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Mental Health Awareness Week 2025

Baruch’s fourth annual Mental Health Awareness Week will be Monday, March 10, through Friday, March 14, 2025. The theme will be “Caring for Self and Others”. Please make every effort to join us for these upcoming events. See last year’s events here.

This campus-specific week was developed within Baruch’s Suicide Prevention Taskforce and is offered in partnership with the Counseling Center and the Human Resources Department. The concept includes faculty, students, and staff so that the entire Baruch community can get to know the resources that are available to you, as well as the people around the College who are here to support and assist.

The Counseling Center and the Office Human Resources planned events that are designed to help you manage stress, recognize warning signs in yourself and others, and more. Some events require registration. Please be aware that Baruch will likewise observe the national Mental Health Awareness Month in May.

Students: Mental Health Resources and Events

Sleep Hygiene Workshop

Monday, March 10, 1:00pm-2:00pm
NVC, 3rd Floor, Room 3-215

Be Your Best Slept Self! (Workshop title adapted from National Sleep Foundation)

This workshop is designed to help you understand the importance of getting a good night’s rest, identify barriers to restful sleep, and implement practical strategies for quality rest. Whether you’re struggling with poor sleep quality or simply want to enhance your overall well-being, this workshop will provide you with the tools and knowledge to transform your sleep habits.

Presenter: The Office of Health and Wellness

Depression Screening Day

Tuesday, March 11, 12:15pm-2:30pm
Lobby of the Newman Vertical Campus (use the Plaza entrance to the NVC)

Please join us to get screened for depression and meet and chat with counselors from the Baruch College Counseling Center. We hope to see you there!

Students are able to get a better understanding of their mental health by completing a screening form that has markers for depression at our table.

Counselors will then briefly meet one-on-one with each student to provide feedback and help them connect to the Counseling Center at Baruch or to outside counseling as needed or desired.

Presenters: Baruch College Counseling Center Staff

Pet Therapy with Gallagher

Tuesday, March 11, 12:30pm-1:30pm
NVC, 2nd Floor, Bearcat Den

Come meet Gallagher and experience pet therapy. Pet Therapy can create enhanced self-esteem, improve relationships, create a more positive environment, and give a sense of purpose. We hope to see you there!

Presenters: Baruch Counseling Center Staff, Gallagher and his person

Embracing Body Positivity Inside and Out

Wednesday, March 12, 12:45pm-2:00pm
NVC, 3rd Floor, Room 3-215

Students, please join us for this fun and interactive workshop where we will engage in some activities together and learn some helpful information and techniques allowing us to embrace our beauty at any size. Refreshments will be served.

Presenters: Baruch Counseling Center Staff

Yoga for Stress Relief

Thursday, March 13, 12:00pm-1:00pm
NVC Multipurpose Room (1st Floor, Room 107)

Hatha yoga is an ancient branch of yoga that is adaptable for many levels through postures and breathing techniques designed to preserve the vital force energy. Class will conclude with yoga Nidra, a guided relaxation.

Presenter: Baruch Alumna Linda Colon

Mindfulness and Stress Reduction Workshop

Thursday, March 13, 1:00pm-2:00pm
NVC, 2nd Floor, Room 2-125

Stress is a natural part of life. However, in these difficult times, you may find that it is more difficult to manage stress. In this workshop, you will learn to identify stress and learn how to effectively manage it using mindfulness techniques and other coping strategies.

Presenters: Baruch Counseling Center Staff

Connect to Mental Health Resources at Baruch

Please click this link to the Baruch Counseling Center Website to start the process to make an appointment: Counseling Center – Student Affairs | Baruch College (cuny.edu)

Please click this link to NYC 988 to connect to resources outside the Counseling Center: NYC 988 – Talk. Text. Chat. 24/7 (cityofnewyork.us)

Faculty and Staff: Mental Health Resources and Events

Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace

Wednesday, March 12, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Zoom
Please register in advance here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/1uX2Qun9TS-CD1wWQUbKpw (After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.)

Discover how to enhance your health, wellbeing, and productivity by relieving stress with simple relaxation techniques. Explore ergonomics and learn how to prevent on the-job injuries from lifting, repetitive stress (such as carpal tunnel syndrome) and computer-related injuries (headache, eye strain and back pain). The discussion will include work/life balance, how to establish priorities and the importance of healthy eating and regular exercise.

Safe Zone Training: Faculty and Staff Edition

Thursday, March 13, 12:30pm–2:30pm
Zoom
Please register in advance here: bit.ly/40DPTGD

Join us for Safe Zone training! This program fosters an inclusive, supportive environment, particularly for LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and staff. Participants will gain essential knowledge and tools to create a safer, more welcoming campus. By understanding LGBTQ+ issues and terminology and learning how to address discrimination and microaggressions, participants will strengthen their ability to support others, reduce stigmatization, and build more connected, empowered communities, ensuring everyone feels valued and respected.

Presenters: Counseling Center Staff

Yoga for Stress Relief

Thursday, March 13, 1:00pm-2:00pm
NVC, Multipurpose Room, Room 1-107

Hatha yoga is an ancient branch of yoga that is adaptable for many levels through postures and breathing techniques designed to preserve the vital force energy.  Class will conclude with yoga Nidra, a guided relaxation.

Presenter: Baruch Alumna Linda Colon

Supporting Students in Distress

Friday, March 14, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Zoom
Please register in advance here: https://baruch.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uce2hqD8tG9xvjw6VYJwdLzgFuX_r498i

How can we support students experiencing trauma and other mental health difficulties so they can fully participate and succeed in an educational environment? Learn what trauma and mental health symptoms might look like in the classroom, strategies to promote empowerment, safety and trust, and how faculty and student-facing staff can best identify students needing additional support and connect them with the resources they need to thrive at Baruch.

Presenters: Kathryn Ford, MPH, LCSW, Program Manager, Trauma-Informed Baruch Initiative & Jael Amador, Ph.D., Supervising Psychologist, Counseling Center

Managing Priorities to Maximize your Day

Friday, March 14, 1:00pm-2:00pm
Zoom
Please Register in advance here: Meeting Registration – Zoom (After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.)

To keep up in today’s dynamic and fast paced business environment, people continuously need to improve their planning and prioritizing skills. Feeling overwhelmed by competing priorities, tight deadlines, meetings, emails, and interruptions can derail professional growth, impair team performance and lead to stress and burnout. The focus of this seminar is on obtaining practical skills, tools, and techniques to maximize collective gains in effectiveness and increase productivity. Through interactive participation and analysis of their own data, participants will learn a set of tools they can apply on a continuing basis to achieve better results.

Connect to Confidential Mental Health Services through Baruch’s Employee Assistance Program CCA

Please click the following link to access Baruch’s EAP: Employee Assistance Program – Office of Human Resources (cuny.edu)


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