Key JED Campus Committee Accomplishments
- We added a QR Code to the back of the new student IDs that links to a comprehensive list of campus and community crisis support resources, including several affinity group support options.
- Willamette officially launched UWill in September, 2022, greatly enhancing the mental health services available to our students. UWill affords every enrolled student with up to 8 free telehealth counseling sessions, in addition to services available in Bishop Wellness Center.
- We greatly expanded our QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer); suicide prevention trainings and website presence. Several staff have been certified as “QPR Trainers”, and have delivered the QPR curriculum in dozens of campus venues to promote a “culture of care.”
- We expanded and refined the role of the CARE and Behavior Intervention teams on the Salem and Portland campuses to better identify students in distress early and connect them to the needed resources.
- We developed a CAS Faculty/Student Task Force to foster wellness in the classroom and curriculum.
- A new, donor-funded Health Coach and Educator position is now in place at PNCA.
- We improved social connectedness with the creation of the Office of Student Engagement
- Improved programming and support for underserved and potentially isolated students by enhancing the Office of Intercultural Engagement and Leadership
- Enhanced the publicizing of WUTalk/ProtoCall, the 24/7 access to crisis counseling throughout the campus and satellite campuses