Outreach Programs
Engage in a variety of experiences that allow you to find connection and support.
Prevention Outreach Programs
Prevention outreach programs are interactive, skills-based experiences designed to help you build resilience, strengthen connections, and support your overall well-being — before challenges become crises. Whether it’s learning stress management through nature walks, exploring your identity with creative projects, practicing mindfulness in daily life, or building academic and social skills, these programs give you practical tools you can use right away. They’re open to all students, free to join and focus on personal growth in a supportive, inclusive environment.
Building Brilliance
Join Prevention Services and the College of Sciences for a strengths-based, supportive lunch and learn designed to empower neurodivergent students in personal development and college success. The group’s focus is on three core areas: Building strong social and interpersonal skills, such as handling conflict, setting boundaries and self-advocacy. The group meets over three sessions, twice each semester. Lunch will be provided.
- Session One
- Feb. 18, noon-1 p.m., Bureau of Mines
- April 1, noon 12-1 p.m., Campus Health 2301
- Session Two
- Feb. 25, noon-1 p.m., Campus Health 2301
- April 8, noon-1 p.m., Cox 306
- Session Three
- March 4, noon-1 p.m., Bureau of Mines, Room 201
- April 15, noon-1 p.m., Bureau of Mines, Room 201
- Staff: Rebecca Wirtz and Abby Moran
EcoWellness
Join our Nature-Based Resilience group—where the outdoors becomes your classroom for learning emotional regulation, grounding, self-compassion, and more. Each session introduces a practical skill, uses nature-based techniques like forest breathing, reflective walks, and sensory grounding, and wraps with guided reflection. You’ll leave feeling more centered, connected, and equipped with tools you can use anytime, anywhere. In partnership with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. All are welcome!!
- EcoArt Session One
Come and enjoy making creative pieces of art from nature! Practicing self- expression, creativity and mindfulness. Projects: Hanging garlands and Affirmation jars.
- Date/Time: Feb.11, 3-4:30 p.m.
- Location: Caldwell Lounge
- EcoArt Session Two
Come and enjoy making creative pieces of art from nature! Practicing self- expression, creativity and mindfulness. Projects: Hanging garlands and Affirmation jars.
- Date/Time: Feb.25, 3-4:30 p.m.
- Location: Biltmore 2006
Forest Therapy at Schenck Forest
Experience nature with a Certified Forest Therapy Guide. Guided, walking meditations, journaling and more! Transportation Provided from Main Campus. Sign up and Waiver Required. Rain date is March 12th.
Sign up deadline is March 1.
- Date/Time: March 5, 3-5 p.m.
- Location: Schenck Forest
Nature Soundscape Walk: Sound Around Town
- Date/Time: Wednesday, April 29 (Reading Day), 9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
- Location: Meet at back entrance of Campus Health
Practice mindfulness and grounding through a guided Soundscape Walk on the Rocky Branch trail. The sounds around us make up our ‘soundscape’, and have a profound effect on our mental, physical, and cognitive wellbeing. Your guide will share research findings on how noticing sounds around you can support wellness, as well as help engage you with bird and insect calls. All will have the option to contribute to Sound Around Town, a participatory science project led by Dr. Caren Cooper at NCSU, aiming to further our understanding of how sound relates to wellness. We will start and end outside the Campus Health Center entrance that faces the Rocky Branch Trail. Please bring water and comfortable clothing (hat, sunglasses, etc.). https://soundaroundtown.org/
Shadow & Flow: A multisensory journey through nature, movement and sound.
Sunset yoga and smooth DJ beats for meditation and relaxation. Bring yoga mat or towel & water bottle.
- Date/Time: April 15, 6:30-8 p.m.
- Location: Oval (Middle)
The Retreat
The Retreat will take place in partnership with the University Libraries at both D. H. Hill Jr. and James B. Hunt Jr. libraries. The Retreat will include an interactive and creative way to learn how to apply mindfulness skills with activities that are already included in your daily routine. Please stop by the Retreat to learn mindfulness skills that can aid in stress reduction while also increasing your daily focus.
- Sessions
- Feb. 4, 3-4 p.m., Hill, Fishbowl Forum.
- March 4, 3-4 p.m., Hunt, Tech Showcase.
- April 1, 3-4 p.m., Hill, Fishbowl Forum.
- Staff: Christy Sigmon
Art of Self: Explore Identity, Creativity, and Growth
Join our Artful Introspection series—a mindful, creative space for exploring who you are and where you’re headed. Through crafting activities like comic strips and the Wheel of Life, you’ll build emotional awareness, connect with yourself and others, and reflect on personal growth. Each 75-minute session introduces a practical skill rooted in mindfulness, identity exploration, and reflection. You’ll leave feeling more grounded, more connected, and equipped with tools to support your growth—no craft experience required.
- Session One : March 11, 1-2:15 p.m., Campus Health 1301
- Session Two: March 25, 1-2:15 p.m., Campus Health 1301
- Session Three: April 8, 1-2:15 p.m., Campus Health 1301
- Session Four: April 22, 1-2:15 p.m., Campus Health 1301