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The Wellness Center at Rowan University. - Features Editor / Paige Britt

Suicide prevention resources available through the Wellness Center

Erik Gil, Staff Writer October 2, 2024

September was National Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide has claimed the lives of many individuals and creates a chain effect of pain and loss to the families and friends who have felt the loss of it....

Allison Pearce led the suicide prevention training to about 20 students and faculty members. -News Intern / Abigail Twiford

Rowan University hosts suicide prevention training

Abigail Twiford March 8, 2023

A suicide prevention training class was led by Allison Pearce, the assistant director of Healthy Campus Initiatives at the Wellness Center, on March 8. The class utilized the QPR Institute, which stands...

2022 Student Mental Health Conference hosted by Healthy Campus Initiatives. - Features Editor / Drew Peltzman.

Healthy Campus Initiatives hosts 2022 Student Mental Health Conference

Drew Peltzman November 16, 2022

Healthy Campus Initiatives (HCI) hosted its fifth annual Student Mental Health Conference on Tuesday, Nov. 15, to bring awareness and advocate techniques to combat mental health issues at Rowan.  Six...

Bhatt's new office is located at the Wellness Center on  201 Mullica Hill Rd in Glassboro. - Writer / Rashad Uhuru

Rowan SGA Introduces Student Mental Health Advocate: Riya Bhatt

Rashad Uhuru September 13, 2022

Riya Bhatt will helm initiatives to serve students in their communication with the Wellness Center - Photo via Rowan University In regards to what many consider to be a mental health crisis at Rowan...

Rowan's Wellness Center is in Winans Hall. The Wellness Center hosted the fourth annual “Out of the Darkness Campus Walk” to aid in suicide awareness. - File Photo / Amanda Palma

Rowan Wellness Center Hosts Fourth Annual “Out of the Darkness Campus Walk” Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Christine Harkinson April 28, 2021

On April 24, the Wellness Center hosted Rowan’s fourth annual “Out of the Darkness Campus Walk.” To follow COVID-19 health and safety protocols, the New Jersey Chapter of the American Foundation...

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QPR provides students and faculty with skills to help others struggling with mental health

Christine Harkinson February 28, 2020

What would you do if you noticed a family member or close friend behaving differently? Maybe the behavior is not the kind you want to see. Maybe this person hasn’t been coming around much or cut off...

President Ali Houshmand listens to the Rowan community during a group discussion on December 9, 2019. - Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor / Kristin Guglietti

President Houshmand details plans to promote mental health services

Kristin Guglietti January 21, 2020

The Rowan community received an email from university President Ali Houshmand early Tuesday morning detailing the steps that the university is taking to build a stronger community after hearing from students,...

Signs lay on the ground outside of the Student Center Patio in protest of the new proposed copay for the Wellness Center, on Monday April 23, 2018. -File Photo / Jaryd Leady

Mehes: The Wellness Center needs to step-up

Gianna Mehes October 5, 2019

Editor's Note: This op-ed contains discussion of suicide and mental health issues, and may be distressing or triggering for some readers. This article has also been updated to include information about...

"Thirteen Reasons Why" focuses on tough issues like suicide and sexual assault - but should it have been renewed for a third and fourth seasons? - Image from Netflix

Grier: Three seasons later, “13 Reasons Why” still needs to be cancelled

Tara Grier September 9, 2019

Unlike the show’s name, there are many more than 13 reasons why this show should have been canceled by now. "13 Reasons Why" is a Netflix Original Series that first aired in 2017, based off of the...

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McCray: You matter

Brianna McCray September 19, 2018

We are about to finish our third week of the fall semester. Here I am, sitting among students on their laptops with focus and determination on their faces. It is still pretty early in the semester and...

Winans Hall/the Wellness Center. -Staff Photo/Andrew Turco

Here’s why the Wellness Center is looking for 1300 reasons why to live

Andrew Turco September 13, 2017

The Wellness Center is on a yearlong quest to gather 1,300 reasons to live by April 2017. The new initiative, 1300 Reasons Why Not, helps to continue the discussion about why not to consider suicide. "My...

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