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DePauw received the 2025 Excellence in Mental Health and Well-Being Award from Insight Into Academia magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. The Excellence in Mental Health and Well-Being Award is a measure of an institution’s individual programs and initiatives that significantly advance the core values of inclusive excellence and belonging through programs, initiatives and many other campus priorities deserving of this national recognition.

DePauw will be featured, along with 70 other recipients, in the September 2025 issue of Insight Into Academia magazine.

"My hope is that receiving an award like this will encourage our campus community to celebrate and further their engagement in our supportive campus culture," said Assistant Dean of Student Wellness, Trevor Yuhas. He adds, "Insight into Academia magazine selected DePauw because of our commitment to a holistic approach to student health and wellness, exemplified by innovative programs like MINDful College Connections - our mental health consortium with Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and Butler University – and demonstrated by our comprehensive and ongoing campus well-being initiative."

 “We know that institutions are not always recognized for their dedication to their mental health and well-being services and support for their students and employees,” says Lenore Pearlstein, owner and publisher of Insight Into Academia magazine. “We are proud to honor these colleges and universities as role models for other institutions of higher education.”

A call for nominations for this award was announced in March 2025. For more information about the 2025 Excellence in Mental Health and Well-Being Award,  visit insightintoacademia.com.

In 2020, a $2 million grant from the Buehler Family Foundation and its president A.C. Buehler III ’78 was used to renovate the DePauw Health and Wellness Center and DePauw Counseling Services. In 2021, a Lilly Endowment Inc. grant helped expand mental health services through MINDful College Connections.