Liya Ghiday, MA Advanced Doctoral Extern | UIC Student Counseling Center|Posted on September 23, 2025
“How do you navigate campus life when your excellence is expected, but your exhaustion is invisible?” For many Black university students, especially those at predominantly white institutions (PWIs), this is more than a…
THE DETAILS The University of Illinois Chicago has partnered with TimelyCare to deliver a new virtual health and well-being platform for students. Through either a mobile app or computer, TimelyCare provides 24/7 access to virtual care from…
Saumya Arora, MA (she/they) Doctoral Intern Therapist at the Counseling Center, 2024-2025|Posted on July 09, 2025
Thank you for taking a brief moment to be mindful today. It may not be easy the first, second, or even the third time. As a practice that dates back thousands of years,…
UIC is dedicated to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and supportive environment that values the individual well-being of all its community members. By emphasizing inclusion, respect, and holistic health and wellness support, the counseling…
We at the Counseling Center wish to extend our support to all students impacted by devastating violence in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank. We acknowledge the complex and longstanding nature of this…
With the ending of Title 42, new strict anti-immigration legislation in Florida, and an influx of refugees seeking shelter right here in Chicago, our Counseling Center is mindful of the impact these events…
As the spring semester draws to a close, our support goes out to the students and communities at UIC impacted by recent tragedies in the news. This week alone, another Black teenager, 16-year-old…
In the first 44 days of 2023, 66 mass shootings have taken place in the United States of America. Three of these occurred in alarmingly rapid succession in Monterey Park, Half Moon Bay,…
With finals upon us next week, we at the Counseling Center are mindful of the stress and demands many of our students are holding. This is challenging enough in its own right, but…
On November 13th, two college communities across the country were devastated – at the University of Virginia, Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis, Jr., and D’Sean Perry were killed in an act of gun violence,…
