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THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
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FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Counseling Center Groups for Spring 2019 Information provided by the University of Indianapolis Counseling Center
Transform Your Thoughts
Mondays 2:00 - 2:50 P.M.
This group will focus on training your way of thinking, so that what could typically lead to anxiety or sadness can instead promote the opposite.
Tuesdays 3:00 - 3:50 PM 1) Feb 12, 19, 26, Mar 5 2) Mar 26, April 2, 9, 16
1) Feb 4, 11, 18, 25, Mar 4 2) Mar 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15
Mindfulness This group will teach skills of mindfullness, emphasizing the avoidance of judgement, so as to help limit stress and anxiety, along wtih aiding concentration and sleep.
Crisis Survival Skills
Tuesdays 3:00 - 3:50 PM
This group acknowledges the dangers of allowing emotions to become so intense to the point of affecting healthy behaviors, and works to promote strategies limiting these emotions in the moment.
Wednesdays 3:00 - 3:50 PM Feb 13 - April 24 *Health Pavilion 206
1) Feb 5, 12, 19, 26, Mar 5 2) Mar 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16
Stress Less! For this group, anyone can attend on any day, and a wide variety of topics all themed on stress relief. Each week covers a new topic, including time management and general self-care.
Understanding Self and Others This group prioritizes feeling interpersonal, and is a closed process limited to eight members per group. Members will be able to learn more about themselves and how they relate to others.
Option 1: Tuesdays 10:00 - 11:30 PM Option 2: Thursdays 2:00 - 2:30 PM
Weekly for Eight to 10 weeks
Counseling Center offers support Photo Illustration by Tony Reeves
Graphic by Ethan Gerling
New support groups and workshops offered to help students face ongoing issues in their lives talk about certain issues and expect for their discussions to be confidential. Miller said that students often can get caught up by their classes and experience stress as a result of trying to keep up with their course load. This can also lead to students forgetting to take care of themselves, according to Miller. “While academics are really important, their [students] mental health is equally, if not more, important,” Miller said. “[This] is in terms of being able to stay balanced, being able to do the best work that they can and recognize that that’s something that doesn’t have to be traded off for doing well in school. In fact they are going to, most likely be better in school if they tend to their mental health.” The new support group services are open to those on campus who are a part of these labeled groups. The purpose of the groups is to give their members a voice and provide a safe space to talk amongst their peers who may be in similar situations, Staff Psychologist Colin Rak-Dietz said. According to Rak-Dietz, these two programs were added due to an increase in demand for counseling within the communities. According to Rak-Dietz, these
By Noah Crenshaw & Madison Gomez ONLINE EDITOR & EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
At the start of the 2018-2019 academic year, the University of Indianapolis Student Counseling Center began to offer new support services for students. These new services include two support groups, a students of color group and a queer student group, and a new workshop series called RIO, which stands for Recognition, Insight and Openness. The RIO workshops began this semester, while the support groups started last semester. According to the Director of the Student Counseling Center and Staff Psychologist Kelly Miller, the Counseling Center provides several, comprehensive services for students. These services include individual therapy, group therapy and workshops, along with outreach and preventativetype training. Miller said that the counseling services are free because the university prioritizes mental health for students and that students should think of counseling as a place they can go to
support groups were created because Rak-Dietz. He said they also talk about of the importance of having safe space general school topics or anything else specifically for these individuals. This that might be causing stress for them to is to ensure that they have a support get advice from their peers. system of other peers that have shared “[It’s] the same with the students of circumstances. color support group. Folks will come in Rak-Dietz said that he and his fellow with questions about finding the local clinicians stand in as facilitators for the markets that sell the food that you’re support groups, while also offering used to in your culture or what hair their own professional advice. This is stylist to go to that will accommodate because the groups are supposed to be your hair type and having other students peer-supportive and student-driven understand those questions and get it," according to Rak-Dietz Rak-Dietz. said. "There The topics are also just "While academics are really discussed the everyare those of important, their mental health is day student which the tressors equally, if not more important." sthat students we talk want to talk about in about. that group, “In my queer support group, folks but there’s that shared commonality and come in all the time with questions context of students of color or queer stuabout coming out on campus or coming dents.” out to family back home," Rak-Dietz Rak-Dietz said he realizes that many said. "We talk about holidays and how of the students who identify as being a to navigate going back home. ” member of one or both of these groups The groups provide a support that is have struggled to navigate different likely to be more understanding about spaces around campus. He said the supcertain situations, but they aren't the port groups are for providing advice, a only topics for the groups, according to safe space and a friendly environment
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Graphic by Tony Reeves and Ethan Gerling
Ballard discusses national security By Tony Reeves
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT After writing and publishing his book, "Less Oil or More Caskets: The National Security Argument for Moving Away From Oil", former Indianapolis Mayor and visiting fellow Greg Ballard came to the University of Indianapolis for a question and answer session held in UIndy Hall B on Feb. 11. As a visiting fellow, an honorary member of UIndy, Ballard has an office located on the second floor of Krannert Memorial Library and has spoken on
campus multiple times before. Previously he spoke about a clean energy plan, and the impact of fossil fuels on the military, which were both similar topics to his newly released book. “I am comfortable here, actually,” Ballard said. “I like UIndy quite a bit. I like the president and the students. It’s just a comfortable setting. I would like to think I do things for UIndy too.” When invited by professors, Ballard attends classes to help teach, or speak to them. Ballard said the university has been good to him, and he hopes to continue his relationship with President Robert Manuel and the students.
