Welcome to Student Care!
The mission of Student Care
To provide focused care and support to individual students and their needs by providing guidance, resources, and referrals both on and off campus to promote student well-being and campus safety.
Types of Services
Student Care provides a wide array of services to students struggling to meet their basic needs and overcome obstacles that may hinder their ability to succeed at Middle Georgia State University. Some of the services we offer are listed below.
- Success Coaching
- Case management
- Support network
- Needs assessment
- Threat assessment
- Benefits Screener
- Food assistance
- Resources connection
- Advocacy
- Emergency assistance
- Referrals to on and off campus support agencies
Student Care Programs
The Assessment & Care Team (ACT) is an interdisciplinary team that works to address behavior concerns that have the potential to impact the safety and well-being of the campus community. If you are worried about a student, you can make a report to ACT by completing the Behavioral Incident Reporting Form.
Embark Georgia is a University System of Georgia initiative that works to connect students who have experienced foster care and/or homelessness with a network of support at the collegiate level in order to increase college success. Learn more about Embark Georgia. The Designated Point of Contact for Embark Georgia at Middle Georgia State University is Elaine Martin. She can be reached at or (478) 757-2264.
Knights’ Help is a resource for all Middle Georgia State University students who are looking to find assistance. You can view a list of commonly asked questions or issues students are facing and see what support services are available at Middle Georgia State University to assist with those issues.
The Knights’ Table is Middle Georgia State University’s food pantry for students, faculty, and staff who are facing food insecurity. To learn more visit: https://www.mga.edu/student-affairs/student-conduct-care/student-care/food-pantry.php.
If you would like to learn more about these services and programs or if you would like to schedule an appointment with Student Care, please reach out to the Student Care Case Manager at .
What’s New with Student Care
Holiday Food Bags
For students needing food assistance over the winter break, the Knights' Table is offering free Holiday Food Bags. To request a Holiday Food Bag, complete the food pantry request form and choose Holiday Food Bag from the drop down menu. Holiday Food Bags will be available for pick up on December 19 from 9 a.m.–11 a.m. on the Macon Campus and from 2 p.m.–4 p.m. on the Cochran Campus.
All Holiday Food Bag requests should be made by Wednesday, December 4.
Dining Dollars Program
Starting fall of 2024 Student Care is offering a dining dollars program to commuter students who are facing food insecurity and who have also experienced homelessness and/or foster care in the past. We can provide 20 students with $500 of dining dollars. If you are interested or meet the criteria above, please reach out to the Student Care Case Manager at .
Single Stop
Single Stop is a 15-minute state and federal benefit screener that will allow students to see if they are eligible for assistance programs. Student Care works along side with Single Stop to provide assistance for out students through the application process. Single Stop also provides a local resources finder for community resources.
https://app.singlestop.org/mga/main
Populations Served
While Student Care assist all students some of the populations we serve include:
- Students who are experiencing basic needs insecurity
- Students who are experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity
- Students who have experienced foster care
- Students with financial insecurity
- Students experiencing a mental health crisis
- Students who have had a death in the family
