In May, Campus Health and Wellbeing Counseling Services will begin hosting 50-minute or less Zoom webinars every Friday in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. Members of the Cal Poly community are able to attend the webinars anonymously. Counseling Services outreach coordinator and licensed psychologist Sarah Colwell said that the Zoom webinars are designed to […]
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Living alone in the dorms: How freshmen are coping in isolation
Other than those living in the Cerro Vista and Poly Canyon Village apartments, freshmen live alone in double, triple and quad rooms. In the South Mountain, yakʔitʸutʸu, Yosemite, Sierra Madre and North Mountain dorms, students share communal bathrooms by floor or cluster. Rooms are separated by gender.
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California launches peer-run mental health warm line
Mental Health America estimates that roughly 1 in 5 adults in the United States experience mental health challenges on a daily basis. Since 2013, rates of “severe youth depression” have increased by more than two percent. But as cases of mental illnesses rise, so do new ideas to help. Everyone has heard about mental health […]
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San Luis Obispo County is 150 beds short to treat people with a mental health crisis
In San Luis Obispo County, there are more than 280,000 residents. Yet, there are only 16 hospital beds for those who have a serious crisis, according to San Luis Obispo Behavioral Health Supervisor Brian Atwell. One in five people will be affected by mental health in their lifetime, according to National Alliance of Mental Illness. […]
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Safer is moving to the Health Center
Safer is joining forces with the Health Center. The conjunction aims to increase convenience and quality of both services to aid students seeking support.
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Family and friends remember Brett Tyler
Business administration junior Brett Tyler is remembered for his witty personality and sharp style.
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Cal Poly to host ‘Celebration of Life’ to remember recent student losses
Cal Poly will hold a Celebration of Life on Jan. 8 at 5 p.m.
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National university counseling services lack staff, study reports
The national average ratio of college counselors to students is 1-to-1,600, showing a possible shortage in staff for an increasing amount of students who require professional counseling, according to a study published by the International Association of Counseling Services, Inc. (IACS).