have questions, please contact the SAILS directly at (480) 965-1234, DRC@asu.edu, or visit their website. 

If you are an Arizona resident, please also consider asking to set an appointment with the Vocational Rehabilitation contact. If you are not an Arizona resident, please contact your state office for vocational rehabilitation.

Academic resources

Tutoring Online! All ASU tutoring services are now available online, accessed through ZOOM. This includes all subject area tutoring, writing tutoring and SI.

ASU Tutoring Services. Click the Chat With Us button to chat with a desk aide who can help you access tutoring.

ASU Tutoring is live-streaming all review sessions, and recordings will be available 24-hours after the session concludes. There is one session per class per exam and they will be 48-hours prior to the first exam in that course. View the schedule.

Please visit the Credit By Examination page to learn which tests can be taken for acceptable transfer credit at ASU.

 ASU Writing Center The Writing Center helps students at every stage of the writing process and with all types of assignments and genres of writing. Our tutors, who are ASU students, undergo hours of training each semester that provide them with tools and strategies to support students’ writing.