September is Suicide Awareness Month. The Counseling Center has been tabling the past few weeks and is excited to share events taking place throughout the rest of the month.

Make and Take Shirts
Wednesday, Sept. 21, Biig Pluto will be in Olmsted from 10–2 p.m. sharing their mental health designs for you to Make and Take a Shirt. Bring your own or get one at the event.

Suicide Awareness Walk and Resource Fair
Friday, Sept. 23, meet outside Olmsted at 2 p.m. for the Suicide Awareness Walk. Together we will walk the Bulldog Mile. Local mental health resources will be tabling in Helmick Commons at this time as well.

Speaker
Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. Josh Rivedal will share his experience with loss due to suicide and how to be mentally healthy. Josh will share hope and resources throughout the conversation.

QPR Training
Friday, Sept. 31, at 11 a.m. in Olin Hall, Room 206, will be a campus wide QPR training. Learn what questions to ask, how to persuade and where to refer someone you might feel is thinking about suicide. Register at drake.edu/counselingcenter.

Thank you to the individuals, student groups, and departments involved in planning and implementing a series of impactful campus events.

— Lynne Cornelius, Violence Prevention & Programming