Columbia University Health Services

Alice! Health Promotion Program

Alice! Health Promotion Program offers a variety of interactive workshops on health-related topics that provide current health information, teach skills necessary to adopt healthy lifestyle behaviors, and connect students with appropriate on and off campus resources.

• Alcohol

  For Students

  Students will have the opportunity to identify physiological changes caused by alcohol, discuss the effects of high-risk drinking, identify ways to reduce negative consequences associated with high-risk drinking, and discuss ways to help someone who may have a problem with alcohol.
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• Communication, Assertiveness and Success

  For Students

  Students will have the opportunity to identify and improve interpersonal communication techniques, examine the relationship between assertiveness and risk-taking, understand common barriers to effective communication, and learn conflict resolution skills that can be applied to everyday life.
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• Contraception 101

  For Students

  Students will discuss current contraceptive options, identify benefits and barriers of various contraceptive methods, and identify and practice ways to discuss contraception with a partner(s).
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• Fitness

  For Students

  Students will complete a short self-assessment and discuss potential barriers to regular exercise. Students will learn to set realistic goals and plan practical strategies for making fitness work with a busy life. 
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• Healthy Eating

  For Students

  Students will learn steps for developing a healthy relationship with food.  A discussion of ideas about choices on and off campus will lead to each student leaving with realistic personal goals for balance and moderation.
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• Sexual Health

  For Students

  Students will have the opportunity to identify personal values regarding sexuality, strengthen self-confidence in sexual values, and identify ways to communicate sexual values to a partner. Participants also discuss STI transmission and treatment, identify ways to reduce the risk of STI transmission and unplanned pregnancy, develop skills to talk with partner(s) about prevention strategies, and identify appropriate on- and off-campus resources for safer sex.

  
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• Stress Management

  For Students

  Students will identify personal stressors and physiological changes triggered by stress, identify and practice a variety of stress management strategies, and discuss ways to fit stress management into a demanding schedule.
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• Student Leader

  For Students

  Student leaders play a critical role in working with the general student body, and Alice! can help them develop skills in a wide range of areas, including listening and communication skills, role modeling healthy behavior, and creating and sustaining group membership. We will tailor to the specific training and development needs of the student group/organization. When requesting this workshop, please be specific about the particular skills you would like your group to develop.

  
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Counseling and Psychological Services

Please visit CPS Groups and Workshops for information regarding all CPS workshops, groups, and trainings.

Office of Disability Services

The Office of Disability Services (ODS) offers a variety of disability-related workshops. Faculty and staff workshops are conducted upon request and are custom designed by the specific topic chosen by the faculty or staff. The workshops are conducted by either ODS staff or by an outside facilitator. ODS also offers workshops for registered students that are designed to assist students with disabilities in developing their academic and compensatory skills. In addition, ODS co-sponsors workshops on disability studies, culture, and awareness throughout the academic year on current hot topics in the field. For information, please contact us .

• The Road to Self-Advocacy Workshop

  For Students

  As a college student, the role of advocacy becomes your responsibility. Don’t worry; we are here to support the transition! This workshop series breaks down the process of becoming an educated self- advocate.

  • Workshop 1: Educating yourself. After analyzing and interpreting your documentation, you work to create a carefully crafted statement that accurately describes who you are and what your specific needs are.
  • Workshop 2: Here you focus on the ins and outs of the disclosure process and your role in educating others.
    
  • Workshop 3: You will learn about the power and importance of reflection in self-advocacy.
    

  
  

• Note-taking for Anyone But Dummies! Workshop

  For Students

  We are all familiar with the linear, “roman numeral” approach to taking notes. However, does it really work? Do you return to your notes outside of class? In this workshop, you will explore alternative methods of note-taking. You will look at ways you can really access your notes for studying purposes.
  
  

• Procrastination 101

  For Students

  You will walk away from this workshop with a clear understanding of what procrastination is and why we do it. More important than simply gaining an understanding, you will be provided with techniques on ways to turn your procrastination into constructive time.
  
  

• Speaking Out in Class Workshop

  For Students

  Anxious about speaking during class? Want to participate, but didn’t get through all of the reading? Not to worry! This workshop will provide you with the skills you need to increase your level of participation in the classroom. You will receive formulas to help articulate what it is you want to say, in a meaningful way.
  
  

• Mount Syllabus: Climbing to the Top without Falling Off! Workshop

  For Students

  A syllabus is carefully structured and created by your professors to serve as an educational tool, not a source of anxiety. This workshop will provide strategies to help turn this scary document into a useful tool that can be utilized to preview class materials, prioritize your study time, prepare for exams, and even create strong thesis statements for research papers.

Primary Care Medical Services

• Smoking Cessation Workshop

  For Students

  During the fall and spring academic semesters, PCMS sponsors a Smoking Cessation Program for students who want to learn more about quitting or are ready to start. Our clinical staff will provide you with education and counseling about a variety of modalities available to smokers who want to quit, including support groups, relaxation techniques, acupuncture, nicotine replacement and other medication options. They will help you learn what a Quit Smoking program looks like, including strategies to get through each day, common pitfalls, relapses, what to do with the “nic fits,” tailor a quit smoking program that is right for you, and support you throughout the process, for as long as it takes you to finally be free of the habit. Our program is specifically scheduled for the early evening when most students are available and are most likely to be having their worst tobacco cravings of the day. You can start at any point during the semester.
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Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Program

Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Program offers workshops and events to present prevention and risk reduction strategies to men and women.

