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Abstract
In response to escalating mental health concerns among college students, Pepperdine University developed the Resilience- Informed Skills Education (RISE) program to equip students with resilience skills. The biblically sound and research-based curriculum focuses on six dimensions: physical, social, cognitive, spiritual, service, and life skills. All first-year students learn resilience skills through the RISE small-group program. Numerous additional opportunities are made available, including resilience coaching, a resilience interest living community, lunch and learns, a yearly summit, a podcast, a newsletter, and a variety of engaging campus programs. Student leaders have been key to the positive response to RISE, as have partnerships across the including collaborations across Student Affairs, with faculty, and with student organizations. Securing funding is a process of data-based advocacy over time, combined with being ready to move when opportunity presents itself. Resilience programming is possible with limited resources. Preliminary RISE assessments indicate promising trends. Future directions include expanding the program’s reach within the university and beyond.
Recommended Citation
Horton, Connie; Coleman, La Shonda; Dudley, Brad; Gobir, Stacey Lee; and Palma, Sergio Gallardo
(2025)
"Teaching Students to be Resilient: A Campus-Wide Approach,"
Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development: Vol. 24:
No.
24, Article 2.
Available at:
https://pillars.taylor.edu/acsd_growth/vol24/iss24/2
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