Health & Well-being

at Wes Thursday, February 25^th  from 11:30am-2:30pm in Usdan

 Fresh Check Day is an uplifting and engaging mental health and wellness fair with:

• interactive booths
• prizes (including a flat-screen TV raffle)
• giveaways (the self-care kits that everyone loves)

Come to talk about mental health and connect with resources.

Learn more

Visit http://freshcheckday.com/schools/wesleyan-university/

For more information on the Jordan Porco Foundation visit their website http://www.rememberingjordan.org/
Contact Us

Wesleyan University:

Tanya Purdy, Director WesWell, Office of Health Education, tpurdy@wesleyan.edu

Jennifer D’Andrea, Director Counseling and Psychological Services, jdandrea@wesleyan.edu

Colby Sangree, Wellness Intern with WesWell, acolbertsang@wesleyan.edu

The Jordan Porco Foundation:

Rachel Papke, rachel@rememberingjordan.org

STUDENT-RUN GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP

(Sponsored by the office of Counseling and Psychological Services) CAPS 

Meets: Weekly Tuesdays

Time: 7:30pm      Start Date: February 2^nd, 2016

Location: Solarium (Room 201), 2nd fl., Davison Health Center

Intended to create a network of support for those who have experienced the death of a loved one. Please feel free to come and leave when it is convenient for you.

For more information please contact:  scorner@wesleyan.edu , rwinkler@wesleyan.edu or gmartino@wesleyan.edu

Stress Relief Practicum

Connect with others who are seeking self-care strategies for health and well-being.

Learn new skills and tools to manage stress and take care of yourself.  

Mondays beginning February 1^st –29^th from 5-6PM

Meetings will follow an exploratory workshop format and participants will learn and practice different techniques for mind-body wellness each week.

The group will be led by Tanya Purdy, MPH MCHES Director of WesWell, Office of Health Education, & Colby Colbert-Sangree Wellness Intern, WesWell  

To sign up fill out this registration form.  Sign up by Friday, January 29^th at noon.

Space is limited and on a first come basis.  Participants will be expected to attend all 5 sessions.

The Wellness Experience

Are you seeking self-care strategies for health and well-being?

Do you want to learn new skills and gain tools to manage stress?

• Select a wellness activity to practice each week.
• Choose from a broad range of activities to fit into your schedule.
• Each week addresses a different wellness theme: emotional, physical, spiritual, and social.

For more info and to sign up, CLICK HERE.

Sign up by 12pm on Friday, January 29^th. 

If you have any questions please email Tanya Purdy, MPH MCHES Director of WesWell, Office of Health Education tpurdy@wesleyan.edu

The Wellness Experience is coordinated by: ASHA, CAPS, Health Services, Office of Religious & Spiritual Life, Residence Life, SALD, WesBAM!, WesHEAL, and WesWell

DON’T GET THE FLU!  DON’T SPREAD THE FLU!  GET VACCINATED!!

Date:        Thursday, October 15 (all campus clinic)
Time:         12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location:  Usdan University Center – room 108

Date:         Tuesday, October 20 (all campus clinic)
Time:         4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location:  Usdan University Center – room 108

Stress Relief Practicum

Connect with others who are seeking self-care strategies for health and well-being.

Learn new skills and tools to manage stress and take care of yourself.  

Mondays beginning November 2^nd –30^th from 5-6PM

Meetings will follow an exploratory workshop format and participants will learn and practice

different techniques for mind-body wellness each week.

The group will be led by Tanya Purdy, MPH MCHES Director of WesWell, Office of Health Education & Abi Colbert-Sangree Wellness Intern, WesWell  

To sign up fill out this registration form.  Sign up by Friday, October 23^rd.  Space is limited and on a first come basis.  Participants will be expected to attend all 5 sessions.

Become an active bystander!

Register for bystander intervention training!

Monday, 10.12

7-10pm

                  Empowered bystanders create a safer campus by standing up and speaking out

when they witness situations that could potentially harm the health and safety of others.

Intervening with peers can be difficult for a number of reasons and

training will provide you with the skills to

move from inaction to action

and intervene safely and effectively. The training features two distinct and separate tracks:

sexual violence prevention and alcohol education and intervention.

Register here by Friday, 10.9 at 12pm in advance of training date.

 Snacks provided!

Recovery@ networking lunch!

Friday, October 9^th 12-1pm

RSVP to recovery@wesleyan.edu for location.

An informal lunch meeting where members of the Wesleyan community who are either in or seeking recovery can come together

and share their experience, strength, and hope in order to support one another.

This is a closed lunch, only for those in or seeking recovery from alcohol and other drugs.

The Peer Health Advocates (PHA) are the student voice of WesWELL’s health education outreach efforts and integral to the development and implementation of those efforts.

Involvement in the group is intended to impact your own understanding and behaviors around health as well as educate and promote health to the entire Wesleyan community.

We welcome students with interest in all health topics who wish to have a positive impact on the well-being of Wesleyan to apply to be a PHA.

Please visit the WesWell website for more information and to apply.