Stressbusters and end-of-semester services

The end of the semester can be stressful, campus has a bunch of support for you to try. Check out the Student Mental Health Website, you can access the UMN crisis phone 24/7 by calling 612-301-4673. If you would like to text, you can text the national support line at 988 to get connected to a Minnesota crisis counselor.  

There are resources all over campus to support you as you navigate student life:

• Student Counseling Services: They promote student success by helping you with: mental health and life concerns, learning and academic skills challenges, career uncertainty, faculty/staff to student communication, and more!
• Boynton Mental Health: They support mental health through counseling services, medication management, and crisis care.  
• Learn to Live: This platform offers therapy in five targeted areas: Social Anxiety, Depression Program, our Insomnia, Substance Use, and Stress, Anxiety and Worry.
• Let's Talk: These are informal virtual and in person drop-in consultations for students throughout the academic year. No appointment is necessary and find out more about counseling options. 
• Nutritious U Food Pantry: They provides fresh and healthy food to students that struggle to get enough to eat. Any student can visit the food pantry, no proof of need is needed.
• RecWell: Campus exercise and fitness facilities, classes and more. Studies show that working out can reduce stress and improve your mental health. Physical health is very important! 
• Pet Away Worry and Stress: (PAWS): Hang out with some of our furry and feathered friends, offered weekly this semester!

Join a PAWS session - free and no registration required. Simply check the calendar and location. Show up and destress. 

Boynton Health’s PAWS program provides Animal-Assisted Interactions (AAI) with registered therapy animals - including dogs, cats, rabbits, and chickens - and a licensed clinical social worker staffs each session.