University Resources for Faculty and Students

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Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) helps BYU students with mental health challenges by providing counseling services and other resources.

If you have a student struggling with anxiety, depression, or other mental health concerns, please refer them to CAPS. CAPS offers both scheduled counseling sessions as well as crisis walk-in appointments.

While adjunct faculty are not eligible to use CAPS counseling services ourselves, anyone can visit caps.byu.edu for links to

• mental health apps
• stress-management education
• lists of podcasts, books, and TED Talks that address mental health.

For information on how to connect with employee counseling services, go to Adjunct Faculty Commons > Adjunct Faculty Perks > “Employee Assistance Program.”

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The Faculty Center supports full- and part-time faculty in their careers and teaching responsibilities. Its website (facultycenter.byu.edu) houses many resources, including information for new hires, links to policies, resources for improving teaching, a list of readings for career development, and more.

The Faculty Center also hosts a website specifically for adjunct faculty: adjuncts.byu.edu. This site provides information about benefits, a checklist for new hires, a directory for faculty services, policies specific to adjunct faculty, FAQs about adjuncting at BYU, and more.

At the end of winter semester, the Faculty Center hosts the Adjunct Faculty Seminar. Adjunct faculty can attend various presentations by campus members on topics related to being a successful instructor at BYU.

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The Honor Code Office responds to violations of the Honor Code, including violations of BYU’s Academic Honesty Policy. The Academic Honesty Policy states that all students must “avoid academic dishonesty and misconduct in all its forms, including but not limited to plagiarism, fabrication or falsification, cheating, and other academic misconduct.” (The entire policy can be found at policy.byu.edu.)

If you believe a student in your class has cheated or plagiarized, the first step is to determine if the student has indeed violated the Academic Honesty Policy. The Honor Code Office respects your discretion as the instructor of your course. During this process, it’s recommended you meet with the student to discuss the situation.

Once you determine the student did violate the Academic Honesty Policy, you must report it to the Honor Code Office by filling out a form on the Honor Code Office website (honorcode.byu.edu). After you’ve made a report, an Honor Code administrator will contact you to gather more information before meeting with the student.

You are not obligated to report any other student behavior to the Honor Code Office besides violations of the Academic Honesty Policy. However, if you become aware that a student has violated another part of the Honor Code and feel it is appropriate and necessary to report it, you can do so by filling out a form on the Honor Code Office website (honorcode.byu.edu).

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The Multicultural Student Services Office serves minority students primarily through advising students and sponsoring cultural events throughout the year. The office aims to help students from historically marginalized ethnicities access the resources they need to be successful at the university.

Advisors from Multicultural Student Services can help students create a graduation plan, apply for financial aid, find an academic advisor specific to their major, and connect to other needed resources. Students may also want to connect with Multicultural Student Services to meet students from similar cultural backgrounds.

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The Office of Belonging was established in 2022 to create a culture of belonging at BYU and to follow President Russell M. Nelson’s call to eliminate racism and prejudice. The office provides resources to help all students feel they belong.

If you have students struggling to find their place on campus, especially students of color, the LGTBQ+ community, or different faiths, you may suggest they meet with an Office of Belonging advisor.

For students who feel they have been discriminated against at BYU, they can make a report through the Office of Belonging. When handling these reports, representatives from the Office of Belonging are respectful of students’ privacy and preferences. Students can report discrimination by contacting the Office of Belonging by phone (801-422-9162), email (discriminationreports@byu.edu), in-person visit (2400 WSC), or filling out a form on its website.

If a student would like to make a report anonymously, they can call the University Compliance Hotline (888-238-1062). Because anonymity can make it difficult to respond to reports, the hotline should be considered as a last resort.

As a faculty member, you are required to report any discrimination you become aware of happening at BYU involving any party. Where you report depends on who is involved.

• For discrimination involving students, report to the Office of Belonging (belonging.byu.edu).
• For discrimination involving faculty or athletic professionals, report to the assistant to the Academic Vice President in the Office of Faculty Relations (faculty_relations@byu.edu). 
• For discrimination involving student employees or administrative and staff employees, report to the equal opportunity manager (eo_manager@byu.edu).

If you feel you are being discriminated against, you can report it to the Office of Belonging or the Office of Faculty Relations. Additional details are found on the Office of Belonging website (belonging.byu.edu) and at the University Policies website > “Discrimination Complaint Procedures” (policy.byu.edu).

