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What can improve your mood AND reduce stress levels? No, not that. We're talking about DRUMMING!🪘

Join us Oct 5 at 3p in the Eco Commons Unity Plaza.

*No musical skills needed and instruments provided. Event will be cancelled if raining.*

Today we are welcoming over 3,600 people from 41 states and several countries to our campus for the largest Family Weekend in GT History! Here’s to a successful kick-off to a wonderful weekend of family, community, and Georgia Tech spirit!

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer—the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help prevent su***de. The most widely taught gatekeeper training in the world, QPR is designed to help any and everyone learn how to recognize the warning signs of su***de, offer hope, and help save lives. Participants will learn how to intervene with an individual at-risk, persuade them to get help and guide them to the appropriate resources.

The 2-hour QPR Training at Georgia Tech includes an hour of didactic instruction, followed by role-playing exercises, and time for questions and discussion. Take the first step in saving lives by signing up for a QPR training today. https://endsu***de.gatech.edu/content/qpr-training-0

Happy ! This month is dedicated to highlighting the contributions our communities have in the overall fabric of this county.

THIS WEEK: National Hazing Prevention Week (NHPW) was started by HazingPrevention.Org (HPO), an organization aimed at bringing awareness to hazing within high schools and colleges as well as empowering students and professionals to actively work to prevent hazing. National Hazing Prevention Week occurs annually during the last week of September. This week provides schools and universities with the opportunity to host programs, workshops, and forums, to help bring awareness to hazing.

The week is designed to equip everyone with the tools needed to recognize hazing, have conversations around hazing, and alternative methods for bonding. Many believe hazing only occurs within certain areas, but hazing occurs in many facets of the student experience.

Here at Georgia Tech, several offices come together annually to participate in National Hazing Prevention Week with a weeklong of intentional programming and events. This year, National Hazing Prevention Week will be help September 20-24, 2021. For information and to RSVP to events visit Fraternity and Sorority Life on Engage: https://gatech.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/fraternity-and-sorority-life/events

Georgia Tech Arts presents Traveling While Black, a 360-degree virtual reality experience that immerses the viewer in conversations about the history and ongoing experience of the restriction of movement for Black citizens in the U.S. Be sure to check it from now through Friday, November 12 (no showings on Mondays or Tuesdays).

https://arts.gatech.edu/twb

The Peer Coaching Program was developed by the Georgia Tech Counseling Center to offer Tech students access a unique type of support to facilitate academic and/or personal success. Learn more about connecting with or becoming a peer coach: https://counseling.gatech.edu/content/peer-coaching

Georgia Tech Family Weekend 2021 is happening October 1-3, 2021! Join us for our 33rd Family Weekend! Georgia Tech Parent & Family Programs collaborates with numerous campus partners and local vendors every fall to welcome our families back to campus for a special weekend. Tomorrow, Sept. 15th, is the LAST DAY to register. Learn more: https://parents.gatech.edu/content/family-weekend

Journey in Healing is open to Georgia Tech undergraduate and graduate students who are woman-identified or those who feel connected to the experiences of being a woman, who have been victims of sexual assault or relationship violence during their teen/adult years.

This group offers support, psychoeducation, and collective empowerment. Weekly topics are chosen by the participants and related to the reestablishment of safety, recovery, healing, coping, and self-care. The focus of the group is to provide safety, connection, education and support, and model relationship building.

Date: Wednesdays from 2 - 3:30 pm. Contact Carla Moore to RSVP [email protected].

HAPPENING TODAY: Grab your friends and come join GT AASA and the Georgia Tech Counseling Center for a welcome back picnic including Asian food, a therapeutic drum circle, raffles, and a whole lot of fun!

HAPPENING TODAY: Join us in a conversation with Shanti Das, former Sony Music Executive and Friends for a Su***de Prevention Week well-being event. The event will include facilitated discussion with Shanti Das, GT Alumni, and mental health clinicians to address ways to manage our mental health, engage in wellness and healthy coping, and connect with our community and resources. Register here: https://gatech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8hSfVG6QIedGBMy