Current News, Events, and Programs
Once Upon a..., November 2013
Once Upon a..., October 2013
Workshops Available
Be a Buddy
Want a positive, effective initiative aimed at keeping your students safe? If so, then the “Be a Buddy” workshop is for you. This highly interactive workshop develops a sense of what it means to be a buddy on this campus through investigation of the culture here at Gustavus. “Be a Buddy” not only addresses KNOWING what is going on here, but also promotes ways to take ACTION. Join us for this exciting session filled with brainstorming and great conversation.
Making Connections
Worried that your resident are experiencing feelings of homesickness and/or loneliness? Well then, this might be the perfect workshop. “Making Connections” is an interactive experience that addresses issues involved in making the transition to Gustavus, illicit how residents have faced obstacles in the past, the presents strategies on what students can do to fell more at home, both on their floors and in their sections and on campus.
Don’t Assume I Cook, Don’t Assume I Fix Things
A workshop designed to encourage communication and address male/female stereotype in a fun-filled way. Your floor or section will get a better understanding of each other, and learn what the opposite sex actually thinks! (Best done with a combination of sections of floors.)
Pillow Talk
This workshop provides an opportunity for women to reflect on their personal image and self-confidence. Special instructions: Wear PJ’s and bring a pillow!
Never Too Busy to Relax!!!
Learn what causes stress, how your body is affected by stress, and how to counter these effects. The program includes discussion on reducing stressors and stress levels as well as interactive relaxation techniques. Come and relax.
Healthy Relationships
This workshop covers the four basic building blocks of a healthy relationship: respect, honesty, trust, and communication. Participants will also discuss the characteristics of an unhealthy relationship. Group discussion is included on romantic and intimate relationships, including how to save a worthwhile relationship and how to end a relationship in a healthy way.
“Sex in the Dark”
This program puts all the questions of sex and issues pertaining to sex out on the line for your floor to talk about. We encourage your residents to bring their personal questions on note cards, and we will answer them to the best of our knowledge. We also encourage floor members to discuss the questions on their own. “Sex in the Dark” is a fun, interactive way to get your questions answered.
“Better Than Sex”
“Better then Sex” is a fun, interacting, and delicious way to discuss the choices involving intimacy. It is designed to educate and empower personal choices for all levels of physical relationships. Come experience dating where opposites attract, learn how to make love without actually ‘doin it.” If you think there’s nothing better than sex, check this out!
Promoting Healthy Body Image
This workshop looks at current media images of the body and how societal portrayal of the body affects our lives. It also addresses the possible effects of negative body images such as low self-esteem and eating disorders. However, the objective of this workshop is to help find more positive, healthy views and activities that can increase self-confidence and decrease the effects of negative body image.
New Kids on the Block
Some prejudice is obvious, but other times it occurs more subtly. This interactive workshop places participants in a community-building simulation. Participants will face a variety of real-life situations and issues such as prejudice and an uncooperative system as they try to build their community. The main goal of “New Kids on the Block” is to increase cultural awareness and provide an opportunity to examine subtle prejudice and oppression.
Creative Dating
An exciting, interactive thought-provoking workshop that provides a refreshing perspective on the subject of dating. This workshop is geared to offer a new outlook on the dating scene. There is no excuse not to date at Gustavus!
Bachelorette Party
Help the students on your floor or in your section become aware of all forms of birth control and STD protection, their effectiveness rates and the health risks associated with each. Join “Betty Birth Control” and her team as they explore safer sex choices and creative ways of showing a partner you love them without really doing “IT.”
Guy Stuff
Need a chance to hang out with the guys, have some fun and maybe learn a
few things? ?Guy Talk: is just what you need. This workshop covers the
steps to putting on a condom, teaches how to protect against sexual
assault (being the victim or the accused), and discusses aspects of a
healthy relationship. These may not be normal topics of daily
conversation, but they are extremely important items to cover. Give it a
Shot!
You've Got a Friend in Me
This workshop is about healthy friendships and relationships, using music, sing-a-long, and discussions. participants review what they feel make a good friend, and a good relationship and how they maintain good communication. This workshop requires the availability of a piano. Frost-your own provided
Girl's Night Out
This workshop is about being a buddy for each other, making smart
decisions abut which actions to take in/to avoid dangerous situations,
understand limits and following limits, and planning ahead for
designated drivers. This workshop involves some alcohol education,
reflection on past experiences, as well as how to look out and help
friends.