AWARE - MENTAL HEALTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AWARE is CWC’s mental health ambassador program. In 2018-19, we had 36 ambassadors raising mental health awareness on campus, reaching 5,138 stakeholders at 57 campus wide events, including our signature events, #UFisAWARE and the Fall Wellness Fair. Additionally we held an event specifically for housing residents called Resilience for Residents which was made possible with a grant from the National Gator Parent & Family Council.
•• Fall Wellness Fair, October 25th, 2018
The Fall Wellness Fair is a welcoming event for new students, introducing them to our services and providing activities to raise awarness of the importance of mental health. We reached 500 stakeholders at this one day event.
•• Resilience for Residents, January 7th–9th & 13th–16th, 2019 For this event AWARE ambassadors visited 19 residence halls across campus, over 7 evenings, reaching 439 stakeholders. AWARE brought activites and mental health information to help residents grow their resilience. Activities included making crafts like glitter jars, stress balls, and aroma therapy sachets.
AWARE Ambassadors hosting Resilience for Residents at Infinity Hall
•• #UFisAWARE: Resilience for Everyone, March 20th, 2019 This year’s UFisAWARE theme builds off of the theme of resilience from our Resilience for Residents event in January. In addition to tables with crafts we also gave out cotton candy, partnered with other campus organizations and departments (ex. Gatorwell, Umatter, UFPD, SHCC, Student Government, IRHA, DRC, Teaching Center) and had other activities and games such as a full size bounce house.
UF GATOR INTERNATIONAL FOCUS TEAM The UF Gator International Focus Team, or UFGIFT, serves the international and study abroad students through providing consultations, workshops, identifying needs and challenges particular to international students, ensuring cross-departmental communication, championing initiatives, and supporting students in need.
Students and ambassadors building glitter jars at #UFisAWARE: Resilience for Everyone
In 2018-19 UFGIFT served
4,515
international students through workshops and consultations.
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