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MiTalk Speaks to Graduate Student Mental Health and Wellness, Too

April 6, 2012 | By Kristin Kurzawa, Program Manager, MiTalk

MiTalkis a student-focused mental health website for all University of Michigan students, including graduate students. With a new, easy-to-use interface,MiTalk offers mental health and wellness resources 24/7. Articles focused on student mental health concerns, self-screening tools, and University-made multimedia projects are what make MiTalk unique. Topics range from Students as Caregivers Men and Depression to our do something campaign's How to Help Yourself, How to Help a Friend series. MiTalk also offers an incredible library of…

…coming out clean…

April 5, 2012 | By Darshan Karwat, Ph.D. Student, Aerospace Engineering

(Spoiler alert (?): The thoughts below are a coalescence of observations of those around me, of fellow graduate students’ rants over beer, of a few PhD comics, and of a wonderful metaphor to compare graduate school with.) The Shawshank Redemption is my favorite movie, ever, not least because the movie’s depiction of Shawshank Prison provides a superb metaphor for graduate school. (No. I have not been to prison…yet…) There is the warden (your advisor), and…

CAPS 2020 Vision: Share Your Ideas

March 29, 2012 | By Todd Sevig, Director, Counseling and Psychological Services

How Can We Strengthen College Student Mental Health? get inspired. think big.join together. do something. Within CAPS, we have our thoughts on how we can strengthen college student mental health for our campus, but what are your thoughts? Share your vision for how we can continue to do something as students, staff, faculty, and parents to strengthen college student mental health. Let’s directly face our challenges by building with our strengths. Let's Get Started Watch a new…

Accepting Applications for the 2012-13 CAPS Student Advisory Board

March 27, 2012 | By Christine C Asidao, Assistant Director of Outreach & Education, Counseling and Psychological Services

U-M Counseling & Psychological Services is now accepting applications for next year's Student Advisory Board (SAB). The CAPS SAB is a diverse group of undergraduate and graduate students who advises CAPS on matters of mental health outreach to all students, provides input on various agency decisions, and is involved in staff searches. We truly value CAPS SAB input and work hard towards implementing suggestions. Past activities of the SAB include: Past activities included: Increasing accessibility and knowledge…

Institute Announces 2012 Invited Lecture Series

March 13, 2012 | By Cheryl A. King, Director, Institute for Human Adjustment

The Institute for Human Adjustment (IHA) has a long history at the University of Michigan, dating back to 1935 when Mary Rackham funded an endowment for an Institute that would provide social and rehabilitative services to individuals from the University and surrounding communities. The Speech Clinic (now the University Center for the Development of Language and Literacy) had already been established when it joined the IHA in 1936-37. The Psychological Clinic was founded in 1938…

University Health Service (UHS) Recruiting Volunteer HIV Test Counselors

February 14, 2012 | By Carol D Tucker, Health Educator, Health Service

University Health Service (UHS) is now accepting applications for volunteer graduate student HIV test counselors. Through this position, students in fields such as health, social work, and psychology can apply their knowledge, while other students might enjoy the opportunity to get outside their school, connect with others on a different level, and make a contribution. Benefits -- as a volunteer, you could: Gain valuable knowledge and work experience plus network with health professionals Enhance your…

Join Active U! Program Begins Tomorrow (2/14)

February 13, 2012 | By Natalie Bartolacci, Program Manager, Rackham Graduate School

There is still time to register for Active U 2012! 2012 marks the fifth year that graduate students have been invited to participate in Active U. Active U is MHealthy's 12-week physical activity challenge for all university faculty, staff, grad students, retirees and, now, spouses/other qualified adults (OQAs). As always, Active U is for every fitness level. Walk, swim, do yoga, lift weights, dance or log activity in a wheelchair. It all counts! Do Active…

Love It or Leave It? Our Bloggers Weigh In On Winter in Ann Arbor

February 9, 2012 | By Natalie Bartolacci, Program Manager, Rackham Graduate School

The January topic for our student bloggers was “Winter in Ann Arbor.” Here is what we’ve learned…Winter provides opportunities for a variety of outdoor activities, including snowball fights, sledding, ice skating, and skiing. Winter provides opportunities for a variety of indoor activities, including dining in, sitting by a fireplace, hanging “in,” and cooking things to warm you up. Winter removes warm weather distractions, so you can focus on writing, research, and applying for grants...…

Winter in Ann Arbor: Nature’s Gift to Graduate Students

February 8, 2012 | By Katherine Lelito, Ph.D. Student, Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology

Winters are colder in Michigan- so cold that compared to where I’m from, it’s more often too cold to snow. But, I’m oddly thankful for Nature’s bitter cold winds that keep us graduate students indoors. In winter, we are free from the distractions of tempting outdoor recreation- Frisbee on the quad, dining al fresco on Main St., Art Fair and so on are the pleasures of Ann Arbor for 7 months out of the year.…

