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The Mindful Campus Program aims to co-design and implement mindfulness- and compassion-based programming to support undergraduate student wellness at CU Boulder. To increase the impact and relevance of these practices to students, we employed participatory research methods to forge collaborations among diverse experts. Together we collaboratively designed scalable, sustainable mindfulness- and compassion-based resources driven by the best available scientific evidence, contemplative practice wisdom, and the practical needs of our campus community during these challenging times. Our work paves the way for sustained wellness on our CU Boulder campus and highlights the power and promise of Youth Participatory Action Research and co-design methods to expand the relevance and scale of contemplative practices such as mindfulness and compassion for individual and collective impact.

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Mindful Campus Program, 8-week series

The Renée Crown Wellness Institute of CU Boulder invites CU Boulder faculty and staff to participate in the Mindful Campus Program, an 8-week series co-designed by undergraduate students.

Join us in mindful community as we reset, care for our minds and bodies, learn accessible techniques to promote wellness, and just be. We welcome all sexual identities, races, ethnicities, nationalities, neurotypes, education majors/levels, identities, and self-identification. All are welcome.  

Please register at the following link, https://bit.ly/MCPSpring23. No experience is needed. If you have any questions, please reach out to mindfulcampus@colorado.edu 

Speakers Series

The Renée Crown Wellness Institute’s Mindful Campus Program is excited and honored to announce the offering of a Speaker Series for the 22-23 academic year. We are looking forward to inviting both local and national mindfulness leaders to engage with our communities.

 

Donagh Coleman

Donagh Coleman  


A Good Death 
March 10, 2023 
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM MDT 

Biography
Finnish-Irish-American filmmaker Donagh Coleman holds degrees in Philosophy and Psychology and Music and Media Technologies from Trinity College Dublin, and a MA in Asian Studies from UC Berkeley. Previous films with wide international festival and TV exposure include A Gesar Bard’s Tale and Stone Pastures. Donagh’s films have also been shown at museums such as MoMA and the Rubin Museum of Art in New York, and by the European Commission.
Kriste Peoples

Kriste Peoples 


April 5 
Time: TBD 

Biography
I am a frequent speaker, facilitator, and panelist at outdoor summits and conferences, I coach women in trail running along the Front Range, I facilitate retreats which empower participants to develop skills that serve them both in nature and in daily life. It is in these spaces that I give voice to an experience of women and people of color in the outdoors—narratives that are important yet unfamiliar to many. 
Sollwazi Johnson

Solwazi Johnson  


Date & Time: TBD 

Biography
Solwazi has been practicing and teaching for over 20 years with a focus on Vipassana since 2003. He has studied/practiced in Thailand, Burma, India, and South Africa. He is certified as a Community Dharma Leader by Jack Kornfield and Spirit Rock Meditation Center and is currently in the four-year Spirit Rock Teacher Training Program. Solwazi worked for over 20 years as a health educator and trainer for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. He leads mindfulness meditation classes and retreats in the Denver metropolitan area. He is an ICF certified professional coach and a graduate of the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration and the Thai School of Complementary Health in Chaing Mai, Thailand. Lastly, Solwazi is the guiding teacher for a Prison Buddhist Ministry Program in a Federal Prison located in Englewood, Colorado.

Principal Investigator

Sona Dimidjian, PhD
Sona Dimidjian, PhD
Institute Director and Founding Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Sapp Family Endowed Chancellor's Chair for Research Excellence • Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Our Team

Mei-Lin Moody
Mei-Lin Arisa Moody
Student Mentor, Mindful Campus Program
natalie
Natalie Avalos
She/Her/Hers • Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies • Dalai Lama Fellows
Lily Board
Lily Board
Assistant Dean for Academic Advising & Student Success, College of Arts & Sciences, CU Boulder
Kathryn Dailey, MA
Kathryn Dailey, MA
Associate Director of Health Promotion, Division of Student Affairs, CU Boulder
franklin
Franklin E. Chilaka, MA
He/Him/His
Holly Gayley, PhD
Holly Gayley, PhD
Affiliate Faculty, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies
Esther M. Horowitz
Esther M. Horowitz, MA
Staff Counselor and Intake Coordinator • Bilingual Spanish/English
Jamsie Spencer
Jamesie Kaiʻaokamālie Spencer
she/her/hers • Youth/Student Team Member, Mindful Campus Program
Kourtney Kelley
Kourtney Kelley, BA
Senior Project Manager • Professional Research Assistant, Mindful Campus Program and Girls Like Us
Caitlin McKimmy, MTS
Caitlin McKimmy, MTS
Graduate Research Assistant
Donna
Donna Mejia
Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Dance • Inaugural Chancellor’s Health and Wellness Scholar in Residence
Cody Moxam
Cody Moxam
He/him/his • Undergraduate Consultant, Mindful Campus, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience University of Colorado Boulder
Sofia Nohe
Sofia Nohe
Student Mentor, Mindful Campus Program
Bill Penuel, PhD
Bill Penuel, PhD
Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor, School of Education
Savannah Santana
Savannah Santana
Youth/Student Team Member • Mindful Campus Study
Michele Simpson JD
Michele D. Simpson, J.D.
Affiliate Faculty & Research Associate • Associate Teaching Professor
Millie Wright
Millie Wright
Mindfulness Teacher • Mindful Campus Project

Resources

Self-compassion practice with Millie Wright:
https://www.colorado.edu/crowninstitute/sites/default/files/attached-files/5-mwright-edit.mp3 

Mindfulness Practice with Millie Wright:
https://www.colorado.edu/crowninstitute/sites/default/files/attached-files/6-mwright.mp3 

Articles

Students, faculty forge a thoughtful path to a mindful future
https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2022/09/15/students-faculty-forge-th... 

CU Researchers Rethink Mental Illness
https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2022/11/07/cu-researchers-rethink-men... 

Contact

If you have any questions, please reach out to mindfulcampus@colorado.edu

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