Part 1: Faculty and staff are invited to participate in the "Anxiety Toolbox," one of the quickest ways to access evidence-based strategies and interventions to reduce anxiety symptoms. This series consists of 50-minute structured workshops that you can attend in any order.

Part 1 assists with understanding your anxiety, introduces controlled breathing for slowing down and disrupting the experience of anxiety, and provides information to assist with healthy sleep.

Part 2: Faculty and staff are invited to participate in the "Anxiety Toolbox," one of the quickest ways to access evidence-based strategies and interventions to reduce anxiety symptoms. This series consists of 50-minute structured workshops that you can attend in any order.

Part 2 assists with understanding the situations and thoughts that can increase and maintain your anxiety and provides an opportunity to practice a useful relaxation technique and reduce tension.

In partnership with The Counseling Center

• Identifying the difference between stress and anxiety and explaining the impacts of stress and anxiety on the body
• Investigating situations and thoughts that cause and maintain anxiety
• Implementing ways to slow down and disrupt the experience of anxiety
• Applying relaxation techniques to reduce tension
• Creating a personalized action plan for coping strategies

Programs within the CFI are designed to support the development of instructional faculty and AP faculty with instructional responsibilities. We also welcome staff to many of our programs. If you are interested in attending one of our programs but do not identify with the above classifications, please email cfi@jmu.edu.

For more information on registering for our programs, please visit the CFI Programs & Events webpage, which includes details on registering for programs and an instructional video on how to use the registration portal.

Program Calendar

LOG IN: If this is your first time visiting the registration page, your account will be created automatically when you sign in with your JMU e-ID and password (Okta required). Be sure to clear your browser cache/cookies upon each visit to the registration page.

• Complete your profile information:
  • Update your college/division and department (use the search feature and/or select from the dropdown) and enter your Mail Stop Code (MSC) for your department on-campus mail.
  • Add comments about your dietary & accommodation needs at the bottom of the profile form. (This information is collected and stored with your online account for all future programs you may attend.)
• Once your profile is complete, you should see a status update as complete on your Dashboard (an overview of your account).

Register by the day before the respective session date at 11:59 p.m.

If you find that you are unable to attend a scheduled event prior to the registration deadline, please return to your CFI Program Account and cancel your registration. If it is after the event registration deadline email cfi@jmu.edu as early as possible.

CFI programs will be canceled automatically if JMU is closed for inclement weather.

We want this program to be welcoming, accessible, and inclusive for all of our participants. Please describe any considerations or accommodations (e.g., dietary, disability, wellness, cultural, etc.) you want us to know about in your account profile. You may also reach out to us at cfi@jmu.edu or (540) 568-4846.