SWC in the News
2025
May 2025
- Joshua Bensink, Wellness Coordinator for Scarlet and Gray Financial and Wellness Coaching, received the 2025 ACHA New Professional Affiliate Award, presented on behalf of the Ohio College Health Association, the American College Health Association's Awards Advisory Committee, and the Board of Directors. This award recognizes ACHA members who have provided service to the field of college health for five years or less and who have made significant contributions to their institutions and/or affiliate.
April 2025
- Claire Bowen-Kunkler, Social Media and Marketing Student Assistant, receives The Marcy Hill Terry Memorial Scholarship, presented by the School of Communication at The Ohio State University. Created in 1997 through memorial gifts from Marcy's parents, Robert E. and Donna Avery Hill, her husband, family, and friends, this scholarship is awarded to an outstanding female, non-traditional Student.
2024
September 2024
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Planned buckeye resource center was named Monda Student Resource Center through the generous gift of Keith Monda and Veronica Brady.
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In autumn, Student Life’s Scarlet and Gray Financial program is awarded the Compass Award by the State Treasurer’s office. The annual recognition program commends organizations, programs and individuals across the state who are working to guide Ohioans the program for its peer-to-peer approach for helping students develop goals, create spending plans, and establish next steps to achieve greater financial stability and success. More information on the Compass Awards is online.
August 2024
- Adrienne Wilson receives a 2025 Staff Professional Development Grant.
May 2024
- Brandon Horton receives the Larry K. Williamson, Jr. Staff Impact Award, presented during the Afrikan American Farewell Celebration at The Ohio State University
April 2024
- Brandon Horton receives Supervisor of the Year Award, presented by The Student Personnel Assistantship Program at The Ohio State University. Wellness Coordinator for Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention at the Student Life Student Wellness Center, Brandon was nominated by not one, but all five students that he supervises. They praised his compassion, motivational and developmental supervisory style, and his kind and uplifting spirit.
- Mackenzie Hogan receives Emerging Professional Award, presented by The Student Personnel Assistantship Program at The Ohio State University. Since graduating Mackenzie ('19) has served as the program coordinator for the Collegiate Recovery Community in the Student Life Student Wellness Center. Mackenzie’s nominator emphasized Mackenzie’s application of student development theory and holistic student support on behalf of non-traditional students and marginalized populations.
- Adrian Bitton, Graduate Teaching Assistant, receives the Porterfield-Dickens Award, presented by The Student Personnel Assistantship Program at The Ohio State University. The first recipient of the 2024 Porterfield-Dickens Award is Adrian Bitton (PhD Candidate)! In her dissertation, Adrian aims to generate a theory focused on how students develop a socially just orientation toward leadership.
- Brandon Horton receives Outstanding Campus Community Partner, presented by Sorority and Fraternity Life - Office of Student Life at The Ohio State University.
- The Student Life Student Wellness Center is an Agility Grant recipient presented by the National Council on Problem Gambling. The Ohio State University, through the Office of Student Life Student Wellness Center, will create a comprehensive gambling prevention and education program for the student body intended to highlight the intersection of gambling and other areas of health and wellbeing, including substance use and financial wellness.
- The Student Life Student Wellness Center Collegiate Recovery Community (CRC) is a first round recipient of the Ohio Collegiate Recovery Community Expansion Grant. This grant opportunity is for the expansion and strengthening of current Ohio CRCs with the goal of increasing sustainability for Ohio CRCs and making recovery accessible to more higher education students around Ohio.
2023
April 2023
- Goodbye Grad School: how to Manage Anxiety, Money After Graduation
- BORG Trend May Lead to Binge Drinking Risks, University Provides Resources to Ensure Safety
March 2023
- Don’t Tell Comedy Pop-up Show can be a Feel-Good Remedy and Recharge for Wellness
- Art Therapy Available for Graduate and Professional Students Wednesday
February 2023
- Student Wellness Center to Host Annual Love Your Body Week
- Chop Your Financial Struggles in Half, Learn Tips and Tricks for Budgeting Grocery List
January 2023
Students Support Students Through Ohio State’s Wellness Coaching
2022
November 2022
October 2022
September 2022
- Student Wellness Center to Host STI/HIV Testing Clinics
April 2022
- Football Player Turned Activist to Raise Awareness about Sexual Assault in Keynote Address
- Spring Weather and Stress
March 2022
- March Euphoria Sparks Conversations Around Addiction
- March Party Smart Campaign Teaches Students How to Party Safely
February 2022
2021
November 2021
- November How Students can Prepare, Reduce Costs in Off-Campus Housing Transition
- November How much does your Family Know About the Cost of College
October 2021
- October Off Campus Housing Costs
July 2021
May 2021
April 2021
- April Virtual events to attend for Ohio State's sexual assault awareness month in April
- April Ohio State's online "Seen + Heard" exhibit: Sexual assault survivors tell powerful stories
- April Sexual Assault Awareness Month
February 2021
January 2021
January Ohio State Continues to Offer Sexual Health Resources Amid COVID-19
2020
December 2020
November 2020
- November Spend or Save: College Edition
October 2020
- October 7 Wellness Resources for You
- October 13 Food for Thought: Nutrition Advice for the Immune System
September 2020
- September 10 Buckeye PAL Services
- September 11 Overview of PAL
- September 15 COVID's impact on Nutrition Coaching and SWC services
July 2020
- July 26 How to Be a PAL
May 2020
- May 1 Peer-to-Peer Support
- May 28 Know Someone Dealing with Stress or Anxiety? Try Motivational Interviewing
April 2020
- April 15 Buckeye PAL Maintains Normal Hours Despite Campus Shutdown
- April 28 Providing Peer-to-Peer Counseling Support
March 2020
- March 23 CCS, BFA Offer Services Amid COVID-19 Closures
- March 25 Ways to Stay Fit During Self-Quarantine
- March 27 Refundamentals: What to Do with Your Ohio State Issued Refund
February 2020
- February 4 Need to Talk? Call a Buckeye PAL
2019
November 2019
- November 4 Buckeye Food Alliance Opens Second Location - Now the Monda Student Resource Center (2025)
- November 7 Ohio State Adding Second Student Food Pantry As Demand Doubles
- November 15 Ohio State versus Penn State Challenge Works to Tackle Hunger On Campus
- November 19 OSU, Penn State Involved in Different Kind of Competition Before Saturday’s Football Game
- November 21 Buckeye Food Alliance Giving Challenge
October 2019
- October 7 The Story Behind the Support Line Created by Students for Students
- October 8 SWC- Holistic Wellness
- October 17 Healthy Eats: How to Make Nutritious and Decisions, On and Off Campus, According to Nutritionist
September 2019
- September 19 Tasks Force's Buckeye PAL Goes Live
- September 23 Buckeye Peer Access Line Helps Students Support Students