Purpose
The Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Mental Health (CACMH) is a standing committee sponsored by the chancellor’s office. The committee is devoted to improving mental health climate and services across campus. It makes recommendations related to current and proposed policies, programming, and practices for the benefit of the mental health of students, faculty, and staff at UWM.
History
CACMH was established in 2011 by Chancellor Michael Lovell. The vision for the committee was to carry out key recommendations of the 2010 Mental Health Task Force. While CACMH has consistently served in an advisory capacity to the chancellor around issues of mental health across campus, the focus has broadened over the years. The CACMH has been tasked with intervening with students at risk, providing suicide prevention education to staff and faculty, promoting networks to create a sense of caring and belonging across campus, developing programming to address stress management for students, and expanding accessibility of high-quality mental health resources.
Much has changed in the landscape of mental health services at UWM since CACMH was created and tasked. Thanks to the efforts of CACMH, there has been substantial progress in mental health service delivery at UWM. Services provided by the Student Health and Wellness Center (SHAW) have expanded to include paid positions in mental health education, creation of case management services, expansion of SHAW staffing, the implementation of the Recognize, Respond and Refer Suicide Prevention programming and service enhancement for identifying students at risk.
There is still much work to be done. Here’s how you can help!
- Join the Committee! Send an email of interest to Carrie Fleider at fleider@uwm.edu.
- Get involved in other campus efforts for health and well-being! Visit the Campus Cares website, email Mallory Frank at cramerm@uwm.edu, or email Adam Jussel at jussel@uwm.edu.
- Take the Recognize, Respond, Refer Suicide Prevention training and ask that your department do the same.
Committee Chairs
Carrie Fleider, Director of Counseling, Student Health and Wellness Center
Liam Callanan, Ph.D., Faculty in English
Sarah Terry, Academic Advisor, Pathway Advising
Committee Functions
The Committee meets monthly during the academic year:
- To serve in an advisory capacity for the Chancellor as well as campus administrators and governance bodies in need of input regarding mental health issues on campus.
- To support the establishment of comprehensive mental health prevention and intervention efforts on the UW-Milwaukee campus.
- To develop and recommend, within the campus governance and administrative functions, policies for addressing mental health issues, including mental health crises.
CACMH is one of four advisory committees sponsored by the chancellor’s office. For more information on the other advisory committees, see below:
- VACC – Veterans’ Advisory Council to the Chancellor
- Contact Yolanda Medina for more information at medinay@uwm.edu.
- Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for LGBTQ+ Advocacy
- Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for Campus Accessibility