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Conference Details

4th Annual Charleston Student Health & Wellbeing Conference

Tuesday, May 19, 2026
8:00am – 3:30pm

College of Charleston Campus

Rita Hollings Science Center

58 Coming Street, Charleston, SC

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2026 Conference Program

8:00am - 9:00am

Check-In & Continental Breakfast

Networking
9:00am - 9:15am

Welcome
President Andrew T. Hsu, College of Charleston

Overview of the Day
Planning Committee
9:15am - 10:00am Opening Keynote Speaker:
Susan Johnson, Ph.D., President & CEO of the South Carolina Healthy Business Coalition and founder of Nature at Work
 10:00am

Movement Moment
Dusty Jackson, Director, MUSC Wellness Center
10:05am - 10:15am Break 
10:15am - 11:00am Student Panel 
11:15am -12:00pm

Breakout Session 1 (select one)


Basic Need Resources
Amy Hudock, Ph.D., Dean, Palmer Campus (Trident)

Horticulture Therapy
Noni Langford, Special Projects Coordinator, Pocket Urban Farm (MUSC)

VA S.A.V.E. Training: Four Ways You Can Help Someone in Crisis
Jonathan Kessler, Veterans Affairs Community and Partnerships Coordinator

Jordan Watkins, Veterans Affairs Suicide Prevention Coordinator

Mental Health First Aid Kit
Eileen G. Quinn, Campus Advocacy and Response Educator (C.A.R.E.) Director (Citadel)

Wellbeing and Generations on Our Campuses
Alicia Caudill (CofC)

 
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch & Therapy Dogs
1:15pm - 2:00pm

Breakout Session 2 (select one)

Basic Need Resources
Amy Hudock, Ph.D., Dean, Palmer Campus (Trident)

Horticulture Therapy
Noni Langford, Special Projects Coordinator, Pocket Urban Farm (MUSC)

VA S.A.V.E. Training: Four Ways You Can Help Someone in Crisis
Jonathan Kessler, Veterans Affairs Community and Partnerships Coordinator

Jordan Watkins, Veterans Affairs Suicide Prevention Coordinator

Mental Health First Aid Kit
Eileen G. Quinn, Campus Advocacy and Response Educator (C.A.R.E.) Director (Citadel)

Aboretum Tour/Campus
Verneil Philips, Grounds Manager (CofC)

 
 2:10pm Movement Moment
Dusty Jackson, Director, MUSC Wellness Center
2:15pm - 3:00pm

Closing Panel: What's the men's equivalent for Yoga? A Conversation about College Men's Mental Health

Panelists:

  • Moderator: Bucky Buchanan, Director of Campus Recreation, College of Charleston
  • Lee Lewis, Training Director for child and Adolescent Psychiatry (MUSC)
  • Brian Durbin, Executive Director of the Center for Intentionality (CofC)
  • Rico Gabriel, MA, Program Coordinator, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Citadel)
3:00pm - 3:15pm Closing Remarks