Neurodiversity Unlocked: Empowering Students to Thrive!

November 20, 2024 in Goodstein Foundation Library room 215A at 12:00 PM

Description: The Casper College Diversity & Inclusion Committee is hosting a Lunch ‘n’ Learn. The event includes lunch and a viewing of a Tedx Talk with a panel discussion with members of the Psychology Department, the Wellness Center, Disability Support Services, and Student Success.

The college supports individuals from diverse cultures, abilities and ideas surrounding:

• Ethnicity
• Race
• Ability
• Mental Health
• Sex
• Gender Identity
• Sexual Orientation
• Immigration Status or International Students
• Religion
• First-Generation College Students
• Socioeconomic Status
• Age
• Veterans/Military-Affiliated Students
• Single Parents

Campus resources

• Care Team
• Nondiscrimination, Title IX and Sexual Misconduct at CC
• Disability Services
• Single Parent Program
• Wellness Center
• Veterans Services
• Student Success Center
• Student Life
• GEAR UP
• Student Senate
• Writing Center
• STEM Learning Center
• More resources for all students

Name Change — If you are a current student and would like the name you use at Casper College to match your gender identity and preferred name, you can fill out a chosen name change form to do so. This is not a legal name change; but will allow you to update your student ID card, myCCinfo portal, student email address, and name on classroom rosters. For any questions, please contact the Student Success Center.

Gender-Neutral Bathrooms — Anyone may use bathrooms labeled “restroom” in Aley Hall 303C and 303D; Ag Barn 105; Career Studies 139; Gateway 313, 314, and 410; Health Science 126; Krampert Theater 124A; Liesinger Hall 134; Library 226; Music 213 and 215; Physical Science 332; Strausner Hall 221G; Tate Museum 106; Student Union 117, 207, 222, 459, and 460; Visual Arts 122 and 215; Werner Ag 115; and Werner Tech 113.

Menstrual Products — Restrooms equipped with free menstrual products are located in Physical Science (2nd floor, women’s); Union/University (1st floor lobby, gender-neutral restroom in the middle of two other restrooms); Library (upper floor, near the Western History Center); and Liesinger Hall (women’s, near the LH Gym). Products are provided by Casper College Student Senate.

Lactation Rooms — A lactation room at the Goodstein Foundation Library can be reserved online. A lactation room in the Walter H. Nolte Gateway Center is located on the second floor, room 209.

Casper area resources

• Food Resources: Food Pantries, Restoration Church, The Salvation Army, Central Wyoming Rescue Mission, Poverty Resistance, SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)
• LGBTQIA+: Wyoming Equality, Casper PFlag, Casper Human Rights Campaign
• Disability Services: Wyoming Independent Living,  Brain Injury Alliance of Wyoming, Casper’s Council of People with Disabilities,  NOWCAP Services,
• VA Services: Casper VA Clinic, Wyoming Veterans Commission
• Single Parents: Single Parent Program Resource List, Casper College
• First Gen: Star Program/Student Success at Casper College, GEAR UP
• ESL: Immigration Alliance, Casper College ESL, English Learners-Wyoming Department of Education

Online/National Resources

• Food Resources: Food Assistance Programs, SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)
• LGBTQIA+: Human Rights Campaign, Glaad, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, Matthew Shepard Foundation, Wyoming Equality
• Disability Services: Association for Rural Independent Living, Youth Leadership Forum
• VA Services: US Veteran Affairs Department
• Mental Health Services: Helpline-National Alliance on Mental Illness, Talk To Someone Now
• Single Parents: Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Resources, Scholarships & Financial Aid for Single Moms and Dads in School
• First Gen: I’m First, Center for First-Generation Student Success

This page is curated by the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. The committee also provides a monthly newsletter; if you’d like you can view the archive of past newsletters.