If you are a member of an existing Active Minds chapter, welcome! This area is for you to keep updated on the latest happenings of other Active Minds chapters, and be able to reference for your basic Active Minds needs. Remember, you can always contact the national headquarters via email or phone with questions.

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Resources
Articles and Awards
Members-Only Mailing Lists

• To order Fact Sheets and Brochures from the National Institute of Mental Health, click here for NIMH's online publication order form (http://infocenter.nimh.nih.gov/)
• Active Minds Fact Sheets are available in the Resources section
• All Active Minds chapters are entitled to receive a copy of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's "The Truth About Suicide" video and resource tool to show on your campus. If you have not yet received a copy of the video, contact chapters@activeminds.org and we will send you one

Awards
Many Congratulations to:

• Erica Hamilton, Student Advisory Committee member and founding president of Active Minds at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, for the winning the 2006-2007 Georgia Cooper Moore Leadership and Service Award for her work with Active Minds at UNCG
• Tonya Ackley for winning Advisor of the Year 2006-2007 from University of Pittsburgh at Bradford for her work with Active Minds at Pittsburgh-Bradford
• Active Minds at Middlebury College for winning Outstanding New Student Organization of the Year 2005-2006 at their college
• Active Minds at Colorado State University, who was awarded Outstanding Social Consciousness Program 2006 at their university
• Active Minds at Colorado State University for winning Chapter of the Year 2006 at the Active Minds Mental Health on Campus Conference
• Active Minds at Penn, who was awarded the Innovation Award from the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania in May, 2003

Articles
Articles about individual Active Minds on Campus Chapters:
Getting the attention of fellow students through campus press is key to development and "getting the word out." But it's not easy to do. Congratulations to these chapters!!

• American University
  Week aimed to educate about mental health awareness (10/3/05)
  Solitude to Solidarity on Mental Health (2/24/05)

• Bryn Mawr College
  BMC Mental-health Advocates Win Award (11/1/07)
  Active Minds Embraces Mental Illness (11/28/06)
  

• Cal State-Chico
  New Campus Organization Helps Calm Students' Minds (12/12/07)
  
• Colorado State University
  First Lady Talks Mental Health (4/23/07)
  Colorado's first lady tackles mental health issues (4/20/07)
  Conquering the Stigma (3/7/07)
  Doggies Help Fight Depression (10/31/06)
  From grief to hope (9/13/06)
  Students scream out the stress (4/20/06)
  Active Minds let out a Scream (4/19/06)
  Mental illness gets bad rap (11/28/05)
  

• Columbia University
  A Healthier Approach (2/10/05)

• Dartmouth College
  Arthur '06 struggles with stigma of mental illness (5/18/04)
  BuzzFlood - Active Minds (4/29/04)
  '05 founds mental health group (2/27/04)

• Delaware State University
  Campus coping group’s goal (1/15/07)

• Duke University
  Duke Dialogue News Release (4/23/04)
  When students ask for mental health help, Active Minds will be there to answer (4/9/04)
  Guest Commentary: Challenging the stigma of mental illness (2/20/04)
  Letters to the Editor: Students address mental health issues (2/9/04)

• Emory University
  Campus Life: Groups Seek to Educate on Three Causes (4/6/07)
  Q & A Profile: Active Minds (10/2005)

• Georgetown University
  University Addresses Security, Mental Health During Open Forum
  GU Must Reach Out to the Mentally Ill
  Senior Places on Second All-USA College Academic Team (2/20/04)
  Sen. Domenici Discusses the Realities of Mental Illness (2/10/04)

• Ithaca College
  Light helps lift seasonal mood disorder blues (3/1/06)

• Johns Hopkins University
  Lack of insurance coverage prevents mental health care (2/15/07)
  Access to mental health care limited despite advances (12/6/06)
  It's time to abandon stigmas about mental illness(11/16/06)

• Mars Hill College
  New Group Promotes Mental Health (4/11/05)

• Middle Tennessee State University
  Mental Health Awareness Group founded (11/7/05)

• Northland College
  Students Use Vocal Cords to Decompress During Finals Week (4/19/07)

• The College of New Jersey
  Workshop helps lead the fight against depression (12/5/07)

• University of California at Berkeley
  Mental Health Issues' Needless Stigma (2/19/08)
  
• University of Florida
  New Organization Educates Students about Mental Health (9/21/07)

• Univeristy of Maryland
  More Common than you Think (3/30/05)

• University of Pennsylvania
  Time to shine light on mental illness (12/5/06), written by a member of Active Minds at Penn
  Implant may improve drug reception (11/12/04)
  Active Minds educates students on mental health (2/10/04)

• University of Tampa
  "Active Minds" Advocates Mental Health Awareness (11/20/07)
  
  
• University of Windsor
  New on-campus group educating students on mental illness: Active Minds using peer outreach to inform and assist students who need help (10/17/05)
  
  
• Yeshiva University
  
  Active Minds at YU: Making a Difference One Event at a Time (2/11/08)
  New Student Group and YU Counseling Center Raise Awareness of Mental Health Issues on Campus(2/8/08)

  New Student Organization Hits the Ground Running (1/28/08)
  
  

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In addition to our mailing list and newsletter, we also offer the Active Minds Inc. Yahoo group. This group is comprised of student and staff Active Minds members, and allows subscribers to post messages to all group members. This is an ideal tool for students on all of our campuses to stay connected, share ideas for events, and get others' feedback. This group is only open to members of Active Minds chapters. If you are a chapter leader and have not yet been invited to join, please contact chapters@activeminds.org .

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