School of Kinesiology and Recreation student Emily Yacko and Professor Rachel Smith are active mental health advocates spreading the word about mental health awareness and suicide prevention
Topic: Wellness
Division of Student Affairs announces initiative supporting campus health and wellness
The Division of Student Affairs’ Health and Wellness Community of Practice is proud to announce its three-year commitment to expand healthier options on campus.
Spreading the word about International Stuttering Awareness Day
People who stutter can face shame about their speaking, and building awareness can work to help de-stigmatize stuttering.
Is it possible to be a dancer and like your body?
Whether it is contemporary, jazz, ballet, Irish or other, dancers have been expected to all have the same body type. This ideal body of a dancer is skinny and tall with long legs and a flat chest, and if you don’t fit this image, then you are looked down upon.
Seeing the subtle signs of abuse
The One Love Foundation was founded in honor of Yeardley Love, a student at the University of Virginia, who was beaten to death by her ex-boyfriend. In her presentation, “The Difference Between Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships,” Kate Hood refers to Yeardley’s death as a “tragedy no one saw coming.” She goes on to explain that
CSD professor receives Scholarship of Teaching and Learning grant
SoTL grant award to fund project featuring speech-language pathology students and patients with swallowing disorders.
Ask a Redbird Scholar: What do you do when a parent has dementia?
Assistant Professor Susan L. Hovey answers the question, What do you do when a parent has dementia?
Students Ending Rape Culture Self-Care Series for survivors and supporters
The Self-Care Series will provide a foundation for survivors and their supporters through self-care.
Fresh FAVs – high quality, low cost produce on campus
Nutritious eating at your fingertips. Fresh FAVs is a program that brings fruits and vegetables right to campus. Open to students, faculty, staff, and retirees, Fresh FAVs offers low-cost, high-quality produce once a week for eight weeks.
Emergency Management launches Safe Redbirds app
Safe Redbirds offers helpful new features such as virtual safe walk and friend walk, each designed to provide additional security to all individuals on campus.