Student-Athlete Mental Health EXPO
2025-09-09 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Loudermilk Blue Zone
Join us for a fun night with puppies, Purple Bowl, CLE credit, and more! Discover mental health resources, connect with affinity groups, and meet student organizations - all while enjoying great giveaways and good vibes!

Stress-Free Zone
2025-09-10 11:00 - 14:00 | 85 Manning Dr SASB South Suite 3308, Chapel Hill, NC
School can be stressful with writing papers, group projects, and long exams, oh my! 📝

That's why we want to invite you to stress less at the UNC LGBTQ Center Stress-Free Zone. Drop by any time between 11am and 2pm on Wednesday, September 10th for tea and cookies and to interact with our self-care stations. We’ll have coloring, puzzles, DIY Zen gardens, and more! Relax, refresh, and recharge in a welcoming space! 🌱

Suicide Awareness
2025-09-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
Suicide is a profoundly disturbing event and most people respond with confusion, fear and anger when confronting it. This course will demystify suicide through discussion of why it occurs, the risk factors associated with suicide and how to intervene with those who are suicidal or potentially suicidal.

Workshop Objectives:

At the end of this workshop, you will be able to:• Identify the causes of suicide• Risk factors associated with suicide including the signs and symptoms of depression• Common myths associated with suicide• Describe how to intervene with someone who is expressing suicidal thoughts• Identify the importance of creating a “safety plan”• Describe resources available for suicide

Click on Carolina Talent registration link and select the “Request” button to automatically enroll.

Inhaling Positivity Meditation
2025-09-10 12:30 - 12:45, 2025-09-12 12:30 - 12:45, 2025-09-15 12:30 - 12:45, 2025-09-17 12:30 - 12:45, 2025-09-19 12:30 - 12:45, 2025-09-22 12:30 - 12:45, 2025-09-24 12:30 - 12:45, 2025-09-26 12:30 - 12:45 and 1 more date
Join 15 minutes of guided sessions on emotional detox, breathing, and meditation every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12:30 p.m.; See the flyer here.

No registration required.

Carolina Recovery: Weekly Social
2025-09-11 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-09-18 18:30 - 19:30 | Frank Porter Graham Student Union, 209 South Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
Food and fellowship for people in or seeking recovery from substance use. All pathways of recovery are welcome and supported.

Please note that this space is exclusively for people in or seeking recovery and is not open to observers or for educational purposes.

Contact one of our officers or contact recovery@unc.edu for location and more information.

Multicultural Health Program meet and Greet
2025-09-12 13:00 - 15:00 | CAPS, 2nd Floor, Health Education Conference Room
Join us to meet the team, explore exciting outreach opportunities, and discover how we build strong liaison relationships. Light refreshments will be served!

FALL 2025 MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING
2025-09-15 09:00 - 15:00
Mental Health First Aid is an evidence-based training that teaches participants skills to recognize signs and provide support someone experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge. Just as CPR training helps a layperson without formal medical training assist an individual following a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid equips a layperson to assist someone in crisis due to mental health and/or substance use challenges.These sessions are sponsored for UNC Faculty, Staff and Students using an ONYEN login. Public MHFA Trainings are available HERE.

Managing Worry and Anxiety
2025-09-15 10:00 - 11:00
Worries are thoughts we have about the future that generate fear. They arrive in the form of a “what if?” and generate dire warnings about terrible consequences that await us. Unfortunately, these warnings we give ourselves are generally overblown and focused on hypothetical problems that probably won’t happen. Chronic worry that begins to impact the quality of life becomes “anxiety” and well-intended suggestions to “stop worrying” or applying common stress management techniques are mostly ineffective. This training will address how worry habits develop and methods of intervening with worry and anxiety.

