Past Events

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).

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.

September 20, 2024
The third annual Fresh Check Day, an uplifting mental health promotion and suicide prevention event.

September 8, 2023
The second annual Fresh Check Day, an uplifting mental health promotion and suicide prevention event.
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.

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.