SALISBURY, N.C. — The Livingstone College Mental Health Task Force is one of more than 70 such programs at colleges and universities across the country to receive 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.
“It is incredibly humbling to be recognized for something you’re already passionate about. We don’t do this work for recognition, we do it because it matters, and that’s what makes it meaningful,” said Dr. Jacqueline Davis, Livingstone College’s first lady, and well-being coordinator of the task force, an extension of the college’s slate of counseling services.
Livingstone is one of only two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) nationwide to receive the recognition this year. The college will be featured in the September 2025 issue of the magazine.
“The Mental Health Task Force is a collaborative effort made up of staff, faculty and students (with) a mission…to promote mental health and well-being for faculty, students and staff,” Davis said. “This year, our goal is to engage students at a leadership level, creating programs that are not only designed for them but by them. President Anthony J. Davis always says he wants Livingstone to be healthy and whole, physically and mentally.”
Insight Into Academia selected Livingstone College’s Mental Health Task Force for this award because of its intentional, student-centered programming and commitment to culturally responsive mental health support.
“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,” said 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.