My Love For the Winter in Ann Arbor

February 6, 2012 | By Laura Fernandes, Ph.D. Student, Biostatistics

I thought about this month's piece and decided that I had to speak for the people like me who love the snow! I absolutely love the snow and feel that the cold in the winter is the "price" to pay for this "fanciful" liking. And I say "fanciful" because most people think that I am crazy when I say that the winter is my best season in AA. Some find it even more incredulous when…

Depression on College Campuses Conference

February 3, 2012 | By Guest Writer

What is the Depression on College Campuses Conference? The 10th Annual DepressiononCollegeCampusesConference (DoCC) is presented by the U-MDepressionCenter, in partnership with schools and colleges of the UniversityofMichigan. The theme of this year’s conference, is “Depression on College Campuses: Integrating Prevention, Resilience, and Positive Mental Health,” and asks how campus mental health missions can be reframed to include prevention of depression through a focus on student strengths. The conference will review recent research and practical advances…

Winter in Ann Arbor: There’s a bunch of this white stuff falling from the sky!

February 2, 2012 | By Hong Tran, Ph.D. Student, Chemical Biology

As a bred and raised southerner, winter in Ann Arbor to me conjures up images of snow! I still get giddy and exclaim, “There’s white stuff falling from the sky!” every time it snows. And although it may be a pain to constantly be cleaning and digging my car out of the snow, I still love it. I made my first real snow angel last year after we got a foot or two of snow,…

An East Coast Perspective on Midwest Winters

February 1, 2012 | By Marie Stango, Ph.D. Student, History

What do you think of when you imagine winter in the Midwest – snowdrifts and sub-zero temperatures? This is exactly what I envisioned after I was accepted to U-M. When I decided to move to Michigan for grad school, I began to worry about winter in the Midwest. Granted, I grew up in New England and went to school in New York – so I was very familiar with winter weather – but I really…

Winter 2012 Drop-in Education and Support Groups

January 30, 2012 | By Stephanie Salazar, Project Coordinator, Campus Mind Works

As the new semester is getting underway, the Campus Mind Works team is pleased to continue offering free, drop-in education and support groups on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every month through April. Designed for any U-M student with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and chronic anxiety, each group begins with an educational presentation and Q & A focusing on topics which can impact student mental health, including: relationships, the connections between exercise and…

Winter Memories in Ann Arbor—Sameer and I

January 27, 2012 | By Darshan Karwat, Ph.D. Student, Aerospace Engineering

Fresh from watching my first Truman Capote play, Holiday Memories, I too, would like to write about some memories I haven’t really thought about in a longtime. My freshman year of undergrad, I lived in the backwoods of the University in Baits II dorms on North Campus (“Where the hell are those?” many students ask.) with an eclectic bunch of undergrads, mostly music majors and engineers. My suitemate was a guy named Sameer…a big, portly…

Wintry Mix: A Long-time Michigander’s Guide to Surviving a Michigan Winter

January 25, 2012 | By Jax Sanders, Ph.D. Student, Physics

“If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes.” It’s a common saying here in Michigan, and in winter, it needs a small edit: “If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes. It’ll probably be worse.” We might not have the icy wind of Chicago or the full lake-effect snow of Kalamazoo, but in Ann Arbor, winter weather has a uniquely annoying quality: capriciousness. Damp? Dry? Icy? Windy? Unseasonably warm? All are equally plausible,…

Winter Adjustments

January 20, 2012 | By Rodney Caruthers II, Ph.D. Student, Near Eastern Studies

Winter in Ann Arbor brings to mind the need for two types of adjustments: one to the winter climate and the other to the semester. Although I was raised in Michigan and should be accustomed to the weather by now, my almost two year hiatus in Atlanta, Georgia provided me with just enough of a change from my winter upbringing. Having already spent some time in Alabama when I first went to college I knew…

In Seed Time Learn, in Harvest Teach, in Winter Enjoy

January 18, 2012 | By Bessie McAdams, Ph.D. Student, English

Aomori-shi, Aomori-ken, Japan Confession time: Ann Arbor isn’t the coldest or the snowiest place I’ve lived. My sister likes to make fun of me for the machismo of this boast, but it’s true. I’ve seen colder and I’ve seen much snowier. I lived for a year in a prefecture in Japan called Aomori. The snow was so intense in the winter that I would have to shovel my small patch of sidewalk before I went…

Winter in Ann Arbor: An Avoider’s Guide

January 17, 2012 | By Maria Pickl, Master’s Student, School of Education

I don’t like winter. I don’t like the snow, the ice, the cold – none of it. Give me winter for the last week or so of December and I have had my fill. I’m not sure how I have made it through 26 years living in Michigan with this Antarctic-esque season, but here I remain. If you’re like me and just trying to make it through to the spring, here are some of my…

Reflections From Our Bloggers

January 10, 2012 | By Natalie Bartolacci, Program Manager, Rackham Graduate School

What we’ve learned from our bloggers over the past month: Why group projects are a necessary evil Office hours can yield some interesting conversations with undergrads… What it’s like to cope with invisible disability in graduate school How to network at a conference The experience of being a first-generation student in graduate school Getting support to manage ADHD Staying true to your faith in graduate school The importance of making time to reflect on your…

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