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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) selected 731 teams from 441 institutions to the Scholar All-America Team for the Spring 2022 semester. Teams were selected based on their Spring 2022 grade point averages and represented 17,845 student-athletes. After finishing off the year with a 3.44 team GPA, Arkansas Swimming and Diving was named to the CSCAA (College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America) Spring 2022 Scholar All-American Team.

Success in the classroom is always a priority as a Razorback team, said head coach Neil Harper. Collectively with our success at the NCAA Championships and as a local leader in community service our team continues to maximize their opportunities as NCAA and SEC Student-Athletes.

It is the 12th consecutive semester that the Hogs have made the CSCAA Scholar All-American Team.

More InformationKeep up with all the latest news and information and get behind-the-scenes looks into our program on our social media accounts. Follow us on Twitter at @RazorbackSD and check out our Facebook page. Stats, news, and player information can be found at ArkansasRazorbacks.com.

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More than 900,000 North Carolina students rely on the nutritious meals and snacks served during the school year through the school breakfast, school lunch, and afterschool meals programs.

When school is out, Summer Nutrition Programs provide free, nutritious meals for children and adolescents ages 18 and younger.

As part of recovery from the ongoing pandemic, more families are struggling with hunger. Assistance with outreach regarding summer meals is needed to ensure no child goes hungry.

To find free, nutritious summer meals near you for kids and teens who are ages 18 and younger:

Text Food to 304-304 for information in English or COMIDA to 304-304 for information in Spanish.

Use the N.C. Site Finder Map at https://bit.ly/3MhnX1S.

Check your local school district website, social media, or other communications.

Learn more at http://summermeals4nckids.org.

For summer 2022, meals need to be eaten on-site and children must be present to receive food.

In addition to nutritious meals, N.C. Summer Nutrition Programs also provide fitness and fun through educational enrichment.

To find out about activities offered by Summer Nutrition Programs near you, search #NCSummerMeals on social media.

Summer Nutrition mascot Ray F. Sun may visit a summer meals event in your community. The F in Rays name signifies the food, fitness, and fun that take place throughout North Carolina as part of N.C. Summer Nutrition Programs.

Follow @Ray4NCKids on social media to learn where Ray will be next.

N.C. Summer Nutrition Programs are administered by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), with federal assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Summer Nutrition

Programs are typically located in economically distressed areas to serve the most food-insecure, vulnerable students. Meal sites may be located at schools, public housing centers, playgrounds, camps, parks, medical centers, faith-based facilities, libraries and other locations.

Meals are served to eligible children at no cost. Registration and ID are not required.

Additional information regarding N.C. Summer Nutrition Programs may be found on the NCDPI, Office of School Nutrition website. Citizens and organizations interested in getting involved as sites, activity providers, or volunteers should contact the NCDPI Summer Nutrition Programs Team at [emailprotected]

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June 28, 2022

This fall, with the addition of 22 new programs, ASU Online will offer more than 300 undergraduate and graduate degrees, certificates and emphases.

Total enrollment for the 202122 academic year was more than 82,000 students seven times more than the 201213 year. In that same period, the number of graduates has increased more than tenfold to more than 11,500 for the past academic year.

But the explosive growth has been much more than numbers. Over the past few years, EdPlus, the Arizona State University unit that houses ASU Online, has worked intensely to create an experience for digital immersion students thats as close as possible to that of campus immersion students in all areas academic support, coaching, communication and fun.

Since the launch of ASU Online in 2010, it has been our goal to provide learners access to quality academic degree programs, in addition to the full university experience, regardless of their location or socioeconomic status, said Phil Regier, university dean for educational initiatives and CEO of EdPlus.

Through the advancement of technology, we have been able to expand our full online offerings from the social and soft sciences to a full suite of engineering and lab science programs. We strive to not bring anything online unless it can be as good or better than what is offered in a face-to-face setting.

Among the ways the ASU Online experience has improved:

Stronger academic support, with a new math initiative thats increased engagement and success.

Targeted communication to keep students on track.

A huge increase in engagement opportunities, with nearly 40 clubs and organizations for fully online students.

The opportunity for learners to participate in Barrett, The Honors College.

Some of the online initiatives have been so successful that theyve been adopted to help campus-immersion students, according to Julie Greenwood, vice dean for educational initiatives.

While ASU Online students access their program content in a different way than campus-immersion students, the degrees are exactly the same, she said.

Its important to emphasize that ASU, from the beginning, made the commitment to have the same faculty and the same learning outcomes, and to leverage the same content across the modalities for the exact same degree, she said.

So when a student graduates, it doesnt say, online criminology on their degree. It says bachelors of criminology the same as when a student graduates from a campus program.

We strive to not bring anything online unless it can be as good or better than what is offered in a face-to-face setting.

Phil Regier, university dean for educational initiatives and CEO of EdPlus

Of the offered degree programs, about half are undergraduate and half are graduate. Among the new additions are Master of Science degrees in addiction psychology and biological data science, and a Bachelor of Science degree in health care administration and policy.

The most popular degrees are the suite of biological sciences Bachelor of Science programs, Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in psychology, the Bachelor of Science in information technology and the Master of Arts in special education (applied behavior analysis).

