RHS Student Organizations and Clubs
RHS Student Organizations and Clubs
Rehabilitation and Human Services Student Organization (RHS SO)
RHS SO is a mutually collaborative community of students who share a passion for making a difference in the lives of others. This organization provides social and educational opportunities that promote professional identity and pride, mentorship and involvement among faculty, alumni, staff, and students, networking opportunities to explore employment and graduate programs; and service-learning. All students are invited to organization meetings to discuss upcoming events, leads for employment or internships, plan service-learning and social events, and to just spend time getting to know other students, faculty, and staff.
President: Teresa Gillard
Vice-president: Erica Rochester
Treasurer: Koloman Erway
Secretary: Alyssa Bloom
Social Chair: Alex Holmes
Communications Chair: Allie Silber
Volunteer Chair: Tiffany Miller
Faculty Adviser: Brandon Hunt
Facebook: I'm in Rehab, Why Aren't You?
Mental Health and Addictions Special Interest Group
A student organization for people interested in mental health and addictions.
Mission:
• Discuss important topics including new research regarding addiction and mental health.
• Take an active role in bringing awareness within our community to the stigma associated with having a mental illness or addiction.
• Decrease mental illness stigma and drug and alcohol abuse within our own Penn State community.
• Attend conferences and seminars to further our professionalism and knowledge in this field.
Description:
This group is a special interest area within Penn State's Rehabilitation and Human Services major.
General Information:
Our activities include:
• Engaging in service projects within Centre County that relate to mental health and addictions.
• Hosting guest speakers with backgrounds and experience within these fields.
Chair: Lexie Stidham
Faculty Advisers: Deirdre O'Sullivan and Liza Conyers
Facebook: Mental Health and Addictions Special Interest Group
Occupational Therapy Club
The purpose of the OT Club is to inform students interested in occupational therapy about opportunities for graduate school, to support and guide them in the application process, and assist them with their future endeavors.
President: Jackie O'Dell
Vice-president: Lauren Ockree
Treasurer: Bridget McNamara
Secretary: Katie Sheppard
Communications: Kate Wilson
Faculty Advisor: Liza Conyers
Volunteer Opportunity
Lifelink PSU: "We were founded in the 2002-2003 academic school year. Our mission is to serve special education students, engage them in academic programs, and help them gain independence. We partner with Penn State students to help these individuals from the State College Area School District Department of Special Education."
RHS Related Student Organizations and Clubs
Active Minds at PSU
Active Minds is the only organization working to ultilize the student voice to change the conversation about mental health on college campuses. By developing and supporting chapters of a student-run mental health awareness, education, and advocacy group on campuses, the organization works to increase students' awareness of mental health issues, provide information and resources regarding mental health and mental illness, encourage students to seek help as soon as it is needed, and serve as liaison between students and the mental health community.
Co-presidents: Dave Sosnowski and David Cycon
Website: Active Minds at PSU
Facebook: Active Minds at PSU
Penn State Clown Nose Club
Philosophy: Everything we do revolves around the central belief that people matter. We are sold on the fact that interacting with people in creative, positive and personal ways should be the norm. We also believe genuine positivity is wildly contagious and worth spreading.
Mission: To challenge ourselves and others to take positive social risks in line with our philosophy of others. We engage our world in interpersonal ways by:
• Encouraging and equipping members, as well as those within their spheres of influence, to take positive social risks
• Creatively utilizing symbols of joy (like a clown nose) in order to earn audience and gain rapport with people in hopes of initiating positive interaction
• Redefining the norm in areas of social interaction
Website: Clown Nose Club
Facebook: Penn State Clown Nose Club
