Programs & Workshops

A Guide to Managing Stress

Available in 30-, 50- and 90-minute formats.

This presentation helps students understand how stress affects the mind and body and introduces practical strategies for managing stress and supporting overall well-being.

Topics may include:

• The stress response and stress curve
• Acute and chronic stress
• Thoughts, emotions and behaviors
• Growth mindset and self-compassion
• Mindfulness and coping strategies
• Sleep and wellness
• Campus resources

Mental Health & Suicide Prevention

Available as a 50-minute presentation.

This presentation introduces common mental health concerns, strategies for supporting well-being and ways to recognize and respond when someone may need help.

Topics may include:

• Mental health signs and symptoms
• Common treatment and support options
• Self-care and coping strategies
• Suicide warning signs
• How to support someone who may be struggling
• Campus resources

Alcohol Education

Available in 30- and 50-minute formats.

This presentation provides practical information about alcohol and strategies for reducing alcohol-related risk.

Topics may include:

• Alcohol by volume and standard drinks
• Blood alcohol concentration
• How alcohol affects the body
• Alcohol poisoning warning signs
• How to respond to a possible alcohol emergency
• Strategies for reducing alcohol-related risk
• Campus resources

Drug Education

Available in 30- and 50-minute formats.

This presentation provides education about commonly used substances, potential effects and strategies for reducing substance-related risk.

Topics may include:

• Common substance categories
• Cannabis
• Stimulants and depressants
• Opioids and fentanyl
• Overdose warning signs
• Strategies for reducing substance-related risk
• Campus resources

Alcohol & Other Drugs

Available as a 90-minute presentation.

This extended presentation combines alcohol and drug education for groups seeking a broader overview of substance use, potential risks and available support.

Topics draw from the Alcohol Education and Drug Education programs and can include substance effects, risk reduction, emergency response and campus resources.

Sexual Health

Available in 30-, 50- and 90-minute formats.

This presentation provides practical sexual health information and connects students with resources for making informed decisions.

Topics may include:

• Sexual health and overall well-being
• Contraception
• External and internal condoms
• Sexually transmitted infections
• STI prevention and testing
• Communication with partners
• Campus resources

Consent Education

Available in 30-, 50- and 90-minute formats.

This presentation explores consent, communication and boundaries while helping students understand how consent applies in real-world situations.

Topics may include:

• What consent means
• Communicating consent and boundaries
• When someone cannot consent
• Alcohol, other drugs and consent
• Recognizing coercion and pressure
• Campus resources and support

A Guide to Being an Active Bystander

Available in 30-, 50- and 90-minute formats.

This presentation helps participants recognize situations where someone may need help and identify safe, practical ways to intervene.

Topics may include:

• Active and passive bystanders
• Diffusion of responsibility
• Recognizing concerning situations
• Direct, distract, delegate and delay strategies
• The RISE RAIDERS approach
• Personal safety when intervening
• Campus resources

One Love: Love Labyrinth

Love Labyrinth is a 50-minute One Love workshop exploring dating violence and the cycle of abuse.

Content Warning: This workshop contains sensitive material, including depictions of relationship violence.

Participants will:

• Identify unhealthy relationship behaviors
• Recognize when unhealthy behaviors have crossed the line into abuse
• Understand the cycle of abuse
• Gain tools and strategies for supporting a friend who may be in an unhealthy or abusive relationship

One Love: Behind The Post

Behind the Post is a 50-minute One Love workshop that examines how social media can create misleading portrayals of relationships and make it more difficult for individuals to recognize and leave unhealthy relationships.

Content Warning: This workshop contains sensitive material, including depictions of relationship violence.

Participants will:

• Learn to identify healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviors
• Examine how social media can distort perceptions of relationships
• Understand the role social media can play in maintaining unhealthy dynamics
• Recognize that unhealthy behaviors can occur on both sides of a relationship, and that one partner’s actions do not justify abuse
• Gain tools and strategies for supporting a friend who may be in an unhealthy relationship

A Guide to Campus Safety & Resources

Also known as RISE 101. Available in 30-, 50- and 90-minute formats.

RISE 101 introduces students to several areas of health, safety and well-being while connecting them with resources available across Texas Tech.

Topics may include:

• Sexual health, contraception and STIs
• Alcohol education and risk reduction
• Consent
• Sexual misconduct support and reporting resources
• Bystander intervention
• Mental health and wellness
• Campus support resources