The individual colleges and schools at ASU can propose online degrees, and high-enrollment programs among on-campus students are often offered online, but new programs are also consumer-driven.

We look at Google search algorithms what are students looking for? That helps us to understand the market, said Casey Evans, chief growth officer.

Sometimes that means tweaking the name of an existing program to draw interest.

It is a very academic thing to make a degree sound interesting to a very specific part of the population, but when you go to the algorithm, if the degree is not called something theyre Googling, they wont find you, she said.

Its a strategic process of thinking about the needs of the learners, the experience of the faculty and trying to merge those two things in degrees that students want.

High enrollment is not the only factor.

We offer a masters in Indigenous education. We know for sure that theres not a huge market for Indigenous education, but these are learners who live on a reservation and want to stay in their communities and give back to their communities, and the ability to do that is important to them, she said.

Evans team meets regularly with the academic units to review degree programs.

Do we need to refresh the content? Perhaps a name change or adding courses or concentrations?

We have to think about how we keep that portfolio fresh as students are changing, she said.

Its an art and a science. There is no clear data set.

Her team has to look into the future to predict whats needed.

My dream is to know the jobs that will exist five years from today so that we can build degrees for those learners, she said.

When ASU Online began offering degree programs, it was critical to track success metrics. So the The Action Lab was created to analyze data.

Initially, it was, How does the learning of our students compare with the learning of campus students? How can we iterate and improve? Greenwood said.

Now, The Action Lab is focusing on equity and inclusion, she said.

As successful as ASU Online is, we are still, like most universities, seeing gaps in the success of students from underserved and underrepresented populations, she said.

So we continue to push the development and design of our courses so that all students can be successful. Sometimes we need to change our design or change our content to make it culturally responsive or culturally inclusive.

For example, faculty feedback is very important to populations who are underserved, she said.

Its important to students in general, but this population has expressed directly to us that knowing that someone is on their side and rooting for them helps them to stay in a course longer than they may have.

The Action Lab also is evaluating the effectiveness of new technology, such as Dreamscape Learn, as well as focusing on courses with a high failure rate.

When Greenwood came to EdPlus three years ago, she looked at high-enrollment courses that had high failure rates, and about 10 of those were math.

That led to Operation Math. Suzanne Galayda, associate director of Operation Math, said that math courses are barriers for all students, not just online. In 2020, EdPlus began working with the ASU math department, homing in on first-year courses that were problematic, including college algebra, college math and precalculus.

We thought, What can we do right now in the short term to immediately impact students and move the needle? Galayda said.

You never want to leave students behind when youre looking to the future.

The team implemented several changes right away:

Peer support: Inscribe is a system in which students are assigned to study communities, where they can ask questions when theyre stuck. Student-worker learning assistants monitor the communities, answering the questions or direct the student on to further help.

The response has been overwhelming, Galayda said, with students not only eager to answer their peers math questions but also provide emotional support. One of the things we see commonly is that students will say, Im really struggling, and then its, I want you to know youre not alone.

Instructors are available to answer math questions, but in reality, online students often study late at night or on weekends, she said.

Peer review: Math faculty started a system in which students review each others homework and give feedback before the final graded submission. The results were so successful that the Math 142 faculty added peer review in their campus-immersion classes.

You cant learn Spanish if you never speak Spanish, Galayda said. The faculty saw that peer review achieved its goal of getting students to talk mathematically to each other.

Strategic emails: Math students face several key points during the semester. For example, students must take an assessment before a course opens. In 2019, about a third of students had not taken the assessment by the fifth day of the math course. But after the emails, 85% had taken the assessment.

Overall, after the first year of increased communications, student success improved about 8% for college algebra and about 3% for college math.

Given the enrollments in those courses, thats roughly 500 students in just that year who were able to continue in their major and not have to retake a math course, Galayda said.

The math department also allowed students to split up college algebra over two semesters, but completing the course in the subsequent semester is key. For those who wait, the success rate plummets by 60%.

So now the advisers get a communication reminding them to contact their students about signing up to complete the course. This has led to better pass rates and lower withdrawal rates, Galayda said.

Exam wrap: In this new initiative, students take a survey and perform self-reflection exercises at the end of three courses: college math, college algebra, precalculus and brief calculus exams.

Exam wrap was designed with the help of The Action Lab to really get students to reflect on what they did to study, what they felt like going into the exam, what they felt like afterward and what they recognize they need to do differently about their behavior, as well as asking them to review their exam so they dont just take it and leave, Galayda said.

They actually think about what they did right and what they did wrong.

So far, students report feeling less anxious about taking exams after completing the exam wrap.

The team will analyze whether the exercise affects exam scores overall.

Longer term, EdPlus is working on Math Spine, an adaptive-learning platform similar to BioSpine, in which learning is personalized and students can review just the content they need without having to retake an entire course.

... We continue to push the development and design of our courses so that all students can be successful.

Julie Greenwood, vice dean for educational initiatives

One of the biggest initiatives thats now available is Barrett, The Honors College, which accepted its first ASU Online cohort in fall 2021.

