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Simple Ways to Bring Mental Health Conversations to Your School This Year

Active Minds

For many of us, mental health has become intertwined into our everyday conversations — chatting with our friends about daily stressors, reading social media posts about managing anxiety, and meeting with a therapist when things feel out of control.

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The TEAS project is approaching the need to support its significant Asian student body from multiple angles, seeking out what would be the most beneficial: mentorship, mental health, and curriculum. It will also be hiring a full-time program coordinator to help manage the grant’s efforts.

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Report: More DEI Efforts Needed at Predominantly White Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But it sucks on her end, too, that she’s the only Black therapist; so many people of color are coming to her.” There has to be really intentional education and incorporation of that education into the curriculum to foster those conversations on understanding students and people of different racial/ethnic backgrounds."

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The TEAS project is approaching the need to support its significant Asian student body from multiple angles, seeking out what would be the most beneficial: mentorship, mental health, and curriculum. It will also be hiring a full-time program coordinator to help manage the grant’s efforts.

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Christina Westbrook: She overcame traumatic accident to help others

COE

Christina believes that if it weren’t for TRIO, she would not be a psychotherapist specializing in Art & Dance/Movement Therapy and providing her curriculum, Aligning Your Inner Student’s Strength, to TRIO and GEAR UP programs and schools across the nation. Serrano: Physical therapist helps others conquer pain.