Transcript of Beyond the Pandemic, and a look at the PAWS program
Joan Gabel: Without question, this has to have been one of the hardest years in the entire nearly 170-year history of this university, especially and most importantly for our students. The world was turned upside down and we did our very best to support them, but we couldn’t change what was going on in the world around them.
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Rick Moore: Welcome to the podcast
Top of Mind, Promoting Mental Health at the University of Minnesota. [music] I’m Rick Moore reporting. That was President Joan Gabel giving her assessment of the gravity and heaviness of this past year for college students.
PRISMH: A New Initiative Takes Shape
A focus on mental health has been a theme through President Gabel’s presidency; even before she arrived at the University in the summer of 2019 she vowed that would be a priority. Scroll to read
The President’s Initiative for Student Mental Health (PRISMH), is a systemwide effort to bring together the services, programs, policies, and academic practices that showcase the University as a leader not only in Minnesota, but in the nation.
In February, Gabel announced the University’s first systemwide effort dedicated to addressing in a holistic manner the student mental health crisis. The President’s Initiative for Student Mental Health (PRISMH) will bring together mental health and wellness services, programs, policies, research, and academic practices from across the University’s five campuses, as well as the state of Minnesota.
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