UK Student walking on campus with identifier for Wildcat Check-in Week

Wildcat Check-in Week April 12 - 16, 2027

Wildcat Check-in Week is a campus-wide mental health and suicide prevention initiative led by Student Well-Being and coordinated by Prevention, Outreach, and Wellness Education Resources (POWER), in partnership with UK HR Health and Wellness and the UK HealthCare Healthy Kentucky Initiative.

The initiative is designed for all students and employees and aims to promote person-to-person connection, help-seeking, and a shared culture of care across the University of Kentucky community. Programming throughout the week will focus on mental health awareness, suicide prevention, mental health stigma reduction, and positive coping strategies, with alignment to the Emotional Dimension of Wellness. Additional opportunities throughout the year will encourage the UK community to stay connected, check in with one another, and prioritize mental health and well-being.

Questions?

Want learn more about the event? Reach out to POWER at power@uky.edu.

JOIN US AT THESE FEATURED EVENTS TO CHECK-IN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

Josh Rivedal – Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Speaker Wednesday, September 23, 2026

POWER is collaborating with the Healthy Kentucky Initiative and HR Health and Wellness to host Josh Rivedal, a suicide prevention speaker, author, and comedian. Through humor, storytelling, and personal experience, Josh creates an engaging and approachable conversation about mental health, help-seeking, and suicide prevention. This event is open to students and employees and will be livestreamed to those who cannot attend in person. An email will be sent to you on the day of the event with the link to the livestream. Click on the link above to RSVP.

Students must attend in person to earn credit for UK Invests for Students.

Mental health resources and appetizers will be available beginning at 4:45 p.m. The program will run from 5:30–6:30 p.m., followed by a Q&A from 6:30–7:00 p.m.