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Mental Health, Sleep, and Belonging

• Stress-Less (30-60 min.): Students struggling with managing their stress or feeling burned out? This engaging workshop dives into the impacts stress has on our bodies and how to better manage it in the fast paced college environment. Through interactive activities, students will create a plan to best manage stress in their lives and build resilience against future stressors!
• Get More ZZZ’s (45-60 min.): In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore students’ personal sleep strategies, the importance of sleep for improved well-being, and the big impact sleep has on academics. Students will leave with a plan for better sleep hygiene and wake up feeling more refreshed tomorrow!
• Colors and Connection (30-60 min): This workshop combines the power of art making and conversation to bring people together through authentic engagement and interaction. Students will have a chance to explore and grow their creative intelligence as they discover how color can express and reflect moods and emotions as well as cultivate peer to peer engagement.
• QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training (60-90 min): The QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Suicide Prevention Training is designed to help students and staff prevent suicide within our university community. This training provides essential knowledge about suicide, including its basic facts and the warning signs to watch for. Participants will learn to recognize how individuals might express their suicidal thoughts and feelings. By the end of the QPR training, participants will be empowered to act as proactive gatekeepers, potentially saving lives through early intervention and referral.
• Supporting Students in Distress: A presentation led by Counseling Services staff detailing how to support students in mental health crisis.  This presentation will include when and how to refer a student in crisis, types of distress you may observe in students, typical vs atypical distress, how to engage with a student in crisis, and information about Counseling Services.
• Counseling Services Overview:  This presentation will introduce you to the Counseling Services Department, including location, staff, services provided, how to connect with crisis services, and how to refer a student.

Substance Misuse Prevention

• Axing the Risk (45-90min.): Cut through the noise and get the facts about substance use! Students will learn how to party safe the Lumberjack way, including ways to reduce their risk if they choose to drink and how to support their peers through difficult times.
• Network of Care (90 min.): Join Health Promotion in an interactive workshop where you’ll learn to use motivational interviewing to help students identify barriers to success and set goals for optimizing their wellbeing. This session is ideal for faculty, staff, and students who wish to support their peers’ success at NAU.

Sexual Health and Healthy Relationships

• Sex Lens: Safer Choices (60-90 mins.): Students will learn about sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including symptoms and preventive measures for their well-being. They will also learn about both hormonal and non-hormonal contraceptive methods, their effectiveness, and how to use inclusive language to create a nonjudgmental environment. Emphasis is placed on respecting individual identities while fostering an open space for students to share thoughts confidentially.
• The ABCs of Healthy Relationships (50-90 mins): Equip students with the knowledge and skills to foster healthy, consensual, and respectful relationships.