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Health & Wellness Center

Weekly Guided Meditations Spring 2026

January 16, 2026

Join the Health Center and Wellness Promotion for a guided meditation. This space is open every week to relax and refocus on yourself. We want this space to be welcoming to the full range of beginners to seasoned meditators, so if you have any questions or requests for accommodations, email braun@up.edu.

Filed Under: 2026-01-19, Health Center, Issues Tagged With: Health & Wellness Center, Wellness Promotion

Mental Health Office Hours (Mar. 14 & 28)

March 3, 2025

Do you have questions about mental health resources on campus? Stop by mental health office hours to chat with counselor or wellness staff about how to access mental health resources and what is available for students. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-03-03, 2025-03-17, Issues Tagged With: Health & Wellness Center

Stop by a Guided Meditation this Spring!

March 3, 2025

Join us at guided meditation at a new time in a new location this semester! Guided meditation is a great way to see if meditation could be right for you, and to build in a de-stress practice into your daily life. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-03-03, Events, Issues Tagged With: Health & Wellness Center

Help Us Plan Guided Meditation for Next Semester

December 9, 2024

The Wellness Center needs your help for planning our guided meditation for next semester! We’re asking anyone interested in meditation to please fill out an availability survey to give us a better idea of times and locations that work best for our community. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2024-12-09, 2024-12-23, Issues Tagged With: Health & Wellness Center

Supporting Student Wellness Newsletter

November 8, 2024

Are you looking for an opportunity to learn more about student wellness on the UP Campus? Sign up for the Wellness Center’s Supporting Student Wellness Newsletter for the latest resources and information. This monthly newsletter highlights common barriers to student wellness and their solutions, on campus programming, and helpful answers to common questions. (Read More).

Filed Under: 2024-11-11, Issues Tagged With: Health & Wellness Center, Student Wellness, Wellness Education & Prevention Training

Weekly Guided Meditation at The Wellness Center

November 8, 2024

The Wellness Center hosts a weekly guided meditation in the Terrace room on Thursdays from 12:15-12:45 p.m. This space is open to beginners as well as seasoned meditators. Join us to reduce your stress level and make mindfulness a part of your weekly routine! (Read More).

Filed Under: 2024-11-11, Issues Tagged With: Health & Wellness Center

Student Wellness Highlights: Dating Violence Awareness Month

October 11, 2024

October is Dating Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) and Student Wellness is providing a month full of activities to promote Pilots Protecting Pilots in collaboration with our campus partners. (Read More).

Filed Under: 2024-10-14, Issues Tagged With: Health & Wellness Center, Student Wellness

Find Student Support Resources at The Wellness Center

August 16, 2024

Looking for clarity in supporting students? We have solutions! This year, the Student Wellness Promotion team is launching a newsletter and collaboration team so folks around campus can get information and give input about effective student support practices. (Read More).

Filed Under: 2024-08-19, Issues Tagged With: Health & Wellness Center

Regular Wellness Events for AY 24-25

August 16, 2024

The Wellness Center is adding several recurring events to their regular programming offerings: Recovery Meetings, Guided Meditations, and Friday Strolls. (Read More).

Filed Under: 2024-08-19 Tagged With: Health & Wellness Center

Supporting Student Wellness Newsletter

July 8, 2024

The Wellness Center will be sending out a monthly Student Wellness newsletter with answers to frequently asked questions, updates about campus resources, and timely information on how to support students as staff/faculty. We encourage any faculty or staff to subscribe to this excellent support resource for everyone. (Read More).

Filed Under: 2024-07-08, Issues Tagged With: Health & Wellness Center

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Nick McRee, Sociology and Social Work, published “Academic debate and civic engagement in adolescence and young adulthood: evidence from a national longitudinal study.” Argumentation and Advocacy, 61(3–4), 323–338. He also published “When Chairs Shield Faculty from Service Opportunities: Protecting Colleagues or Hindering Community?” The Department Chair, 36(3), 11-13.

Katie Danielson, Education, was awarded a grant from The Spencer Foundation in the amount of $374,940.00 for the “Collaborating Towards Transformational Visions for Digital School Systems” project. Danielson also published “Learning to let go: Transformations in teachers’ pedagogical reasoning about classroom discussion.” Co-authors: Gotwalt, E., Kavanagh, S. Teaching and Teacher Education. January 2026

Daniel Bulek, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “From monoamine deficits to multiscale plasticity: Twenty-five years of ketamine and the neurophysiology of depression.” Journal of Neurophysiology, jn.00516.2025.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice in the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, facilitated a multi-day series of invited leadership development workshops for the staff team at Lutherhaven Ministries in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Houglum led six interactive sessions focused on DiSC-informed leadership, coaching-centered leadership, servant leadership and accompaniment, powerful feedback, and the co-creation of team commitments to support healthy culture and sustainable impact. In addition, Houglum provided multiple individual leadership coaching sessions for staff members throughout the engagement. January 2026.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published the following articles in VoiceAfrique.org: “The Saturated Wisdom of Saint Joseph: Relevant Virtues for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings of the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2025). December 19, 2025. “The Gift of the Nativity is Grounded in an Ethics of Neighborliness.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Mass on Christmas Day, December 25, 2025). December 24, 2025. “The Spirituality of Ambition and the Grace of the Incarnation.” Reflections on the Readings for the Vigil Mass of Christmas, 2025. December 24, 2025. “The Theotokos: A Mirror in Which We Discover Ourselves as Bearers of God’s Life to Each Other.” (Reflection on the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.) December 31, 2025. “Jesus Christ: The Revealer of the Grace of Encounters and an Embrace of Difference.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. January 4, 2026.) January 3, 2026. “Christian Baptism as a Summon for Global Justice: What We Must Embrace for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Sunday of the Baptism of the Lord. January 11, 2026.) January 10, 2026. Aihiokhai also published a review of The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology Amid Gaza. Edited by John S. Munayer and Samuel S. Munayer. Orbis Books, 2025. Catholicbooksreview.org

Jeff Kerssen-Griep, Communication and Media, presented “Teaching with Transformative International Conflict Partners” on the panel, “Healing Divides and Elevating Connections within Conflict & Peacebuilding.” National Communication Association Convention. November, 2025.

Christi Richardson-Zboralski, Director of Marketing – Graduate Programs, published a short story under pen name, Christi R. Suzanne, entitled “Outlaw’s Dust.” In Lisa Diane Kastner (Ed.) 27 Stories: An LA Wildfire Anthology. Running Wild Press. January 7, 2026. All proceeds from this anthology go toward Habitat for Humanity LA. Find it on the Broadway Books website or on Bookshop.org.

Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

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