Group counseling offers students the opportunity to interact with others who have similar concerns while developing more satisfying relationships with students, faculty and staff. Career development helps students determine their aptitudes and interests, assess their career-related values, explore career opportunities and develop strategies to achieve career goals. Academic counseling enables students to identify their academic obstacles and to improve in the areas of test anxiety and time management. The center's staff also offers workshops designed to educate students, faculty, and staff about stress management, dating violence, acquaintance rape, interpersonal relationships, and communication skills. Counseling staff members will conduct specific programs for campus groups or classes by request if notified two weeks in advance.
Counselors are also available to assist faculty who encounter students in crisis.
Two TRIO Federal programs, Upward Bound and Educational Talent Search make up the Office of Educational Opportunity Programs. Upward Bound provides 85 high school students with the motivation and assistance needed to successfully enroll in and complete higher education programs. Eligible participants must be enrolled in the 10th or 11th grades in Bulloch, Candler, Emanuel, Evans or Screven County high schools and possess the academic potential necessary for higher education. These projects are sponsored by a grant provided by the U.S. Department of Education and are administered by the Georgia Southern Division of Student Affairs.