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Campus ministries, counselors join to tackle mental health

University of St. Thomas graduating senior Salma Nadir (standing, left) and Muslim chaplain Sadaf Shier (standing, right) talks with students attending the school's celebration for the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday, May 7, 2022. Growing numbers of college students across the US are struggling with anxiety and stress, and campus ministry offices are broadening their mission to address the crisis. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

Sadaf Shier (standing), the Muslim chaplain at the University of St. Thomas, talks with students attending the school's celebration for the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday, May 7, 2022. She helped organize the event, which included several stress-reducing activities, as part of a broadening of the mission of campus ministry to address holistic student wellbeing. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

Neil Ellingson, left, the Protestant chaplain at the University of St. Thomas, talks with a student attending the school's celebration for the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday, May 7, 2022. Campus ministry helped organize the event, which drew Muslim and non-Muslim students with a variety of stress-reducing activities, as many faith leaders across US campuses seek ways to help students manage growing mental health distress. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

Students get their hands decorated with henna at the University of St. Thomas, one of the activities offered at its celebration for the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday, May 7, 2022. Campus ministry helped organize the event, which included similar stress-reducing activities, as many faith leaders across US campuses seek ways to help students manage growing mental health distress. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

Sadaf Shier, standing, the Muslim chaplain at the University of St. Thomas, talks with students attending the school's celebration for the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday, May 7, 2022. She helped organize the event, which included several stress-reducing activities for students of any or no faith, as part of a broadening of the mission of campus ministry to address holistic student wellbeing. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

From left, University of St. Thomas students Helen Knudson, Arianna Norals, and Salma Nadir set up a table for decorating mason jars and headscarves at the school's celebration for the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on the lawn in front of the Catholic chapel in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday, May 7, 2022. Campus ministry helped organize the event, which included similar stress-reducing activities, as many faith leaders across US campuses seek ways to help students manage stress and anxiety. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

Campus ministries, counselors join to tackle mental health