Mark Jacobs, the dean of Barrett since 2003 who is retiring this summer, had wanted to offer the experience to ASU Online for a long time, but the challenge was how to make the signature honors course, which is discussion based, work on an asynchronous platform, according to Alexandra Aragon, director of academic planning and retention at Barrett.

But with the pandemic, we had to pivot all of our honors courses to be taught on Zoom quickly, and it went really well, she said.

So Jacobs decided to move ahead, Aragon said.

We invited ASU Online students who looked like they would be great candidates, with good GPAs and with some college experience, she said.

We had almost 100 candidates for 25 spots, and they were so strong that we actually took 48 students.

The students represented eight ASU colleges and included veterans, international students and nontraditional students. About half were in the Starbucks College Achievement Plan. They all agreed to participate in a live History of Ideas seminar course, logging in via Zoom, she said.

They immediately said, This is like nothing else Ive ever done. I have classmates and I know them and I see them weekly. I feel connected to my professors and to my fellow Barrett students, she said.

Besides the signature honors course, students also must earn honors credit in their major course requirements or electives by doing projects, such as a paper, a presentation or research with the professor.

We helped this cohort figure out how to earn that credit. People had great ideas and we encouraged creative thinking, she said.

Faculty play a huge role in this. Theyve embraced this notion of what high achievement looks like in online classes.

Its clear that this is a population of learners who are a great fit for honors. Theyre talented and curious and they want this experience, said Aragon, who noted that two of the ASU Online Barrett students are participating in study abroad this summer.

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ASU Online students were able to socialize together in person when they visited Tempe campus in early June to complete their lab courses. Photo by Charrie Larkin/ASU News

The isolation of the pandemic sparked a craving for socialization among online students. The number of student clubs and organizations has soared from a handful in 2019 to about 40 now, and most were created in the past two years, according to Brianne Frazier, director of student success and engagement for ASU Online.

New clubs include a student-run newspaper, the first online chapter of an honors fraternity and a group operating under Greek letters working to become the first-ever fully online sorority.

There have been some challenges to launching online student groups, such as gathering people who are scattered around the world. One ASU Online student who was in the military and stationed in Germany would get up at 3 a.m. for his club meetings, Frazier said.

And like many things, online can be less formal than in-person.

We started a pre-club option, because to be a full club, you need a certain number of members and three officers, and there has to be a constitution. Some students said, We want to get together, but thats a lot. We just want to connect, Frazier said.

So we created the pre-club option where theyre not required to go into all those things. Theyre still required to do some things, like their logos have to meet brand standards. Its an easier way to not be so strict and still allow students to connect and engage.

Students who attend on campus pay an activities fee, which funds student organizations. ASU Online students dont pay that fee, so EdPlus helps to fund their clubs, though the pre-club groups dont qualify for that.

Fraziers team has worked with Educational Outreach and Student Services to have traditionally campus-based organizations include online students. Some have embraced that, such as BeYouASU, a club for LGBTQIA2S+ students and allies, but some groups have an on-campus presence that makes it hard.

Some groups have gone fully hybrid, like government. ASU Online students created their own student government advocacy group in 2020, but in spring 2022, the campus-based Undergraduate Student Government and Graduate Student and Professional Association voted to allow ASU Online representation.

The online students work hard on their clubs.

A.J. Wolfe, a senior majoring in global health, is the president of the ASU Online chapter of Phi Sigma Pi, an honors fraternity. When he enrolled last year, he joined several groups and was interested in joining a fraternity.

As I researched, I saw Phi Sigma Pi, and it attracted me because its gender inclusive male, female, nonbinary, whichever umbrella you fall under, they will take you, said Wolfe, who lives in Virginia.

I reached out to the national staff and asked if they were interested in starting an exclusively online chapter at ASU, and they gave me the green light.

The organization requires a 3.0 grade point average for membership, and the ASU Online chapter has organized a book club, movie nights, workout sessions, game nights and meetups. The group will become involved in community service projects this year.

Building a chapter from the ground up has been a lot of work, Wolfe said.

The main thing was figuring out the bank account situation since our members are around the U.S. and the world. It was difficult to find a bank that would work with us, he said.

But they finally found a bank and should be chartered this summer, he said.

Emma Blunck, a senior majoring in mass communications and media studies in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is the editor-in-chief of The Spark, the newsletter by and for ASU Online students.

Its a place for anyone on the online campus who wants to write or design or edit or build out their resume, she said.

The Spark is produced monthly by students from a variety of majors. Students dont have to be a club member to pitch a story idea, work with the editors and then write the story.

We keep it engaging. Its not a full-time job and we cant expect them to write every month, she said.

Blunck said The Spark has received a lot of support from the university to build the club and offer professional opportunities, such as a seminar planned for the fall.

This is my first leadership role and Ive gotten a lot more confident managing a team, said Blunck, a senior who lives in New York City.

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Biden-Harris Administration is Driving a Multi-Pronged Response to Global Food Security Crisis

President Biden and G7 leaders will announce that they will contribute over $4.5 billion to address global food security, over half of which will come from the United States. President Biden will announce $2.76 billion in additional U.S. Government funding commitments to help protect the worlds most vulnerable populations and mitigate the impacts of Russias unprovoked and unjustified war in Ukraine on growing food insecurity and malnutrition. These new investments will support efforts inover47countries andregionalorganizations, to support regional plans to address increasing needs.

