Student well-being is a top priority at IUPUI. The newly established Chancellor’s Student Mental Health Council connects decision-makers and students in the interest of ensuring student health and well-being. Apply to the council and let your voice be heard.
Step up, speak out
Purpose and expectations
The IUPUI Chancellor’s Student Mental Health Council creates a space where student leaders can share information with campus leaders regarding student mental health. Council members will be expected to:
- Learn what programs, services, and resources are available for students
- Identify gaps that might exist among current offerings
- Help identify viable solutions to better meet student needs
- Serve as liaisons between the council and the student body
- Actively engage the campus community around student mental health
- Identify ways to communicate to the campus community about the council’s work
- Attend monthly meetings and additional meetings as deemed necessary
- Remain in good standing with local, state, and federal laws and policies and university policies and standards
- Honor confidentiality of information disclosed
- Serve a one-and-a-half-year term from spring 2023 through spring 2024.
Who is eligible?
Candidates must be in good standing with regard to academic and personal conduct at the time of application, and must maintain this standing throughout the term of appointment to the council. Undergraduate candidates must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours. Graduate and professional students must be enrolled in at least 8 credit hours.
How to apply
Application timeline:
- Applications open Dec. 16, 2022.
- Applications close Jan. 13, 2023.
- Applications will be reviewed the week of Jan. 19, 2023.
- Students will be notified if they are selected by the end of January 2023.
A panel of staff representing the Division of Student Affairs and Academic Affairs will review applications and recommend candidates to serve on the board. Council members will be invited to serve by the IUPUI chancellor.