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Student Health History Form

The completed form and a copy of your MMR immunization records are required by the Oregon State Health Division of all entering students taking at least nine (9) credit hours or more at WOU. For the form, instructions and more info

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Blood Drives:

Each term, the Student Health and Counseling Center sponsors the American Red Cross’s Blood Drive.  Notices and online updates are sent out to the campus and community as the terms blood drive approaches for individuals to make appointments online. learn more

 

Campus Wellness Challenge (CWC):

Designed to help set and achieve personal wellness goals, by keeping a log of food intake and activity levels. learn more

 

Peer Mentoring:

-Promoting healthy lifestyles

-Assisting the transition to college

-Providing services to peers/community. learn more

 

Check out the cold center!

Western's all new self-help station in the waiting room of the Health and Counseling center. Are you suffering from that pesky illness that accounts for up to 189 million school days lost each year? Come grab a kit and start working towards feeling better once again!

 

Hours of operation:
8am -5pm mon thru fri

location: (map)

across from Werner Center

ph: 503.838.8313

email: studenthealth@wou.edu

Counseling

Making a confidential appointment:

The first appointment is an intake session. This session allows you to become more comfortable with the counselor and the counselor to become acquainted with your concerns. Any student of WOU, registered for at least 6 credit hours, is eligible to access the counseling center for an intake session and five (5) follow-up sessions for free. Students who wish to continue counseling after their five follow-up sessions will be charged $30 a session through the student's WOU account.

  • If you would like to make an appointment, or for more information, call 503.838.8396 or stop by the counseling center. Students in crisis are seen immediately.

Services offered by the Student Counseling center:

  • Individual counseling
  • Crisis counseling
  • Consultation
  • Lending library
  • Group counseling
  • Outreach programs
  • Medication evaluation
  • Couples counseling
  • Limited testing
  • Referral information
  • Alcohol and drug counseling (limited)
  • Sexual harrasment

 

Students seek assistance on a variety of concerns such as:

 

depression relationship issues eating disorders generalized anxiety
sexual assult sexual harassment grief and loss sexuality issues
adjustment to school stress management anger management substance abuse
phobias family concerns life planning test anxiety

 

Outreach:

Counseling staff are available to design and conduct training on a number of mental health related topics. For more information on these trainings, please visit the Health education page

 

 

Student Health and Counseling

Western Oregon University

345 N. Monmouth Ave.; Monmouth, OR 97361

ph:503.838.8313 or e-mail: studenthealth@wou.edu