CARE Team | NMU Wellbeing

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CARE Team and Case Management Services

Learn more about how the CARE Team supports the holistic wellbeing of students, faculty and staff in times of need.

What is the CARE Team?

The CARE Team is a service provider that prides itself on being a free resource for students, faculty and staff in need of support, furthering NMU’s ongoing commitment to wellbeing. The CARE Team is not a disciplinary entity. Students, faculty and staff that go to the CARE Team don’t get in trouble, they get help.

Click below to fill out a form and get connected to the CARE Team!

CARE Team Referral

All reports of relationship violence (dating violence/domestic violence), sexual misconduct (sexual assault, sexual exploitation, and sexual or gender-based harassment), and stalking, collectively referred to as “Prohibited Conduct” are required to be reported to the Title IX Office. Reports may be made to:

Harger Boal, Assistant Director of Equal Opportunity and Title IX Coordinator, 906-227-2416, hboal@nmu.edu or Janet Koski, Executive Director of Equal Opportunity and Title IX, 906-227-2420, jakoski@nmu.edu. You may also report via the online reporting form, Relationship Violence, Sexual Misconduct & Stalking Reporting Form.

All University Employees are Campus Reporters and are required to report all Prohibited Conduct to the Title IX Office.

Who is CARE Team?

The CARE Team is a team of personnel with expertise in student affairs, academic affairs, human resources, mental and physical health, student conduct, and campus safety whose mission is to provide support services for vulnerable students, faculty and staff who may be struggling.

How does CARE Team help?

The CARE Team uses a case management system to work with students, faculty and staff to ensure that problems are identified, plans to address them are made and solutions are achieved through an active partnership between the CARE Team and the client.

NMU offers a myriad of resources and programs, and the CARE Team is there to help people who need support navigate them.

Case Management

Learn about case management

CARE Team members meet with students, faculty and staff who may be struggling academically, emotionally or psychologically, and ask open-ended questions about their situation.

CARE Team members work with clients to understand their desired outcomes, and develop a plan of action to achieve them together - including connecting them with any NMU Department that might be helpful.

CARE Team members follow up with the client to monitor progress and, once they reach a solution, that case is closed!

With the NMU CARE Team, you get out what you put in. They are there to support you, but they can only help if they know what you need help with!

After you share your situation with the CARE Team, expect them to be a collaborative partner in setting specific goals and laying out a framework for you to achieve them.

Once you have a plan, it’s up to you to follow it!

The CARE Team will check in and help track your progress to ensure you’re progressing. We know: You’ve got this!

Once you’re satisfied, you’re all set! You can always reach out to the CARE Team for any future issue.

Emily Meier