Graduate Student Wellness
Learn about wellness services available to graduate students—offerings from the health center, counseling center, recreational facilities, and many other units across campus.
Supporting Graduate Students' Wellness
Find the student resources you need to make healthy choices and achieve wellness both physically and mentally—all aggregated in one connvenient spot.
Interested in getting more involved across campus? You can also find information about student organizations here. Build your social networks and grow your UM family. Make your time as a graduate student at the University of Mississippi the best it could possibly be.
Graduate Student Wellness Resources and Organizations
The Graduate School has an embedded counselor who is available to meet with graduate students at the Graduate House. Ms. Caelyn Ditz, LCSW-S, schedules appointments with students via the University Counseling Center (UCC). Visit the Counseling Center website to make an appointment.
Within the United States, there is now a national number for mental health crises. It’s 9-8-8! More information about 9-8-8 can be found here.
Individuals are also able to call 9-1-1 in case of emergency (this number is useful if requiring immediate medical attention).
The Campus CRED app is a way for students to reflect on their lives through daily journals, track long term patters and habits, and connect with other members of the UM community.
Mental Health First Aid is a course that teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
The training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem or experiencing a crisis.
- For more information see the Chancellor’s G.R.O.V.E. Well-Being Initiative.
For more information on LGBTQ initiatives and resources, visit the UM page here:
Next, LAMBDA is a student support group for those that are members of the LGBQTIA+ community. The goal is to provide a safe environment for disclosure and to help develop positive coping strategies that can be used to navigate adjustments and challenges.
Those interested, or with questions, should email lambdaolemiss@gmail.com.
There are several graduate student groups who organize various activities and continually welcome new members. Search the main UM page for more information on the following:
- Graduate Student Council
- UM Graduate School Ambassadors
- Black Graduate and Professional Student Organization
- Association for Graduate Women in STEM
- OUTGrads
- UM Employee-Student Group
- International Student Organizations
- Campus Organizations
Want to start a new graduate student affinity group? Reach out to gschool@olemiss.edu for more information.
Campus Partners
Department of Campus Recreation
Campus Recreation provides outstanding services, accessible programs, and educational opportunities to empower the University of Mississippi community in the pursuit of lifelong well-being.
University Counseling Center
At the University Counseling Center (UCC), you will find a team of dedicated professionals who strive to offer the best care possible in an atmosphere of acceptance and respect.
William Magee Center
The William Magee Center for AOD and Wellness Education is dedicated to transforming students’ lives by providing education, intervention, and support services to enhance well-being and foster success at the University of Mississippi.