PROVIDING CARE AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT YOUR WELL-BEING
About Prevention Services
Northern State University Prevention Services is a part of the campus whose goal is to support the health and well-being of the NSU campus community.
Created in March 2021 as part of the Student Affairs Strategic Action Plan, Prevention Services works to monitor, measure, and improve prevention approaches to increase safety and reduce risks for members of the NSU campus community. Accredited and funded by the Department of Social Services, NSU Prevention Services provides services that are open to all Northern students. That includes suicide prevention, drug and alcohol diversion, and sexual assault prevention. It also offers the Insight Program, a substance misuse diversion program that uses an evidence-based approach to help students evaluate their risk regarding alcohol and substance abuse.
Prevention Services is located in the Student Center Suite 222. For more information, students, faculty, and staff may contact Lauren Berg at 605-626-3007 or Lauren.Berg@northern.edu.
Prevention Services Resources
NSU Prevention Services Insight Program is a drug and alcohol diversion program that is mandated for individuals who have been found responsible for breaking NSU's alcohol policies.
NSU Prevention Services is accredited and funded by the Department of Social Services, which provides resources and programming for the program and students to utilize.
DSS offers students a Free Resources Library through the Libby App.
Have a conference or other anticipated absence this semester? Don't Cancel that Class! Prevention Services is available to train your students on most wellness topics such as physical, emotional, social, and financial wellness. The goal is to broaden students' understanding of overall well-being and teach students how to have a balanced lifestyle. Guided by evidence-based practices, students will learn harm reduction strategies for themselves and their friends.
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About Wellness Services
The Northern State University Wellness program is a multi-dimensional approach to living a healthy lifestyle. The program utilizes the eight Dimensions of Wellness within the existing structures of Northern State University to promote a balanced, healthy lifestyle for the community.
Northern looks to continue to provide quality holistic wellness programming while reaching more students and community members as a recognizable, branded entity on campus. The NSU Wellness Program collaborates with a variety of offices on campus to promote each person's health and well-being. The main focus areas are Mental Health, Physical Health, Healthy Relationships, and Substance Abuse Prevention.
Wellness Services has created walking maps throughout Northern's campus to provide safe and easy to follow routes for students and community members to utilize. Walking has many proven benefits such as improving your mood, maintaining a healthy weight, improving heart health, reducing stress, and improving sleep.
NSU's Wellness Program Goals
- Increase opportunities and environments for wellness-promoting behaviors.
- Expand knowledge of wellness-promoting behaviors.
- Improve attitudes and perceptions of wellness and related intentions to engage in wellness-promoting behaviors.
- Boost engagement in wellness-promoting behaviors.
- Decrease the stigma associated with seeking behavioral health care.