Student AffairsStudent Resources Guide

We created this page as a resource hub for Amherst students. We provide information on some fun and social offerings, important health and safety tips for the community, and links to essential Amherst offices that can support students. If you have any questions or concerns that are not found here or elsewhere on our website, email us at studentaffairs@amherst.edu.

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Keep up on what's happening at the College by following our Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube channels. You can also find more channels under Arts & Museums, Alumni and department sites.

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A critical part of Amherst’s strategy for learning is ensuring that you have the tools and support needed to meet your goals for your Amherst College educational experience. Our entire academic community is committed to meeting student needs for engaging in our current learning environment while maintaining intellectual engagement and sustaining faculty-student relationships, peer learning, and community.

COVID-19 has impacted each of us in many ways. Sadly, for some, this includes the loss of health or life of our loved ones. The following resources are available to all students experiencing grief and loss.

Center for Counseling and Mental Health

The Center for Counseling and Mental Health offers individual support and counseling to students who would like to talk about their experiences of loss and bereavement. The Center for Counseling and Mental Health can also offer grief groups, co-hosted with Religious and Spiritual Life and other campus partners, when requested.

Contact the Center for Counseling and Mental Health

Class Deans

Class Deans are here to help students navigate any challenges they may face, including those related to grief and loss, through providing assistance in modifying and/or creating an academic plan including help communicating with faculty and accessing additional resources. All Class Deans are available via email, phone or video.

Learn About Your Class Deans

The Keefe Health Center's operating principles are built on the ideas of accessible and comprehensive care for the students of Amherst College.

The staff at the Health Center are committed to integrating primary prevention with clinical health services. In addition to the treatment of acute and chronic conditions, the Health Center takes a primary role in the coordination of care for our students including initiation of referrals as needed and collaboration with other departments on campus. Staff members at the Health Center recognize that each student is an individual and will be uniquely impacted by physical, emotional, social and environmental factors. We strive to incorporate these factors into the health care and educational programming we provide. Through collaboration with the Counseling Center and Sports Medicine, as well as various other departments, we advocate for a healthy campus community.   

The health services website is updated with urgent care information.

The Department of Health Education is excited to be offering a wide selection of programming in conjunction with our two student groups, the Peer Advocates for Sexual Respect and the Student Health Educators.  We will also continue to provide one on one support, resources and advice to students who need consultation or information on a variety of health related topics such as  alcohol and other drugs, sexual violence prevention, sexual health and sleep. We are working hard to bring some new and innovative content, as well as adapting our other programs to on-line spaces.  Health Education staff will have weekly office hours, weather permitting, and drop-in tabling.  We will offer a variety of in-person and on-line programs and events.  Please check the Amherst College events calendar for information.  Menstrual Products are available outside the new Keefe Campus Center store, in the vending machine and in the Frost Library Women’s and Gender Inclusive restrooms.  Internal and external condoms, dams and lube are available at no cost from RCs, SHEs, PAs and in the Health Care vending machine.  Please email healthed@amherst.edu with questions or for more information.

Please follow our Instagram pages for online support group resources (AA, Al-Anon and sexual violence support groups), helpful tips for navigating this difficult time , program announcements, online chats and IG-TV content.  Student Health Educators: AC_SHE, the Peer Advocates of Sexual Respect: Amherst_PA, Health Education: ac_healthandwellbeing

The Office of Identity and Cultural Resources is available to offer support and honor all the complexities of loss and grief that students might be experiencing right now. Each Resource Center has created virtual programs, remote office hours with the directors, and various other ways to stay connected. In addition, associate dean, Angie Tissi-Gassoway (atissi@amherst.edu), is available to provide one-on-one support to any community member.

• The Women’s and Gender Center (WGC) supports the personal, academic, and professional growth of students by building community and forwarding conversations about gender, gender identity, and intersectional feminism.
• The Queer Resource Center (QRC) sponsors educational, social and campus community-building programs that create an inclusive and safe campus for people of all gender and sexual identities. Additionally, the Center provides resources and support for our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer students, our campus community at large, and our allies.
• The Multicultural Resource Center welcomes all students from all backgrounds and helps create an inclusive community by acknowledging, celebrating, and promoting the diverse experiences of every student.
• In anchoring global realities at Amherst, the Center for International Student Engagement (CISE) supports students of international experience through advocacy, centralized resources, and space for community building and critical reflection.
• The Class and Access Resource Center (CARC) provides education, support, and advocacy to and on behalf of first generation, low-income, transfer, undocumented/DACA, and veteran students. Through programmatic initiatives and resources we foster personal, social, and academic success and opportunities for leadership development.

The Center for Religious and Spiritual Life (RSL) helps students to live their faith, explore spiritual practices, and make meaning within themselves and the world. We strive to meet each student where they are—whether continuing within a religious or humanist tradition, seeking among them, or exploring outside of them. We work to support personal wholeness, interfaith understanding, and collective wellbeing.

Community members can email, call, or use the reporting form. We will continue to be responsive to needs and concerns. The entire Student Code of Conduct, including the Sexual Misconduct Policy, continues to apply to community members no matter where we are in the world.