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Behind the Scenes of the Fall 2023 Send Silence Packing® Tour

Active Minds

Send Silence Packing® encourages attendees to seek support for themselves, friends, or loved ones, with trained professionals available on-site and thousands of mental health resources distributed to community members at each stop. What sparked your passion for mental health and suicide prevention?

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Study: Student Loan Presence Linked to Worse Student Health Outcomes and Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Having student loans is associated with worse health outcomes and practices, according to a new study published in the Journal of American College Health. universities, looking to see whether there was a relationship between student loan presence and the health of students.

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Baylor University Dedicates Statues of First Black Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Walker would go on to serve the public as well, spending 32 years in California’s Department of Mental Health helping patients get assistance to transition back into jobs and the community. In 2017, Walker was given Baylor’s Medal of Service for Contributions to the Professions, Christian Ministry.

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Embracing Vulnerability: University, Mental Health and Lessons From Football

Student Minds

Johnnie talks about learning about mental health, getting support and applying the lessons learnt to his writing. Johnnie Lowery I went off to university in 2017 expecting it to be the time of my life. Given what I knew about mental health back in those days, perhaps this isn’t too much of a surprise.

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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And as business owners, Latinos made up 50% of net new small businesses from 2007–2017. million STEM job openings by 2031 – supporting and assisting this population with the obstacles in their paths may prove essential to the economic health of the country, the report stated. Additionally, their purchasing power of $3.4 And as the U.S.

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A Commitment to Help Others

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Now, the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health is recognizing and honoring her with the 2023 ASPPH Early Career Teaching Excellence Award for her most recent work as a clinical associate professor at the Georgia State University School of Public Health, a role she has held since August 2017. “I

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The Student Lifestyle: Accessing Support

Student Minds

Callum discusses the student lifestyle and accessing support at University - Callum - Centre for Mental Health For as long as there have been students, there has been the notion of a ‘Student Lifestyle’. As much as by biological factors, mental health is dependent on social determinants like these. I was broke.