TL;DR: week four at a glance, panel on coping with covid anxiety, one-on-one mindfulness training, guided mindfulness meditation, mental health survey results report, manic monologues, mental health month masks, imposter syndrome survey
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It’s the 4th and final week of Mental Health Awareness Month! Although we are nearing the end of Mental Health Month, we still have several events coming up this week. Below are some highlights for Week 4 of Mental Health Month. In case you missed some of the previous events, you can watch a few of the recordings.
I. Week Four at a Glance
Here is the Week 4 event line-up. A PDF poster is attached containing clickable registration/Zoom links for every event this week! Please sign up and join us!
II. Panel Discussion on Coping with COVID-19 Anxiety | TOMORROW, Monday, November 23rd at 10am EST
Join us for an interactive panel discussion TOMORROW, Monday, 11/23 at 10am EST on how we are coping with our COVID-19 related anxiety. Register here. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Laura Murray, McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning.
Panelists:
- Cameron Stout, securities litigator and mental health advocate
- Dr. Kani Ilangovan, Psychiatrist
- Dr. Joe Cooper, Psychologist
- Dr. Jonathan Pastor, Associate Director of Counseling and Psychological Services
- Lauren Feldman, graduate student in Psychology
III. One-on-one Mindfulness Training | Monday, November 23rd at 6pm EST
Interested in learning how to incorporate more mindfulness into your life? Sign up for a 15-minute appointment tomorrow within the 6-7pm EST window on Monday, 11/23. During your 15-minute session, you’ll practice tools to implement into your life to help self-regulate and harmonize during stressful times. Email padelman@princeton.edu to make an appointment.
IV. Guided Mindfulness Meditation with David Campbell | Tuesday, November 24th at 12:15pm EST
Join CPS counselor Dr. David Campbell on Tuesday, 11/24 at 12:15pm EST for a guided mindfulness meditation session for stress reduction. Join via Zoom here: https://princeton.zoom.us/j/99176942418
V. Graduate Mental Health Survey – 2019 Results Report | Tuesday, November 24th at 3pm EST
Check your email for a message about a 15-minute survey on Graduate Student Mental Health (subject: Longitudinal Research on Graduate Student Stressors). This is part of a project run by Princeton graduate students through the Graduate Mental Health Initiative. The goal of the survey is to better understand graduate student mental health at Princeton, especially in response to new coronavirus stressors, in order to design better targeted mental health interventions. Join us for a presentation on last year’s survey results by Abby Novick Hoskin, Department of Pyschology, on Tuesday, 11/24 at 3pm: https://princeton.zoom.us/j/3756770759
VI. The Manic Monologues | Call for Personal Short Stories by Tuesday, November 24th
McCarter Theatre’s The Manic Monologues, a virtual theater project directed by theater lecturer Elena Araoz, is designed to ignite conversation and disrupt stigma around mental illness. The project seeks confidential personal short-story submissions from Princeton undergrads and grad students about their experience with mental health struggles. Submit anonymously online by November 24, 2020. at 11:59pm EST.
VII. Mental Health Month Facemasks
Didn’t get your Mental Health Month facemask yet? You can still pick up a mask at the Caldwell Fieldhouse testing clinic. Get your mask the next time you pick-up testing kits! Supply is limited, so we encourage you to pick up your mask as soon as possible before they run out. We ask that you only take one mask per person. (Note that all masks have already been claimed from the residential pick-up locations at the Graduate College, Lakeside and Lawrence apartments).
VIII. Imposter Syndrome Survey
The Graduate Peer Coaching Program (McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning) has put together a survey related to imposter syndrome. GPCP is a group of graduate students interested in bringing together other graduate students to talk about issues of belonging, isolation, and imposter syndrome, among other topics. If any of this resonates with you, please fill out the survey here and add your email to participate in future events and workshops.
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GSG’s Mental Health Month ongoing resources:
- Mental Health Resources page
- Mental Health Month event recordings, including the Keynote
- Visit our online Mental Health art exhibit, Unique Minds: Creative Voices, here.
- Join our interactive Mental Health post-it board on Miro. Add a virtual “sticky-note” to share your thoughts with other grad students on a variety of topics.
- Listen to our collaborative Mental Health playlist on Spotify–add your favorite mental health related song to our playlist!
- Want to join Zoom meetings with a festive background? Attached to this email is a Mental Health Awareness Month Zoom background you can download and use!
- Although our weekly Friday coffee shop series has concluded, the virtual coffee shop on Gathertown will remain open. Please feel free to use this space any time for casual meet-ups and virtual coffee chats with other graduate students!
Stay tuned for daily posts on the #health-resources channel of our Slack page, including daily Wellness Challenges as part of our ongoing Mental Health Month Wellness Bingo game. You can download the Bingo Board from this email. We challenge you to see if you can get Bingo by the end of the month!
We have also been posting mental health anecdotes submitted anonymously by graduate students addressing their mental health in graduate school. These stories are shared on the #health-resources channel of our Slack page, our website, and the Graduate Student Government Facebook Page to open up the conversation around shared experiences as graduate students at Princeton. We invite you to take a look at statements from other grad students on their experiences. You are not alone!
For more information please email graduatementalhealth@gmail.com. Don’t forget to stay up to date on Mental Health Month by checking out our website and following the Graduate Student Government Facebook Page!
The GSG would like to thank our many campus partners and sponsors including Campus Conversations, the Women*s Center, The Graduate School, Campus Recreation, the LGBT Center, the Carl A. Fields Center, the Office of Religious Life, the Office of Disability Services, the AccessAbility Center, The Center for Career Development, the Davis International Center, The Office of Alumni Affairs, GradFUTURES, Letters to Strangers, the Princeton University Neurodiversity Collective, the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning, TigerWell, and Counseling and Psychological Services.