Vladimir Putins actions have strangled food and agriculture production and have used food as a weapon of war, including through the destruction of agricultural storage, processing, and testing facilities; theft of grain and farm equipment; and the effective blockade of Black Sea ports. Russias choice to attack food supplies and production have an impact on markets, storage, production, negatively impacting consumers around the globe. Putins aggression in Ukraine, combined with the impacts from COVID-19, increasing conflict, high prices for fuel and fertilizer, have combined to devastate already fragile global food security and nutrition. Millions of people living far from the conflict face an increased risk of poverty, hunger, and malnutrition as a result of Putins war. Estimates suggest that up to 40 million more people could be pushed into poverty in 2022 as a result of Putins war in Ukraine and its secondary effects.

While the entire globe will continue to be affected by Russias actions, themost immediate needs will present in theHorn of Africa, as it experiences a record-setting fourth straight season of drought, that may lead to famine. As many as 20 million people may face the threat of starvation by the end of the year. The prolonged drought is also having dire nutrition impacts, putting children at severe risk of malnutrition and in need of treatment.

To address and mitigate further impacts on global food security, the U.S. Government will continue life-saving food assistance to address these growing needs and leverage additional financial commitments. Of the newly announced commitment of an additional $2.76 billion in humanitarian and economic assistance, $2 billion will be to help save lives through emergency interventions and $760 million will be for sustainable near-term food assistance to help mitigate further increases in poverty, hunger, and malnutrition in vulnerable countries impacted by high prices of food, fertilizer, and fuel.

The U.S. governments multi-pronged response to combat global food insecurity includes:

Global Humanitarian AssistanceSince the start of Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, the United States has provided $2.8 billion to scale up emergency food operations in countries impacted by the food security crisis. In addition to this funding, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is committing another $2 billion in international disaster assistance (IDA) funds for emergency humanitarian needs over the next three months. These funds include direct food assistance, as well as related health, nutrition, protection, and water, sanitation and hygiene services, in countries with high levels of acute food insecurity, reliance on Russian or Ukrainian imports, and vulnerability to price shocks, and will support countries hosting refugee populations.

Global Development AssistanceAs we continue to address acute humanitarian needs, the U.S. government will continue to strengthen food systems and mitigate medium-term impacts on food security. The U.S. Government is investing $760 million to combat the effects of high food, fuel, and fertilizer prices now being driven up by Putins war in those countries that need it most.

Expansion of Feed the FutureFeed the Future (FTF), the U.S. governments flagship global food security initiative led by USAID, is expanding its global footprint in eight new target countries from 12 to 20 target countries, in Africa that were also most vulnerable to the impacts of Russias war in Ukraine. The new target countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia. This expansion of Feed the Future countries delivers on President Bidens $5 billion commitment in September 2021 to end global hunger, malnutrition and build sustainable, resilient food systems abroad.

The U.S. government currently invests more than $1.9 billion per year through Feed the Future, which builds on existing technical expertise, programs and partners in more than 35 countries. In these countries, the U.S. government investments pave the way for further investments from the private sector, donors and local governments.

Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP)The United States through the U.S. Treasury, continues to exercise leadership in the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) a $2 billion multilateral financing mechanism that has helped the worlds poorest countries increase investments in agriculture and food security. The United States is contributing $155 million to support projects that raise agricultural productivity, link farmers to markets, improve livelihoods, reduce vulnerability, and enhance resilience to shocks. The United States is also newly serving as Co-Chair of the GAFSP Steering Committee. In this leadership position, the United States will help deepen and accelerate GAFSPs response to the food security crisis.

USG Leadership in Driving Global ActionFrom the beginning, the United States has been at the forefront of global efforts to confront this crisis.

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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a joint disease affecting the entire joint, including the cartilage, bone, and joint lining.

Lifestyle factors, age, joint injury, and genetics can all contribute to OA and cause the breakdown of cartilage in the joints.

This can lead to inflammation and changes in the bones and joint tissues. People may experience joint pain, stiffness, and reduced range of motion.

This article looks at the changes that occur in OA and how these cause symptoms.

OA is a disease of the whole joint, which includes:

In OA, cartilage breaks down, which results in changes to the bone and joint tissues. Alongside inflammation, this can cause pain, stiffness, and loss of flexibility.

OA can occur in any joint, but it most often affects the knees, hips, lower back, neck, and hands.

The symptoms of OA may appear gradually and can include:

OA causes inflammation, changes in bone shape, and cartilage deterioration. It is primarily a disease affecting the cartilage.

OA occurs due to a combination of factors, including:

People with the condition have higher levels of pro-inflammatory markers, which indicate inflammation, and proteases, which are enzymes that break down protein. These eventually cause joint deterioration.

In most cases, the first changes that occur in the body due to OA affect the articular cartilage. This is the cartilage covering the ends of the bones where they meet at the joint.

The articular cartilage may erode or become irregular, split, or frayed. If there are erosions in the cartilage, these may gradually expand down to bone level and affect more of the joint surface.

