College can be hard!
Peer and community facilitated connection, support, and empowerment groups:
There are so many challenges to navigate at college. PEMI Ambassadors facilitate a number of different types of well-being, connection, support, and empowerment groups to help support you as you navigate those challenges. Focus ranges from Courageous Voices: Love yourself so that you can love others, an empowerment group run in collaboration with Voices Against Violence, to Connection through Crafts, a crafting focused connection group, and everything in between! Most groups are held in the OSAW Zen Den, a space with bean bags, puzzles, and a super chill vibe!
A sampling of groups that we currently offer:
Panther Peers:
A collegiate recovery group, typically offered alongside Ear Acupuncture! This is an opportunity for PSU students to engage with the Plymouth community to connect with those who are or may also trying to understand their relationship with substances and other self-defeating habits. Meet with Program Coordinator Cara LaPlante and PEMI Ambassadors at the O.S.A.W office Zen Den located in Speare room 202 on Mondays at 5:15pm.
Courageous Voices:
Love Yourself so that You Can Love Others - An empowerment group offered in collaboration with Voices Against Violence. This is a peer lead support group aiming to provide a safe environment for those who are looking to better understand themselves so that they can be in healthy relationships. Meet with PEMI Ambassadors at the O.S.A.W office Zen Den located in Speare room 202 on Tuesdays at 5pm!
S.M.A.R.T Recovery:
A skill-based group offered in partnership with the PSU Counseling Center with the goal of breaking self-defeating and unhealthy habits through effective self-management. This meeting will be held in the Zen Den at the O.S.A.W. office located in Speare room 202 time TBD - stay tuned!
Connect thru Crafts:
A student connection group centered around crafting and simply enjoying each other's company in the Zen Den of the O.S.A.W. The Zen Den is equipped with the best bean bag chairs on campus, chill music, and various puzzles. We have a variety of crafts that we could make like painted rocks, bead bracelets, embroidery, coloring books, etc. If you have suggestions of crafts let us know and we can try our best to make that happen for you! Meet PEMI Ambassadors at the O.S.A.W. office located in Spear room 202 on Fridays at 4:30pm!
Lift Your Spirit:
Cultivate Inner Peace and Purpose -Join Certified Life Coach and Spiritual Wellness Coordinator, Lena Moser, for this engaging weekly offering to find greater meaning, motivation, and mindfulness on our journey.
We will:
• Meditate on our deepest personal values
• Practice gratitude journaling
• Complete a strengths assessment profile
• Go on an “awe walk”
• Create an intention setting planner
• Challenge our inner critic
• And more...
This workshop is where we can ask deep questions and share meaningful conversations in a safe space where ALL are welcome! Thursdays at 3:30pm in the OSAW Zen Den!
Alcohol Skills Training Program:
This program is aimed at helping you understand your relationship to alcohol and other drugs and, if choosing to partake, how to build practical skills to minimize their negative impact. This is held weekly in Frost Commons (in the Frost House) at 3pm on Fridays.
OSAW in E-Sports:
This is a great opportunity to meet and connect with PSU students and PEMI Ambassadors from similar or different backgrounds and majors. Meet and connect with other students through playing games in the E-sports lounge of the HUB on Thursdays at 4pm!
DBT Skills Group:
Focuses on teaching students how to manage their thoughts, emotions, and relationships, through mindfulness exercises. In the OSAW Zen Den on Tuesdays at 6pm!
Athlete Huddle:
College level athletes carry a special kind of burden. "Athlete Huddle" is a peer facilitated group for athletes of all disciplines to come together and talk about the shared challenges and joys of being a college level student-athlete, as well as share strategies, mindsets, and techniques to navigate athlete specific challenges. Athlete Huddle is at 5pm on Thursdays in the OSAW!
Current OSAW Support, Connection, and Empowerment Groups:
Connect with us!
If you are interested in any of the services we provide, or would like to partner with OSAW, please come by Speare 202! Or you can reach out to the OSAW via:
E-mail: matthew.toms@plymouth.edu
Phone: 603-535-2405
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