Centering Equity and Fostering Mental Health for Student Success Workshops

About the Workshop Series

Student mental health has remained a top concern among college and university presidents during the pandemic, according to ACE’s Pulse Point surveys. While many students have felt the effects of the pandemic, research shows that students of color have been disproportionately impacted. Concurrently, events of 2020 fueled our nation’s reckoning with systemic racism.

Institutional support for the mental health of students of color is essential to ensuring equity and student success. Attend one or both workshops to gain strategies, frameworks, and tools to support the mental health and emotional well-being of students of color now and into the future.

About ACE Engage Workshops

ACE Engage workshops are digital active-learning experiences led by top experts, through which higher education leaders will hone new skills, connect with peers, and plan how to put knowledge into action.

Lessons from Community Colleges on Improving Student Mental Health

May 4 and May 18
noon-2:00 p.m.

This workshop is intended for all college and university leaders, and it draws on best practices of community colleges that you can implement on your own campus. Workshop leaders will ground this session in their work of creating supportive campus cultures and pay particular attention to centering equity. You will walk away with insights into the programs, policies, and practices that are most efficacious and feasible in the community college environment and will learn about the application of frameworks to help guide your institution in this work. Sponsored by The Mary Christie Foundation and The Jed Foundation.

Brian R. Mitra

Dean of Student Affairs, Kingsborough Community College; Subject Matter Expert, The JED Foundation

Facilitator

Brian R. Mitra

Dean of Student Affairs, Kingsborough Community College; Subject Matter Expert, The JED Foundation

Supporting the Mental Health of Students of Color Throughout Life Transitions

May 27 and June 10
noon-2:00 p.m.

This workshop will equip college and university leaders with the knowledge and tools to make decisions and investments that support the mental health and success of students of color. Highlighting the mental health concerns that impact students of color as they transition into higher education, navigate and persist throughout college, and enter into the workforce, their mental health is a shared responsibility throughout the campus. Through a racial trauma-informed leadership lens, participants will explore strategies and frameworks to guide effective and innovative equitable mental health efforts on campus. Sponsored by The Steve Fund.

David Rivera

Associate Professor, Queens College-CUNY; National Advisor, The Steve Fund

Facilitator

David Rivera

Associate Professor, Queens College-CUNY; National Advisor, The Steve Fund

Registration

Each workshop includes two two-hour sessions, priced individually at $149 for ACE members and $199 for nonmembers. The price of both workshops, purchased together as a bundle, is $239 for ACE members, and $319 for nonmembers.

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