Wellness Campaigns

Counseling Services partners with colleagues, departments, and student groups across campus to promote mental health and wellbeing. Our recurring events, campaigns, and outreach programming focus on destigmatizing the topic of mental health, encouraging self-care, and bringing awareness to some of the wellness issues our campus community faces. 

Stress Less Week

Academics can be stressful for many of us, especially toward the end of the term. Stress Less is designed to create opportunities for you to explore different ways to practice self-care and find techniques to de-stress during some of the hardest parts of the year. These events are hosted during week 10 of fall, winter, and spring terms. Everyone manages the stress of classes differently, but we are here to support you through those times.

All Sizes Fit

All Sizes Fit is a positive body image campaign that aims to increase body positivity and acceptance and decrease the social pressures associated with obtaining an "ideal body." All Sizes Fit focuses on three principles:

  • Attention: Be in touch with your body and its signals. Your body is excellent at regulating and letting you know what it needs in order to perform optimally.
  • Appreciation: Appreciate everything your body allows you to do and the pleasure it provides. It is because of your body that you can engage in the activities you love and enjoy what life has to offer.
  • Acceptance: Accept all the assets you have rather than longing for what you do not. Much of your body composition is predetermined by your genetics.

It embraces the Health at Every Size philosophy which focuses on healthy eating and daily activity instead of weight loss. Instead of dieting or focusing on a specific weight, we encourage: regular activity that is enjoyable, stress management, and healthy emotional awareness and coping.

All Sizes Fit includes an art show, with Duck Store gift certificates awarded for the top creations. For more information, contact Mariko Lin, assistant director and education and prevention outreach director.

2021 All Sizes Fit Virtual Art Show

Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental Health Awareness Month (MHAM) is nationally recognized every May. The purpose of MHM is to raise awareness of the importance of mental health, provide educational opportunites and coping strategies to the campus community, and reduce the stigma that surrounds mental illnesses and help-seeking. Counseling Services invites and welcomes many campus partners to join us in programmatic efforts to promote mental health. 

Movember

Movember is an annual event which takes place every November and sees men across the world grow mustaches to raise awareness around men’s health issues including mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer. The University of Oregon participates by highlighting ongoing resources and hosting special events with the goals of increasing help-seeking behavior, decreasing risk-taking behavior, deconstructing harmful expressions of masculinity, normalizing open dialogue among men, and identifying positive aspects of masculinity and being a man.

Upcoming Events
Apr 4
Men's Resource Center Pizza Night 5:30 p.m.

As the regular meetings for the MRC community, Pizza Nights are a chill, low-pressure space to unwind and meet new people. We'll have a fun activity on tap as well as free...
Men's Resource Center Pizza Night
April 4–May 30
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) Swindells Room (230)

As the regular meetings for the MRC community, Pizza Nights are a chill, low-pressure space to unwind and meet new people. We'll have a fun activity on tap as well as free pizza! Pizza Nights are on "odd" weeks (Weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, & 9) of the term in the EMU Swindells Room (230). We hope to see you there!

Apr 11
National Screening Day 11:30 a.m.

As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, UO Substance Abuse Prevention Education (SAPE) is collaborating with Counseling Services' Student Advisory Board and UO Sexual...
National Screening Day
April 11
11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
EMU Fishbowl Terrace

As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, UO Substance Abuse Prevention Education (SAPE) is collaborating with Counseling Services' Student Advisory Board and UO Sexual Violence Prevention Education (SVPE) to host their annual National Screening Day! They will be providing students the opportunity to take a quick, anonymous survey to reflect on their relationships with cannabis, alcohol, and mental health. Students who participate will receive a coupon to Prince Pucklers! 

Apr 11
Men's Resource Center Open Court 5:00 p.m.

Men are as likely as anyone else to experience stress. Unfortunately, our culture tends not to create as many opportunities for men to practice tuning into complex feelings, let...
Men's Resource Center Open Court
April 11–May 23
5:00–6:00 p.m.
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) Willow Room (219)

Men are as likely as anyone else to experience stress. Unfortunately, our culture tends not to create as many opportunities for men to practice tuning into complex feelings, let alone sharing about them with others. Open Court is about creating a supportive, nonjudgmental space in which to put in the reps to help you level-up. Join us on Thursdays of most 'even' weeks (Week 2, 4, 6, 8) in the EMU Willow Room. Includes free pizza!

