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Mental Health Support with NLC Counseling Services

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, approximately 46.6 million adults in the United States face the reality of managing a mental illness every day. Half of all lifetime mental health conditions begin by age 14 and 75% by age 24. Early intervention programs can help because mental health care is health care! Brief screenings are the quickest way to determine if you or someone you care about should connect with a mental health professional. Take the free NLC Mental Health Screening. Why care? Because care is a simple word, but a powerful way to change lives for people [...]

2019-10-07T10:00:28-05:00October 7th, 2019|Services|
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Connections Program Helps NLC Students Meet Basic Needs

If you're a student struggling to meet basic needs -- like food, shelter, or clothing -- North Lake College can help you find solutions with the confidential Connections program. Connections provides assistance to students via community resources. North Lake College is partnering with organizations like North Texas Food Bank, Irving Cares, and MetroCrest, and there are a variety of other community resources that can also help our students based on their individual needs. These issues are not easy to talk about. We understand that, and we value confidentiality and provide a judgment-free zone when discussing your personal difficulties as a [...]

2019-08-20T10:10:14-05:00April 30th, 2019|Advising, Services|
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Mental Health Support with NLC Counseling Services

Mental health is a key part of your overall health. Brief screenings are the quickest way to determine if you or someone you care about should connect with a mental health professional. Take the free NLC Mental Health Screening. With millennials being the most digitally connected generation in history, it's only natural that college life would be shaped by technology. But are these changes an enhancement or a distraction? Opinions about how technology affects us as individuals and as a society are as varied as the technologies themselves. Here are some counterbalancing solutions to assist with your mental health: (1) Being [...]

2018-09-20T10:01:14-05:00September 20th, 2018|Services|
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STEM vs. STEAM: Explaining an Academic Debate

Educators across the country are focusing on new STEM initiatives to help students become skilled scientists, technology workers, engineers, and innovators. Now, though, academics and policy-makers are talking about an alternative called STEAM – and even a third term, STREAM? What do all the acronyms mean? And what differentiates them? Let’s explore both sides of this new debate in education. What is STEM? STEM is simply shorthand for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. More practically, the term STEM refers not just to those classes, but to efforts to help students succeed in them. Dedicated STEM high schools, for instance, help [...]

2018-04-12T12:23:03-05:00April 12th, 2018|Careers|
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