How to Handle Conversations When a Friend Opens up About Mental Health

Read the original story on SwimSwam.com: By Emily Brunemann Imagine this scenario… You are walking around the mall with your friend enjoying the time away from practice. While walking your friend starts to open up about how they feel sad all the time and are having thoughts they haven’t had …

MLive: U-M Interim AD Jim Hackett Donates Half-Salary to Athletes Connected Program

Original story from the MLive.com: Michigan interim AD Jim Hackett donates half his salary to ‘Athletes Connected’ program By Nick Baumgardner Jim Hackett’s biggest task during his time as Michigan’s interim athletic director was to fix the football program. Last winter, many believe he did exactly that when he was …

Brunemann, Fayhee, Athletes Connected Earn Swim Swam Heart of a Champion Award

From SwimSwam.com: HEART OF A CHAMPION AWARD: EMILY BRUNEMANN, KALLY FAYHEE, AND ATHLETES CONNECTED, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 2015 began with a dark cloud over the sport, as a run of suicides by young swimmers weighed heavy on swimmers’ hearts across the nation. The list included the deaths of two very …