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Crisis Intervention
If you are an NDSU student in crisis during business hours:
- During the school year, Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm
- During the summer, Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm
Please come to the Counseling Center at 212 Ceres Hall or call the front desk at 231-7671
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If you are an NDSU student in crisis after hours, or over a weekend or holiday, please call our main number, 231-7671 . During the academic year, your call will be taken by our answering service and assistance will be offered.
For crises outside our office hours during the summer or school breaks, please
call the 24-hour FirstLink Hotline directly at 235-SEEK (235-7335) .
Other crisis/emergency options include:
- Calling the Campus Police at 231-8998
- Calling 911
- Going to the MeritCare Hospital Emergency Room at 720 4th St.
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or calling them at 234-5121 - Calling the FirstLink Suicide Line at 232-HELP (232-4357)
- Calling Rape and Abuse Crisis Center at 293-7273
- Calling the ND State HELP-LINE at 1-800-472-2911
If you are an NDSU faculty or staff member needing to consult about a student emergency occurring either during or after office hours, please see the Crisis Situations section on our Referral Guide for Faculty and Staff page for guidance.
We discourage people from contacting us via e-mail regarding personal problems. The nature of e-mail is such that we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of your correspondence, nor do we find e-mail communications as useful as in-depth, face-to-face contact. Moreover, we cannot guarantee that we will read e-mail right away or respond in a timely fashion.