Annual Pine Valley Retreat

Our annual Pine Valley Retreat was held on Thursday, August 4th, 2011. Eric Robinson was one of our guest speakers. Eric is a therapist who assists our students who visit the Health & Wellness Center. He also teaches at the University of Phoenix. He discussed the challenges and recommendations of the mental health needs of today's college students and how we advisors can assist our students. We also did some roll playing in the following ways:

1) Reviewing the changing mental health needs of today's college students.

2) The challenges posed by both the growing number of students with serious psychological problems on campus and the increase in the number of students seeking counseling.

3) The implications of student mental health problems for the student, faculty, staff and the institution.

4) Strategies for responding to the surge in mental health needs on college campuses.

Bridget Sheffer, a Communication Lecturer/Advisor was invited and presented at the Utah Advising Orientation Association, UAOA. We invited her to present the information to group. She presented on "Responding to Threats: Individual Crisis Management." This information was helpful to all who attend in learning new ideas or reinforcing what was already known.

Thanks to both Eric and Bridget and all of you who attended!