Cartilage consists of water and the matrix, which is a gel-like substance containing different types of protein:

Articular cartilage contains a group of cells called chondrocytes, which produce and maintain the matrix.

Injury or damage to the cartilage can cause damage to the matrix, resulting in chondrocytes multiplying and forming clusters. This causes bony lumps to form called bone spurs.

Damage to the matrix can also cause thickening of the bone underneath the cartilage and may sometimes cause fluid-filled areas in the bone called bone cysts.

Alongside these changes to the cartilage, there may be inflammation of the joints synovium.

These changes can occur gradually, and people may slowly start to experience symptoms of OA, such as pain, stiffness, and limited range of motion.

Learn more about cartilage damage.

Certain risk factors may increase the likelihood of OA. These include:

The complications of OA may include:

According to the Arthritis Foundation (AF), people with OA have an increased risk of falling, which, in turn, raises the risk of fractures.

This increased risk is due to the fact that OA particularly OA of the knees or hips can affect balance, weaken muscles, and reduce joint function.

If medications for OA cause dizziness, this may also increase the risk of falls.

The AF also states that weight gain may occur in people with OA if joint pain causes difficulty exercising. Carrying excess weight can lead to various health problems, such as:

If people have concerns about OA complications, they can talk with a healthcare professional about minimizing the risks. The healthcare professional may recommend lifestyle changes, exercise programs, and assistive devices to improve stability.

The following conditions may cause symptoms similar to those of OA:

Learn more about the possible causes of joint pain.

The outlook for people with OA may depend on which joints the disease affects, the severity of the symptoms, and how the condition affects everyday function.

Some people may find that OA has little effect on their day-to-day life, while others may have more severe symptoms that affect their ability to carry out everyday tasks.

Treatments can help people manage OA symptoms. In some cases, joint replacement surgery may provide the best long-term outcome for a person with OA.

OA occurs when the cartilage in joints breaks down, causing changes to the bone and joint tissues. The symptoms include pain, stiffness, and reduced mobility.

Various risk factors, such as age and genetics, can combine to cause production of pro-inflammatory markers and proteases, which eventually lead to joint deterioration.

Exercise, medications, and, in some cases, surgery can help manage the symptoms of OA and minimize further joint damage.

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Law enforcement agencies have been in the national spotlight in recent years for alleged use of excessive force. Some of those cases have involved people experiencing mental health crises. According to a Washington Post database, since 2015, nearly a quarter of people who died during encounters with police suffered from a mental illness.

The lack of mental health crisis services across the U.S. has resulted in police serving as first responders to most crises. Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training programs are intended to improve the outcomes of these encounters. Recently, the Notre Dame Police Department held CIT training for its officers, to better support the campus community.

The 40-hour training, held one week during the spring semester, included 26 presenters and was facilitated by two of Notre Dames own, 2002 alumnae Amanda (Dovidio) Zelechoski and Michelle (Sutton) Tyler. The presentations were dynamic, including experiential simulations and exercises, site visits and panel sessions.

CIT, formerly known as the Memphis Model, aims to bring trained law enforcement together with mental health professionals and other community partners to address a mental health crisis. CIT improves officer safety, engages mental health professionals and reduces the trauma a person may be experiencing. Benefits also include reduced arrests and use-of-force incidents.

Notre Dame Police Chief Keri Kei Shibata already had her eye on CIT training, particularly for the entire department. Since 2010, 12 officers have received CIT training, in the fashion that many departments use to train officers a few at a time and usually at an off-site location. But Shibata had something else in mind.

Mike Seamon, vice president for campus safety and University operations, recalled: Last summer when Keri Kei and I discussed what could have a lasting and meaningful impact on NDPD, she brought forth the idea of CIT training. When we pulled on that thread a bit more, it was Keri Keis idea that we could possibly build a CIT module specifically designed for NDPD.

In 2020-21, Shibata had worked with Zelechoski, a psychology professor and director of clinical training at Purdue University Northwest, to provide trauma-informed training for her officers. I reached out to her to see if she could conduct CIT training. She shared that her roommate and close friend from ND undergrad, Michelle Tyler, also had experience working with police departments on CIT.

At the time, the St. Joseph County Police Department was also working on a CIT program. Shibata decided to send Lt. Alex Novelli to the countys program, which included a train-the-trainer session. We also wanted to build our own program because of the unique systems, partnerships and resources at Notre Dame.

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd in 2020, Notre Dame students approached Shibata about CIT training. Another student group with a focus on mental health and peer support also came to Shibata.

With discussions about police reform and incidents involving police responding to mental health calls around the nation drawing national attention, CIT was a growing focus and best practice, Shibata recalled.

It was perfect timing that we had developed a relationship with Amanda, and she and Michelle were able and willing to help us build the program, Shibata said. Zelechoski, Tyler, Shibata and others began developing their program.

In addition to her work at Purdue University Northwest, Zelechoski is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist and attorney, specializing in trauma. She had been part of the team that created CIT training for the Philadelphia Police Department.

Tyler is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and the director of operations for Resources for Resilience, a nonprofit organization that offers resiliency-focused community education and professional development programs. She also has CIT training experience.

