Purdue Campus Essentials

Hear all about Purdue's framework for enhancing and improving student well-being. Steps to Leaps is the strategy used to create tools and opportunities to spread well-being on Purdue Campus. Listen as Dr. Carl Krieger joins us to share how you can get involved with Steps to Leaps. Visit the Steps to Leaps website to learn more. Suggest a topic to be discussed on the show!

Join us as we explore all the community service and volunteer options available at Purdue through the Leadership and Professional Development Center with Mel Gruver. From the ACE Food pantry to voter registration and voting stations, learn ways to stay engage, volunteer and give back at Purdue! Leadership and Professional Development site Request a topic on our next episode!

Get ready for season three of Purdue Campus Essentials. We are geared up to explore new campus services and learn how they can impact students. Tune in to listen to new episodes!

We get together with Randall Ward, Associate Director of Student Success, Director of Disability Resource Center, and talk about what the center offers students, faculty, and staff. Learn how to access the center, services the DRC offers, and more as we discuss everything from service animals to supportive environments and mental health. Visit the Purdue Disability Resource site. Click here to sug...

We talk with Chris Collins, the Director of International Student Services at Purdue, to learn more about supporting international students. Join us as we learn about services ISS offers and how students can get connected with ISS.  International Student Services Website Click here to suggested a topic for a future episode or request to be on the podcast!

We kick off the new season talking about wellness coaching services at Purdue Recreation and Wellness. Listen to learn how coaching can help you achieve health and wellness goals, how to get plugged into coaching, and how you can become a coach yourself.  In this episode it was mentioned that the health coaching course is transitioning to a 500 level course. At the date this episode aired, th...

We are back bringing you season two of Purdue Campus Essentials. Tune to learn about essential services that inspire student success at Purdue University.  Click here to suggest a topic or to be on the show!

We pick up the conversation with the directors of Purdue's Counseling and Psychological Services and Purdue Student Health Center to explore more ways they serve students. This time we discuss confidentiality, insurance, and after hour services.  CAPS Website CAPS After Hours Services PUSH Website Insurance at PUSH

We are taking a look at Purdue's student counseling and health centers. We sit down with each department's directors and discuss services, scheduling options, and more!  CAPS Website PUSH Website

Learn about services provided through CARE, the Center for Advocacy, Response, and Education. We are joined by Juanita and Allison as they talk us through how CARE can help students who have experienced power-based personal violence, and ways to invite CARE into your spaces.  Resources mentioned in this episode:  CARE Website CARE Outreach Request Form Follow CARE @careatpurdue on Instag...

We pick back up with Tim Bertsch as he tells as more about emergency student loans and academic withdrawal services offered through Student Support Services.  Student Support Services Emergency Loan Information Withdrawal Information Withdrawal Dates

Where can students go for help when they don't know where to begin? Find out as we learn more about Student Support Services at Purdue with Tim Bertsch, a Student Support Specialist in the Office of the Dean of Students. Hear about absentee excuses, examples of how students have been served, and ways a student a good plugged in support services.   Resources from this episode: Student Support...

When to say "yes." A word that weaves through our priorities, time, and busy schedules. Join us as we hear from Natasha Harris, Assistant Director of Science Diversity, and her insight on how to recognize healthy boundaries.  Start creating your time management and setting healthy boundaries by using this guide . 

Vanessa Pacheco, Assistant Director of Wellness Programs; and Jeff Elliot, Executive Director, Undergraduate Advising join us as we talk about stress management. Hear tips and strategies on how to support students who are stressed.  Resources from this episode: Mindfulness Room Stress Self-care Guide CAPS Self-help Resources Steps to Leaps Learning Modules

Hear about Purdue policy and Indiana law and how it relates to alcohol and drinking in this episode as we learn from Leslie Charters, Director of Student Legal Services at Purdue.  Info from this episode: https://www.purdue.edu/odos/sls/index.html

A dean of students staff member shares with us what it means for a student to be in crisis and what we can do to support them. Learn the essential info on helping Boilermakers get connected when experience hardship. Links to information referenced in this episode are below.  https://www.purdue.edu/odos/

Welcome to the Purdue Campus Community Essentials podcast, a service brought to you by the Campus Coalition on Mental Health and Substance Use. Here we will explore essential topics that help you stay informed about mental health and substance use happenings on Purdue's West Lafayette campus, encourage Boilermakers to support each other, and tap into resources that promote success and well-being!&...