Campus Support Resources
- Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies: 713-348-4002
- Dean of Undergraduates Office: 713-348-4996
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: 713-348-4026
- Employee Assistance Program: 713-500-3327, toll free 800-346-3549 (24 hours a day, seven days a week) or access Rice’s EAP online portal (Username: owls; Password: owls)
- Multicultural Center: 713-348-6714
- Office of Access, Equity and Equal Opportunity: 713-348-6405
- Office of International Students and Scholars: 713-348-6095
- Rice Everbridge App: Includes personal security features that students, faculty and staff can use on campus if they download the app, including:
- Emergency Call: When using the emergency call function on the app, the user can call RUPD dispatch directly without having to look up or remember the phone number.
- Safe Corridor: The Safe Corridor feature is designed as a virtual assistant when walking around campus. A user will select a pin code to input into the app during a set period of time. If the user fails to key in the code during the set period of time, the app auto-notifies RUPD of the name, phone number and last known location of the user.
- SOS: The SOS feature, when activated, will record audio and video on your cellular device while simultaneously uploading the live stream/recording to RUPD. As a safety measure, after activation, the app will return to the home screen to hide that the SOS feature has been activated.
- Rice University Police Department: 713-348-6000
- The SAFE Office: 713-348-3311
- Student Center Event Planning Support: 713-348-4097
- Wellbeing and Counseling Center: 713-348-3311 (24/7)
Campus Support Resources
- An-Nisa Hope Center: 832-329-9111
- Chabad: 713-909-4725
- Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center: 713-729-3200
- Hilliel Houston: 713-526-4918
- Islamic Society of Greater Houston: 713-524-6615
- The Montrose Center: 713-529-0037 (LGBTQIA+)
- Palestinian American Cultural Center
The Rice Counseling Center, the SAFE Office and Wellbeing will be welcoming training from both Hillel and An-Nisa about supporting students in culturally appropriate ways. An-Nisa has agreed to host a support group for our students at Rice. The organization will have a trained advocate to provide immediate safety planning, information about a survivor’s rights, and warm referrals to An-Nisa’s Mental Health Department and the SAFE Office at Rice. Rice will refer student survivors to An-Nisa for free trauma-informed services, requesting that students identify their relationship with Rice to An-Nisa if this is beneficial for coordinated care without compromising confidentiality.
The Wellbeing and Counseling Center has been adding resources, including a therapist specifically for students who have experienced trauma, a new intake and assessment and referral specialist and a learning differences case manager. Two evening wellbeing advisers are being added, as well as a wellbeing faculty liaison in the center.
If you are a Rice employee, please click here to learn more about how the university's Employee Assistance program works. With the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Rice employees and their loved ones (living in the same household) can access free, convenient, and confidential services on a variety of different topics.