Outreach and Community Engagement
The mission of Outreach and Community Engagement Services is to connect CAPS to the larger UC community through relationship building and collaboration.
Through Outreach and Community Engagement, we hope to inform students about CAPS services, decrease stigma about mental health, reduce barriers, and reach out to individuals and communities that may otherwise not seek mental health services.
Outreach includes mental health programming; community consultation with students, faculty, and staff; presence at events to help improve the mental wellness of our campus; and raising awareness about mental health and wellbeing.
Attend Workshops
CAPS offers four-part workshop series focused on different topics. They are open to all UC students and you do not need to be a CAPS client to attend. While the sessions build on one another, they are drop-in so you can attend at your convenience. Each series is offered twice per semester.
All workshops are free!
Spring 2026 Workshops
SoulCollage® Open Studio
Facilitator: Keysha Alston, LPCC-S, and SoulCollage Facilitator®
When: Mondays, beginning February 16th, from 1:00pm-2:20pm
If attending, please arrive by 1pm. This is not a drop-in experience for the
listed time frame. Expectations are to be in attendance for the entirety of
the studio time (approx. 1 hour and 20 minutes). No studio during spring break.
Location: 225 Calhoun St., Rm 256
(please buzz into the building by following instructions on the key pad by the door)
This open studio format is open to all UC students and does not require registration.
This is not group therapy but the SoulCollage® process catered to first-time attendees and returning participants. All materials are provided.
You can attend one time or return as you like, building your SoulCollage® deck with your intention. SoulCollage® is focused on making a personal deck of cards, much like tarot, one card at a time. Students will make approx. two collaged cards during each studio, arranging self-selected images to represent aspects of their inner selves, larger archetypes/themes, or community.
Please email alstonkc@ucmail.uc.edu for additional questions.
Meet with Peers
Connecting with peers provides an innovative way to supporting the community by promoting opportunities for student engagement, connection, and reducing barriers to mental health resources. Some of our peer engagement includes peer to peer initiatives including Bearcats Support Network (BSN), the Bearcats Recovery Community, and Sky@UC.
Suicide Prevention
Become a QPR Gatekeeper
In Collaboration with 1n5 and Child Focus, the Division of Student Affairs-Health and Wellness is bringing the opportunity to be trained in the evidence-based suicide prevention training, Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR).
Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to understand mental health, recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis, and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Each year thousands of Americans, like you, are saying “Yes” to saving the life of a friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor. Gatekeepers can be anyone, but include parents, friends, students, neighbors, teachers, ministers, doctors, nurses, office supervisors, squad leaders, foremen, police officers, advisors, caseworkers, firefighters, and many others who are strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide.
As a QPR-trained Gatekeeper you will learn to:
- Recognize the warning signs of suicide
- Know how to offer hope
- Know how to get help and save a life
If you are in need of crisis support or after hours care, dial 513-556-0648 and follow the prompts to be connected to care.