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Suicide Prevention on the Armstrong Campus

Campus Spotlight: Counseling Center

Campus Spotlight: Student Wellness and Health Promotion

The Office of Student Wellness and Health Promotion hosted Fresh Check Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom on Sept. 23.

One of the booths encouraged students to be one of the 9 college students who helps the 1 in 10 college students who contemplates suicide. This table also included a jeopardy game in which students could learn about suicidal thoughts and gave out refrigerator magnets with the warning signs of suicide listed on them.

Other booths included

• A registration table that handed out orange “Fresh Check Day t-shirts”
• “Know Your Limits” which educated students about responsible alcohol consumption
• A table for Campus Recreation and Intramurals
• A “Paint Your Art Out” table
• A table for the Counseling Center, which included the campus therapy dog
• A prize table for students who got five stamps on their registration card showing that they participated in all the tables

For students who are experiencing suicidal thoughts, they should call 911 or the suicide prevention hotline at 1-800-273-8255. For deaf or hard of hearing individuals who are experiencing suicidal thoughts, “Use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 1-800-273-8255.”

Students can also call the university counseling center at 912-344-2529.

For more information, students can read

• The university counseling center’s H.E.R.O Folder
• The counseling center’s suicide prevention tool kit.
• The George-Anne Inkwell’s “How to help a friend who is thinking about committing suicide,”
• The George-Anne Inkwell’s “Suicidal Thoughts Don’t Discriminate”
• The George-Anne Inkwell’s “Suicide Prevention on the Armstrong Campus.”
• National Alliance on Mental Health’s (NAMI) Navigating a Mental Health Crisis