Blackburn College

ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION LAUNCHES NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Endeavor Foundation announced a national collaborative to address student mental health, an issue the US Surgeon General has declared the "defining health crisis of our time."

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Endeavor Foundation announced a national collaborative to address student mental health, an issue the US Surgeon General has declared the "defining health crisis of our time."
  • With the Foundation's support, 13 liberal arts colleges have joined forces to establish strategies to enhance student mental health and well-being.
  • The 13 colleges will work together to facilitate mental health and well-being by focusing on programs in four thematic areas:
    Curriculum.
  • Support for mental health and well-being, including community care, clinical and non-clinical interventions and approaches, peer counseling, and restorative justice.

John Comerford, Ph.D., Selected as Otterbein University's 21st President

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Thursday, May 3, 2018

WESTERVILLE, Ohio, May 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- A college president with extensive experience in promoting access, affordability, diversity and career preparation has been selected as the 21st president of Otterbein University.

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  • WESTERVILLE, Ohio, May 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- A college president with extensive experience in promoting access, affordability, diversity and career preparation has been selected as the 21st president of Otterbein University.
  • John Comerford, Ph.D., president of Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois, was selected after a months-long search that drew nearly 80 applicants from across the nation.
  • "We had a wealth of highly qualified candidates but John Comerford stood out from the start," said Mark Thresher, chair of the Otterbein Board of Trustees and CFO of Nationwide.
  • John Comerford, Ph.D., has a proven record of commitment and advocacy for higher education and liberal arts colleges.