Health Education Promoting health related programs for WOU students and the campus Health Education provides the health and counseling center with forms of outreach, information, and education to keep students aware and educated about pertinent college health issues.
This year there has been a variety of programs related to specific issues to help educate students, faculty, and staff.
Blood Drives: Each term, the Student Health and Counseling Center sponsors the American Red Cross’s Blood Drive. Notices are sent out to the campus and community for individuals to make appointments online. The link is: http://www.wou.edu/student/health/blooddrive/ and will be updated as the terms blood drive approaches. Campus Wellness Challenge (CWC): The CWC is a brand new program on-campus promoting and educating about individual wellness and health. The program is designed to help individuals set and achieve personal goals regarding wellness, while educating the campus as a whole about wellness topics and issues. Each individual has an account set up through WOU’s portal site, which they can keep a log of their food intake, and track their activity levels. A goal of this program is to continue to develop the website, so that more information can be provided for users, such as break-downs of food intake, including fat, calories, protein, carbs, etc, exercises, and resources.
The other part of this program is educational, with monthly programs provided to educate, train, and provide specialized information and resources about the six realms of wellness the CWC focus’ on: (Academic, Environmental, Mental, Physical, Social, Spiritual)
Each month the program will focus on one of the realms and provide educational programming on the focused topic. Programs can include workshops, events, speakers, and awareness campaigns.
To access the CWC portal website: http://www.wou.edu/portal
Wou Peer Mentor program Welcoming, compassionate, resourceful, dedicated, open-minded, confidential Mission statement: The wou Peer Mentor program is designed to provide students with peers that act as positive role models in promoting healthy lifestyles, assist in the transition to college, and provide services to peers and the community.
What do Peer Mentors do? Peer Mentors are volunteer students that have at least one year experience of being a student here at wou. Each month they complete at least one educational program for students, can be for resident halls and / or all campus. Mentors also have room hours in the evenings to be avaiiable, as well as some have office hours in the shcc, throughout the week during the day. Mentors also provide community service, both here on campus, as well as out in the community.
Past programs:
Peer Mentor contact information
Peer Mentors are sponsored and supported by: Student health and counseling center office of University Residences Student Health and Counseling Western Oregon University 345 N. Monmouth Ave.; Monmouth, OR 97361 ph:503.838.8313 or e-mail: studenthealth@wou.edu |
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