Request Student ID (Ram eCard)
Student ID photos are submitted online via the Ram Card website. Review the online photo submission guidelines before beginning.
- Log in with your WCU email address and the same password you use for your WCU email,
MyWCU, and D2L.
- Click "upload your photo" on the left side.
- You may choose to have your student ID mailed to you for a $5 fee. Otherwise, you
will receive an email when it is ready for pickup on the Philadelphia Location.
Instructions for Ordering Textbooks
You can order your books through the SSI Bookstore at wcucampusstore.com. Explore a guide to ordering textbooks through the WCU Campus Store website, including the process
for requesting and using a financial aid book voucher.
Accepted forms of payment:
- All major credit cards
- Ram Bucks
- Financial Aid ( It is the student’s responsibility to setup book voucher for payment
to release the order. If this is not done the book order will be held in the SSI bookstore)
If you are using Financial Aid to purchase books through the WCU SSI Bookstore, please
follow these additional steps:
- Estimate your total book cost by searching for your course materials on the Campus Store's website
- Accept your financial aid awards (you may change the total you'd like to accept, but
be sure to accept enough to include the cost of your books) and activate your account/confirm
your enrollment in MyWCU
- Click here to submit the online Bookstore Voucher Request Form. You must request a book voucher
from the Bursar's Office before placing your textbook order.
Library
Students attending classes at WCU’s Philadelphia Site will have access to the multiple
library resources in West Chester. For information about accessing materials, please
visit the library's special online resource site.
Electronic Materials and Delivery of Print Materials
86% of the University Libraries’ collection is available online 24/7 for WCU in Philadelphia
students. This includes:
- eBooks
- Articles
- Streaming Video & Audio
WCU Library will ship books & DVDs to:
- Your home (free of charge, with return label provided, UPS both ways)
- The Philadelphia location (shipped UPS, and returned to Marcie Cohen who returns books
to West Chester)
Request PDF scans of articles from print journals and chapters from books via ILLiad:
- Fill out and submit request form
- You will receive an email letting you know material is available
- Log in to download the material via ILLiad
If the Library doesn’t have a particular material, you can request it via interlibrary
loan.
- Usually delivered electronically via ILLiad
- Or the Library will ship printed materials to you (home or Philadelphia location),
if the lending institution permits
Subject-Specific Collections: Social Work Criminal Justice Nursing
Need help from a reference librarian?
Librarians are available to help you via chat, email, phone, and text (visit Ask Us page)
In-person reference hours at our campus are offered in conjunction with library presentations
and workshops – Contact Danielle Skaggs, eLearning and Outreach Librarian for more information
WCU in Philadelphia has started a Lending Library! Contact Coordinator of Student Support, Marcie Cohen, if you would like to donate or reserve books. View available books .
Office of Educational Accessibility
WCU students at the Philadelphia site should follow WCU procedures for requesting
accommodations for disabilities in accordance with OEA procedures. Please refer to
the OEA website for further information.
Counseling Services
Free and confidential Counseling Services are provided to WCU in Philadelphia students
on a part-time basis by Lori Mina, LPC, at the Center City site during the fall and
spring semesters. For the fall 2021 semester, Counseling Services will be available
in person at the Philadelphia Center on Mondays from 5 PM to 8PM. Additional appointments
will be held remotely throughout the week. Please contact Lori directly at lmina@wcupa.edu to schedule an in-person or remote appointment.
Listen to a guided breath meditation and visit the Counseling Center's webpage for additional resources.
- Local and Emergency Resources
- Mental Health Delegates: (215) 685-6440
- Suicide and Crisis Intervention Hotline: (215) 686-4420
- Hall-Mercer Crisis Response Center: 245 S. 8th St., Philadelphia, PA 19107 - (215) 829-5433
- Mercy Hospital Crisis Response Center: 5401 Cedar Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19143 - (215) 748-9525
- Psychiatric Emergency Evaluation Center at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: (215) 662-2121
- Crisis Text Line: Text START to 741-741
Philadelphia Area Resources
Domestic Abuse
Substance-Related Issues
Self-Help Resources
