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Jo Blue, HaWRC manager<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There is a mental health crisis on college campuses across the United States. Data shows that students commonly struggle with managing stress and feelings of exhaustion. Many also struggle with overwhelming feelings of anxiety, depression, homesickness and loneliness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The University of Washington Bothell is actively working to rewrite this script. To ensure students, faculty and staff are aware of the myriad resources available to them on campus, staff in the Health & Wellness Resource Center host the annual Wellness Fest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sponsored by Evergreen Health, the campuswide event takes place each spring quarter and brings together students, staff, faculty and community partners to promote mental health and student well-being at UW Bothell and Cascadia College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of our primary goals is to decrease stigma and normalize help-seeking around mental health, through a lens of cultural humility,\u201d said Jo Blue, HaWRC manager and lead organizer of the event. \u201cWe provide students with tools and tips for improving mental health as well as knowledge about on-campus and community wellness resources.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Care and connection <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sam Locke, senior in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Wellness Fest will take place at the Activities & Recreation Center on Wednesday, May 18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will include a wide assortment of hands-on activities and live events led by students and faculty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the School of Nursing & Health Studies, Dr. Hoa Appel, lecturer, and Dr. Kosuke Niitsu, assistant professor, will be overseeing a rock painting and origami station. \u201cFolks with any mental illness need to have a positive distraction \u2014 something that is soothing and can allow them to focus more on themselves and being present,\u201d Appel said. \u201cArt is an excellent venue for that.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Niitsu also sees art as a way of bringing community together. \u201cIt\u2019s a great way to create a sense of social connection,\u201d he said, \u201cand to spread knowledge and healing in a way that is fun and relevant.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Appel and Niitsu\u2019s art therapy booth, there will be other booths with information about sexual and reproductive health, violence prevention and advocacy, substance abuse, financial wellness and physical health. There also will be a panel of students speaking on their experiences around well-being. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of these students is Sam Locke, a senior in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences majoring both in Global Studies and in Society, Ethics & Human Behavior, with a minor in Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies. \u201cI think it\u2019s really important to be honest about mental and physical health on college campuses,\u201d Locke said. \u201cSo often, there\u2019s a mentality of \u2018grind culture,\u2019 which expects students, staff and faculty to push themselves, without time being given toward understanding the circumstances and lived experiences they come in with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we are open about stigma and grind culture, we create space for people to receive and pursue the supports they need, as well as create a shift in attitude toward supporting the person as a whole,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I participate: I want to be able to use my identity and experiences in a way that supports an open dialogue and a cultural shift that benefits people holistically in the university setting.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are not alone <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Kira Lemke, senior in the School of STEM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Also participating in the student panel is Kira Lemke, a senior in STEM majoring in Biology, with a minor in Neuroscience, who was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder when she was in high school. \u201cI was basically told that my life was over if I had even had one to begin with,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI heard a version of that from my psychiatrist, my therapist and everyone in the support group. I was fortunate to have a family who challenged that narrative but at the cost that my relatives didn\u2019t believe I had OCD at all because I was so high-functioning. Since then,\u201d she said, \u201cwhen I\u2019ve shared with people that I have OCD, they mostly haven\u2019t believed me because I don\u2019t fit their image of what it should look like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her first year, she mentioned in a class discussion that she has OCD, and after class a student came up to her and told her that she was brave to share her experience and that it meant a lot to hear her talk about it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe student also had OCD and had really been struggling with it,\u201d Lemke said. \u201cIt was really sweet and touching to hear. It also caused me to look back at the last few years. If I\u2019d been a different kind of person, someone who did care about what other people told me I was capable of or generally thought of me, my life would have been a nightmare.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, Lemke has been intentional about speaking up, especially about mental health. \u201cI hope that events like this, and the smaller conversations people have in class discussions and with friends, challenge preconceived notions about mental illness and create a culture where people aren\u2019t scared to share this part of themselves,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stronger together <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For Blue, Wellness Fest is about making sure students are aware of and feel the support of faculty and staff on campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are so many people at the University who are invested in their health and well-being \u2014 and who want to support them, in whatever way they can,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy hope is that students take advantage of the resources and, at the very least, know that they are cared for, important and valued members of our community.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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