Hello Faculty and Staff,

In our continued efforts to support the health and safety of our campus community, the University Counseling Center (UCC) will be hosting two campus-wide Mental Health Screening Days for students this academic year. We kindly ask you to share this information with students to help us increase awareness and access to mental health services:

• Students can complete a screener on-the-spot or bring a screenshot of their completed screener. The screener will take no longer than 2 minutes to complete.

• Counselors will be available to discuss results by request. Results are confidential.

• Free goodie bags, including snacks, lip balms, pens, and stress fidgets will be provided to those who participate.

Thursday, October 8, 2026 and Thursday, March 25, 2027

Valley Campus

Kirkhof Main Lobby: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Recreation Center: 1– 5 p.m.

Pew Campus

Center for Health Science: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Seidman Center: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Students unable to visit one of the screening locations are still able to participate.  Please direct them to the free, confidential mental health screening available on the University Counseling Center website

If you have any questions about Mental Health Screening Day or other University Counseling Center initiatives, please visit our Outreach and Events webpage. If you are interested in collaborating with a UCC clinician, please fill out a form through our Outreach Request Portal. If you are concerned about a student, additional information and resources for faculty and staff are available online. You may also contact the UCC at 616-331-3266 with questions or concerns, or to request a consultation.

We hope that you will encourage your students to participate in this campus-wide mental health screening initiative. Please feel free to forward this information to your students via email, post it to your Blackboard site, or share it with anyone else in the Laker community. Thank you for your support of student mental health and their participation in these very important events!

Anchor Up!

Senad Ajdarevic, UCC Intern

Melissa Selby-Theut, LMSW-Clinical