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Courtney Williams, the assistant director for the Counseling Center, talks to students about common factors involved in mental health issues.

One conversation can save a life

Tamea Madison, Staff Reporter October 23, 2023

On Oct. 18, students gathered in the Student Union Theater to discuss how to prevent suicide.  Suicide is a significant and complex health issue that affects many people worldwide. It is one of the...

The entrance to the University Counseling Center standing tall in the September heat.

A look into future “Talk Save Lives” presentations

Abigail Fischer, Staff Reporter September 11, 2023

Southeastern’s Counseling Center is bringing the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s “Talk Saves Lives” to campus to educate faculty, staff and students about what to do when a mental...

Alaina Fontenot, a junior early childhood education, PK-3 major, sits with her daughter Luna Fontenot underneath Friendship Oak. Alaina Fontenot has been sober from her addiction to alcohol and pills for four years.

Overcoming addiction: 4 years sober

Annie Goodman, Editor-In-Chief September 24, 2018

“There was a small part of me that knew that if I didn’t, that I was going to die, and that same small part of me didn’t want to die,” said Alaina Fontenot, a junior early childhood education,...

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