Harper Wellness

COVID- 19 WELLNESS RESOURCES

• 7 Science-Based Strategies to Cope with Coronavirus Anxiety
• Center for Disease Control: Taking Care of Your Emotional Health
• Coping with Race-Related Stress (resources and information provided by University of Illinois)
• Covid-19 Parenting Resources
• Financial Aid and Scholarships: Information for Harper students on how to pay for college.
• FREE COVID-19 Testing at Harper:
  Starting April 19, 2021, Harper College will host on-campus COVID-19 testing. This testing is completely voluntary and is being made available to faculty, staff, students and the community through the SHIELD Illinois program. 
   
  Testing will take place on the first level of the parking garage twice a week: 1-2:30 p.m. Mondays and 10-11:30 a.m. Thursdays. This is a saliva-based test, and you will be notified of the results within 24 hours. Please take advantage of this free service if you have a need to be tested for COVID-19; there is no requirement to be tested.
• Harper Happenings: Stay up-to-date on various monthly events and programs that are happening across campus. 
• Hawk Talk Wellness videos: Learn about wellness information and resources at Harper College by checking out the weekly Hawk Talk videos that are produced each week on topics such as How to Be Successful in College, Financial Resources, and Stress-Reduction Strategies. 
• How Right Now: The How Right Now campaign, developed by NORC at the University of Chicago with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and funded by the CDC Foundation, provides resources that support mental health during the pandemic and offers ideas for ways to cope with COVID-19 related stress. 
• How to Support a Loved One Going Through a Tough Time During COVID-19
• LIVE Virtual Group Exercise Classes at Harper College
• Mental Health Resource for Illinois Residents: The Illinois Department of Human Services launched a free text line, Call 4 Calm. Gov. Pritzker said Call 4 Calm isn't a crisis hotline, but rather a source of support. Residents who text the line will be contacted by a counselor from a local community mental health center. Residents can be connected with mental health professionals by texting "TALK" or "HABLAR," for Spanish speakers, to 5-5-2-0-2-0. Individuals can also use the text line to be connected with services related to unemployment, food and housing.
• National Suicide Prevention Line
• Report a Concern at Harper College
• Resiliency and Well-Being Resources
• Student Insurance Options and Plans
• Ten Percent Happier: For guided meditations, helpful tips and expert voices 
• The JED Foundation: Tips to Manage Stress and Worries
• WellTrack: WellTrack is a free resource that is available to all Harper students! WellTrack is a self-guided and interactive way to manage your mental well-being. It is an online tool designed to help you understand your feelings of stress, anxiety, or depression. WellTrack is confidential, anonymous, and secure.  

For additional information and updates about the COVID-19 response at Harper College, please visit the Harper College advisory page. 

What is well-being?

There are varying definitions for the term well-being. However, to put it simply, Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines well-being as, “the state of being happy, healthy, or prosperous.”

Striving to be well and creating a sense of well-being is a lifelong and iterative process. There is no definitive endpoint. Maintaining or striving for positive well-being is the culmination of small things we can do over time to help improve or maintain our overall sense of happiness, health and resiliency.

This doesn’t mean that we can never be sick or have a bad day. Instead, when we experience those difficult moments in life, we have developed a variety of skills, knowledge and behaviors that make it easier to bounce back and manage those moments. To learn more, see our Wellness Dimensions page.