Planning an educational or support program? Teaching a class? You may want to consider incorporating one or more of the following:

Print resources

Gannett's Health Promotion department offers hard copy and downloadable brochures and posters on a variety of  topics related to maintaining optimal health and well-being:

Notice those around you

• Caring Community Poster (pdf)
• Media Tower Slides (pdf)

Promote balance at Cornell

• Understanding and Managing Stress at Cornell (pdf)
• Let’s CU Sleep (pdf)
• Balance: Nature's Stress Reducer (pdf)
• 10 Ways to Boost Your Mental Performance (pdf)
• Success is Rooted in Balance (pdf)
• 10 Ways to Reduce Your Stress (pdf)
• Stress Curve (pdf): Post a copy of "The Other Cornell Slope" on your bulletin board, or use it in presentations, workshops.
• Colorful pocket cards (pdf) with stress management tips are available in Health Promotion at Gannett. (Stop by and see us!)

Pharmacy items

A variety of self-help books, and novelty items such as Cherry Pit Pillows (heat or chill to soothe sore muscles or relieve headaches) and light therapy devices (i.e., full spectrum light bulbs and light boxes) to offset the “Winter Blues” are available for purchase at the Gannett Pharmacy.

Websites on college student mental health

• MTV-U's "Half of Us" website. The site is an educational resource designed to illuminate and destigmatize mental health concerns among college students.
• SAMHSA's Mental Illness: "What a difference a friend makes"

Great stress management links

• Gannett's stress management information, created for busy Cornell students
• The University of Georgia created a fabulous website entitled "Managing Stress: A guide for college students."
• The Stress Management pages at About.com offer some terrific techniques to help manage stress. Some of the information is written specifically for college students.