Tutoring and Learning Commons: manages the Writing Center, Math Lab, Nursing Tutoring, Science Tutoring, Engineering Tutoring, Department of Languages Tutoring, Communication & Presentation Coaching, Music Tutoring, and more:

• • Academic Coaches: one-on-one drop-ins or scheduled meetings with you to build your study skills, help you navigate UAA software, set realistic goals and stay on track to achieve them.

• • English Language Partners: one-on-one support through Language Partners for students who want to develop their English Language comprehension and usage.

 

Academic Advising: find out who your advisor is.

Disability Support Services (DSS): coordinates support services for UAA students who experience short-term and long-term, physical and mental health disabilities in the provision of equal access to all curricular and co-curricular programs, facilities, services, and activities.

TRiO Student Support Services: helps bachelor degree-seeking students with financial assistance/literacy, coaching/guidance, career exploration/degree planning, skill development, and more

Request for Retroactive Withdrawal: appeal to withdraw from classes past the withdrawal deadline due to extenuating circumstances

Academic Renewal: offers undergraduate students who experienced significant academic challenges while enrolled in their program the opportunity to renew their GPA by requesting that one semester or two consecutive semesters be “renewed,” meaning that all renewed credits will be excluded from future GPA and Latin Honors calculations. 

Fresh Start: offers undergraduate students who experienced significant academic challenges the opportunity to return to UAA after a two year period and begin their college journey anew with their entire prior academic record disregarded

Grade Dispute Resolution: processes for both formal and informal complaints and disputes related to academic grade

Petition for Tuition & Course Fees Refund: appeal to receive a refund for your course(s) due to extenuating circumstances

Suicide and Crisis Line: call or text 988 

Alaska Careline: 877-266-4357 or text 4HELP to 839863 

Veterans Crisis Line: 988 then press 1

The Trevor Project: (LGBTQ+ Youth Ages 13-24): 866-488-7386

National Sexual Assault Hotline: 866-656-4673

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233 

Anchorage Psychiatric Emergency Department: 907-212-2800

Student Health and Counseling Center: individual counseling and medication management provided by licensed counselors. Counseling sessions are available at no additional cost and are available via telehealth through Talkspace. You can call 907-786-4040 to schedule an appointment.

Psychological Services Center: behavioral health training clinic for UAA graduate students in the M.S. in Clinical Psychology and the Ph.D. in Clinical-Community Psychology programs. The PSC is available on a sliding fee scale to the public across all communities of Alaska as well as UAA students, staff, and faculty. You can call 907-786-1795 to schedule an appointment.

Togetherall: a free, peer-to-peer mental health support community which is available online, 24/7, and is completely anonymous so you can express yourself freely and openly. Includes resources and tailored self-help courses covering topics such as anxiety, sleep, depression and many more.

ANTHC Behavioral Health Wellness Clinic: a 100% telehealth clinic open to adult tribal health beneficiaries across Alaska. Includes behavioral health assessment, individual counseling, and group counseling offerings.

Alaska Behavioral Health: Community Behavioral Health Clinic that provides direct care for adults and children who experience a wide range of mental health challenges. Contact them at 907-563-1000 (sliding payment scale for some services)

Student Health and Counseling Center: individual counseling and medication management provided by licensed counselors. Counseling sessions are available at no additional cost and are available via telehealth through Talkspace. You can call 907-786-4040 to schedule an appointment.

Anchorage Neighborhood Health Clinic: full range of coordinated health services that are accessible and affordable for everyone in the Anchorage community (sliding fee discount program)

Alaska Native Medical Center: comprehensive medical services and acute, specialty, primary and behavioral health care to Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Alaska.

Identity Alaska: off-campus LGBTQIA2S+ healthcare, support, gathering spaces and resources

Insurance and paying for prescriptions:

• Medicaid: provides medical coverage to Alaskans experiencing financial insecurity
• SingleCare: free discounts on prescription medications

Seawolf Essentials: basic need resources such as hygiene products, cold weather essentials, emergency food, and more. Items are free for UAA students. Seawolf Essentials is open Tuesday-Thursday, 9-10 a.m. and Wednesday-Thursday, 1-3 p.m., located in the Student Union Hub Office 142L. Check in at the Hub front desk or head down the hall to the right to find the center.

