Thursday, November 12, 2026
2:00 – 3:30 pm ET

Foster Student Resilience & Expand Your Campus Support Capacity

Peer-to-peer wellness coaching programs are emerging as one of the most effective, scalable ways to support students while relieving the increasing strain on counseling centers. Wellness coaching empowers students to identify and work toward their own goals while building healthier habits and skills to support their overall well-being.

On November 12, 2026, join our expert presenters as they reveal how two integrated peer-to-peer coaching models—one in its pilot year and one with two decades of proven impact helping students take an active role in their well-being, make meaningful changes, and develop healthier habits that support them beyond college. You’ll gain a clear understanding of the structural components, training strategies, and campus partnerships needed to build and sustain a coaching program that truly transforms student outcomes.

This is your opportunity to reimagine what student support can look like on your campus, and to create an environment where every student feels seen, supported and equipped to succeed.

Topics Covered

Gain tools and strategies to help you:

• Discover the essential structural components required to build a peer-to-peer coaching framework to launch, scale, and maintain a program that strengthens student well being and campus culture.  
• Train confident, effective peer coaches with the skills, tools, and assurance to serve as non clinical support providers who enhance mental health, academic performance, and overall resilience.
• Create seamless referral pathways to develop strong relationships with campus partners to ensure students receive coordinated, wrap around support that meets their needs holistically.
  
• Gain strategies to integrate campus-wide well-being initiatives, like peer coaching, into broader institutional priorities, ensuring long term sustainability and alignment with your campus’s mental health and student success goals.
  

Presenters

Josh Bensink (he/him) is currently serving as a Wellness Coaching Coordinator at The Ohio State University where he leads peer-to-peer wellness and financial coaching initiatives and prepares student peer coaches to engage in meaningful, change-oriented conversations. 
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Justin Stoeckle currently serves at the Assistant Director of Well-being Promotion at the University of Denver specializing in wellness, prevention, and men’s well-being.
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