Apr 11
Shaun Galanos (@thelovedrive): Sex & Dating In College 6:00 p.m.

In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), the MRC hosts Shaun Galanos. Shaun is an intimacy and communication educator and mentor to 305k followers on Tik Tok and 250k...
Shaun Galanos (@thelovedrive): Sex & Dating In College
April 11
6:00–7:00 p.m.
Lillis 282

In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), the MRC hosts Shaun Galanos. Shaun is an intimacy and communication educator and mentor to 305k followers on Tik Tok and 250k followers on Instagram. Join us for tips on how to communicate openly, honestly, and playfully within various relationship types, from situationships to long-term partnerships. Limited seating - first come, first served.

Shaun Galanos is a certified personal and professional coach, creator and host of the Love Drive podcast, and holds a Bachelor's Degree from USCB in Interpersonal Communication. 

Apr 16
BEseries - yuniya edi kwon 5:00 p.m.

Join the Student Activities Board (SAB) BEseries, and the School of Music and Dance (SOMD), and the students of the Queer and Trans Asian Pacific Islander (QTAPI) as we host...
BEseries - yuniya edi kwon
April 16
5:00–7:30 p.m.
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) Ballroom

Join the Student Activities Board (SAB) BEseries, and the School of Music and Dance (SOMD), and the students of the Queer and Trans Asian Pacific Islander (QTAPI) as we host yuniya edi kwon for her BEseries dinner presentation. edi's presentation will draw from her course "The Ceremony is You" -- which connects the history of queer-trans Korean shamans to her interdisciplinary solo & collaborative work. 

More information on yuniya edi kwon:

yuniya edi kwon (b. 1989 – aka eddy kwon) is a violinist, vocalist, and interdisciplinary artist based in Lenapehoking, or New York City. Her practice connects composition, improvisation, movement, and ceremony to explore transformation & transgression, ritual practice as a tool to queer ancestral lineage, and the use of mythology to connect, obscure, and reveal. As a composer-performer and improviser, she is inspired by Korean folk timbres & inflections, textures & movement from natural environments, and American experimentalism as shaped by the AACM. Her work as a choreographer and movement artist embodies an expressive release and reclamation of colonialism’s spiritual imprints, connecting to both Japanese Butoh and a lineage of queer trans practitioners of Korean shamanic ritual. She is a recipient of the 2023 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Robert Rauschenberg Award in Music/Sound, a 2023-25 Arts Fellow at Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts, 2024 Civitella Ranieri Fellow, United States Artists Ford Fellow, 2022 Herb Alpert Ucross Residency Prize, Van Lier Fellow & Resident Artist at Roulette Intermedium, Johnson Fellow at Americans for the Arts, Andrew W. Mellon Artist-in-Residence at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, Hermitage Fellow, and a recipient of the National Performance Network Creation Fund Award. She was described as “absolutely stunning” in a feature in Wire Magazine, and was listed as one of the Washington Post’s “22 for ‘22: Composers and performers to watch this year.” In addition to an evolving, interdisciplinary solo practice, she collaborates with artists of diverse disciplines, including The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Du Yun, Holland Andrews, Tomeka Reid, Kenneth Tam, Isabel Crespo Pardo, Mariah Garnett, International Contemporary Ensemble, and as a member of the artist collective Juni One Set with Senga Nengudi and Degenerate Art Ensemble co-directors Haruko Crow Nishimura and Joshua Kohl. In 2023, eddy founded SUN HAN GUILD, a sound and performance collective with composer-improvisers Laura Cocks, Jessie Cox, DoYeon Kim, and Lester St. Louis. As a violinist, violist, and/or vocalist, she has performed alongside Roscoe Mitchell, Moor Mother, Mary Halvorson, Nicole Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, Cory Smythe, Susan Alcorn, Carla Kihlstedt, Jessika Kenney, Lesley Mok, and others. She has performed throughout the Americas and Europe, including the Kennedy Center, Big Ears Festival, Kaufman Center, Roulette Intermedium, SESC Pompeia, Barbican Centre, Jazzfest Berlin, Festival Sons d’hivers, Festival Banlieues Bleues, moers festival, and more. Commissions include Roulette Intermedium, Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, National Performance Network, and Colorado College Creativity & Innovation. She was born and raised in Minnesota, on the ancestral land of the Dakhóta and Anishinaabeg.

