By Abigail Bender
To support student mental health and well-being, the UMD Memorial Chapel and University Health Center will host guided meditation and labyrinth walks in the garden every Thursday afternoon in April. Continue reading UMD community finds support through stillness, meditation at Memorial Chapel
By Cameron Crossett
Painted rocks, colorful beads and the scent of warm tea filled the rooms of the University of Maryland Health Center as students gathered last Friday for an afternoon of creativity. Continue reading Crafternoon concludes Mental Health Awareness Week at UMD
By Charlotte Ormond Excitement filled the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center Monday night as the aroma of delicious food drifted through the air. NBC’s “Today” personality Joy Bauer captivated a crowd of students and alumni with her cooking demonstration, interactive game show, impromptu “foodie” singalong and extensive nutrition and wellness advice. Maryland football head coach Mike Locksley and Boris Lushniak, the dean of the School … Continue reading Nutritionist Joy Bauer returns to her alma mater to share health and wellness advice
By Ashna Balroop Some University of Maryland community members believe that UMD should institute a fall break, arguing that it would help students’ mental health. The fall semester lasts 15 weeks—from Aug. 26 to Dec. 9. Labor Day and Thanksgiving break are the only scheduled breaks during the semester. Other universities in the Washington, D.C. area, like American University and George Washington University, have instituted … Continue reading Should UMD implement a fall break?
By Ashna Balroop La Familia, a peer mentoring program on campus, helps Latinx students at the University of Maryland transition from high school to college. The Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Education established La Familia to provide students with personal growth and academic opportunities through mentorship, community service, social events, free tutoring through OMSE and workshop events. Alyssa Martinez, a senior criminology and criminal justice major, … Continue reading Latinx students find support with La Familia program
By Mackenzie Prince With Generation Z at the forefront of the mental health crisis in the United States, the University of Maryland is implementing additional measures to better support its students. The Philip Merrill College of Journalism will provide extra counseling resources and access for students this school year. In an email to Merrill students on Aug. 26, Dean Rafael Lorente announced that journalism students … Continue reading Philip Merrill College of Journalism implements new mental health programs, along with other UMD colleges
By Sam Draddy The University of Maryland Counseling Center has been hosting “Wellness Workshops” throughout the spring semester, to help improve the mental health and well-being of students and faculty. The Counseling Center’s website describes the workshops as “skill-building workshops and not a therapy space.” The drop-in virtual workshops are available to anybody in the UMD community. Staff at the Counseling Center go over different … Continue reading UMD Counseling Center hosts May ‘Wellness Workshops’ just in time for exams
by Maxine Friedman The University of Maryland Counseling Center held a week of programming, consisting of both online and in-person events, from Monday, Oct. 5 to Friday, Oct. 9 for Mental Health Awareness Week. In an effort to help combat the stress and anxiety that has come with the ongoing pandemic as well as the heightening racial tensions in the country, the counseling center worked … Continue reading UMD celebrates Mental Health Awareness Week
by Mira Varghese As students learn to grapple with the stress of a pandemic and the difficulties of online learning, they and the University Counseling Center have had to find new ways to prioritize mental and emotional health. Under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, students have been experiencing a wide range of emotions and stressors. Over the summer, the Mental Health Student Advisory Board … Continue reading University Counseling Center, students work to maintain mental health amid pandemic and online school
By Eunice Sung Following an announcement that the University of Maryland community is transitioning to an exclusively online environment for the remainder of the spring semester, undergraduate students received an email March 26 saying that all courses in spring 2020 will now, by default, be “graded pass/fail unless the student elects to receive an earned grade for the course.” Students will have until May 12 … Continue reading Undergraduate students continue spring semester on pass/fail basis
