Month by Month

September

• Football game tailgating
• Feeling lost in the crowd
• Wondering how & if I will “fit in”
• Did I make the right choices?
• Weight Gain
• Pressures to use alcohol/drugs
• Visit Mailbox constantly
• Loneliness

Themes:

• All American Breakfast Month
• National Courtesy Month
• Deaf Awareness Week (Fourth Week)
• Women of Achievement Month

October

• Becoming Overextended
• Anxiety over mid-terms
• Surprised over changes at home that they hear after the fact
• Running short on money
• Coping with independence
• Who are my friends?
• Choosing courses for next semester
• Facing housing decisions for upcoming year

Themes:

• Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Homecoming
• Gay & Lesbian History Month
• Halloween
• Crime Prevention Month
• Disability Awareness Month
• Vegetarian Month

November/December

• Maneuvering e-campus
• Worrying about finals and semester grades
• Mixed feelings about going home for holidays
• Excited about memberships in clubs and organizations
• Intimate Relationships

Themes:

• AIDS Awareness (DEC)
• Creative Child/Adult Month
• Human Rights Month (DEC)
   

January/February

• Back to campus slump
• Winter blahs
• Wondering if you belong
• Homesickness
• Academic probation
• Family pressure
• Spring Fever begins

Themes:

• National Soup Month (Jan)
• International Friendship Month
• American Music Month
• Black Emphasis Month
• Hobby Month
• Health Awareness Week (Fourth Week)

March

• Alternative Spring Break ideas
• Spring Break Plans
• Alcohol and drug use escalates
• Mid-term pressures
• Cold and flu month
• Unplanned pregnancies

Themes:

• Youth Art Month
• National Peanut Month
• Red Cross Month
• Women’s History Month
• Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
• No Smoking Day (March 10th)

April/May

• Remembrance and goodbyes
• Summer plans
• Uncertainty about going home for summer
• Relationship concerns
• Getting everything done on time
• Restlessness
• Finals

Themes:

• National Humor Month
• Spring & Life Issues
• National Residence Hall Month
• Barbecue Month (MAY)
• Alcohol Awareness Month [April] (the National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week is in October)
• Keep America Beautiful Month [April]
• Physical Fitness & Sports Month [May]