Office of Student Life
Suicide Prevention

REACH© on REPEAT Challenge Day!

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Pre-registration is required: Open REACH Training Registration.

Embrace mental fitness during World Suicide Prevention Month by participating in REACH on REPEAT Challenge Day on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, sponsored by The OSU Suicide Prevention Program and in partnership with student organizations across all six Ohio State University campuses: Columbus, Lima, Mansfield, Marion, Newark and Wooster!

Challenge yourself, friends and colleagues to become advocates for suicide prevention by becoming a certified REACH Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper and helping to set a record at Ohio State for the most students, staff, and faculty trained in a single day! We are united across all our campuses and with the world in the shared responsibility of suicide prevention.

How it will work: 90-minute REACH suicide prevention gatekeeper trainings will run throughout the day across all six campuses. 

Columbus 

  • Time: 8AM-8PM (90-minute trainings every 2 hours). Pre-registration is required.
  • Location: RPAC (Columbus campus)
  • Event Details: REACH trainings will be held every two hours. Participants will receive a free t-shirt, snacks and other swag while supplies last! 
  • Partner(s): Mental Health Matters, Omega Gamma and Office of Student Life’s Recreational Sports

Lima 

  • Details TBA

Mansfield

  • Details TBA

Marion

Newark

Wooster

  • Details TBA

Note: Undergraduate students are trained separately from staff, faculty, graduate students, and professional students to promote a similar learning environment. On the Open REACH Training Registration page, please select the appropriate training time based on your academic status (i.e. Undergraduate or Saff/Faculty/Graduate/Professional) from the "Please select a date for your REACH training" drop-down menu.

* Approved for STEP PDC Credit