I completed my APA clinical psychology internship during the 2021/22 academic year at a large state school in the rural south. It was the school’s first year back after the pandemic, and no one knew what to expect in terms of impact on student mental health. Through the year we saw higher acuity than ever before. Senior clinicians regularly remarked at how high the rates of crisis appointments were, more than they’d ever seen. Throughout the year, over half of my caseload had suicidality, several of my patients made suicide attempts, and our campus experienced several deaths by suicide. As a counseling center, we were overwhelmed and had a shared sense of helplessness in how to respond to such a significant crisis with our limited resources. That year ignited a passion in me and commitment toward evidence-based efforts of suicide prevention and intervention. I also learned the importance of working within a multidisciplinary team. A mentor that year would continually remind me that when things feel hopeless, “expand the team, no one can do this alone.”