Tragedy in College

Following are resources to help students who are faced with a tragedy that affects the community of the classroom, such as the serious illness, death of a student, or loss of a faculty member in the department.

WKU Counseling and Testing Center. http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Support/StuAffairs/COUNS/index.htm Has links for grief, identifying signs of suicide and coping in times of war. Call the Center at 53159 if you are a WKU student. If you are at another school, contact your local counseling center.

Dartmouth. (1/29/07). Response to Trauma.
Available: http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Echd/resources/tragedy/index.html. A brief set of suggestions.

University of Chicago. (2003). Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection. Available: http://counseling.uchicago.edu/vpc/virtulets.html Offers a wide variety of topics including "Grief," "Traumatic events" and a good selection of links for "Concerned Others" where you'll find advice for dealing with individuals in distress.

For example, San Diego State University. (no date). A Faculty/Staff Guide: Working with the Emotionally Distressed Student. Available: http://www.sa.sdsu.edu/cps/

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. (no date).

• Coping with and Responding to Trauma. Available: http://www.uwec.edu/counsel/pubs/coping.htm
• Critical Incident Stress Information Sheet. Available: http://www.uwec.edu/counsel/pubs/criticalincident.htm Has a thorough explanation of responses to trauma and some suggestions for concerned others. And
• Spouse/Significant Other Support/Secondary Sufferers. Available: http://www.uwec.edu/counsel/pubs/spouseso.htm

Kansas State University. (June 1994). Learning to Live Through Loss.
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/famlf2/NCR537B.pdf Focused on teen experience of loss.