Mental Health Symposium
Exploring Our Internal and External Ecosystems
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is proud to invite you to our first Mental Health Symposium!
This free, one-day Symposium will provide participants with content related to college mental health, health promotions, sustainability, and intersectionality. This opportunity is recommended for college mental health professionals and health promotions specialists but is offered to other campus community participants as well. Breakfast, lunch, CEU's and networking opportunities will be provided.
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Save the Date:
March 7, 2025
9 a.m. — 3:30 p.m.
SUNY ESF Campus
Syracuse, N.Y.
Check back for more details as the symposium approaches!
Hotel Options
The following hotels are within a short drive or ride-share distance from SUNY ESF:
Parking
Free parking will be available in the Standart Street Parking Lot with overflow in lot P-22. From there it is a short walk up onto campus. Please note, there will be steps and hills associated with this walk. If you have any accessibility needs, please let us know in advance. Also check out the Campus Parking and Accessibility Map
Check the Campus Map and Directions for parking and main conference locations.
Continuing Education Information
NYSED CEUs are provided by the UB School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education. 4 live in-person contact hours are approved for LMSW/LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, LCAT, and PSY. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance.
Offered in collaboration with the UB School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0001. 4 live in-person contact hours are approved. Full attendance is required. No partial credit is given for partial attendance.
Offered in collaboration with the UB School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0007. 4 live in-person contact hours are approved. Full attendance is required. No partial credit is given for partial attendance.
Offered in collaboration with the UB School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists #CAT-0003. 4 live in-person contact hours are approved. Full attendance is required. No partial credit is given for partial attendance.
Offered in collaboration with the UB School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0062. 4 live in-person contact hours are approved. Full attendance is required. No partial credit is given for partial attendance.
Schedule
Time |
Program |
Location |
8 a.m. |
Registration and Breakfast |
Gateway Auditorium |
9 a.m. |
Welcome |
Gateway Auditorium |
9:30 a.m. |
Cultivating Your Inner Ecosystem: Self-Preservation and Compassion in Mental Health: Whitney Dodds, MA, LPC, LMHC
|
Gateway Auditorium |
10:30 a.m. |
Break |
|
10:45 a.m. |
Breakout Sessions: Mental Health and Illness: Stephen J. Glatt, PhD | 5 Illick Hall
Counselor Self Care: Not a One-Size-Fits-All: Claudette Brown-Smythe, PhD, LMHC, ACS, NCC | 408 Baker Hall
From Pressure to Possibility: Mental Health, Leadership, and Change in our Communities: Eric McGriff | 24 Marshall Hall
|
Different rooms around campus |
Noon |
Lunch |
Gateway Auditorium |
1 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions: Cannabis Conversations with College Students: Sarah Magowan and Marissa Whitaker | 24 Marshall Hall
Healing at the Intersections: Community-Based Approaches to Mental Health: Rachel Johnson, LMSW, MFT | Marshall Auditorium
|
Marshall Hall |
2 p.m. |
Break |
|
2:15 p.m. |
Sustainability Panel: Paul Corsi; Morgan Ingraham, M.S.; Rochelle Strassner , Janet Lewis, M.D.
|
Gateway Auditorium |
3:00 p.m. |
Closing remarks |
Gateway Auditorium |
3:30 p.m. |
Networking hour |
Gateway Auditorium |