Contact: Allison Matthews

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s Department of Health Promotion and Wellness will host its first wellness conference Aug. 6 with registration open to community colleges, universities, community organizations and the general public.

Registration cost for “Stay Well Under the Umbrella of Health” is $30 and available online at https://forms.gle/xuCp9ztF9TF3guhs5. Attendance is free for the first 200 MSU students who register online and place “student” under the title on the registration form.

To be held 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at The Mill at MSU Conference Center, 100 Mercantile St. in Starkville, the conference will focus on mental health, collegiate recovery, well-being and health promotion, sexual assault prevention, violence prevention, opioid prevention, and alcohol and drug prevention, among other topics.

Continuing education credits are available for social workers and psychologists, and participants may obtain a certificate of completion. Sponsors and exhibitors may participate by contacting Santee Ezell, assistant director of health promotion and wellness, at 662-325-7545 or se126@saffairs.msstate.edu.

The Department of Health Promotion and Wellness is part of MSU’s Division of Student Affairs, which puts strong emphasis on student support and well-being. For more, visit http://www.health.msstate.edu/health/.

MSU is Mississippi’s leading university, available online at www.msstate.edu.