Submitted by: Concetta Holmes, LCSW, Assistant Director, Counseling & Wellness Center The New College Counseling and Wellness Center (CWC) recognizes how busy the last few weeks of the year can be. The end of classes, preparing for finals and transitioning to summer can create a…
The Counseling and Wellness Center (CWC) serves New College by providing therapy and medical services to students. The center also holds events throughout the semester that help students establish wellness principles in their own routines. A mission such as this requires a team behind it,…
Oct. 7 marked the day of the Student Activities & Campus Engagement (SAUCE) office’s first Belonging Expo, opening doors for students to engage with various affinity clubs and one another. Thesis student and Student Event Team (SET) Belonging Coordinator Celeste Kadzis has spent the past…
New College students have been tapping into their spirituality and centering themselves thanks to the plethora of yoga classes available on campus: “Yoga for Wellness: A Vinyasa Flow Class” led by Counseling & Wellness Center (CWC) Postdoctoral Fellow and Psychologist Nick Gensmer, “A Yoga Class…
30 to 40% of students visit the Counseling and Wellness Center (CWC) at least once during an academic year, according to CWC Director Dr. Anne Fisher. The ability to treat those with psychological injury on campus is a resource that is both heavily used and…
Hurricane Ian has affected the lives of many Florida residents over the course of the last few weeks. Whether that be physical damage or emotional, it is vital to seek support. Even for individuals who weren't personally affected by this disaster, it takes a toll.…
In a recent email to students, faculty and staff, Counseling & Wellness Center (CWC) Program Director Dr. Anne Fisher addressed the resignation of half of the counseling staff at the completion of the fall semester. Dr. Fisher wrote, “The Counseling Center has been highly utilized…
The absolute mad dash of the fall semester’s foreboded end has at long last arrived. Students and faculty alike may be reaching their wit’s end—crunching numbers, grinding out lengthy documents and collecting the end bit pieces of projects, hoping to hit a positive concluding note…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended pausing the administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine two days before the on-campus vaccine clinic for the single-dose jab was scheduled on April 14. However, a new…
Thesis student and residential advisor (RA) for the thesis LLC in Dort and Gold Arantxa Prince began organizing a peer-led support group for thesis students in the middle of fall semester in collaboration with housing, the Student Success Center (SSC) and the Center for Counseling…
