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OU’s Out of the Darkness Walk unites community

OU’s Out of the Darkness Walk unites community

Reagan Reetz, Marketing Director April 9, 2025

On April 6, Oakland University hosted an Out of the Darkness Walk in partnership with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). The walk is a student and community fundraiser designed to raise...

“Project Happiness” to increase suicide prevention and awareness

Laurel Kraus, Managing Editor November 15, 2016

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is the second leading cause of death in college-aged people. In the wake of National Suicide Prevention Week (the first week of November),...

New OU group hopes to prevent suicides on campus, spread awareness

LeeAnn Brown November 3, 2013

A recently founded university group is hoping to promote suicide awareness within the OU community.After several faculty members realized the need for suicide awareness at OU, they began Grizzlies Response:...

Suicide Perspective

Contributed by Rebekah Thomas September 15, 2013

Suicide. It tends to be a topic that a lot of people avoid. I am not one of those people. It’s not like I’m studying clinical psychology either. I am simply a normal student, whose life just happens...

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