Apr 18
Men's Resource Center Pizza Night 5:30 p.m.

As the regular meetings for the MRC community, Pizza Nights are a chill, low-pressure space to unwind and meet new people. We'll have a fun activity on tap as well as free...
Men's Resource Center Pizza Night
April 4–May 30
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) Swindells Room (230)

As the regular meetings for the MRC community, Pizza Nights are a chill, low-pressure space to unwind and meet new people. We'll have a fun activity on tap as well as free pizza! Pizza Nights are on "odd" weeks (Weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, & 9) of the term in the EMU Swindells Room (230). We hope to see you there!

Apr 25
Men's Resource Center Open Court 5:00 p.m.

Men are as likely as anyone else to experience stress. Unfortunately, our culture tends not to create as many opportunities for men to practice tuning into complex feelings, let...
Men's Resource Center Open Court
April 11–May 23
5:00–6:00 p.m.
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) Willow Room (219)

Men are as likely as anyone else to experience stress. Unfortunately, our culture tends not to create as many opportunities for men to practice tuning into complex feelings, let alone sharing about them with others. Open Court is about creating a supportive, nonjudgmental space in which to put in the reps to help you level-up. Join us on Thursdays of most 'even' weeks (Week 2, 4, 6, 8) in the EMU Willow Room. Includes free pizza!

Apr 25
Take Back The Night 6:00 p.m.

The Women’s Center is beyond excited to invite you to join in-person at our annual Take Back the Night Rally, March and Speak-Out Against Sexual and Domestic Violence on...
Take Back The Night
April 28–24
6:00–10:00 p.m.
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) Amphitheater

The Women’s Center is beyond excited to invite you to join in-person at our annual Take Back the Night Rally, March and Speak-Out Against Sexual and Domestic Violence on Thursday, April 25th, 2024 starting at 6pm in the EMU Amphitheater!

TBTN is a yearly international protest founded in 1976 which seeks to raise awareness about the realities of sexual and domestic violence on campus and in the community, both for survivors of sexual and domestic violence and those who want to support and bear witness in solidarity.

 TBTN is a survivor-centered event that begins with a Rally in the EMU Amphitheater at 6pm, continues at 7pm as a  March through the streets of Eugene to symbolize reclaiming people’s safety on public streets at night – and ends back on campus for a Speak Out in the EMU.

The Speak Out will be student-led (with non-university affiliated licensed mental health providers available nearby for confidential assistance) during which survivors can share personal stories of how sexual and domestic violence has impacted their lives. Snacks, beverages and blankets will be provided. *We ask that no UO Professional Staff or Media be present during this portion of the event to provide a sacred space for students to have dialogue circles of peer to peer support.*

 Our theme for the 2024 event is being formed, and we will update this space once it is solidified.

As always, the Women’s Center is committed to providing this essential event to support survivors, educate the community and prevent future harm.

 PEOPLE UNITE! TAKE BACK THE NIGHT!

 #TakeBackTheNight #SupportSurvivors #BelieveSurvivors #SAAM

For more information please contact Women’s Center Sexual Violence Prevention and Educator Coordinator, Maggie Bertrand, SVPEWC@gmail.com, or Women’s Center Director, Fatima Roohi Pervaiz, at fpervaiz@uoregon.edu.

May 1
Fresh Check Day 11:30 a.m.

Fresh Check Day is the signature program of the Jordan Porco Foundation. It is an uplifting mental health promotion and suicide prevention event that includes interactive expo...
Fresh Check Day
May 1
11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
EMU Ampitheater

Fresh Check Day is the signature program of the Jordan Porco Foundation. It is an uplifting mental health promotion and suicide prevention event that includes interactive expo booths, peer-to-peer messaging, support of multiple campus departments and groups, a lively social atmosphere with free food and entertainment, and incentives for participation.

May 1
Prescription Drug Takeback Day 11:30 a.m.

Join SAPE and SAB for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Bring your expired, unused and unwanted prescriptions to the EMU amphitheatre from 11:30am-2:30pm on Wednesday, May...
Prescription Drug Takeback Day
May 1
11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) Amphitheater

Join SAPE and SAB for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Bring your expired, unused and unwanted prescriptions to the EMU amphitheatre from 11:30am-2:30pm on Wednesday, May 1st. This event aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. There will be a safe drop box supplied by University Health Services.