Zelechoski and Tyler brought their years of experience to bear as they designed a brand-new CIT training exclusively for NDPD that is to say, training for campus police. It would need to be different from the training that local officers attended.

Zelechoski and Tyler worked as facilitators along with Shibata and Jo Cecilio, the Cavanaugh Hall rector working with the NDPD, and the CIT Planning Committee to build the program.

Zelechoski is quick to point out that CIT training for a university police department needed to be different, recognizing that universities are somewhat in a world of their own.

Were covering a few developmental periods and zooming in on them, much more so than, say, a city or county agency would. They may be dealing with children or intervening on behalf of children and adolescents, where were focused more on the emerging adult and adulthood stages, she said.

Zelechoski explained the unique position campus police are in, encountering high incidences of the emergence of mental health symptoms because of the age of the population living on campus and attending classes. Additionally, campus police may also deal with faculty and staff as well as visitors to campus.

Weve worked hard to not just have the focus be on students, but really to make sure that we are covering all of the populations that the officers get called out to respond to, Zelechoski said.

This isnt just a training where officers come and sit for 40 hours at a week-long training and thats it. It is intended to be a team and a model with lots of preparatory work and with lots of follow-up. Its a model for transforming a department to be more responsive in these mental health crisis situations.

The NDPD CIT training was not a typical sit-and-be-lectured-to workshop. First, attendees received a pharmaceutical bag with medication in pill bottles. The medication was candy, but the instruction was for the recipient to take the medication as prescribed (and officers had different instructions). Officers were quickly thrust into the everyday world of a person with potential mental health concerns.

The exercise was designed to build empathy and understanding among our officers around how difficult it can be to manage a complex medication regimen over time. Our goal was to help them answer the frequently asked question, Why dont individuals just take their medication? Tyler said.

We know, of course, that there are a number of factors that contribute to challenges in following a regimen and/or decisions not to take certain medications as prescribed, Tyler said. For instance, there may be a lot to keep track of, there may be challenges in obtaining or paying for refills, they may feel shame or stigma around taking medication, they may start to feel better and decide they no longer need them, there may be uncomfortable side effects some of which affect their ability to perform their job duties.

Next, in a game called the Brain Architecture Game, teams were given a mix of straws, pipe cleaners, dice, connectors and weights, along with a deck of cards with various life scenarios the cards you are dealt in life, so to speak. The decks had an even number of positive, tolerable and negative influences. Company literature describes the interactive group activity as a game that builds understanding of the powerful role of experiences on early brain development what promotes it, what derails it, and with what consequences for society.

Teams were instructed to build a brain using the materials and influenced by the circumstances on the cards. Some teams had the capacity to build firm foundations; other teams clearly had a rocky start. As the teammates watched their pieces lean from the weight of the commands on the cards they drew, the inclination for at least one team was to cheat (they didnt).

I think it shows how our brains function, but it kind of shows us how different things make a stronger brain and how negative things impact our lives, Officer Jarett Gilpin said.

The training continued throughout the week with a number of speakers, site visits and role play simulations. One exercise, Hearing Voices, included use of headphones.

They were playing music and all of a sudden you hear voices yelling, Youre doing a bad job. Dont look up, dont look down, just focus, focus. We hear these voices in our headphones. And you are trying to go through these scenarios find people and talk to them, and then move on to the next person, all while you have these voices in your head, Gilpin said. It kind of gives you an idea of what people with schizophrenia go through in their day-to-day. It made you really think.

Officers also spent time in role playing, with the help of University staff and students, acting out parts in select scenarios.

Officer Ryan Steppe appreciated the hands-on portion of the training.

The de-escalation role-plays really helped me, going through them and getting thrown certain curve balls, because every situation is different, Steppe said. It helps me develop those skills rather than sitting here and listening to a lecture.

Each day officers also participated in self-care segments, with exercises directed at preventing burnout and helping to avoid the long-term damage of chronic stress. We know that responding to others who are in distress can take a toll on the mental and physical health of helping professionals and wanted to dedicate a portion of our CIT training to equipping our officers with some practical, easy-to-use tools that they can use to keep themselves healthy and resilient, Tyler explained.

"The tools that we introduced come from an evidence-informed public health curriculum called, 'Reconnect for Resilience.' They are designed to help first responders, educators, healthcare workers, caregivers, and other helping professionals better understand and manage their own and others' stress responses," she said.

Shibata said the training was well-received by her officers, giving them a much deeper understanding of options, resources and partners. For some it renewed their interest in certain topics and issues that they want to be involved in, such as domestic violence response.

They had the opportunity to practice responding to challenging crisis calls in a safe environment and to talk through and debrief how they handled it, and their options and resources, with mental health professionals, she said. I was very proud of their engagement and interest throughout the week and also grateful for the support of the officers who worked long hours to cover campus operations while the majority of officers were in the training.

NDPD also had a number of dispatchers and other staff attend some or all of the training, which Shibata said will also strengthen police response. Well have people answering the phone for the crisis call who will be able to ask better questions and have a better understanding of how officers will respond, she said.

