After making it more than halfway through the semester, I think now is a great time to focus on personal well-being. What better way to do that than to explore YOU@KSU a new free and confidential platform K-State is using to help meet students’ well-being needs. YOU@KSU is a comprehensive 24/7 well-being service focusing on three core areas: succeed, thrive, matter. Whether you want help growing into your strengths, succeeding academically or financially, or thriving physically, this app can help.
- Explore
The Explore section allows student to read short articles or watch videos on topics important or interesting to them. If you are not sure where to start, it also has a section where you can look through articles trending at K-State. Additionally, you can bookmark articles you want find again later. Each of these sections are updated with new articles and resources on a regular basis, so there will always be something new to learn.
- Self-Checks
The Self-Checks section allows you to quickly check-in on how you are doing or feeling about the three core areas: succeed, thrive, and matter. After taking the assessment it will show you your results. From this you can see areas you are really succeeding in and others you can grow in. If there is a specific category you want to work on, you can click it and see resources relating to it.
- Goals
The Goal section encourages students to make SMART goals in the three core areas. Students are able to create their own goals or choose from a pre-made list. Once chosen they help students determine why the goal is important to them and set a specific timeline to accomplish it. Then students tweak and edit action steps (ready-made goals) or create them from scratch. They also help students track in progress and completed goals. This section helped me focus some goals I have been struggling with and determine doable action steps to start making progress on them.
I enjoyed using the app and firmly believe each student can benefit from it. We all need help succeeding/ thriving from time to time and this platform helps provide students the resources to do that.
For personalized help with mental/ emotional well-being, check out the free resource at K-State counseling https://www.k-state.edu/counseling/. For personalized assistance with the financial aspect of well-being (budgeting, paying for school, etc.) feel free to reach out to us at Powercat Financial at powercatfinancial@ksu.edu or create an appointment at www.k-state.edu/powercatfinancial. For more student resources, check out Student Life’s One Stop student resource page at https://www.k-state.edu/onestop/virtual/.
Anabelle Sanko
Peer Counselor II
Powercat Financial
