JED is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults. We’re partnering with high schools and colleges to strengthen their mental health, substance misuse, and suicide prevention programs and systems. SMCM’s membership in JED Campus begins with establishing an interdisciplinary, campus-wide team to assess, support and implement program, policy, and system improvements and completing a confidential, self-assessment survey on its mental health promotion, substance use, and suicide prevention efforts. Upon completion of the assessment, JED subject matter experts provide schools with a comprehensive feedback report identifying successes and opportunities for enhancements. Over the course of four years, SMCM will collaborate with JED to help implement enhancements. All self-assessment responses and feedback reports are confidential.
For more information about JED Campus, visit https://jedfoundation.org/our-work/higher-ed/

Emotional health is a campus-wide issue that impacts and involves many campus departments and stakeholders. To be most effective in our SMCM JED Campus effort, we have formed an interdisciplinary team to work on campus-wide strategies to promote emotional health and prevent substance misuse and suicide. Our team consists of ten interdisciplinary members of the campus community.

Co-chairs Libby Williams, Ph.D. and Jess Jolly, MSW, LCSW-C are joined by these members of the SMCM Community on the JED Campus Team:

1. Chris Coons, Assistant Director of Public Safety
2. Mary Dorsey, Academic Advisor to the DeSousa-Brent Scholars
3. Crystal Gibson, Director of Athletics & Recreation
4. Joanne Goldwater,  Associate Dean for Retention and Student Success
5. Lolita Hope, Case Manager, Wellness Center
6. Angelie Roche, Student
7. Derek Young, Dean of Students

Communications Groups (Libby Williams, Chair; Crystal Gibson, Angelie Roche, and Chuck Steenburgh)
Emergency and Crisis Management (Chris Coons and Joanne Goldwaters, Chairs)
Health and Counseling (Kelli Remmel, Chair; Mary Dorsey, and Lolita Hope)
Policies and Orientation (Derek Young, Chair; Jess Jolly)

Please email Dr. Williams (enwilliams@smcm.edu) if you would like to join one of the Workgroups, or click the button below. We welcome students, staff, and faculty!

Join a JED Campus Workgroup
Send Us Feedback About Student Mental Health Resources at SMCM

JED CAMPUS SMCM UPDATE – SPRING 2024
SMCM joined with the JED Foundation in 2022 to ensure we are promoting health and wellness on our campus. The JED Foundation is a nonprofit organization that partners with colleges to strengthen their mental health, substance abuse, and suicide prevention programs and systems. We are now completing Year 1 (of 3) for implementing changes to help strengthen our support for student mental health and wellbeing.
See more about the Spring 2024 Update

• JED Overview Flyer
• JED’s Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention
• Equity in Mental Health Framework