Active Minds Archive

  • Illinois Tech’s Mental Health Awareness Week

    Illinois Tech’s Mental Health Awareness Week

    Join us for a series of online events to help our students cope with stress and be aware of the mental health resources available internally and externally at Illinois Tech. 

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  • Out of the Darkness Campus Walk at Illinois Tech

    Out of the Darkness Campus Walk at Illinois Tech

    The IIT Chapters of Active Minds, ARCA, and Camras have partnered with the American Foundation on Suicide Prevention to host the first Out of the Darkness Campus Walk at Illinois Tech on Saturday, April 6.

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  • Stigma & Recovery Symposium at Illinois Tech

    Stigma & Recovery Symposium at Illinois Tech

    The Citizenship, Recovery, Inclusive Society Partnership; the National Consortium on Stigma and Empowerment; and Illinois Tech's chapter of Active Minds have partnered to sponsor the Stigma & Recovery Symposium at Illinois Tech.

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  • Understanding Interpersonal/Domestic Violence and Disability

    Understanding Interpersonal/Domestic Violence and Disability

    Join the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association and Active Minds chapters at Illinois Tech in welcoming professional staff from Sinai Hospital-Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital to discuss their work and educate participants on interpersonal and domestic violence among people with disabilities.

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  • 78600 Friendsgiving Gathering

    78600 Friendsgiving Gathering

    The American Rehabilitation Counseling Association and Active Minds chapters at Illinois Tech invite you to join us at a Friendsgiving gathering on Wednesday, November 14 from 5–8 p.m. We will have loads of food, games, and fun conversations. Make sure…

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  • 78600 Friendsgiving Gathering

    78600 Friendsgiving Gathering

    The American Rehabilitation Counseling Association and Active Minds chapters at Illinois Tech invite you to join us at a Friendsgiving gathering on Wednesday, November 14 from 5–8 p.m. We will have loads of food, games, and fun conversations. Make sure…

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  • Inside Out Movie Screening and Mental Health Q&A

    Inside Out Movie Screening and Mental Health Q&A

    Join Active Minds and the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA) for Pixar's Inside Out on Saturday, November 19 at 1 p.m. in Siegel Hall Auditorium (Room 118).

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  • Active Minds Speaker Event: Mental Health, Illness, and Recovery

    Active Minds Speaker Event: Mental Health, Illness, and Recovery

    On Thursday March 15, 7:30PM, Active Minds is offering the opportunity to listen to the Heard Speaker, an Active Minds national speakers bureau program. One out of every four college-age students suffer with some kind of diagnosable mental health crisis, and yet most refuse to seek help because of the stigma associated with having a mental illness.

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