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This conference is designed to address the state of mental
health on college campuses and how it could be improved, with a
special focus on removing the stigma around topics relating to
mental health.
Schedule of Events
8:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Registration/ Breakfast
10:00 -10:30 a.m. Welcome
Introductions
10:30 –12:30 p.m. First Panel
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch and
Discussion Groups w/Panelists
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Discussion Groups: Student Advocacy
2:30 – 4:15 p.m.
Second Panel
4:15 – 4:30 p.m.
Break
4:30 – 6:15 p.m.
Third Panel
6:15 – 6:30 p.m.
Break
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Discussion Groups: Suicide Prevention
7:30 – 7:45 p.m.
Closing Remarks
7:45 – 8:45 p.m.
Informal Discussion Groups/Dinner
8:45 – 11:30 p.m. Party/Karaoke
Panel 1: Integrating Mental Health into the Campus
This panel will be consist of administrators, faculty, and
health services personnel discussing how mental health appears
from the administration/faculty point of view.
Speaker List:
- Dr. Randy Lee, director, Trinity College Counseling Center
- Dr. Lisa Wyatt, director, University of Hartford Counseling
Center
- Anne Reuman, associate dean of students, Trinity College
- Susan Fitzgerald, assistant vice president for student
health and wellness, University of Hartford
- Adwoa Dadzie, resident advisor, Trinity College
- Margaret Lindsey, director of First Year Program, Trinity
College
Panel 2: The Many Facets of Mental Health
This panel with look at racial, gender and lesbian, gay,
bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) students and special problems they
may face because of these other factors.
Speaker List:
- Dr. George Higgins, former director, Trinity College
Counseling Center
- Karla Spurlock-Evans, dean of multicultural affairs, Trinity
College
- Professor Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven, M.D., Henry Luce Professor
of Health and Human Rights, Trinity College
- Rev. Dan Heischman, Chaplain, Trinity College
Panel 3: Sex, Drugs and Starvation
This panel looks at some of the most common problems of mental
health faced on a college campus: substance abuse, eating
disorders and depression.
Speaker List:
- Dr. Ann Price, M.D., private practice (depression)
- Paula Holmes, APRN, Institute of Living (eating disorders)
- Paul Bibi, Stonehaven Program, St. Francis Hospital
(substance abuse)
- A member of Redefining Ideal Beauty Standards (RIBS),
(eating disorders)
- Dr. Ellen Dornelas, Ph.D., Preventive Cardiology, Hartford
Hospital, (Smoking and Stress)
There is a $10 registration fee for non Trinity College
students. The conference is being organized and hosted by Students
to Unite Science and Humanitarian Interests (S.U.S.H.I). The
conference is cosponsored by the Counseling Center, the Health
Center, the dean of multicultural affairs, the New England College
Health Association, the vice president of Student Services, the
dean of Student’s Office, the Chaplin’s office, the Community
Service and Civic Engagement, the Women’s Center, the Psychology
Department, the Neuroscience Department, and the Women, Gender and
Sexuality Department. For more information please email S.U.S.H.I
at
sushi@trincoll.edu. or call Adam Tewell at
(860)297-3377.
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