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Help-A-Zip: An early alert system for your student concerns


 

Know a student who is having difficulties? Let us know about it here, and we'll alert campus professionals who will intervene and support.


Use this form to request assistance for:

• academic issues (missed assignments, poor grades on exams, assignments and projects, repeated absences from class, etc.),
• tuition/fees/financial aid issues (financial aid, payment plan, FAFSA, etc.),
• personal/social (relationships, mental health, social/campus contentedness etc.),
• emergency financial assistance (non-tuition related emergency financial need),
• textbook assistance 
• other (death and grieving, withdraw from University, substance abuse)


If the person you are concerned about is experiencing a crisis or this an emergency, please do not fill out this form. Instead, please contact the University of Akron Police Department at 330-972-2911.

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Photos, video, email, and other supporting documents may be attached below. *If this referral is related to an "emergency financial assistance" request, please attach proof (bill, quote, letter) of urgent financial need. 5GB maximum total size.
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