Our scope of practice

Student Care and Outreach collaborates with campus partners to provide outreach and support for students with significant and complex concerns affecting their academic and personal success at Elon. Our office works with students to highlight their personal strengths, increase their access to resources, and to help them navigate challenges that might impede their goals of success.

Philosophical principles

Student Care staff work with students to recognize and support their growth, using the following guiding philosophical principles (click to expand):

Ethical principles

Student Care staff hold themselves to a high standard of ethics, including the following principles (click to expand):

Learning outcomes

  1. Students will have a greater knowledge of Elon’s resources and access points.
  2. Students will express greater efficacy in connecting with appropriate resources at Elon.
  3. Students will demonstrate an ability to self-advocate through active communication, problem-solving, and the use of healthy coping skills for managing future concerns.
  4. Students will be able to describe how well-being and health are central to their academic, social and personal success.
  5. Faculty, staff, students and parents will recognize behaviors that indicate student distress and need for personal outreach.
  6. Faculty, staff, students and parents will understand how and when to share concerns for a student in need.

Our commitment to non-discrimination

Student Care and Outreach is committed to providing an environment that supports an inclusive and safe space for all student and community members. Student Care and Outreach does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its support or advocacy.