<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2026/fresh-check-day.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>04/10/2026</pubDate><title>Student-Led Fresh Check Day Promotes Importance of Student Mental Health</title><description>A public health capstone course empowers students to design and lead an evidence-based mental health initiative, building peer-to-peer support and enriching campus awareness and suicide prevention readiness.</description><hide-description/><author>Deborah List, MPH, Ph.D.</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>April 10, 2026</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/health-sciences/news/2026/fresh-check-day-group.jpg" alt="Students at Fresh Check Day"/></image><image-caption>Students in HLTH 4450 collaborate on planning Fresh Check Day.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>name-deborah-list</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>office-career-development-center</tag><tag>program-ug-health-sciences</tag><tag>program-ug-public-health</tag><tag>section-student-life</tag><tag>year-2026</tag></tags></item>