The 2012 National College Student Grief Awareness Week will take place nationwide April 23-29. Please email info@studentsofamf.org if you’d like to be placed on the e-mail list for updates about the 2012 awareness week! Are you interested in helping us get the word out about the prevalence and impact of grief on college campuses? We sure could use you. Complete our volunteer form and we’ll put you on the team.
With one-third to one-half of all college students grieving the illness or death of a loved one, Dr. Robert Neimeyer has called college student bereavement a “silent epidemic” that can have profound negative effects academically, socially, and developmentally. It’s our vision that every college student feels supported in times of grief, so we created a whole week to make noise about this issue.
The goal of National College Student Awareness Week is to raise awareness about the prevalence and impact of coping with the illness or death of a loved one during college and to spread the word about National Students of AMF.
Whether you are grieving, know someone who is, or just want to help spread the word about grief in the college population, you can be part of National College Student Grief Awareness Week, which will take place in April 23-29, 2012.
Last year, we asked individuals and groups to act each day to raise grief awareness in the following ways:
- Educate others on the prevalence of college student grief
- Share your own personal experiences or make an effort to listen to someone else’s
- Show your support for those who are grieving; express your feelings of grief
- Honor those whose loss we feel every day, those who are still with us, and those who make your day brighter
- Connect with someone who is grieving or someone who can support you in your time of grief
- Serve others
- Thank everyone for their support