Students come to college and a built-in histories of serious trauma (physical,sexual abuses, sexual assault, witness to oviolence, homelessness, difficult family environments) or they migh experience seriioius trauma or loss during their academic years, some serious mental health disorders (bipolar, schizophrena) do not show signs, until students trust or build a comfort zone or trusts with faculty staff. I witnessed and experienced all the above, but did I identify their trauma, yes, to some degree, till students will actuallly tell me "i was not able to get my medications because of lack of money, etc., I am developing hives all over me, I need my medications, I cannot stay in class today, etc. etc." Along with ordinary college and life stressors, student struggle with their own special challenges that coincide with middle and later adulthood (adjusting to new environment, managing academic transition times, dealing with career path issues, multiple roles, maintaining appropriate boundaries with teachers and students, etc .)feel alone, isolated, and even hopelessness when faced with academic and life challenges. I had an encounter with a distress students just recently. She missed three weeks of classes, (with 6 classes, both clinical and administrative courses), being in the process of eviction, with two children living with parents, parents don't want her around her children, working in a bar to sustain her most basic needs,), student also has a 3.8 GPA, which she would like to maintain) I spoke with student advisement office to ask them to intervene and assist this student with regards to some financial assistance, and tutorial and or assistance liaising with other instructors. As an instructor of administrative courses, I chose to offer distance learning initiatives or communicating with this student on line. The challenge is the student do not own a computer. I told her to use the library and or the learning center. Some of her clinical instructors gave her essay topics to augment her grades, but she still has to pass the hands on competencies. My question: how do we help these students in distress. My answer: Give them all the ACADEMIC alternatives and or possibilities; but it is their CHOICE TO DECIDE AND TO KNOW THEIR PRIORITIES, WITH REGARDS TO THEIR PERSONAL LIVES VIZ A VIZ THEIR ACADEMIC LIVES, AND OTHER PERSONAL SITUATIONS.