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Big 10 College Mental Health Center Conference

This year’s theme: Multiple Ways of Knowing, Doing, and Being in Collegiate Mental Health: A collective call for social justice through integrated, holistic, and multiculturally responsive care.

Join us in East Lansing, MI on March 3-5,2025 as we foster an inclusive dialogue on advancing mental health and social justice support in higher education.

Call for Proposals! We invite you to help us shape the conference program by sharing your expertise and knowledge. MSU CAPS welcomes proposals that showcase research, innovative ideas, compelling case studies, effective strategies, useful tools, or pertinent challenges related to mental health in higher education, helping us to build a rich and robust program.  

Proposal Options: 

  • 60-minute session or poster presentation

Proposal Criteria:

  • Alignment with conference theme
  • Include actionable resources, tools, or strategies for conference attendees  
  • Proposal will be rated on the criterion below

Presenters and co-presenters whose proposals are accepted by the review committee: 

  • are responsible for all travel expenses including, lodging, transportation, and meals. 
  • must be available to present any day/time during the conference.  

Submit your proposal here by 5 pm on Friday, October 18. Accepted proposals will be notified by December 13, 2024 via email.

Criterion  
 Relevance to Conference Theme and Values  Topic includes aspects of the conference theme
 Knowledge  Cultural Awareness and Inclusion  
  • Reference to cultural awareness and the needs/experiences of minoritized populations
  • includes critical reflection of self, biases, assumptions, privilege, and oppression
  • Highlights current practices engaged within own setting
 Integration of Multiple Forms of Evidence  
  • Provides integration of various forms of evidence
  • Inclusion of evidence that supports diversity of thought and knowledge production
  • Collaborative efforts, practices, programs that demonstrate utilization of integrated evidence
 Advancements  
  • Makes contributions to current understanding and practice
  • Establish, create, or foster new programming to address community needs
  • Identify innovative practices and/or programming milestones
 Application  Context  
  • References contextual factors and how they influence clinical practice, training, or outreach
 Advocacy  
  • Supports quality care for minoritized groups and/or contributes to policy change, inclusive research, or training innovations
  • Provides application of practices and/or suggestions to support advocacy efforts
 Accessibility  
  • Provides recommendations for inclusive practice and service accessibility
  • Provides resources and/or highlights campus-based supports

More information to come, so please check back regularly!