Workshop Objectives:

This training will help you:• Understand the concepts of languishing and flourishing• Reflect on your current mental wellness status• Describe three concrete approaches to move from languishing to flourishing• Identify and action plan to implement within the next 30 days to move toward flourishing

Managing Worry and Anxiety
2025-09-15 12:00 | Virtual Event
Worries are thoughts we have about the future that generate fear. They arrive in the form of a “what if?” and generate dire warnings about terrible consequences that await us. Unfortunately, these warnings we give ourselves are generally overblown and focused on hypothetical problems that probably won’t happen. Chronic worry that begins to impact the quality of life becomes “anxiety” and well-intended suggestions to “stop worrying” or applying common stress management techniques are mostly ineffective. This training will address how worry habits develop and methods of intervening with worry and anxiety.

Workshop Objectives:

This training will help you:• Understand the concepts of languishing and flourishing• Reflect on your current mental wellness status• Describe three concrete approaches to move from languishing to flourishing• Identify and action plan to implement within the next 30 days to move toward flourishing

Click on Carolina Talent registration link and select the “Request” button to automatically enroll.

https://hr.unc.edu/event/managing-worry-and-anxiety

Mental Health Awareness for Leaders
2025-09-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
Managing individuals who may be struggling with stress, anxiety, depression and other mental health concerns can be a difficult balancing act. Your role is to manage performance and to bring out the best in your workforce but accomplishing this often requires you to express concern and support when employees struggle emotionally. Managers often feel uncomfortable in this aspect of their role and may lack the important skills of “emotional management.” This course covers ways employees may present their distress and offers insights and strategies on forging supportive empathic alliances within the role of manager.The session also identifies common mistakes managers make in responding to employees in distress and explains communication skills that express support and convey positive expectancy. Participants are also given information on how to refer employees to the Employee Assistance Program.Workshop Objectives: Understand the universality of mental health issues in the workplace• Recognize the most common symptoms of mental illness• Identify the most common unhelpful reactions to symptoms, why they occur and how to avoid them• Identify ways of expressing compassion and developing an alliance with distressed employees• Reduce the stigma associated mental illness and promote ways of supporting one another in the workplace• Recognize the warning signs of suicide• Identify support services and resources for all leaders and employees

Click on Carolina Talent registration link and select the “Request” button to automatically enroll.

ADHD/LD Peer Connect Group
2025-09-15 16:00 - 17:00 | SASB North 2115
Weekly group to join other peers with ADHD/LD where you can exchange ideas, support each other, and learn strategies that support academic success.

Carolina Recovery: Weekly Process Group
2025-09-15 17:30 - 18:30 | Student Wellness, 385 Manning Dr SASB S, 1310, Chapel Hill
A mutual-support group facilitated by Student Wellness staff is available for students who are in recovery, seeking recovery, or simply curious about what recovery might look like. Students interested in joining or learning more about other substance use resources can reach out through the contact form or email recovery@unc.edu.

Support group goals include:

Community support – fostering peer networks, creating a safe space for honesty about struggles and achievements, encouraging student-led participation, and highlighting similarities across diverse lived experiences. The group also emphasizes inclusivity and intersectionality in recovery spaces.

Recovery capital – identifying strengths, setting goals, making actionable plans, and staying grounded in the present. Monthly sessions will incorporate strategies for managing stress and triggers, along with clarifying personal values that can positively shape recovery.

Empowerment – encouraging participants to share experiences, strengthen resilience, and apply recovery strategies to academics, relationships, and the eight dimensions of wellness.

Please note: This group is only for people in or seeking recovery. It is not open to observers or for educational purposes.

Carolina Recovery: Weekly Social
2025-09-15 18:30 - 19:30 | Frank Porter Graham Student Union, 209 South Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
Food and fellowship for people in or seeking recovery from substance use. All pathways of recovery are welcome and supported.

Please note that this space is exclusively for people in or seeking recovery and is not open to observers or for educational purposes.

Contact one of our officers or contact recovery@unc.edu for location and more information.Student Union - contact recovery@unc.edu for room number

Caregiver's Support Group
2025-09-17 12:00 - 13:30
The UNC Caregiver’s Support Group’s mission is to provide support, education, and advocacy for caregivers. All caregivers are welcome, but we do focus on those caring for individuals with memory disorders.

