Words of Wellness: seasonal affective disorder…SAD
March 15, 2018
Filed under Forum, Words of Wellness
Winter depression (or winter blues) is a common affliction for those who live in our northern climate. Its clinical name is seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and up to 5 percent of the population (especially in northern states) may suffer from it. Seasonal affective disorder is characterized by feelings...
Words of Wellness: outdoor therapy, nature’s cure
February 20, 2018
Filed under Commentary, Forum, Opinion, Words of Wellness
Recent studies show that being outside has both positive psychological and physiological benefits. Ecotherapy (also known as green therapy, nature therapy, and earth-centered therapy) is contact with nature and is a powerful new kind of therapy. It has been found to be just as effective against depression...
Vermont State Colleges System Delivering Entrepreneurs and Workers
Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges System Jeb Spaulding
February 8, 2018
Filed under Commentary, Forum
The Vermont State Colleges System (VSCS) is a major workforce pipeline delivering entrepreneurs and workers to power our state’s economy. As a system, Castleton University, Community College of Vermont, Northern Vermont University – Johnson and Lyndon, and Vermont Technical College annually confer...
Words of Wellness: the connection between trauma and addiction
February 8, 2018
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Addiction is a disease with several causal factors – genetics, environment, personal behavior, and experience, in the form of trauma. The relationship between trauma and substance abuse is complicated and closely intertwined. In other words, the road between the two goes both ways, and the negative...
Strategic Plan must address IT deficiencies
Thomas O'Leary, -Editor-in-Chief
February 8, 2018
Filed under Commentary, Editorials, Forum
With the spring 2018 semester officially in session, we are now a mere four months away from Johnson State College (JSC) and Lyndon State College (LSC) officially merging under the umbrella of Northern Vermont University (NVU). Regardless of whether you are students, faculty, staff, or administrators,...
A message from Student Trustee Benjamin Simone
February 4, 2016
Filed under Commentary, Forum
Hi, how’s it going? I’d like to introduce myself to you readers today, my name is Benjamin Simone, and in a few weeks, myself and 12 other members of the VSC Board of Trustees are going to decide on whether or not to raise your tuition. Now that I’ve got your attention, let me properly introduce mys...
Tolerance is not enough: addressing LGBT life on campus
February 4, 2016
Filed under Commentary, Forum
Certainly, Johnson State has made some progress as far as the state of life for the LGBT community goes. There is now an LGBT oriented club on campus; a discussion was raised a year ago about how essential it is to keep the current gender neutral bathrooms on campus—as well as adding a few if poss...
10 tips for a healthy relationship
Joyce Woodford and Cynthia Hennard
February 18, 2015
Filed under Forum, Words of Wellness
Healthy relationships bring happiness and health to our lives. Studies show that people with healthy relationships really do have more happiness and less stress. There are basic ways to make relationships healthy, even though each one is different… parents, siblings, friends, lovers, partners, roomm...
Mindfulness
February 10, 2015
Filed under Forum, Words of Wellness
Do you know about mindfulness? One of the best definitions of mindfulness comes from Jon Kabat-Zinn, the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, who says that Mindfulness is “paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally, to the unfolding of experience moment to...
Words of Wellness: Biofeedback
December 4, 2014
Filed under Words of Wellness
Enjoy video games? Feeling stressed and overwhelmed? Then check out this brand new JSC service, which is offered through collaboration between the Health Center and the Behavioral Medicine Research Lab! It has been sweeping the country and is being used by several universities and colleges and is...
Words of Wellness: Gratitude, kindness and saving your soul
November 12, 2014
Filed under Words of Wellness
When this column comes out we’ll be two weeks away from Thanksgiving. A holiday with both light and shadow in the United States, given our history – a past that is what it is. We can, however, as enlightened beings, make better of our present and thus our recent past as we go forward. Whether overcoming...
Words of Wellness: The Fall of Autumn
October 30, 2014
Filed under Words of Wellness
“In the beginning there was nothing. God said, “Let there be light!” And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.” - Ellen DeGeneres “An age is called ‘dark’ not because the light fails to shine but because people refuse to see it.” - James...
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