Help A Norse Champion

Advocate Status (Choose 2 or more topics)

Bystander Intervention Workshop (Faculty or Staff)

• 10/8/2024, 10 - 11:00 am
  
• https://nku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsdeGorzwpGNCSxAMN8dk1f86gIthdX6ZF#/registration
• Workshop participants learn how to recognize warning signs of potential violence, address personal barriers to intervention, and learn multiple strategies to actively intervene as bystanders.

Student Well-being: Navigating Campus Resources and Reporting Lunch & Learn (Student, Faculty, or Staff)

• 10/10/2024, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
• SU 302 and via Zoom; Register via https://nku.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Jb5XFJY7MgwEx8 before October 4th at noon to recieve a boxed lunch.
• Join multiple student service offices, including Community Standards and Care, Norse Violence Prevention, Title IX, Counseling Services, and University Connect and Persist (among others), to discuss pathways for accessing student support, and how to best share inforamtion with our teams.

Bystander Intervention Workshop (Student)

• 10/22/2024, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
• Steely Library Community Wellness Room; register here: http://myengagement.nku.edu/rsvp?id=376933
• Workshop participants learn how to recognize warning signs of potential violence, address personal barriers to intervention, and learn multiple strategies to actively intervene as bystanders.

QPR: Suicide Prevention Training (Student, Faculty, or Staff)

• 10/22/2024, 2 - 3:30 pm
• SU 108 (30 person max, email counselingservices@nku.edu to register)
• QPR is an emergency response strategy to someone in a mental health crisis.

QPR: Suicide Prevention Training (Student, Faculty, or Staff)

• 11/14/2024, 10 - 11:30 am
• UC 414 (30 person max, email counselingservices@nku.edu to register)
• QPR is an emergency response strategy to someone in a mental health crisis.

Champion Status (Earn Advocate Status and add 2 or more topics)

Mental Health First Aid (Student, Faculty, or Staff)

• 10/15/2024, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
• UC 135; register here: https://form.jotform.com/242284479099168
• Mental Health First Aid is a course that teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. The training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem or experiencing a crisis.

Trauma Informed Community Basics (Student, Faculty, or Staff)

• 10/31/2024, 1:00 - 2:30 pm
• SU 302/Zoom; email deanofstudents@nku.edu to register
• Learn about the basics of trauma: how it can impact the brain, body, psychology, and behavior of people. Participants will also learn about tips and best practices to creating safer classroom and campus environments, how to best connect people with NKU supports, and when disclosure of a person’s circumstances might be needed.

Trauma Informed Community Basics (Student, Faculty, or Staff)

• 11/15/2024, 1-2:30 pm
• SU 105/Zoom; email deanofstudents@nku.edu to register
• Learn about the basics of trauma: how it can impact the brain, body, psychology, and behavior of people. Participants will also learn about tips and best practices to creating safer classroom and campus environments, how to best connect people with NKU supports, and when disclosure of a person’s circumstances might be needed.

More Help A Norse Champion Sessions will be offered in Spring 2025!

Designed to help employees and student leaders connect with resources that support student well-being, NKU faculty, staff, or student leaders can take part in workshops and connections sessions designed to help participants make informed recommendations to NKU students in need. This program is similar to other successful training efforts in our campus community, like Ally and Bystander Training (LGBTQA+ Student Initiatives) or Green Zone Brigade training (Veterans Resource Station).

Once you earn Help A Norse Advocate or Champion status, you'll receive a sticker (or magnet) honoring your commitment to this initiative. These badges show those around you that you are part of our informed care community. Collaborative offices include Counseling Services, the Norse Violence Prevention Center, Student Wellness Education, Student Accessibility, and other offices offering workshops to support this initiative.

If you have questions about Help A Norse Champions, please email deanofstudents@nku.edu