Mental Health in the Workplace: Strategies for a Healthier HR Workforce

Join the CUPA-HR NY Metro Chapter for our Spring in-person event!

By CUPA-HR NY Metro Chapter

Date and time

Thursday, April 3 · 8:30am - 12pm EDT

Location

205 E 42nd St

205 East 42nd Street New York, NY 10017

About this event

Event lasts 3 hours 30 minutes

Join the CUPA-HR NY Metro Chapter for our Spring in-person event. It will be a morning dedicated to gaining valuable insights, where we, as HR professionals, will learn techniques for mental well-being in the workplace. It is essential to prioritize the health of HR professionals.

Date: Thursday, April 3, 2025

Location: CUNY Central Office

205 East 42ND Street

New York, NY 10017

Time: 8:30am - 12:00pm

Breakfast will be served

Self-Empowered Minds: Sound Bath Experience

Presenter: Saba Hocek, Director and Founder at Self Empowered Minds

Experience a meditation and sound bath session with members from Self Empowered Minds focusing on relaxation of the mind and body.

Zeta Consulting Group: Enhancing Emotional Agility for HR Professionals

Presenter: Russell Correa, Principal, Zeta Consulting Group

Enhancing Emotional Agility for HR Professionals takes a neuropsychological approach to help HR leaders manage stress, foster resilience, and support employees more effectively. Participants will explore how emotional agility enhances decision-making, de-escalates workplace tensions, and improves HR leadership effectiveness.

Jackson Lewis: Trump 2.0: What’s Happened So Far And Where Are We Heading?

Presenter: Michael R. Bertoncini, Principal, Jackson Lewis

President Trump has hit the ground running with a deluge of Executive Orders impacting colleges and universities. Michael Bertoncini, a Principal with the national workplace law firm Jackson Lewis, will discuss several executive orders affecting colleges and universities, including an update on the status of pending litigation over those orders.

Cornerstone: A Path to Mental Health and Wellness in Higher Education

Presenter: Oscar Medina, Principal of Thought Leadership and Value Services

This presentation focuses on mental health and wellness in higher education, discussing the significance of employee well-being, mental health statistics, and the correlation between mental health and workplace productivity. It outlines strategies for improving wellness, engagement predictors, and emphasizes the importance of embedding wellness in organizational culture.

This event is eligible for HRCI/SHRM credits.

Organized by

CUPA-HR NY Metro Chapter

Our Mission: CUPA-HR is higher ed HR. We serve higher education by providing the knowledge, resources, advocacy and connections to achieve organizational and workforce excellence.

As the association for HR professionals in higher education, CUPA-HR provides leadership on higher education workplace issues in the U.S. and abroad. We monitor trends, explore emerging workforce issues, conduct research, and promote strategic discussions among colleges and universities.

Our members are CUPA-HR. We are more than 17,000 HR professionals and other campus leaders at over 1,900 member organizations, including:

91 percent of all U.S. doctoral institutions
77 percent of all master’s institutions
57 percent of all bachelor’s institutions and
600 community colleges and specialized institutions.

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We provide opportunities for our members to connect with one another and to develop professionally by hosting conferences and webinars, publishing tools and resources, and offering online communities for collaboration.

We also partner with other higher education and HR management associations to advocate on legislative and compliance issues that impact the higher ed workplace.