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The Office of Faculty Relations, housed under the Office of the Academic Vice President, helps adjunct faculty with any accommodations needed for a disability or short- or long-term illness. The office can also help adjunct faculty resolve grievances with other faculty members or answer questions about emotional support animals in their classroom.

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The Research and Writing Center (RWC) is a great place for students to receive help at any point during the writing process. Students can meet with a trained student research or writing consultant for a 30- or 60-minute session, either in person or online (rwc.byu.edu).

To encourage students to take advantage of the RWC’s help, you can do four things:

• Request a RWC consultant to visit your classroom at the start of the semester to briefly introduce the RWC to your students. You can make this request through the RWC website.
• Request to have a Writing Center Representative (WCR) assigned to your course. A representative will meet with you to create a “course memo,” a document with information about your class’s writing assignments for consultants to reference when your students visit. You can make this request through the RWC website.
• Incentivize your students to visit the RWC by offering extra credit. When your students make an online appointment or sign in for a walk-in appointment, instruct them to list your email address in the “To notify your Professor that you came in” box. After a student meets with a RWC consultant, you’ll receive an email informing you when they met and what was discussed.
• Use and refer students to the RWC’s resource library (/rwc.byu.edu/writinghelp/quick-links) and handouts (rwc.byu.edu/writinghelp/downloadable-handouts) on various research and writing topics.

Multilingual students can receive extra support from the RWC by enrolling in ELING 310R: Writing Tutorial for Multilingual Students. In this one-credit course, students meet with the same consultant once a week throughout the semester for consistent help with writing assignments. Visit rwc.byu.edu for more information.

The RWC also offers help with nonclass-related projects, such as resumes and graduate school applications. They can even help you with your research and writing!

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The Title IX Office keeps BYU in compliance with the Education Amendments of 1972 and responds to any form of sex discrimination on campus, which includes sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and sexual violence.

As a faculty member, you are a mandatory reporter. This means you are required to report to the Title IX Office any instances of sex discrimination in the BYU community you become aware of. Each year, you will be asked to complete an online training about Title IX.

If a student or another member of the BYU community discloses to you that they have been a victim of sexual discrimination at any time—including events from before their time at BYU—let the student know you are obligated to make a report to the Title IX Office.

This may make the student uncomfortable, so be sure to also inform them that when the Title IX Office reaches out, the student can decide whether to respond and how to proceed—the Title IX Office staff are considerate of victims’ wishes and respectful of their privacy. Students may choose to start an investigation, take legal action, or take no action at all.

It may also be helpful to inform the student that the Title IX Office grants amnesty to victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment. This means victims will not be reported to the Honor Code Office for any reason. The Title IX Office only reports to the Honor Code Office if an investigation finds that another member of the BYU community has violated BYU’s Sexual Harassment Policy.

The Title IX Office can also help faculty who experience sex discrimination first-hand in the workplace. If this happens to you, they will be respectful of your privacy and wishes when you submit a report to the Title IX Office. Retaliation is prohibited under Title IX, which means if you report that you’ve experienced sex discrimination in any form, you are protected by law from retaliation from all parties involved.

The Title IX Office’s website also contains resources for anyone interested in learning more about sex discrimination and how people can protect themselves and others from sexual harassment and violence.

To report an incident of sexual discrimination—for yourself or for someone else—visit the BYU Title IX Office in person (1085 WSC), call (801-422-8692), send an email (title9@byu.edu), or fill out a form on its website (titleix.byu.edu).

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The University Accessibility Center (UAC) helps students with disabilities gain access to the resources and accommodations they need while at BYU. The UAC provides resources for students with physical, emotional, and learning disabilities as well as students with mental health disorders such as ADHD, depression, or autism.

The UAC grants accommodation letters to students after meeting with the student to determine which accommodations are most appropriate for their situation and needs. Once accommodations have been approved for one of your students, you will receive an email with a link to the letter.

After receiving the official letter, you are required by law to grant the listed accommodations; however, you do not need to grant them retroactively.

When you receive an accommodation letter, it’s a good practice to meet with the student to discuss a plan for how their accommodations will apply to your class. Remember to respect their privacy and do not ask specific questions about their disability. Just focus on the accommodations and needs.

If a student discloses to you that they have a disability that will affect their course work and do not have official accommodations, encourage them to fill out the Accommodation Letter Request Form through the UAC website (access.byu.edu). You are not obliged to offer accommodations to students who have not received an official UAC letter.

If you have questions about a specific situation, contact the UAC by calling 801-422-2767 or emailing uacfrontdesk@byu.edu.