Food Pantries at CSU
Main Campus
CSU’s food pantry is located at the William B. Turner Center for Servant Leadership on the second floor of the Schuster Student Success Center. Any students enrolled at CSU can request what they need such as food or hygiene kits. The requesting process is easy: after filling out a request form online, students will receive a notification from the Servant Leadership Center to pick up their items. Curbside pickup is available on Main and RiverPark Campus.
Follow these steps to request items from the Food Pantry at CSU:
- To determine your overall needs, fill out a request form by using this link: https://www.columbusstate.edu/servant-leadership/food-pantry.php
- You will be notified by someone in the Center for Servant Leadership when your items are ready for pickup. Please note on the application how you would like to be contacted.
- Pick up your items. The Food Pantry is located on the second floor of the Schuster Student Success Center.
For more information, contact servantleadership@columbusstate.edu
Downtown/RiverPark Campus
Students who live around RiverPark campus can come to the Art Research Library in room 13 on the first floor of the Seaboard Depot building. The Seaboard Depot is located next to the Corn Center on Front Avenue. Students may take as much food as they need during the library’s hours of operation.
Hours of Operation:
Mon – Wed:
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM / 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Thu & Fri:
9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Center for Experiential Learning and Career Design
Located on the second floor of Schuster Center, The Center for Career Design helps students explore ways to make the best out of CSU, connect with alumni and professionals in various industries, and get equipped with career related skills for putting their foot forward. Students can download Handshake app and create an account connected to the school system. Then, through your account profile, you can walk in or schedule appointments with Career Design Center peer career advisors to get helps with career exploration, resume building, networking, job & internship searching, interview preparation, and graduate searching.
Each semester, students can also come to the Center for Experiential Learning and Career Design to choose 2 FREE professional outfits.
Counseling Center
The Counseling Center is available to all CSU students to assist them with life concerns, including grief.
The Counseling Center has two locations. It is located in Schuster Center 301 on Main Campus.
Regular hours:
Monday, Tuesday: 8:00 a.m. — 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday—Friday: 8:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m.
The hours vary during breaks and during the summer. During breaks, the center is open Mondays through Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Riverpark Campus location is at Frank Brown Hall, but this counseling center only accepts appointments, which can be arranged by calling 706-507-8470. It is also not open during the summer.
In addition to their regular services, the Counseling Center also operates their main phone number as a crisis line that can be called at any time. The number is again 706-507-8470. Once the number is called, there will be a prompt that will allow callers to be connected with a therapist.
