Past Events

Students coloring amid candle light
Spa Day

April 30, 2025

The Shapiro Campus Center multipurose room was transformed into a mini spa day with free chair massages, refreshing face, hand, and foot masks, coloring and mandalas, scented hand lotion, infused water, fruit, and boba tea for the ultimate Stressbuster.

This event was co-sponsored by the Office of Heatlh and Wellness Promotion (HAWP) the Department of Student Engagement, and the Prevention Advocacy Resource Center (PARC).

Dr. Staci Gruber event flyer
How Does Cannabis Affect Mental Health?

January 28, 2025

We are learning more about cannabis every day. Leading researcher, Staci Gruber, PhD, spoke about cannabis and mental health, presenting the latest research findings.

Dr. Gruber, aka the "Pot Doc," is the Director of the Cognitive and Clinical Neuroimaging Core and the MIND Program at McLean Hospital, and Associate Professor In Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Peer educators run a table at Fresh Check Day

September 20, 2024

The third annual Fresh Check Day,  an uplifting mental health promotion and suicide prevention event.

The Shapiro Campus Center atrium with a giant Fresh Check Day banner
Fresh Check Day

September 8, 2023

The second annual Fresh Check Day,  an uplifting mental health promotion and suicide prevention event.
A group of smiling students

September 9, 2022

Fresh Check Day, the signature program of the Jordan Porco Foundation, is an uplifting mental health promotion and suicide prevention event for colleges that includes interactive expo booths, peer-to-peer messaging, support of multiple campus departments and groups, free food, entertainment, prizes and giveaways.

Weed Out the Myths: Ask the Experts About Cannabis Research, Policy, Health and Safety with speaker photos

April 20, 2021

On April 20, 2021 HAWP and BTW hosted "Weed Out The Myths," a virtual Q&A panel with experts in cannabis research, policy, and health and safety.