Being a graduate student can be stressful. Graduate work is demanding, and it can be challenging to balance your academic work with personal responsibilities like paying bills, caring for children or elderly family members, and making time for self-care. Having good work-life balance and maintaining physical and mental wellness can impact your success in your coursework and research or scholarly work.

The items listed below introduce you to services and resources available to support your physical, mental, and personal well-being.

Lafene Health Center

- Lafene Health Center provides students with accessible, high-quality, and affordable outpatient health care, focusing on keeping you healthy and promoting a healthy campus community. Care is provided by board-certified physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, as well as nursing professionals.

Recreational Services

- Recreational Services' mission is to develop, promote, and manage the administration of recreational and fitness facilities, services, and programs for the campus community at Kansas State University. Active and healthy lifestyles enhance opportunities for the continuance of personal and professional maintenance and growth. Recreational Services promotes student development and provides leadership opportunities in a diverse setting for its participants and employees.

Counseling Services

- K-State Counseling Services aims to provide brief intervention in a student's life that may assist in decision making, skill-building, or mental health support. The overriding goal for all students is to maintain successful academic progress and personal well-being. They provide individual therapy, group therapy, career development counseling, and other services.

Center for Advocacy, Response, and Education (CARE)

- The Center for Advocacy, Response, and Education (CARE) provides confidential, free, and voluntary services and advocacy for survivors of sexual violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual harassment. CARE Survivor Advocates are available to assist survivors in understanding and navigating university policies and procedures and help promote the academic success and personal wellness of survivors. CARE Survivor Advocates are also available to the greater K-State community to provide education, training, and facilitated conversations around the aforementioned and related topics.

LGBT Resource Center

- The LGBT Resource Center at Kansas State University is dedicated to helping the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) students, staff, and faculty and community members to become more secure and educated about sexuality and gender identity in their personal and professional surroundings. The Center is open to everyone and provides connections to local resources. The center hosts several events throughout the year, including guest speakers, social events, and an LGBT Leadership Conference.

Student Health Insurance