Every Tuesday in OnCampus the Deputy Provost shares two articles with a read time of 10 minutes.

I’m passing this information along for faculty and staff to be aware of the resources available to our students, in support of their mental health.  Please share widely with the students you encounter—whether or not they appear ‘in crisis’ or ‘in need.’ Need and crisis manifest in different ways in different people—let’s assume we all could use a bit of help this semester (and always).

Anxiety Support Group
Purpose: The Anxiety Support Group serves to assist students in understanding and developing strategies to respond to anxiety. This group is for any students wanting to learn ways to support themselves with anxiety present as a student and within life.

Participants: All full-time or part-time Drake University students

When: Every Wednesday through May 11, 2022, through Spring 2022 semester, excluding spring break and finals week.

Where: Zoom (email Amber.wilkins@drake.edu for the link)

Time: 4–5p.m.

Black and Glowing (B.A.G): African American Self-Care Group
Purpose: The B.A.G. group aims to reflect on the ways you can enhance your bag of self-worth and manage and address the challenges of healing and practicing self-care as a Black person in college, in addition to your other intersectional identities.

Participants: This is a group aimed at Drake University Black women+ and men+ students. The (+) represents the spectrum of gender identity and is also inclusive of students that have experienced socialization within a specific gender. Please join us in any gender identity or expression that is important to you.

When: Women+: 1st and 3rd Tuesday, Men+: 2nd and 4th Tuesday through Spring 2022 semester, excluding spring break and finals week.

Where: Zoom (email kayla.bell@drake.edu and tyler.lewis@drake.edu)

Time: 6–7 p.m.

For more information about the counseling center services, please visit the Counseling Center’s website.

— Renée Cramer, Deputy Provost