Rutherford came to Chatham to help coordinate the JXS Project, which aims to prevent student suicide as well as drug and alcohol abuse.

When a Chatham professor noticed her students needed a place to unwind, she designed one for them.

An alert to Cougars Care can help students find resources on campus to address their concerns.

Each year, Chatham’s Out of the Darkness Walk, in partnership with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), serves as a space for those who have been affected by suicide to come together and share resources and support. This year’s walk will take place on Saturday, April 9th and there is still time to register and raise money.

If you’re feeling stressed about all the things you have on your plate this April, a. you’re not alone and b. April happens to be Stress Awareness Month! We’re counting down a few of our favorite seasonal strategies for dealing with stress, check them out here.

As a Chatham undergraduate, Kayla Mento discovered the intersection of art and psychotherapy—what she calls her “a ha moment.” Now, as an adjunct Chatham professor and professional art therapist, Kayla is teaching Chatham’s first-ever art therapy course. We caught up with Kayla to learn more about how we can us art to heal and practice self care.

Each year the wildly popular Emerging Leaders Retreat offers students the opportunity to make friends, build leadership skills, and challenge themselves physically at Camp Guyasuta. If you’re on the fence about applying, check out these six reasons why it’s a must-do!

Read on for tips and resources to strategize around self-care for the new school year.

Carolyn Skowron graduated from Chatham in 2020 just after she survived a traumatic car accident. As a result, she wrote and published her first book, Unbreakable, where she explores her own mental health struggles, how she combats them, and how she hopes to shatter the stigmas around mental health.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month (MHAM)! As the days get warmer, brighter, and freer, it might feel a little bit easier to prioritize and support your mental wellbeing through activities, rituals, and personal growth. The theme of this year’s MHAM is finding the tools to thrive; join us as we explore some of our faves.

Celebrate Nurses Week with us as we look back on some of our favorite Pulse@ChathamU articles featuring ChathamU’s nurses.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Dr. John Dimoff and PsyD students Angela Dao, Jodie Mitchell, and Alexandra Olson tackled applying social psychological theory to COVID-19 in hopes of improving and influencing public health messaging during the pandemic. We caught up with this research team to learn more about their collaboration and recommendations for impactful health communications.