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CogWell@Penn: Active Listening for Active Change

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CogWell@Penn is a peer support network for Penn students that is committed to promoting open and empathic dialogue on campus and fighting the stigma surrounding mental health struggles. CogWell enables students to connect and collaborate cross-campus with a network that spans from psychiatry in Penn Med to spirituality in the Chaplain’s Office. Each semester, CogWell provides an interactive training opportunity that prepares and empowers students to effectively support their peers in coping with the pressures of college life. 

Training participants learn to identify mental health concerns and are given the skills to effectively and compassionately engage peers who they recognize as in need of support, and how to connect them with campus resources as appropriate. Discussion also includes personal reflection, stress management strategies, and the role of perspective and meaning assigned to challenges as important coping skills that promote well being.

Interested students can assume a leadership role and are supported by a mental health advisory consultant to provide mini-workshops to teach and practice active listening among their peers, thereby broadening the network of supportive intervention. Harnessing the power of listening to positively impact the campus climate, these on-demand, student-led workshops, offered at College Houses, clubs, sports teams, sororities, and fraternities, help advance a more connected community on campus.

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Website| ​https://www.cogwellupenn.com/

Penn Undergraduate Health Council

  • About
    • Constituent Groups >
      • A - O >
        • AIR (Alpha Iota Gamma)
        • Cogwell @Penn
        • College Diabetes Network
        • Consciousness Club
        • Global Medical and Dental Brigades
        • GlobeMed@Penn
        • MEDLIFE Penn
      • P - Q >
        • Penn American Red Cross
        • Penn Barbell Club
        • Penn Bioethics Journal
        • Penn Bioethics Society
        • Penn Cares for Kids
        • Penn Dance Marathon
        • Penn DAPA
        • Penn FIMRC: Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children
        • Penn for UNICEF
        • Penn Health Initiative
        • Penn KDSAP
        • Penn Synapse
        • Penn Timmy Global
        • Penn Vegan Society
      • R - Z >
        • Reach-A-Peer Helpline
        • ServiceLink@Penn
        • SNAP: Student Nurses at Penn
        • Student Hospice Organization of Penn (SHOOP)
        • StudentsCare
        • Wharton Undergraduate Healthcare Club
    • Our Board
    • Constitution
    • GBM Minutes
  • Resources
    • Weekly Newsletter
    • PUHC Buzzfeed Quiz
    • Wellness Guide
    • Constituent Member Manual
    • PUHC Fund >
      • Past Recipients
  • Health Innovation Prize
    • Flyer
    • FAQ
    • Rules
  • Events
    • Events Calendar
    • Penn Undergraduate Summit on Health
  • Apply for PUHC