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Maria Hoenke

Opinion — How colloquialisms perpetuate stigmas around mental health diagnoses

Maria Hoenke, Contributing Writer December 9, 2024

I’ve heard the phrase “that’s so OCD of me” in various contexts, but I honestly can’t say when I was first introduced to it. Just recently, I heard an office employee describe themself as being...

Campus-wide mental health survey returns to gather new data

Campus-wide mental health survey returns to gather new data

Rachel Pott November 17, 2023

The WellBeing Department is currently distributing the Healthy Minds Survey to all NMU students, as well as faculty and staff. The survey opened on Oct. 23, 2023, and will close this Friday, Nov. 17.  The...

NMU administration details plans for campus mental health, wellbeing

NMU administration details plans for campus mental health, wellbeing

Fischer Genau April 27, 2023

When an NMU student died by suicide last year, the fallout was immediate. In the days following April 3, 2022, a student was suspended for a survey about mental health on campus, there were calls for changes...

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