On Wednesday, Nov. 8, students, faculty, and staff will be invited to participate in the Healthy Minds Study (HMS), which will be delivered via email. Two versions of the survey will be administered concurrently—a student version and a faculty/staff version.

The Healthy Minds Network (HMN) is one of the nation’s premier research organizations contributing to adolescent and young adult mental health.  HMN is dedicated to improving the mental and emotional well-being of young people through innovative, multidisciplinary scholarship.

Be assured: all your answers will remain confidential. You will not be identifiable as an individual and your participation in this project is completely voluntary. The HMS will conduct the study to prevent anyone at Drake University from having access to the raw data and HMS will not share your individual responses with any 3rd parties. Once the survey is complete, HMS will only provide aggregate data sets to relevant individuals on campus. This data will then be used to identify areas that should be targeted during the quality initiative as well as informing other related projects being conducted by several colleges/schools.

By participating, you will be contributing to a full understanding of where our campus is relative to well-being and mental health. This information will be used to improve campus life and you will be contributing to a broader goal of promoting well-being within higher education.

Drake will be completing weekly prize drawings for anyone who completes the survey. One student will be randomly selected each week and will be able to choose AirPods, a sunrise alarm, or a weighted blanket. One faculty/staff member will be randomly selected each week and will be able to choose a student to take to lunch (using a $40 Bulldog Bucks credit). Additionally, all invited participants will be entered into the national sweepstakes and have a chance to win a gift card of up to $500.

More information about the Healthy Minds Network is available here: https://healthymindsnetwork.org/

Questions about the survey can be directed to Laura Shell, Strategic Director for Student Retention & Success.

— Laura Shell, Academic Excellence and Student Success