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September 13, 2024
On Campus

Grant supports wellness and mental health programming

New room in Tiger Counseling opens as part of funding

Committed to the wellness of all students, Wittenberg鈥檚 Tiger Counseling Center has been leveraging outside funding to promote mental health and reduce the stigma associated with it.

Thanks to the Campus-Community Collaborative Programming grant through the Northeast Ohio Medical University, Tiger Counseling has generated new programming and established a new Wellness Room located in a section of Room 219 of the Joseph C. Shouvlin Center for Lifelong Learning.

鈥淚n collaboration with various offices in Student Development, the grant was utilized to promote mental health and wellness initiatives,鈥 said Brooke Snow, assistant director of the Tiger Counseling Center. 鈥淭he grant also allowed the Tiger Counseling Center to partner with the McClain Center for Diversity & Inclusion, Compass: Sweet Success Center, and the Office of Student Development in the implementation of Women鈥檚 Herstory Week in the spring. During the week of events, participating offices hosted events that promoted self-care and the exploration of their identity through vocation and professional development.鈥

Additionally, the grant is giving campus community members a new place to take a break and engage in stress reduction techniques through mindfulness, creative activities, plant propagation, and other sensory-focused activities.

鈥淭he goal of the Wellness Room is to offer Tigers a space to meditate or otherwise engage in a few peaceful moments to reduce stress and improve wellness,鈥 Snow said. 鈥淭he space includes two options for relaxed seating, weighted lap blankets, a galaxy light projector with Bluetooth capability for playing preferred music, sensory tapping lights, essential oil diffusers, and salt lamp lights.鈥

Stress reduction activities available for Wellness Room visitors include playdough, fidget items, single-use face masks, plant propagation, a wall mural for coloring, materials to build personalized essential oil rollers or room sprays, and personal development books to check out upon request.

The space is now open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and has the option to be reserved for 15-minute intervals for private use. Current Wittenberg students, faculty, and staff are welcome to use the Wellness Room.

Cindy Holbrook
Cindy Holbrook
Senior Communications Assistant

About Wittenberg

Wittenberg's curriculum has centered on the liberal arts as an education that develops the individual's capacity to think, read, and communicate with precision, understanding, and imagination. We are dedicated to active, engaged learning in the core disciplines of the arts and sciences and in pre-professional education grounded in the liberal arts. Known for the quality of our faculty and their teaching, Wittenberg has more Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state. The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in community service, sustainability, and intercollegiate athletics. Located among the beautiful rolling hills and hollows of Springfield, Ohio, Wittenberg offers more than 100 majors, minors and special programs, enviable student-faculty research opportunities, a unique student success center, service and study options close to home and abroad, a stellar athletics tradition, and successful career preparation.

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