The Wellbeing and Counseling is excited to offer a variety of workshops and programs to help the Rice community address students' wellbeing needs. These programs are aimed to help students, faculty, and staff gain knowledge about ways to assist students.
All workshops and programs are offered free of charge. Please click the following programs for more information.
We welcome partnerships with colleges and student groups on campus to host workshops. To request a program/workshop for your group, you can fill out the Wellbeing Program Request Form.
Please contact the Student Wellbeing Office: wellbeing@rice.edu or 713-348-3311 if you have any questions about registration or partnering with us.
Wellbeing Wednesdays in Holistic Garden (a collaborative project with the Betty and Jacob Friedman Holistic Garden, every 1st Wednesday of the month)
Location: North of the Gibbs Recreation Center, between the basketball courts and O'Connor Field
Wednesday, September 4, 2024, 4PM - 6PM
Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 4PM - 6PM
Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 4PM - 6PM
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Adjusting to Graduate School
Thursday, September 5, 2024, 5PM - 6PM
Location: Graduate Bubble
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QPR: Suicide Prevention Training
Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 6PM - 7PM
Location: Gibbs 160A
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Recovery Ally Training - Learn about Substance Use Disorder, the recovery process, and how you can support those in your life who may be living in or seeking recovery.
Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 2PM - 4PM
Location: Gibbs 160A
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Self-Care Series - Learn a new self-care domain each month. We will focus on the 8 self-care domains: Social, Physical, Environment, Emotional, Occupational, Intellectual, Financial, and Spiritual.
Social - Monday, September 23, 2024, 6PM - 7PM
Location: Graduate Bubble
Physical - Monday, October 21, 2024, 5PM - 6PM
Location: TBD
Environmental - Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 4PM
Location: Betty and Jacob Friedman Holistic Garden. We will be collaborating with Wellbeing Wednesday.
Emotional - Monday, December 2, 2024, 5PM - 6PM
Location: Keck Hall 105
Intellectual - Spring Semester
Location: TBD
Occupational - Spring Semester
Location: TBD
Financial - Spring Semester
Location: TBD
Spiritual - Spring Semester
Location: TBD
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Sleep Hygiene - Learn about managing your sleep hygiene, what might be harming our quality of sleep, and how little adjustments here and there can go a long way to allowing us to rest better.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 12PM - 1PM
Location: Zoom
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Obligation Overload/Stress Management
Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Location: Gibbs 160A
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Monday, October 14 & Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 9AM - 1PM (must attend both days for certification)
Location: Gibbs 160A
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Managing Intersecting Identities - Each individual is made up of different identities that makes them who they are; student, teacher, parent, advisee, child, employee, etc.. No identity exists on its own, nor are identities mutually exclusive. Join us as we explore how our identities shape how we move in society and how to manage role strain and conflict.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 5PM - 6PM
Location: Brockman Hall for Physics 103
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Certainly Uncertain (a collaborative project with the Center of Career Development and Office of Academic Advising. We will discuss mental health and coping strategies to deal with uncertainty in our personal, academic, and professional lives.)
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 6PM - 7PM
Location: Gibbs 160A
Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 7PM - 8PM
Location: Gibbs 160A
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Election Stress & Conversation
Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Location: Gibbs 160A
Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Location: Zoom
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Pumpkin Painting
Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 6:15PM - 8PM
Location: Gibbs 160A
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Game Night
Thursday, November 7, 2024, 6:15PM - 8PM
Location: Gibbs 160A
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Mediation & Stress Relief Workshop
Monday, November 25, 2024, 6PM - 7PM
Location: Keck Hall 105
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Cookie Decorating
Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 4PM - 5:30PM
Location: Meyer Conference Room, RMC
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Study Break
Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 1PM - 3PM
Location: Graduate Bubble
Sign-up is not needed, just stop by
BIPOC Mental Health Training
BIPOC: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
By request. Please contact the Student Wellbeing Office wellbeing@rice.edu
eCHECKUP TO GO
The eCHECKUP TO GO is a personalized, confidential, evidence-based online self-assessment tool developed by psychologists at San Diego State University. This program allows students to learn and receive personalized feedback about their drinking habits, cannabis use, or tobacco use.
If you would like to participate in the eCHECKUP TO GO or would like to discuss your results with a professional staff member, please contact the Student Wellbeing Office at 713-348-3311 or email wellbeing@rice.edu for more information.
Caregiver Program
The Caregiving Program is a peer-led, volunteer organization whose goal is to promote safety and accountability at registered public parties.
The Wellbeing and Counseling Center and the SAFE Office also offer more workshops on various topics such as these:
- Assertiveness
- Breaking Up
- Conflict Resolution
- Dating at Rice 101
- Motivate Yourself!
- Miss Representation
- Health Sex and Sexuality
- Long Distance Relationships:
- The Mask You Live In
- Motivate Yourself!
- Obligation Overload (A Time Management Workshop)
- Parents/Guardians/Family
- Project SAFE: Bystander Intervention
- Raising Mental Health Awareness
- Roommates
- Relationship Violence and Stalking
- Safe Online Dating/Hookups
- Sexual Violence Response Workshop
- Sexual Violence and Cultural Norms
- Shame
If you would like to schedule any of these training for your group, please fill out the Wellbeing Program Request Form or call our office at 713-348-3311.