If you are interested in learning more about how marijuana use may impact your health, how your use compares with other college students, and more, check it out. It takes less than 10 minutes to complete and gives personalized feedback based on the information you enter. 

Take the online marijuana assessment here. 

Be aware that you will be asked to provide your Wesleyan email and password to access the site, but your information is no way linked with your results. We ask for it simply to maintain our licensing agreement. Your results are anonymous and confidential.

If you are interested in having the WesWELL staff member or a Peer Health Advocate present a health education workshop for your group or living area, it’s simple to request it.

Just go to www.wesleyan.edu/weswell and click on Request a Program. 

The online form will ask you for all the information we need to speed along scheduling your program request and help us both avoid exchanging endless rounds of emails or voice-mails. It’s that simple!

The WesWELL Resource Library, located in Room 204 of the Davison Health Center, houses a collection of books, journals, periodicals, brochures, and videos on various health and wellness issues. Our stock of free safer sex supplies is also located in the same room. 

Many students access the Resource Library for personal information, research for a project, or to help a friend or family member.  Residence Life student staff may want to pick up ready-made “Bulletin Boards in a Bag”, the well-known brown paper “condom bags”, or even health-oriented posters for bulletin boards. A copier is available for making small quantities of copies of materials for personal use or for posting in your living area.

To search our online catalog of our books and videos, click here. Or from the main page of the Olin Library website, click on Departmental Collections, then WesWELL.  

The Library is open the same hours as Health Services, although WesWELL staff members are typically not present during evening and weekend hours. If you have a question, contact the staff at 860.685.2466 or by email at weswell@wesleyan.edu.

Click on FYI in the Categories list to view other informational posts about WesWELL’s services and offerings.

Over the course of the semester, we’ll be creating a series of FYI posts. They will highlight various services and resources available through WesWELL, and to a lesser extent, through Health Services and the Office of Behavioral Health. Look for the first one shortly!

If you have a suggestion for something yo’ud like to know more about (or a question that you don’t want to leave in the comments), don’t hesitate to contact Lisa Currie, Director of Health Education at lcurrie@wesleyan.edu or 860.685.2466.

Will you be WesWELL’s friend on Facebook? Pretty please?
We promise an endless supply of condoms & oral dams for you!

Ok, we’d do that anyway, but we’re not above bribery to get more friends. Search for “Wes Well”. Thanks!

There are three related (but distinctly different) health offices housed in one building, the Davison Health Center.

(Though it is a beautiful building, yes?)

So here’s a basic overview of the services provided by those three offices so you know which one you need.

WesWELL, the Office of Health Education (your humble blogger) focuses on educational outreach activities on health issues. That means prevention education provided by a professional health educator (Lisa Currie) and our most fabulous student peer education group, the Peer Health Advocates. Plus non-credit classes, safer sex supplies, a great resource library, funding for your health education events and more. Drop in the office on the second floor of the DHC or call 860.685.2466 or email weswell@wesleyan.edu.  And check out our extensive website at www.wesleyan.edu/weswell.

Health Services provides confidential medical care for illness, injury, sexual health, travel consults, and more. So if you need to see a doctor or nurse, or need a sexual health visit, or a vaccine, or a referral to a local medical provider or something else in the medical realm, this is the place to go. Appointments are strongly recommended since walk-ins may have to wait. As comfy as the waiting room is, it’s no fun to wait if you don’t feel good. And there is no cost to see a provider (ask about the very reasonable fees for other things though). Call 860.685.2470 for your appointment. Their website is at www.wesleyan.edu/healthservices and is chock full of information on services and such.

The Office of Behavioral Health for Students provides free, confidential mental and emotional health support in individual and group settings. Again, appointments are needed, so give a call when you need it. No need to wait until you’re in crisis — call if you need to talk with someone. Call 860.685.2910 for your appointment or find them on the web at www.wesleyan.edu/obhs.

All three offices are located in the Davison Health Center, 327 High Street, next to X House and the CFA Theater.

Please visit us at www.wesleyan.edu/weswell
for fabulous health education resources!