UK celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month with 'More Good Days, Together' – UKNow

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 22, 2026) — During Mental Health Awareness Month, the University of Kentucky is highlighting resources and programs available to support the mental well-being of faculty, staff and students.
Since 1949, Mental Health America has worked to educate people about mental health, raise awareness and reduce stigma surrounding mental health conditions. This year’s theme, “More Good Days, Together,” encourages people to prioritize connection, seek support and foster open conversations around mental health.
At UK, those conversations continued during Wildcat Check-In Week in April, when UK Human Resources Health and Wellness partnered with POWER: Prevention, Outreach and Wellness Education Resources, housed in the Office for Student Success, and UK HealthCare’s Healthy Kentucky Initiative for a weeklong focus on mental health and suicide prevention. Employees and students participated in mental health check-ins, creative writing exercises, suicide prevention training and other wellness activities. The week concluded with a ceremony of remembrance honoring those who lost their lives to suicide.
“We all have times when we feel overwhelmed and depleted,” said Rhonda Henry, mental health therapist with UK HR Health and Wellness. “In some situations, it may be clear we need support – we’ve had a major trauma or loss. Other times, it may be more difficult to figure out what’s wrong or decide whether therapy would help. Our team of therapists have collaborative, strengths-based approaches to help employees and their families in neutral, supportive spaces to process the challenge they are facing.”
UK offers a variety of mental health and wellness resources for employees, faculty and staff, including:
Additional mental health resources for faculty and staff are available on the HR Health and Wellness website.
As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and healthcare. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It’s all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $1.02 billion research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.

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