JED Campus Alumni Program: Exclusive Opportunities

Elevate Your Campus Mental Health Initiatives

The JED Campus Alumni program provides a continuum of premium services designed to build on your successful completion of JED Campus or JED Campus Fundamentals, helping you strengthen your student mental health safety net with the most current best practices. As the higher education landscape continues to evolve with growing mental health needs and new challenges, re-engaging with JED programming helps your campus community reach new goals and protect student emotional well-being. Not sure if you’re an alum? Check your institution’s status in the JED Campus Directory.

Invest in Expert Support: Specialized Fee-Based Services and Offerings

Transform your campus mental health with our high-impact offerings.

Re-Engage in JED Campus or JED Campus Fundamentals

There has been a growing interest from schools to lean on JED for up-to-date guidance, mental health trainings, and the opportunity to re-assess policies and programs. Schools may be interested in rejoining the 4-year JED Campus program for assessment and implementation guidance. 

The newly revamped JED Campus Fundamentals program for Alumni offers a 9 to 12 month engagement to:

• Guides your college/university in assessing your current student mental health safety net
• Provides your campus community with a real-time assessment of campus and student mental health services, programs, policies, protocols, and overall climate, including input from students
• Provides a gap analysis with recommended practices of how your campus community can more effectively protect student mental health and prevent suicide 

Your campus will receive:

• Administration of the Healthy Minds Study (HMS)
• Administration of the JED Campus assessment
• A robust findings and recommendations report

Access to JED’s Playbook, learning community, and list-serv

Communities of Practice and Strategic Consultation Services

• • Communities of Practice: Join JED experts and fellow JED Campus Alumni for a six-month deep dive into key mental health strategies and practices. This program includes four 90-minute interactive sessions, practical offline activities for reflection and action, and ongoing online collaboration with JED staff and peers. Register up to three individuals from your institution.
    • How Communities of Practice can enhance your student mental health support:
      • Break down silos: Exchange advice, share resources, and build valuable networks among college professionals.

• • • • Find alignment: Strategically align strategies with recommended practices, improving your ability to address critical mental health challenges.

• • • • Connect and networking: Build relationships with colleagues from different schools while enhancing cross-functional collaboration and project outcomes.

• • Postvention and Crisis Response Consulting: Equip your campus with thoughtful, proactive strategies for crisis response. Receive customized, compassionate guidance following campus tragedies to help your school community heal and reduce the risks associated with exposure to suicide prior to or in the aftermath of a tragedy.

• • Expert Advising: Receive targeted consultation on policy updates, programming, and systems integration.

Professional Workshops and Trainings 

• You Can Help a Student: This 90-minute workshop equips higher education staff with knowledge and skills to identify struggling students, engage in meaningful conversations about mental well-being, and connect students to care.
• Creating Communities of Care: This 60-, 90-, or 180-minute training explores methods for cultivating a profound sense of belonging and support, particularly for young people from communities facing persistent barriers to opportunities.
• It’s OK to Say Suicide: This 60- to 75-minute training for staff, students, parents, and caregivers explores common misconceptions about seeking help, discusses strategies to reduce access to lethal means, teaches how to recognize signs of suicide risk, and provides guidance on supporting someone in crisis.
• Championing Student Mental Health: This 120-minute workshop for higher education athletic department staff provides actionable tools for managing crises, supporting student-athletes through challenges, and promoting help-seeking behaviors while fostering a supportive team environment.