Name: Kevin Meier Title: Assistant Director Department: Health Promotion and Wellness Where are you from? Elmhurst, IL How many years have you worked in Student Affairs at Northwestern? Four. What brought you to Student Affairs? I never saw myself working in this setting until my second year of Grad School when I interned for the Wellness Resource Center
Earth Day Fair Tuesday, April 23 from 11:30AM- 2:30 PM Norris Wildcat Room Northwestern’s first ever Earth Day Fair will allow students, faculty, and community members to learn how sustainability and social justice are being promoted by the university, student groups, and vendor partners. Snacks and giveaways will be offered to all attendees, along with
It’s been almost two years since Neha Basti, a Weinberg junior, worked with a friend to write an op-ed in The Daily Northwestern deconstructing Northwestern’s culture of perfectionism. They proposed a project that would give students space to work through their individual issues through honest conversations with each other. Today, that idea has come to fruition as ResilientNU.
Each summer before arriving to campus, incoming first-year students complete the AlcoholEdu for College online course. This interactive program surveys students about their alcohol and drug consumption habits and empowers them to make responsible decisions and intervene in potentially dangerous situations.
To encourage honesty, responses are confidential and Northwestern only receives information about the student body as a whole. This year, Health Promotion and Wellness applied the Class of 2019’s responses to create a social norms campaign that seeks to clear up misconceptions about alcohol and drug consumption at Northwestern.
