Mental Health Services
Supporting mental and emotional health is a core priority for the University and includes counseling and therapy services, stress-management workshops, and classes on managing mental health.
In the past year, the University has also increased availability for UGA’s Counseling and Psychiatric Services by providing more clinicians during business hours who are dedicated to meeting with students when they need support.
Safety Investments
Campus safety is the University’s highest priority. UGA has invested more than $23 million over the last eight years to hire more police personnel, add an extensive security camera network, enhance lighting on campus, establish a nightly rideshare program, and create the UGA Safe App. UGA also established a new Campus Safety Ambassador program, which trains individuals to escort students to on-campus locations in the evenings and nights. Ambassadors are strategically located across campus and can respond to student calls from 7:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.
In addition, the University is converting nearly 400 lights on campus to LED technology for brighter nighttime lighting, and we are installing emergency call box systems equipped with cameras in strategic locations across campus. The University’s RideSmart program has been extended an additional four hours a day for greater access.
