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DeKALB –  Send Silence Packing, a display that focuses on ending the silence around mental illness and suicide, is coming to NIU. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the MLK Commons, Send Silence Packing will be displaying their exhibit with personal stories of individuals affected by suicide. Alison Malmon, the founder of Active...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Dozens of backpacks hung on display in the quad at the University of Illinois Springfield on Monday.

The Bruce Project celebrating Bruce Wetherhill is now in Tadcaster.

Changes coming to Penn State Altoona in the next few years have Chancellor Ron Darbeau excited for the future. Encouraging more students to stay at the Blair

September marks National Suicide Prevention Month, a time for awareness but also a time to share messages of hope.

Here are some of UChicago’s many student activism and advocacy organizations on campus.

FOXBORO — September is Suicide Prevention Month, and North Attleboro-based KyleCares is partnering with the New England Patriots Foundation to bring the Active Minds national tour of Send Silence Packing

Higher education leaders can recognize September as Suicide Prevention Month by prioritizing mental health and belonging at their college or university. Mental health concerns have grown steadily among college-going individuals in recent years, and this was only exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Rick Gatteau, vice president of student affairs at Stony Brook University in New York, said in a Sept. 15 webinar hosted by the virtual health provider TimelyCare that focused on student belonging e...

IMPERIAL COUNTY – One is too many when it comes to suicide cases.

  Suicide prevention starts with all of us. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among people aged 18 to 24. This is exactly our demographic as college students. We need to be aware of the people in our lives who may be struggling or know the resources available to us if we are...