Two Widener University students have developed an online tool for students that directs them to mental health resources, writes Bethany Ao The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Michaela Kolenkiewicz, 22, and Christiana Dunn, 21, developed the tool for Widener’s student portal, myWidener. It lists resources like the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and the university’s Counseling and Psychological Services.

The tool integrates well with the portal because students are already using it for other tasks.

Kolenkiewicz, a senior majoring in psychology, said she was initially interested in what Widener was doing about mental health issues involving students.

“I was looking at suicide on college campuses, and I read so many articles on how these schools failed their students,” she said. “And when I went to my.widener.edu and typed in words like ‘depression’ and ‘suicide’ and ‘mental health,’ nothing came up. I thought that was crazy.”

Two Widener students have died from suicide since 2013.

The hope was to make students aware that help was available and that they were not alone.

She began working with Dunn, a communications major, who was exploring how people talked about mental health on college campuses.

Read more about this new tool to help Widener students find mental health resources here.

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