Date: September 8, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Tinnin Fine Arts Center
Come out for a fun night of bingo with a musical twist on Friday, September 8, from 7 – 9 p.m. in the lobby of the Tinnin Fine Arts Center! This event is free for students—just bring your student ID—and the cost is $10 for faculty, staff, and the general public. The food truck, Everything Rolls, will be there for anyone who would like to purchase snacks. The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee will provide water and snacks for the tables.
There will be three rounds of bingo with prizes at the end of each round, courtesy of Missouri Highlands Healthcare and FCC Behavioral Health. Rounds one and two will be traditional bingo, any diagonal angle. Round three will be the grand prize round where players will need to cover their cards to win! Round three will also be the music round with tunes from all genres and eras of music. Devin Barnes is volunteering his DJ services for the evening.
In addition to the fun, this event will focus on promoting suicide prevention with a special focus on college student mental health. There will be free materials available at the event.
- Suicide is the #2 leading cause of death for college students
- Approximately 1,100 suicides on college campuses per year
- 25% know of someone who has died as a result of suicide
- 40% know of someone who has attempted
- 0.6% of those 18 years and older attempted suicide. 7.5% of those 18-25 seriously considered suicide (American Foundation of Suicide Prevention, 2013)
- 4.0% of the adult U.S. population reported having suicidal thoughts in the past year. 8.8% of those 18-25 year olds seriously considered suicide, 2.9% of those 18-25 year olds made a plan, and 1.8% of 18-25 year olds attempted. (National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2016)
See the 2022 Missouri Partners in Prevention Assessment of College Health Behaviors for detailed information.
