Author: Rachael Gladden

Join the Suspenders4Hope Substance Use and Wellness Training from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3 in 203 Rhatigan Student Center, Lancelot Room. This training aims to help faculty and staff develop tools to reflect on how they engage with substances, stigma related to substance use disorder, and how to best support students and members of their community.

Participants will receive a free Suspenders4Hope T-shirt on completion of the training. If you are interested in attending, staff/faculty may register on myTraining.

Join the next #WSUWeSupportU Substance Use and Wellness Training from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 4 in 313 Rhatigan Student Center, Prairie Room. This training aims to help faculty and staff develop tools to reflect on how they engage with substances, stigma related to substance use disorder and how to best support students and members of their community.

If you are interested in attending, staff/faculty may register on myTraining through myWSU. Participants will receive a free Suspenders4Hope T-shirt on completion of the training.

Health, Outreach, Prevention and Education (HOPE) Services is presenting DCCCA’s one-hour naloxone administration course at 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 31 to the WSU community.

The training will equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify and respond to an overdose crisis using naloxone, a life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids, and other available resources.

Students can sign up for trainings on the WSU website, and staff and faculty can register via myTraining in myWSU.

Join Suspenders4Hope for its #WSUWeSupportU Substance Use and Wellness Training from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14 in 203 Rhatigan Student Center, Lancelot Room. The training aims to help faculty and staff develop tools to reflect on how they engage with substances, stigma related to substance use disorder and how to best support students and members of their community.

Participants will receive a free Suspenders4Hope T-shirt on completion of the training.

If you are interested in attending, staff/faculty may register on myTraining.

Over the past several years, Health, Outreach, Prevention and Education (HOPE) Services has developed and grown the peer educator Prevention Ambassador applied learning program. The purpose is to provide an opportunity for students to develop leadership, community outreach and human services skills, while also serving as change agents in promoting health, wellness and mental health awareness in the community. Ambassadors are dedicated to decreasing mental health stigma and empowering other students to engage in behaviors that promote holistic wellness.

HOPE Services is taking final applications for the program this week. Students who accept the position are eligible for a zero-credit internship. Including the weekly meetings 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Fridays, there is a time commitment of three hours per week.

Health, Outreach, Prevention and Education (HOPE) Services is offering a substance use and mental wellness prevention course from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday April 22 in 256 Rhatigan Student Center, Edmiston Room.

The course aims to help students, faculty and staff develop tools to reflect on how they engage with substances, stigma related to substance use disorder and how to best support members of their community. Participants will receive a free Suspenders4Hope T-shirt on completion of the training.

Those interested in attending, students can register by submitting a form online and staff faculty can register on myTraining.

Health, Outreach, Prevention and Education (HOPE) Services presents DCCCA’s one-hour naloxone administration course to the campus community to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify and respond to an overdose crisis using naloxone and other resources.

Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids — including heroin, fentanyl and prescription opioid medications. Upon completion of the training, each participant will receive a free naloxone kit.

Sign up for the training happening from 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 17 in 256 Rhatigan Student Center, Edmiston Room.

• Students can fill out the online form to register.
• Staff and faculty can register on myTraining through myWSU.

Health, Outreach, Prevention and Education Services (HOPE Services) is offering a substance use and mental wellness prevention course from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27 in 245 Rhatigan Student Center, CUW Room.

The course aims to help students, faculty and staff develop tools to reflect on how they engage with substances, stigma related to substance use disorder and how to best support members of their community. Participants will receive a free Suspenders4Hope T-shirt on completion of the training.

Students can register by submitting a form online and faculty and staff can register on myTraining.

Interested in contributing your expertise and providing outreach services aimed at decreasing mental health stigma on campus? Applications are now open to join the Prevention Ambassador Program.

Prevention ambassadors receive training and mentorship in providing prevention and outreach services to assist the HOPE Services advisory board in its #WSUWeSupportU mission of preventing suicide, sexual violence and substance abuse, in addition to promoting wellness in the Wichita State community.

Health, Outreach, Prevention and Education Services (HOPE Services) is launching its #WSUWeSupportU “Substance and Mental Wellness” training from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16 in 240 Rhatigan Student Center, Mayfield Room.

Learn about tools to reflect on how people engage with substances, stigma related to addiction and how everyone can help members of their community. Sign up on myWSU under the myTraining section or on the HOPE Services website. All participants will receive a “#WSUWeSupportU” T-shirt at no additional charge.