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Carolina Recovery: Weekly Social
2025-09-15 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | 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.

Inhaling Positivity Meditation
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, 2025-09-29 12:30 - 12:45, 2025-10-01 12:30 - 12:45, 2025-10-03 12:30 - 12:45 and 4 more dates
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.

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

Carolina Recovery: Weekly Social
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.

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, 2025-10-07 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.

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.

Sister Talk: The Empty Seat
2025-09-30 12:30 - 14:00 | Carolina Union 3201
Sister Talk is a safe and supportive space centered on the experiences of undergraduate women at UNC-Chapel Hill. Our conversations equip participants with tools and resources for success. Beyond community building, it offers learning and development opportunities to enhance self-awareness and resilience, as well as discussion of the unique challenges associated with identity. The program is open to all undergraduate students. Lunch will be served!

Topic: Acknowledging and Addressing Loneliness

Guest Speaker: Kirstie Moore from the Shuford Program

QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Suicide Gatekeeper Training
2025-10-01 11:00 - 13:00 | Carolina Union Room 3515
Just like CPR is for physical emergencies, QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) is an emergency response that can save lives during a mental health crisis. In just 90 minutes, you'll gain the skills to recognize when someone is in distress, learn how to help, and practice those skills in a safe environment.

Why QPR?

Proven Effectiveness: QPR is the most widely taught Gatekeeper training in the world.

Life-Saving Skills: Learn how to Question, Persuade, and Refer someone who may be suicidal.

Self-Empowerment: Discover how to get help for yourself or others in preventing suicide.

Crisis Management: Understand the common causes and warning signs of suicidal behavior.

Immediate Impact: Walk away with the confidence to assist someone in crisis.

Your participation could make all the difference. Sign up today and become a vital part of our community of care.

Trivia Night - Active Minds x Psi Chi
2025-10-01 17:00 - 18:00
Join us for a night of competitive fun with mental health/psychology and just for fun trivia! Play for prizes and treats, meet representatives from Psi Chi and Active Minds, and make new friends! Be sure to bring a laptop, tablet, or phone to play.

Mental Health Seminar: The Power of Peer and Mutual Support
2025-10-03 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual Event
What role do friends, classmates, and peers play in mental health? More than you might think. Edwin Fisher, PhD, will share how peer support has been used around the world to strengthen mental health and wellbeing. From informal encouragement among friends to structured peer programs in schools, workplaces, and health care, Dr. Fisher will highlight the value of peer support and mutuality in promoting social, personal, mental, vocational, relational and other aspects of wellbeing. This session will explore strategies for supporting one another, along with population-level approaches that integrate peer support into communities and systems. Participants will leave with insights and tools for giving and receiving peer support.

Register for the Power of Peer and Mutual Support

The Mental Health Seminar series offers students, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty, and staff insight into the research and practice of mental health. They create a space for learning, reflection and discussion. The overall goal of the seminars is to empower campus community members to help influence the culture of mental health and well-being. Campus Life Experience credit will be provided to undergraduate students who attend the each seminar. Join us!

Managing Staff through Stressful Situations
2025-10-07 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual Event
People respond to stress in different ways—some may experience decreased performance, low morale, or emotional reactions, while others may thrive under pressure. For managers, anticipating and addressing these varied responses can be challenging. This workshop offers practical strategies to help leaders navigate both positive and negative employee behaviors during stressful situations.Workshop ObjectivesBy the end of this workshop, you will:

Practice self-care techniques to manage your own stress during challenging times

Anticipate the physical, emotional, cognitive and behavioral reactions you observe among employees

Describe how personal accountability helps people cope with stressful times

Handle problematic employee behavior effectively and empatheticallyClick on Carolina Talent registration link and select the “Request” button to automatically enroll.

https://hr.unc.edu/event/managing-staff-through-stressful-situations-2

Tools to Handle Stress
2025-10-07 14:00 - 15:00
This Stress Management course focuses on specific, practical activities to reduce stress. Whatever happens to be causing your stress, these techniques can help you cope.

Workshop ObjectivesBy the end of this workshop, you will know techniques to reduce stress such as:• Being Accountable: We often have choices we can make to reduce the causes and impact of stress.• Engaging in Hobbies: We may be able to prioritize activities that renew us.• Remembering Past Successes: We can focus on how we have survived previous stressful situations.• Taking Breaks: Stepping away from a stressor can help us return to it in a more effective way.

Empower UNC: Responding to Disclosures
2025-10-08 17:00 - 19:30 | Graduate Student Center, 211A. W. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Empower UNC: Responding to Disclosures is a training collaboration between Violence Prevention and Advocacy Services (VPAS) and the University Compliance Office (UCO). This updated training replaced UNC’s former HAVEN training.

Empower UNC equips students and employees with information, resources, and strategies to respond to disclosures of harassment, sexual misconduct, interpersonal violence, and stalking in an informed and compassionate way.

This training consists of two parts. The first part is an online video that students and employees will receive upon registration and may complete asynchronously at their convenience. The second part is an in-person, live training session facilitated by staff from VPAS and UCO.

After completing part two of the live, in-person training, students and employees will receive an Empower UNC placard and sticker. If you choose, you may display these to acknowledge your training completion and signal your commitment to supporting individuals affected by gender-based violence and harassment within our campus community.

Campus Life Experience (CLE) credit is available for undergraduate students.

Please note: Graduate and professional students are welcome to register for the student or employee version of the training, depending on which feels most aligned and appropriate for their role(s) on campus.

For questions about Empower UNC: Responding to Disclosures of GBV, or to change or cancel your registration, please email violenceprevention@unc.edu

We are committed to making our training accessible to all participants. Reasonable accommodations will be considered as requested. Please share any requested accommodations by emailing violenceprevention@unc.edu
