Student Support Services
THRIVE at UMGC
Get answers to your questions about the THRIVE team, its responsibilities, and more.
THRIVE — which stands for Timely Support, Holistic Wellness, Resources, Intervention, Virtual Care, and Empowerment — is UMGC’s behavioral intervention team. The team is comprised of staff from multiple UMGC departments with a variety of professional backgrounds and strives to offer preemptive support and timely wellness resources to students.
No, this service is not applicable for staff and faculty members. Faculty and staff should be referred to employee relations at UMGC.
No, conversations will not be completely confidential. Based on the concerns and needs of the student, dangerous behavior and threats will be reported to the appropriate authorities. We do not disclose medical diagnoses.
You may be able to submit reports to the THRIVE team anonymously. However, anonymous reports may limit follow-up if THRIVE has questions about the report.
THRIVE does not administer punishment. Its primary focus is on providing resources to UMGC students and identifying potential threats to the community. Threats to people or the UMGC community, however, will be referred to the appropriate offices for review.
If you have immediate safety/welfare concerns about a student at UMGC, please dial 911. Students not in immediate danger but exhibiting concerning behavior should be reported to THRIVE.
Anyone who feels a student’s welfare or success is at risk can refer students to THRIVE.
Submit an incident report and make sure to provide as much information as possible.
Your report should include:
- The reporter’s name, email and phone numbers.
- The name and email of the student.
- Nature of the report/threat to others or threat to self.
- Is the student without housing?
- Is the student military-affiliated?
- A description of the concerning behavior.
- Suicide concerns (threats, gestures, or attempts)
- Egregious non-compliance and inflammatory disciplinary matters
- Violent content
- Anger problems
- Homicidal idealization
- Stalking
- Fascination with weapons
- Interest in previous shooting situations
- Paranoia
- Strange or aberrant behavior
- Violence or cruelty
- Acting out
- Recent police contact
- Mental health history related to dangerousness
- Unusual interest in police, military, terrorist activities and material
Please note that the more information provided, the better equipped THRIVE will be to assist the student.
THRIVE team members utilize an online triage tool and risk rubric to evaluate cases involving threats or problem behavior. This data is not stored in the online system. Follow-up actions are determined by THRIVE’s evaluation of the student’s behavior, based on the use of the risk rubric.
Yes. THRIVE offers several resource recommendations for military and veteran students, also found on UMGC wellness resources page. Military-affiliated students can also utilize the Vessey Virtual Student Union.
Yes. THRIVE will assist in evaluating troubling student behavior across all three divisions.
If you are a student in Europe and Asia who is experiencing a life-threatening emergency, you should dial your appropriate local or base emergency number. Your base chaplain is also a resource. For non-urgent assistance or resources, please contact UMGC Asia Student Services or Europe Student Services.
THRIVE can provide community resources for students who are undergoing financial hardships or are in need of wellness resources, including programs and community resources that may be able to help you obtain crisis counseling, tuition waivers, disaster assistance, rental assistance, and more.
Maryland Hotlines
National Hotlines
- National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-TALK (8255)
- National Alliance on Mental Illness: 800-950-NAMI (6264)
- Boys Town Suicide and Crisis Line: 800-448-3000
- Post-Partum Depression Warmline: 800-773-6667
Websites