 Pregnant, Parenting, and Childcare 

• Thread: Childcare resource and referral services
• Pregnancy Accommodations: complications related to pregnancy or childbirth are recognized as a disability, and qualified students who experience a pregnancy related disability may be eligible to receive an ADA reasonable accommodation

Lactation Spaces on campus

Seawolf Food Pantry: serves all UAA students who are experiencing some type of food insecurity and provides a three-day supply of shelf-stable food for individuals and households of up to four people. The food pantry can be used twice every month by each UAA student. 

Emergency Food Cache: Student Health & Counseling Center, Rasmuson Hall 120

Food Bank of Alaska: map of food distribution sites across Alaska. This includes monthly calendars of where food deliveries and hot meals can be found. 

SNAP Assistance: Food Bank of Alaska provides assistance with applying for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and answering questions

WIC (Women, Infants, and Children program): a nutrition program that helps pregnant women, new mothers and young children. Provides nutrition education and electronic benefits to buy free, healthy food​.

Single Adult Shelters

Brother Francis: Low barrier, all gender. 

• • New beds open daily at noon. Open 24/7 
  • 907-277-1731 | 1021 E. 3rd Ave.

 

Downtown Hope Center: Sober, faith-based shelter for women only. 

• Open 7 days a week, shelter check in at 5:45 p.m.
• 907-277-4302 ext. 106  |  240 E. 3rd Ave.

 

Gospel Rescue Mission: Sober, faith-based shelter for single adults.

• • Open 7 days a week, check in at 4 p.m., check out at 9 a.m.
  • 907-563-5603 |  2823 E. Tudor Road

 

Unaccompanied Youth Shelters

Covenant House: Shelter for youth, ages 13-24. Low barrier. All genders.

• • Open 24/7
  • 907-272-1255  |  755 A St.

 

Families

Clare House: Female head of household with a child or pregnant. Documentation needed: photo ID and proof of guardianship.

• • Open 24/7
  • 907-563-4545  |  4110 Spenard Rd.

 

McKinnell House: All gender, single or two-parent head of household with children or pregnant.

• Open 24/7
• 907-375-3500  |  1712 A St.

 

Domestic Violence Survivors

AWAIC’s Emergency Shelter: All gender, adults 18+ and families. Call crisis line for screening.

24/7 crisis line: 907-272-0100

 100 W. 13th Ave.

 

Shelter Information from the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness Shelter List

Coordinated Entry Assessment: complete/update an assessment which places you on a prioritization list which provides housing to the most vulnerable first (meaning wait times vary from person to person) 

Alaska Housing Finance Corporation: offers a range of rental assistance programs that support Alaskans in different stages of life.

NeighborWorks Alaska: provides safe and stable housing opportunities to chronic and literally homeless individuals and families with disabilities through Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and State-funded rental assistance grants

Cook Inlet Housing Authority: assistance for finding housing, their team will assess eligibility for reduced rent and properties with no income restrictions

Choosing Our Roots: LGBTQ+ Youth Housing Assistance

The Department of Residence Life on Campus is not able to provide emergency shelter. If you are interested in living on campus, you can learn more on the Department of Residence Life homepage.

Basic Housing Assistance Program for rent/utility relief: 3rd Avenue Resource and Navigation Center 

Student Clubs and Organizations: Seawolf Life

Multicultural Center: RH 106, dedicated space and programs that foster community engagement; a safe and brave space for all members of the UAA community to explore racial and cultural identity in a non-judgmental atmosphere.

Pride Center: Student Union HUB, This center seeks to affirm, uplift, and engage those who identify as LGBTQIA2S+ and allies  The Pride Center is a safe and brave space for all members of the UAA community to explore gender identity and sexual orientation in a non-judgmental atmosphere.

Indigenous and Rural Student Center (IRSC): Rasmuson Hall 108, provides a safe, affirming space on campus for all students. It is a gathering place and 'home away from home' where incoming and current students can find community, connection, and support, all grounded in Native values and Ways of Being. 

International Student Services: information on admissions, arriving in Alaska, and maintaining Visa eligibility