When tragic or difficult events happen to someone we know, it can be hard to find the right words. If you have ever wondered what to say or do when something bad happens to a friend or colleague or worry that you’ll say something wrong, you’re not alone. In this workshop, we’ll work through ways we can show support for others in difficult times.

Presenter: Kate Karacay | Senior Academic Advisor; College Transition Workshop Admin Coordinator; Pre-Health Coordinator, University of Iowa Academic...

Join us for the University of Iowa’s very first Mental Health and Well-Being Pecha Kucha.

Pecha Kucha, Japanese for chit-chat, is a fast paced, imagery-focused workshop that elevates the voices of our campus “mental health and well-being innovators.”

Attend these workshops to:
•    Discover new ways of thinking about work from a mental health & well-being lens
•    Get tangible takeaways about innovative mental health and well-being practices occurring on campus
•    Create connections to...

Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) is a suicide-prevention training designed to educate people from all walks of life how to recognize the warning signs of suicide. QPR training helps people get comfortable asking the question “Are you thinking about suicide?” and then helping others get appropriate help.

QPR training lasts about one hour, and is designed for all “gatekeepers.” A gatekeeper, according to the Surgeon General’s National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (2001), is anyone who is in a...

The Scanlan Center for School Mental Health conducted Phase I of its Iowa Higher Education Study with seven of the Iowa Community Colleges, exploring three salient issues: 

1. What are staff/faculty self-perceptions of their mental health and well-being?

2. What are staff/faculty self-perceptions of competence and confidence intervening with student mental health and well-being?

3. What are staff/faculty perceptions of overall institutional support for campus mental health and well-being?

In...