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and extremely excited to have been selected to serve as the next President of Martin University. I truly believe that its Sean Huddleston was named the rich history and mission make Martin next president of Martin University one of the most important higher on Jan. 7, 2019. He began working education institutions in our region. at the University of Indianapolis in Dr. Eugene White did a tremendous June 2017 when the new position of job leading the institution, resulting the Vice President for Equity and in Martin’s being stable and poised for Inclusion opened. During his time growth. I am looking forward to working at UIndy, Huddleston focused on side-by-side with Martin’s faculty, staff, diversity, inclusion and expanding the trustees, alumni and friends to help the university achieve new conversation. His office heights while continuing worked to start Open to preserve the great Mic Dialogues to get legacies of our founders, students talking about Father Boniface Hardin sensitive issues and started and Sister Jane Schilling.” a leadership program in His appointment is honor of an employee, the result of a nationwide amongst other things. search that began after Martin University is White announced his a private, not-for-profit, retirement in August 2017 liberal arts institution in after six years of leading the Indianapolis, Ind. and was university, according to an started in 1977. Accordarticle from Inside Indiana ing to its website, Martin HUDDLESTON Business. Huddleston has is Indiana's only Predomserved in other positions inantly Black Institution of higher education. Huddleston will in higher education. Before coming be Martin’s sixth president, following to UIndy, he was the chief officer of current president Eugene White, who Diversity, Inclusion and Community worked on “growing enrolment, ad- Engagement at Framingham State dressing affordability, increasing fund- University in Massachusetts, and also ing and preparing students to success- was a vice president at Grand Valley fully compete in the workforce” during State University in Michigan, according his tenure, according to an article from to UIndy 360. Huddleston will receive his farewell Diverse Issues in Higher Education. In a press release from Martin, from UIndy on Feb. 20 and begin workHuddleston said: “I am deeply honored ing at Martin on March 25.
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In his book, Ballard advocates moving towards electric vehicles or an alternative fuel for transportation. According to his book, 70 percent of the oil in the world is used for transportation. The oil used for transportation is protected by the United States troops, making it a national security issue for the U.S. “If we are ever to make a difference... [we need to be] looking at transportation,” Ballard said. “It is all strictly national security. There is nothing in my book about the environment or climate or anything like that.” > See Ballard on page 3
> See Counseling on page 8
Martin University names Huddleston new president By Zoe Berg
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for these student oriented groups, whether that be through providing a space that is not intimidating to speak up or support to adjusting to Indianapolis, the groups aim to be as welcoming as possible. The Counseling Center has also added a workshop series called RIO. It is being offered in three-week increments, with one hour sessions throughout the semester, according to Rak-Dietz. The sessions are structured as curriculum-driven and are designed to give students the skills needed to address a variety of concerns that they may have. “[We cover] anything from stress management to depression, anxiety, improving focus and concentration, improving relationships,” Rak-Dietz said. “You name it and this workshop series is going to help with it….What RIO teaches are skills to better address and manage those unwanted internal reactions that we have: ‘How do I relate differently to those thoughts or feelings? How do I manage stress in my life? How do I navigate through anxiety or certain stressors, the natural stuff that comes up in life?’”