Get Help With Your Concern
The Office of the Dean of Students is here for you, but there are also a number of other ways to request help. We've collected a list of reporting forms and contacts to help you connect with the right resources.
Unfair or unequal treatment of an individual of group on the basis of categories protected by law.
Contact:
Office of Civil Rights and Title IX
Phone: 803-777-3854
Suicidal ideation, self-injury, disordered eating, emotional distress or other other unusual behavior.
Contact:
Student Care and Outreach
Phone: 803-777-4333
Free and open dialogue is a key ingredient to arriving at universal truths and common understanding.
Contact: For assistance before, during and after free-speech events, email the Safely Engaging in Expression Delegates (odos@mailbox.sc.edu).
Withdrawal from the university due to a mental health, medical or personal crisis that prevented academic success during a past semester or the Withdrawal Fail (WF) period of a current semester.
Contact:
Office of the Dean of Students
Phone: 803-576-7760
Degrading or unsafe activities involving members belonging to a group.
Contact:
Office of Student Contact and Academic Integrity
Phone: 803-777-4333
Sexual assault, dating or relationship violence or stalking.
Contact:
Equal Opportunity Programs
Phone: 803-777-3854
Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention & Prevention
Phone: 803-777-8248
Excused absences and complex issues or concerns that don't fit clearly into one category.
Contact:
Office of Student Advocacy
Phone: 803-777-4872
Donuts with the Dean of Students
Donuts with the Dean of Students are an informal way to connect with the Office of the Dean of Students. Stop by our table in the Russell House University Union for a chat and snack with the DoS staff or just grab a free donut. We want to hear your voice as your Gamecock experience is important to us. Donuts with the Dean of Students typically occurs on the first Wednesday over every month.
Our Offices and Initiatives
Upholds the student code of conduct by addressing and adjudicating students' alleged violations through a restorative and educational process.
sc.edu/conductandacademicintegrity
Phone: 803-777-4333
Email: saosc@mailbox.sc.edu
Works to help keep campus safe when students display behavior that could cause harm to themselves or others.
Phone: 803-777-4193
Email: careteam@mailbox.sc.edu
Supports students with learning, physical, health or psychiatric disabilities in managing the varying demands of the university experience.
sc.edu/disabilityresourcecenter
Phone: 803-777-6142
Email: sadrc@mailbox.sc.edu
Support students who need to take time away from school or need to retroactively withdraw due to a hardship.
sc.edu/withdrawal
Phone: 803-576-7760
Email: withdrawal@sc.edu
Dean's Advisory Council
Students on the Dean's Advisory Council represent the concerns and interests of the diverse undergraduate student body and provide suggestions for the development of the Office of the Dean of Students, as well as the university as a whole.