FAIRMONT, W.Va. – Fairmont State College continued its occasions to lift consciousness for psychological well being. Over the course of September, the college has been internet hosting occasions that promote total wellness. This week, the main target was on psychological well being.
On Tuesday, the college held an “Adulting 101” psychological well being class for college kids. The purpose of the occasion was for college students to be taught extra about self-care. The occasion was free for college students and was hosted by the college’s counseling companies as a part of their Wellness Month.
Earlier this yr, the college mixed its Counseling and Scholar Well being departments to make the Scholar Wellness and Psychological Well being Middle. The President of Fairmont State, Dr. Mirta Martin stated now, the whole lot is interrelated to maintain college students’ minds and our bodies wholesome.
“Psychological well being just isn’t a stigma,” Martin stated. “Psychological well being just isn’t one thing to be embarrassed. Psychological well being is a actuality of how we dwell at the moment and a actuality that this pandemic has accentuated. And so, identical to we’re right here to make sure that we offer the perfect training for our college students, we’re additionally right here to guarantee their total wellness, psychological and bodily.”
Fairmont State College officers additionally held a student-athlete wellness occasion on Tuesday throughout the Falcons volleyball recreation.
Wellness Month has been placing on plenty of occasions all through September; be taught extra about them here.