Several members of the Notre Dame Fire Department staff also participated in CIT training.

When it was all said and done, the last thing to do was to present certificates of completion. Speakers included Marianne Halbert, the criminal justice director for National Alliance for Mental Illness Indiana, NAMI Indiana, and Seamon.

I give Keri Kei Shibata and her entire leadership team credit for being ambitious and bold in identifying CIT as a training platform that would be transformational, not only for NDPD, but for the entire University community, Seamon said. Their commitment of time, energy and resources was a clear indication that they knew that this training would be incredibly impactful on how they serve Notre Dame. The fact that they created a week-long, 40-hour intensive course for their department is a testament of how the NDPD team feels and cares about the campus community it serves.

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We also need to consider autonomy, culture, preference, taste, ancestry, and variety, which are all just as important factors. When we use the nutrient-only focus on foods to categorize them as good and bad, it creates a hierarchy, and makes it difficult for us to recognize that all foods have a place in our diet.

Besides, a good or a healthy food for someone might look very different from that of another person. Eating is all very individualized, and your specific body, and any medical conditions or sensitivities that you have, come into play here big time. For instance, if someone has celiac disease, whole wheatoften a preferred health food choicewould actually not be good for them. If someone has GI issues like diarrhea, it might be a good idea to limit high-fiber foods such as certain vegetables and grains.

Not to mention, we have taste buds for a reason. Just because a certain food isnt providing you with certain nutrients, it doesnt make it bad. It might be providing you with nourishment for your soul, comfort, joy, or a social connection, and thats so, so important to your overall wellbeing (and, yep, your health).

We need to redefine healthy to better honor lived experience and circumstance, Kathleen Meehan MS, RD, a dietitian based in Los Angeles, tells SELF.

Different foods provide different nutrients, which is more than OK. Some foods will provide us with more fiber. Some with more calcium and some with iron. Food is also meant to provide memories that are comforting to our soul and tied to our culture. These cultural ties are vital, and placing a certain cultural food or diet as top tier is unnecessary and untrue. It seeks to strip away the non-nutritive based benefits of eatingand the pride we all take in our culturethat are so important.

By celebrating the Mediterranean way of eating, I believe were letting people of other cultures think that their food is inferior.

A lot of this comes down to Eurocentricity. After all, according to the United Nations, there are 21 different countries that make up the Mediterranean. But when mainstream media tends to highlight the Mediterranean diet, its through a focus on European countries like Italy, France, or Greece, rather than African and Middle Eastern countries like Monaco, Libya, and Egyptwhich, yep, border the Mediterranean, too.

Praising the Mediterranean Diet as the number-one diet in the world sets a dangerous precedent that healthy foods are limited to Eurocentric foods, and that foods from other cultures arent as healthy or good for us, which isnt true, Jasmine Westbrooks, MS, RD, CDCES of EatWell Exchange, Inc, tells SELF. For example, she says, foods like kale and quinoawhich are staples in many wellness recipes and often touted as superfoodsare considered healthy, while collard greens and rice and beans, which are staples in many ethnic cuisines, are often labeled as nutritionally unfit.

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Nearly 42 percent of Americans are obsese and rising incidence has led to increased rates of preventable diseases like type 2 diabetes, stroke, and heart disease across the country.

Driven by a combination of genetics, social determinants of health, and behaviors the growing number of individuals with obesity can also be attributed in part to regular consumption of highly processed foods and less intake of nutritious, and oftentimes more expensive, alternatives.

Despite these proven trends, a majority of people in the United State think their personal diet is healthier than it really is, while individuals frequently overestimate the quality of their diet, according to preliminary research on over 9,700 participants.

Study findings were presented this week at The American Society of Nutritions annual meeting.

Of the more than 9,700 individuals included, around 8,000 inaccurately classified the quality of their diet, 99 percent of whom overestimated the healthfulness of food consumed.

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We found that only a small percentage of U.S. adults can accurately assess the healthfulness of their diet, and interestingly, its mostly those who perceive their diet as poor who are able to accurately assess their diet, said lead author Jessica Thomson in a press release.

Past research has also revealed self-rated health can strongly predict morbidity and mortality, but researchers sought to determine whether self-rated diet quality could predict individuals actual diet quality.

Based on individual responses to a 24-hour diet recall questionnaire, participants rated their diet as excellent, very good, good, fair or poor; responses were then used to determine scores.

The highest accuracy was recorded by those who rated their diet as poor, a finding that surprised researchers. Among these participants, researchers scores aligned with those reported 97 percent of the time.

Its unclear whether Americans lack accurate understanding of healthy diet components or simply assess their diets as they wish them to be, Thomson said.

Until we have a better understanding of what individuals consider when assessing the healthfulness of their diet, it will be difficult to determine what knowledge and skills are necessary to improve self-assessment or perception of ones diet quality, she added.

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What Is a Diabetes Diet?

A diabetes diet is a specific regimen of eating healthy foods in moderation while sticking to regular mealtimes. The healthy eating plan is naturally rich in nutrients and low in calories and fat. Its key elements are vegetables, fruits, whole grains and healthy fats.

