Emergencies

Mental Health Emergencies during working hours (8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., M-F)

Call the Counselor, Babs Quincy, at 724 946-7340, from a campus phone, x7340, email at quincybi@westminster.edu or come directly to the Student Health Center in Shaw Hall. You will be seen promptly. During working hours there are also other alternatives:

  • Campus Security: 724 946-7777, from a campus phone, x7777
  • Your Residence Hall Staff
  • 911

 
Examples of emergencies are:
*Danger to self/suicide threats
*Danger to others
*Violent or out-of-control behaviors
*Sexual assault (see below)

After-hours Emergencies: from your cell, 724 946-7777 or from a campus phone, x7777

 

IF YOU OR A STUDENT YOU KNOW HAS BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED (click here)

SAFE ADVISORS are available to help you. Advisors have received special training to help you deal with sexual assault. (Click here for a SAFE advisor list)

SEXUAL ASSAULT BILL OF RIGHTS: (Click here)

COMMUNITY RESOURCES: (Click here)

DRUGS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT (Click here)

For additional information found on the Public Safety website, (click here)

If a student needs to be taken to a hospital emergency room, the following hospitals are fairly close. If you need immediate transportation, call Public Safety at 724 946-7777.

UPMC Horizon Health System
2200 Memorial Dr.
Farrell, PA 16121
724 981-3500

Sharon Regional Behavioral Health System
740 E. State St.
Sharon, PA 16146
724 983-3911

Jameson Hospital
1211 Wilmington Road
New Castle, Pa 16105
ER: 724 656-4040

 

If you need to speak with someone immediately, but it is not necessarily an emergency there are 24 Hour Hotlines available:

Contact E.A.R.S.
724 658-5529

Crisis Shelter of Lawrence County
724 652-9036

Human Services Center (Community Mental Health)
724 652-9000

The National Substance Abuse Information & Referral Hotline
1-800- 662-4357