Sand Rock is a beautiful craggy place on a bluff overlooking Lake Weiss in Alabama. We will be car camping and day hiking down trails to find the perfect climbs. Climbing routes range from challenging technical moves to smooth relaxed routes you can take your time on. At the top of each route you get to enjoy the best views north Alabama has to offer. Whether you are an experienced climber or first-timer, this is the trip for you!

REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS MANDATORY. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

This workshop is a 2-part series designed to teach the core processes of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. At times, our mood takes over and determines how we act. Through this workshop, we will develop skills to take back control of our actions, regardless of how we feel. This workshop is led by Hannah Craswell, LCSW, at the University Health Center.

Days:

1. Part 1: Monday, February 3, 2025 : Be Present and Know What Matters - Key Topics: Mindfulness, Choice Point, Values
2. Part 2: Monday, February 10, 2025 : Open Up and Do What Matters - Key Topics: Acceptance, Defusion, Committed Action
3. Part 1: Monday, March 17, 2025 : Be Present and Know What Matters - Key Topics: Mindfulness, Choice Point, Values
4. Part 2: Monday, March 24, 2025 : Open Up and Do What Matters - Key Topics: Acceptance, Defusion, Committed Action

Step into our 60-90 minute interactive upstander intervention program, where college students will be given the knowledge and skills to take action when they see someone in need. Change the narrative and become an upstander.

Support Dawgs and FYOS approved.

For more information on UMatter and upstander intervention go to: https://healthpromotion.uga.edu/umatter/

Join us for this four-part rotating series on managing stress & anxiety. You will learn how to identify your own stress and anxiety as it arises, and explore some early warning signs, triggers, and ways of coping. Join for as many lessons as you would like – come to one or all.  This workshop is led by graduate students/interns at CAPS.

Dates and topics:

• 1/29 Understanding Anxiety: A Self-Assessment
• 2/5 Calming Your Body
• 2/12 Calming Your Mind
• 2/19 Creating a Lifestyle for Managing Stress 
• 2/26 Understanding Anxiety: A Self-Assessment
• 3/12 Calming Your Body
• 3/19 Calming Your Mind
• 3/26 Creating a Lifestyle for Managing Stress 
• 4/2 Understanding Anxiety: A Self-Assessment
• 4/9 Calming Your Body
• 4/16 Calming Your Mind
• 4/23 Creating a Lifestyle for Managing Stress

Brownies, cinnamon rolls, and biscuits. These baking staples do not typically come to mind when thinking about food that can be prepared in the backcountry. Although unorthodox, baking on overnight backpacking trips can greatly improve backcountry meals. Participants will learn how to bake using a variety of backcountry techniques and get to eat what they bake at the end of the clinic!

REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY FOR THIS EVENT. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

A safe space designed for students who need community or support!

This workshop is designed to discuss coping skills and how students can use them in everyday life to handle stress. Whether you are struggling with school, adjustment or another area of life, this is a space for you to discover ways to cope and make the most of your time at UGA. This workshop is led by two UGA students/interns at CAPS.

Dates and topics:

• 1/30 Distress Tolerance
• 2/6 Mindfulness
• 2/13 Emotion regulation
• 2/20 Interpersonal Effectiveness 
• 2/27 Distress Tolerance
• 3/13    Mindfulness
• 3/20 Emotion Regulation
• 3/27 Interpersonal Effectiveness 
• 4/3 Distress Tolerance
• 4/10 Mindfulness
• 4/17 Emotion Regulation
• 4/24 Interpersonal Effectiveness

Are you a graduate or professional school student, looking to connect with other students working on dissertations, theses, academic projects, or research papers? Register for Grad Student Group Coaching, to stay motivated and share strategies for writing productivity and time management with other busy graduate students.

Join us for a 30-minute group coaching session to discuss writing goals and strategies and then stay for an open 1.5 hour independent writing lab to work on your projects! Snacks will be provided!

The group meets in the Willis Writing Center in Park Hall, Rm 66, on Fridays from 11am - 1pm. The last meeting of the semester takes place the week before Reading Day.

(Please note that the group does not provide one-on-one writing coaching or academic coaching, however a wellness coach will be available to help you make an action plan for acquiring additional support.)

Join UGA’s Outdoor Recreation Program for a weekend at Georgia’s Yonah Mountain, camping overnight under the stars followed by mountain- top coffee and yoga as the sun rises. This trip is perfect to get in a serene mindset for the semester as well as to learn new things. Whether you have never camped or done yoga this trip will be full of incredible views, new friends and a fresh mindset!

REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY FOR THIS TRIP. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

Join Outdoor Recreation at Lake Herrick for an afternoon of paddling. We will be opening the boat shelter down by the lake and providing FREE boat rentals and guidance for the afternoon. We will have canoes, sit-on-top kayaks, and SUPs available for use. This only happens once a semester, so we hope to see you there!

REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.