Mental health has emerged as a serious concern during the pandemic. Extraordinary efforts will be required to heal the campuses, as we face uncertainty about the future course of the pandemic and its impacts. Towards a Caring Campus is a six-month webinar series, featuring highly acclaimed speakers from both Asia and the U.S.A., designed to support higher education leaders, members of campus ministry, faculty, and staff. It aims to raise awareness of mental health needs as institutions prepare to reopen their campuses; initiate conversations on wellness strategies and policies at the institutional level; and facilitate collaboration and sharing of best practices and resources among institutions, in order to build a caring campus and foster whole person education despite the current crisis.

In the course of the campus reopening, the academic performance of students might be affected due to the increased anxiety among them. The readjustment to the rigorous in-person instructions and re-acclimation to socializing along with the safety protocols are seemingly strenuous and may elevate anxiety. Offering online counseling in advance would help them adapt to post-pandemic learning. In this context, this session intends to enrich the faculty with some necessary strategies for online counseling. We will have three panelists to offer insights on the best practices for online counseling in their institutions and further operative counseling ideas.

Panelists
1) Dr. A. Zarina, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Women’s Christian College, India
2) Ms. Jenny Ko , Director of Student Affairs, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
3) Ms. Gloria Wong, Counsellor, Office of Student Affairs, Lingnan University, Hong Kong

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