New Mental Health Training Replacing Kognito
This message to all faculty and staff has been approved by Renisha Gibbs, Associate Vice President for Human Resources and Finance & Administration Chief of Staff.
The Florida Board of Governors (BOG) requires all state university employees to complete mental health awareness training. This applies to all university Faculty, Staff, and OPS classifications (Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Assistants, Resident Assistants, and Temporary OPS). Since 2020, FSU has met this requirement through the Kognito training platform. Effective immediately, Kognito is being fully retired and replaced with FSU’s newly developed Mental Health Awareness for Faculty & Staff online training.
This new training was built in-house by FSU experts and campus partners to better reflect the realities of our community. It promotes mental health awareness, teaches suicide prevention strategies, and introduces participants to the C.A.R.E. steps—FSU’s structured approach to recognizing and responding to individuals in distress. The course equips employees with tools to engage in meaningful conversations that encourage help-seeking behaviors and contribute to a safer campus.
Please review the instructions for completing this important training requirement.
HOW TO REGISTER
For employees who previously completed Kognito: All current employees are highly encouraged to complete the new Mental Health Awareness training by the end of the Fall 2025 semester and may revisit the course content annually.
- Register via OMNI HR
- Course Name: Mental Health Awareness Online
- Course Number: COKOG2
- For assistance, refer to the Training Registration Guide or contact training@fsu.edu.
For new hires: Mental Health Awareness training remains part of New Employee Orientation (NEO).
- Register via OMNI HR
- Course Number: CONEO1 – Faculty/Staff
- Course Number: CONEO2 – OPS Employees
Note: Completion of NEO automatically grants credit for both NEO and Mental Health Awareness.
To monitor completion reports by department: Department Representatives can run the query FSU_HR_TRN_BOG_MH to return employees by Department ID who have and have not completed the required training.
Refer to the Monitoring Mental Health Awareness Training Completion guide for additional information.
Questions? Contact Training & Organizational Development at training@fsu.edu or (850) 644-8724.