• Sexual Assault 101 Workshop

  For Students, Faculty and Staff

  This interactive workshop invites participants to discuss the prevalence, dynamics and effects of sexual assault. Common myths about sexual assault survivors and offenders will be addressed with accurate statistics and information. Participants will learn concrete supportive strategies and become familiar with on campus support services, including adjudication and reporting options. Participants will brainstorm sexual violence prevention and risk reduction strategies. This workshop can be presented to students and/or to professionals. Depending on the audience, presenters will include SVPRP professional staff and/or Peer Educators.
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• Relationship Violence 101

  For Students

  This interactive workshop invites participants to discuss the prevalence, dynamics and effects of effects of relationship violence. Participants will become familiar with the cycle of violence, common forms of power and control, warning signs of abuse and basic safety planning. Participants will learn concrete supportive strategies for how to help a friend who is in an abusive relationship, and will become familiar with on campus support services, including adjudication and reporting options. This workshop can be presented to students and/or to professionals. Depending on the audience, presenters will include SVPRP professional staff and/or Peer Educators.
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• Consent Workshop

  For Students

  This interactive and engaging workshop, designed by students for students, will introduce participants to a definition of consent based on clarity, mutuality and enthusiastic participation. Participants will discuss the ways in which gender role socialization and traditional expectations about sex and sexuality create barriers for open communication with intimate partners. Participants will brainstorm creative and comfortable ways of giving and obtaining clear consent.
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• How to Help a Friend Workshop

  For Students

  A “first responder” training for students, How to Help a Friend, will familiarize participants with common dynamics and effects of sexual assault. Participants will learn and practice concrete support strategies and become familiar with on campus support services, including adjudication and reporting options.
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• Sexual Misconduct Policy and Disciplinary Procedure Training

  For Students, Faculty and Staff

  This training will familiarize participants with the University policy on Sexual Misconduct, expected community standards of behavior, and the Disciplinary Procedure for Sexual Misconduct. Participants have the opportunity to discuss definitions of consent, coercion and sexual misconduct. Procedural steps of the adjudication process will be explained in-depth, including how complaints are initiated rights and responsibilities for complainants and respondents, standards of evidence, and sanctioning procedures. This workshop can be presented to students and/or to professionals. Depending on the audience, presenters will include SVPRP professional staff and/or Peer Educators.
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• Allies: Men’s Role and Responsibility in Preventing Violence against Women Workshop

  For Students

  This workshop explores how men can be allies with women in preventing violence against women. Participants explore what every day steps men can take to become part the solution in creating a safe and respectful campus culture.This workshop can be presented to students and/or to professionals. Depending on the audience, presenters will include SVPRP professional staff and/or Peer Educators.
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• Homophobia 101: Making the Connection Workshop

  For Students, Faculty and Staff

  This is an introductory workshop that covers the basics of homophobia and heterosexism, starting with definitions and exploring misconceptions and stereotypes. Participants use personal experience to understand the effects of homophobia on the daily lives of LGBTQQ people, and to explore the connections between homophobia and other forms of oppression. This workshop can be presented to students and/or to professionals. Depending on the audience, presenters will include SVPRP professional staff and/or Peer Educators.
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• Understanding Sexism 101

  For Students

  This workshop explores what women and men experience under the system of sexism. Participants will explore traditional gender roles, popular misconceptions, and our own life experiences to understand how sexism has affected us and our relationships with one another. As a result of this workshop, participants will learn strategies to become agents of positive change. This workshop can be presented to students and/or to professionals. Depending on the audience, presenters will include SVPRP professional staff and/or Peer Educators.
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• Relationship Violence 201: Towards a Partnership Model Workshop

  For Students, Faculty and Staff

  This workshop starts with the premise that we want to build healthy relationships not only with our intimate partners, but with the world around us. It explores the complexities of dominate-subordinate power relations by examining the intersection of gender, class, sexuality and race. This workshop uses participants' experience as well as current research and statistics as a foundation to understand relationship violence across sexual identities. This workshop also includes a look at what participants can do to build relationships built on partnership principles. This workshop can be presented to students and/or to professionals. Depending on the audience, presenters will include SVPRP professional staff and/or Peer Educators.
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• Inaction is Action: Understanding Bystanders Workshop

  For Students, Faculty and Staff

  Bystanders are people who witness situations and don’t intervene because “it’s none of my business,” or because they assume that they cannot do anything to affect change. This interactive workshop engages students participants to explore how the everyday actions (or inactions) of bystanders can encourage or discourage sexual and relationship violence in their communities. This workshop can be presented to students and/or to professionals. Depending on the audience, presenters will include SVPRP professional staff and/or Peer Educators.
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• First Responder Training

  For Faculty and Staff

  The First Responder training provides administrators, faculty members and staff with concrete skills and strategies to respond to student disclosures of sexual assault. Participants will review the prevalence and common dynamics of sexual assault on campus and discuss common reactions to sexual assault. Participants will learn concrete supportive strategies and become familiar with on campus support services, including adjudication and reporting options. This training is recommended for all staff and faculty with significant student contact.
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