Engaging with Emotional Wellness at Gettysburg College
- Counseling and Wellness Services: Our focus is on helping students to develop deeper selfawareness and to acquire the necessary skills and resources to thrive during their college years and beyond.
- Residential Education: The mission of the Office of Residential Education is to empower students to actively engage with the Gettysburg College community by fostering a safe and inclusive environment, supporting developmental transitions, offering opportunities to learn and grow, and strategically managing residential communities.
- BetterMynd: BetterMynd’s teletherapy platform provides free access to confidential teletherapy. Students have access to immediate, secure, and convenient online counseling services.
- Peers Educating and Encouraging Peers to Succeed (PEEPS): The Peers Educating and Encouraging Peers to Succeed (PEEPS) program is designed to increase awareness and reduce stigma related to mental health amongst college students. The PEEPS program strives to create a healthy campus culture and provides peer-to-peer support to increase student connectedness, academic success and emotional wellness.
- PsychPals: Psych P.A.L.S. (Peer and Learning Support) connects Gettysburg Psychology students with a community of peer support within the department. P.A.L.S. will be there for students as they choose classes, declare a major, navigate life as a psychology major, and more.
- Center for Religious & Spiritual Life: Pastoral Care: We provide opportunities to explore religious and spiritual life as part of our formation in lives of meaning and purpose. We do this with a spirit of joy, gratitude, and acceptance in keeping with the inclusive tradition of Gettysburg College.
- Sexual Respect and Title IX office: Consent Fair- teaches the importance of consent to students will also connecting them to on and off campus resources. Various workshops and presentations by request or scheduled programmatically focus on consent and healthy relationships held throughout the year.
- Center for Career Engagement: Through career counseling we offer support and reflection on particular topics, challenges, and opportunities.
- International Student Services: We offer workshops on how to combat homesickness while in the U.S and Gettysburg. In addition, we offer guidance on how to break away from the pressure of academics and expectations set by their families in their home country and for students to find their own path.
- Garthwait Leadership Center: In many of our programs, we teach aspects of emotional intelligence in leadership. We encourage students to name their emotions and identify wishes and behaviors they would like to enact to enhance their self-management strategies. We also use mindfulness in our programs to generate awareness of emotions. Formal programs include: Ascent, Outdoor Trips, the Leadership Certificate, the Group Facilitation Fellowship, the Eisenhower Leadership Conference, and the January Leadership Expedition. We also provide custom-designed workshops on topics related to emotional intelligence in the classroom or on the Challenge Course.