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Going Live with DigitaLobby

Rolin Moe Featured March 1, 2016 No Comments »

Today we launch the SPU DigitaLobby, a space for students, faculty and staff to engage the Open Web in their teaching, learning and scholarship. SPU has a long history as a pioneer in understanding the importance of digital identity and transformation in cultivating the minds and character of its community members. In the 1990s, SPU […]

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Jordan Skalisky wrote a new post, Checking the Facts, on the site SPU Wellness 1 day, 1 hour ago

We’ve talked about how we’re always feeling an emotion and how identifying your emotions is a great step towards understanding them. While describing your emotions are useful, it’s also helpful to know what you’r […]
Jordan Skalisky wrote a new post, Values and Positive Emotions, on the site SPU Wellness 1 week ago

Values are what you find important, meaningful, and they affect your every day actions. We all have values. Values inform your priorities and are a way that you might unconsciously measure your success. Different […]
Jordan Skalisky wrote a new post, Understanding Emotions, on the site SPU Wellness 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Emotions are always present. Even when you feel bored, or neutral, you are feeling. Emotions can range from positive (such as love and happiness) to negative (such as shame, anger, and jealousy). Emotions are […]
Jordan Skalisky wrote a new post, Faculty Spotlight: Stress, on the site SPU Wellness 3 weeks ago

Stress in college is inevitable. Today, as undergraduate degrees become the norm, college students face a tremendous amount of pressure. Pressure to perform well academically, the increasing cost of undergraduate […]
Jordan Skalisky wrote a new post, Radical Acceptance, on the site SPU Wellness 3 weeks ago

When in distress or dealing with high emotions, it can be difficult to accept what is happening. Radical acceptance is complete acceptance of reality and what is happening – it lets you stop fighting with r […]
Jordan Skalisky wrote a new post, Self-Soothing, on the site SPU Wellness 1 month ago

It’s finals week and almost spring break! If you’re feeling stressed about grades and exams, self-soothing is a great way to relax. Self-soothing is a distress tolerance skill that uses the five senses (smell, tas […]
Jordan Skalisky wrote a new post, The STOP Skill, on the site SPU Wellness 1 month, 1 week ago

Crises happen all the time, whether you’re in college or not. From academic stress, to social and family stress, it can be helpful to have tools to help you manage situations and events that cause emotions to r […]
Jordan Skalisky wrote a new post, Faculty Spotlight: Self-injury, on the site SPU Wellness 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Self-injury, also known as self-harm or non-suicidal self-injury, is deliberate self-inflicted harm to oneself. Behaviors that cause pain but are not done with the intention of ending life are considered […]
Jordan Skalisky wrote a new post, Harmful Eating Habits, on the site SPU Wellness 1 month, 2 weeks ago

All month we’ve been talking about body image and weight, from the Freshman 15 to defining healthy to body positivity. Unfortunately, eating disorders continue to have a presence on college campuses. The most c […]
Jordan Skalisky wrote a new post, Body Positivity, on the site SPU Wellness 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Body positivity – you’ve probably heard of this before. It’s a movement that started in the mid 90’s to change the way our culture and media understand and define beauty. The goal of the body positivity movemen […]

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