Help a Norse: Northern Kentucky University, Greater Cincinnati Region

Help a Norse is your one-stop, simplified approach to referring an NKU student for supportive outreach.

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A student’s physical safety:

An incident/accident requiring medical attention
Thoughts about hurting/engaging in violent behavior toward other people

Contact University Police

(859) 572-7777 or 911

A student’s psychological safety/mental health:

Thoughts about ending their own life/suicide
Engaged in self-harming behavior that may have endangered their safety

Contact On-Call NKU Counselor

First, call (859) 572-7777 to connect with the On-Call NKU Counselor.

The National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline can also be reached by dialing 988.

Next, please submit a brief report to help us support the student after emergency services are activated:

Submit a report

Estimated NKU response time:
Immediate

A student’s academic or financial issues:

Attendance issues
Missing assignments
Difficulty paying account balance
Other financial challenges

Submit a report

Once in Navigate, click on the “Issue an Alert” link within the Actions box.

Estimated NKU response time:
Within 1-2 business days of report being submitted.

Contact University Connect and Persist

(859) 572-7527 or ucap@nku.edu

For more information about the alert process, please visit this link.

A student’s personal situation:

Title IX / Sexual misconduct
Increased signs of distress/social isolation
Increase in conflict with others through escalated speech, actions, or mannerisms
Reports social, family, or household challenges

Please select the appropriate report:

Submit a Title IX Report

Student-disclosed experience with sexual assault
Student-disclosed experience with domestic violence
Student-disclosed experience with dating violence
Student-disclosed experience with stalking

Submit a Personal Situation Report

Increased signs of distress/social isolation
Increase in conflict with others through escalated speech, actions, or mannerisms
Reports social, family, or household challenges

Estimated NKU response time:
Within 1-2 business days of report being submitted.

Contact Norse Violence Prevention

(859) 572-5865 or nvp@nku.edu

Norse Violence Prevention provides confidential advocacy services to students impacted by sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. For more information, visit the NVP Website.

Contact Title IX

(859) 572-7669 or titleix@nku.edu

For additional questions around Title IX, please visit the website.

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