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The College of Individualized Studies presents:

CIS Fall Coffee Breaks

  • From Tuesday, August 26 through Tuesday, December 9
  • Saint John’s Hall
    College of Individualized Studies Student Lounge, second floor
    405 Maria Avenue, Saint Paul

CIS COFFEE BREAK – FALL 2025
Coffee • Conversation • Community

Tuesdays, 11 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
CIS Student Lounge—St. John’s Hall, 2nd Floor
Saint Paul Campus, 700 East Seventh Street

Why Attend Coffee Break?
Relax, recharge, and connect with CIS students, alumni, faculty, and staff. Enjoy coffee, snacks, and student-led topics that spark ideas, build community, and address loneliness and isolation.

Did you know?
In October 2024, Harvard’s Making Caring Common Project reported alarming levels of loneliness among U.S. adults. Of 1,500 adults surveyed: 1 in 5 (21%) reported serious loneliness—both social-emotional and existential.

Among them:

  • 67% don’t feel part of meaningful groups
  • 61% lack enough close friends or family
  • 65% feel fundamentally disconnected from others
  • 63% feel their place in the world isn’t important or relevant

Making Caring Common (2024). Loneliness in America: Just the Tip of the Iceberg?

Join us for any of these opportunities to connect and possibly discuss any of our weekly theme topics

  • August 26: First Week Fuel-Up—Welcome, connect, get grounded
  • September 2: Connected Lives 1: “Why Metro?”—Identity, purpose, nontraditional paths
  • September 9: Focus and Flourish—Design your degree, explore your focus
  • September 16: CIS Alumni Career Panel—Grad stories from the field
  • September 23: TBD—Ambassadors choose from student submissions
  • September 30: Connected Lives 2: “Understanding Social Capital”—Vulnerability, connection, belonging
  • October 7: TBD—Ambassadors choose from student submissions
  • October 14: Midterm Re-Fuel—Snacks, support, stress relief (MSA Interviews)
  • October 21: TBD—Ambassadors choose from student submissions (MSA Interviews)
  • October 28: Connected Lives 3: “Lonely but Not Alone”—Tackling isolation, reconnecting
  • November 4: Gratitude Wall—Reflect and appreciate
  • November 11: Final Countdown—Study skills, tutoring, time management
  • November 18: TBD—Ambassadors choose from student submissions
  • November 25: Connected Lives 4: “Promoting Social Connection”—Storytelling, affirmation, action
  • December 2: Comfort and Community—Snacks, stress tips, journaling
  • December 9: CIS Winter Send-Off—Celebration and semester highlights

For more information, contact: bryan.maurer@metrostate.edu.