WHEN:       Thursday, May 14, 2009
WHERE:      Usdan, Room 110
TIME:         10:00-11:30 a.m.

Beverages will be available.

STUDENT-RUN
GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP
(Sponsored by the Office of Behavioral Health for Students)

MEETS:   Tuesdays
TIME:   8:00 p.m.
LOCATION:   Group Room #212
(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’s convenient for you.  
If you have questions, please contact: Margo (917/691-7312).

MEETS: Tuesdays
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Group Room #212
(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’s convenient for you.

If you have questions, please contact: Margo (917/691-7312).

Minimum of 15 Prepaid Members Needed!
COST:  $127
(payment via cash, check or credit card; due at first meeting)

Contact Becky Gagnon (rgagnon@wesleyan.edu) or call 685-3143 today to sign up.  
Include your name and phone number and be sure to specify both day(s) and time(s)
when you would be available for the group.

Day:  Wednesday or Thursday
Time:  5:00 pm, 5:30 pm, 6:00 pm, 6:30 pm, 7:00 pm                                                       

Meeting time to be determined by student and WW leader availability

The Davison Health Center, pictured above during a snowy March day, is home to three separate but related health offices. Functioning as three parts of a whole, these offices offer “one stop shopping” for the health needs of Wesleyan students.  All three offices are located in the Davison Health Center, 327 High Street, adjacent to the CFA Theater and Malcolm X House.

The three offices are:

WesWELL, the Office of Health Education focuses on prevention education on health issues, including this blog. You are likely to meet our health educator, Lisa Currie, and the Peer Health Advocates, a student peer education group, in your residential living area or elsewhere on campus offering workshops and discussions on a variety of health issues. Look for our annual Sexual Health Expo each spring, too! We also offer non-credit classes in yoga, meditation, Tai Chi, Kung Fu and more. You are also welcome to drop in the office to visit our Resource Library, pick up free safer sex supplies, or ask a question to help yourself or a friend.  The office is located on the second floor of the Davison Health Center.

Web www.wesleyan.edu/weswell
Phone 860.685.2466 
Email weswell@wesleyan.edu or lcurrie@wesleyan.edu

Health Services provides confidential medical care for illness, injury, sexual health, travel consults, allergy, and more. All visits are included in your Wesleyan student fees, though there can be charges for lab tests and such. Led by medical director Dr. Davis Smith, and administrative director Joyce Walter, the large staff of Health Services can serve as your primary care provider while you are at Wesleyan and also work with your doctor at home as needed. Appointments are strongly encouraged, though walk-ins for urgent needs will be accommodated. Call Health Services at 860.685.2470 for an appointment or with your questions.

Web: www.wesleyan.edu/healthservices
Phone: 860.685.2470
Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9:00am to 7:00pm; Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm; Saturday, 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Note: An on-call physician is available after hours when classes are in session by calling 860.685.2470 and selecting option 2.

The Office of Behavioral Health for Students (OBHS) provides confidential mental and emotional health support in individual and group settings. The office exists expressly to help Wesleyan students (undergraduate and graduate) to deal effectively with emotional, personal, interpersonal and situational issues which cause unhappiness, frustration and/or disruption to their lives.  Call 860.685.2910 for an appointment.

Web: www.wesleyan.edu/obhs
Phone: 860.685.2910
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 4:30pm
Note: An on-call therapist is available after hours when classes are in session by calling 860.685.2910 and following the prompts.

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.