Participation is free for members and non-members. Email Susan.Chesser@unchealth.unc.edu to register.

Date: 3rd Wednesday of every month

Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Location: Online via Zoom

Smart Spending: Build a Budget That Fits
2025-09-17 12:15 - 13:00 | Carolina Union Room 2422
Take charge of your money before it takes charge of you. In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn how to build a budget that works with your student lifestyle—whether you're juggling classes, part-time work, or living off financial aid. We’ll cover expense tracking, prioritizing spending, and tools that make staying on top of your goals easier.

This event is open to undergraduate, graduate, and professional students; CLE credit is available for undergraduate students.

Cozy Reading Lounge
2025-09-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Undergraduate Library, Room 037
Sit back, relax, and read.

Want to read for pleasure (or for class)? Drop in and join us for a quiet reading session in The Undergraduate Library! We've transformed our lower level computer lab space into a cozy reader's corner, complete with comfy seating, ambient music, and warm drinks.

If you are looking for a new book to read, look no further: library staff will be on hand with recommendations, reading lists, and a book check-out station.

Snacks and drinks are provided, no registration necessary. Questions? Email abbey12@email.unc.edu

Credit Confidence: How to Build and Boost Your Score
2025-09-23 17:30 - 18:30 | Carolina Union Room 2423
Your credit score plays a big role in your financial future—from renting an apartment to getting a car loan. This session covers the essentials: how credit works, how to build it responsibly, and how to avoid common mistakes. You’ll leave knowing how to check your credit, understand your report, and take steps to improve your score.

This event is open to undergraduate, graduate, and professional students; CLE credit is available for undergraduate students.

Maximizing Your Meal Plan: Eating Smart to Save Big
2025-09-25 00:30 - 13:15 | Carolina Union Room 2422
Make your meal plan and grocery budget go further. Learn how to stretch dining dollars, reduce food waste, and use what you already have to build balanced, affordable meals. We'll cover smart strategies and simple grocery hacks to help you save more and eat well.

This event is open to undergraduate, graduate, and professional students; CLE credit is available for undergraduate students.

Mental Health First Aid Training
2025-09-25 11:00 - 14:00

Mindful Meditation by Bhakti Yoga Club of UNC Chapel Hill
2025-09-29 19:00 - 20:00 | Carolina Union Room 3203
Mindful meditation is a key practice of Bhakti Yoga. Original Yoga practices were made to help one control their thoughts and actions through raising awareness and self-regulation. Yoga from ancient India was originally meant for the mind before it was popularized as a physical activity. The UNC Bhakti Yoga club is working to help students experience these same fulfilling feelings through mindful meditation.

The Bhakti Yoga Club is committed to creating a stress-relieving and welcoming environment. Free vegan treats will be provided to session participants. All are welcome!

The main session runs from 7-8 P.M. Participants are welcome to stay (from 8-8:30 P.M.) after the main session, to enjoy some snacks and interact with other participants.

Notes:

You do not need to RSVP to attend! We only use the RSVP headcount as an estimate so we know how much food to bring (+ so we can have extras for everyone).

You do not need a yoga mat (this is not physical exercise). You are welcome to stay as long as you like during the sessions. You also do not need to have attended previous sessions to show up to an upcoming one. Feel free to come and see how you feel.

Loneliness and Belonging for Service Members and Veterans
2025-09-30 12:00 - 14:00
Social isolation has been identified as a grand challenge of social work. Military affiliated communities experience with this challenge is associated with occupational demands of the field and acculturated beliefs within military culture. The ramifications of prolonged, unmitigated isolation may contribute to the intractable problem of military suicide. This presentation details the problem and solution landscape with particular focus on strength-based, macro level interventions that hold multidimensional identity at the core.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the training participants will be able to:

1. Define social isolation, loneliness, and belonging.

2. Identify specific occupational requirements and cultural norms that are important to consider when mitigating experiences of isolation and loneliness in the military.

3. Apply theory and practical approaches to increase belonging and mattering for military affiliated population.