If you have prediabetes or diabetes, your doctor might recommend a dietitian who will work with you to develop a customized meal plan.

A diet that is high in fat, cholesterol and calories may increase your risk of prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes. It can also cause serious health issues in people with Type 1 diabetes. A diabetes diet can help you control your blood sugar, manage your weight and prevent complications.

A diabetes diet plan is a good tool for people living with diabetes that helps them manage their blood sugar. Treating the condition with a structured diet that has a history of success allows someone with Type 2 diabetes to lower blood sugar levels and control the disease.

A healthy diet that keeps your blood sugar within acceptable limits could also prevent the escalation of prediabetes to Type 2 diabetes.

Nearly 10% of women who are pregnant will experience gestational diabetes, which is caused by a form of insulin resistance. Fortunately, it can be managed through lifestyle changes and a gestational diet, often without having to take medication.

A gestational diabetes diet should include plenty of nonstarchy vegetables, lean protein and correctly portioned complex carbohydrates.

Eating foods that are high in calories, sugar, fat, salt and processed carbohydrates can lead to high blood sugar, weight gain, high blood pressure and elevated blood fats (high triglyceride levels), which are risk factors for prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes.

Researchers have found that following a diabetes diet can help reverse prediabetes and control Type 2 diabetes.

Following a diabetes diet plan doesnt mean you cant enjoy delicious food. It is recommended that you choose options from all food groups in portioned amounts.

The following food groups are essential to a successful diabetes diet.

Starchy and sugary carbohydrates raise blood sugar levels. However, they can also help balance your meal plan in the right amounts. Eat healthy carbohydrate foods such as:

Avoid unhealthy carbohydrates, including food and drinks with added sugars, fats and sodium.

Dietary fiber moderates how the body digests food and helps lower blood sugar levels, which makes it an important part of a diabetes diet.

A diabetes diet should include heart-healthy fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids, such as salmon or tuna. However, avoid fried fish or fish with high mercury levels such as swordfish and king mackerel.

Dietitians consider foods containing monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats (such as omega-3) to be healthy fats because they help lower cholesterol levels. Foods in these categories include:

These fats are an important part of a healthy, balanced diet when consumed in moderation. Speak to a registered dietitian to learn more about the right portions for your specific health needs.

Diabetes increases the risk of stroke and heart disease because it accelerates the development of clogged, hardened arteries. Thats why dietitians recommend a healthy diet that avoids the following foods:

Avoid alcohol or drink moderately no more than one to two drinks per day. If you do drink, make an effort to eat at the same time. Drinking large amounts of alcohol with no food can drop your blood sugar to dangerous levels.

A diabetes diet plan helps your body better use the insulin it naturally produces or gets through medication. This leads to controlled blood sugar levels.

One example of a diabetes diet plan is the plate method, a simple way of planning your diet and portions. Some general guidelines include:

Counting carbohydrates to keep track of the amount you consume in each snack or meal is another way to ensure your diabetes diet plan stays on track. Carbohydrate information can be found on the nutrition facts label of most products.

Using the glycemic index method of selecting carbohydrates also helps control your blood glucose levels. The index rates how quickly the food will affect your blood glucose levels by using high and low values.

A dietitian can help you put together the right diabetes diet plan based on your lifestyle and health goals.

Embracing a diabetes diet helps keep your blood sugar levels in control. It is also effective in preventing diabetes and its complications, reversing prediabetes, and in managing your diabetes treatment.

In addition to diabetes prevention and control, a diabetes diet promotes healthy eating and helps lower and maintain your body weight, reducing the risk of obesity, cardiovascular disease and certain cancers.

If you are experiencing symptoms of diabetes, your physician might recommend a diabetes test. You can also obtain more health information on diabetes diet plans from your doctor or nutritionist.

Please seek the advice of a medical professional before making health care decisions.

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The elimination diet is not a long-term eating plan and should not be followed for the sake of weight loss. By nature, it is a highly restrictive plan, so if you have a history of disordered eating, it's even more important to discuss a safe approach with your health care professional.

"Individuals with no clinical symptoms related to diet and food consumption do not need to follow an elimination diet," notes Barreto. "Individuals going through treatments or on medications should consult with the medical team before trying an elimination diet."

Moday also adds that those who struggle with vitamin and mineral deficiencies or are presently underweight should avoid following this eating plan.

It's also worth noting that eliminating foods that don't need to be removed from your diet may actually have a negative effect on your body over time, as you deprive yourself of vital nutrients. "Recent studies have found that people who eliminate gluten when they don't need to increase their risk of heart disease," integrative gastroenterologist Will Bulsiewicz, M.D., MSCI, previously shared with mindbodygreen. Eliminating any and all grains can also be harmful to the gut, he adds.

This also extends to vegetables that may be causing you stomach discomfort. While it may seem like the natural next step to remove veggies from your diet that are making you feel ill, Bulsiewicz says this may not be the solution. "Digestive distress after eating fiber and plant foods is due to a gut that's overwhelmed. For some, this is just overdoing it with one big meal. But for most, this is evidence of a damaged gut," he explains. "You may have been told that this is proof that these foods are causing inflammation. They're not. It's just sloppy digestion."

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