Health & Wellness

Student Health Insurance

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To Students in the Class of 2013:

A letter, instructions and benefit flyer about the annual University insurance requirements for 2010-2011 will be sent to your home address in mid-June.  The Gallagher Koster website will open on May 14 if you want to comply with the requirements before you leave campus for summer recess.  Please go to www.gallagherkoster.com/wesleyan and follow the instructions for showing proof of private insurance (waive) or to enroll in the university-sponsored plan. 

Have a safe and healthy break.   Joyce Walter, Director of Davison Health Center

“The Person You Think You Know: Signs and Solutions of Campus Violence” 4/27 6 p.m.

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Almost half of college students have experienced abuse in a relationship, according to a 2008 study. Abuse can range from cyber- stalking to beatings and rape.

On April 27, Wesleyan University, The Hartford Courant and FOX CT will present a Key Issues Forum titled “The Person You Think You Know: Signs and Solutions of Campus Violence” at 6 p.m. in Beckham Hall. The forum will feature experts who will discuss relationship violence on campuses, including how to recognize danger signs and where to get help.

The panelists are:
Claire Potter, professor of American studies, professor of history, whose research interest includes the study of violence against women.

Jaclyn Friedman ‘93, who is a performer and co-editor of “Yes Means Yes! Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape.”

Connie J. Kirkland, director of sexual assault services at George Mason University in Virginia and a national expert on campus stalking.

Janet Peckinpaugh, a 30-year broadcast journalist with her own media marketing firm who has been a victim of stalking and domestic violence.

Laurie Perez, reporter, FOX CT will moderate the event.

 “Violence  – stalking, intimate partner violence, sexual assault and hazing –among young people is a problem in the United States, and to that extent, we have to assume that it is a campus problem to some degree,” Potter says. “ In addition, according to the Department of Justice, women in particular are most likely to be the object of violence between the ages of 16 and 24; hence, you might even argue that we on college campuses are at the epicenter of something we could affect and intervene in.  What seems to me most relevant, however, is that administrators and faculty always want to be in the position of anticipating challenges proactively, rather than responding to incidents of violence on campus and assessing, after the fact, what we might have done to help someone who has already been harmed.”

The event is co-sponsored by the Hartford Courant and FOX CT, and presented in partnership with Wesleyan University. It is free and open to the public. Anyone interested in attending is encouraged to register by e-mail at corpaffairs@courant.com or by calling 860-241-3614.

SART Intern Positions

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Applications for Sexual Assault Response Team Intern are now being accepted.

The position provides trained peer support to help students navigate on- and off-campus resources and judicial processes.  The intern also acts as liaison between the Davison Health Center (DHC), The Office of Behavioral Health for Students (OBHS), WesWELL, Student Activities, WSA, and other student and campus groups on sexual assault prevention and response initiatives.

A full job description is available at http://www.wesleyan.edu/healthservices/geninfo/forms/SARTjobdesc.pdf.  The application form is available at http://www.wesleyan.edu/healthservices/geninfo/forms/SARTapp.pdf and is due by 5 p.m. Friday, April 16.

For more information, contact Dr. Davis Smith, Medical Director of the Davison Health Center, at pdsmith@wesleyan.edu.

Critical Condition: Health Care Reform Panel Discussion w/faculty and physicians

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Critical Condition: A panel discussion focused on health care reform in the United States

March 24, 2010 7pm

Daniel Family Commons, 3rd floor of the Usdan University Center

The Usdan Common Connections Committee is happy to invite you to a panel discussion focusing on the current efforts to reform the health care system in the United States.  Much of President Obama’s first year in Office and the thumbnailCA4LWJ8Ofirst year of the Democrat controlled Congress has been focused on drafting a comprehensive health care reform bill.  Both the Senate and the House of Representatives have passed their own bills, however both have come under intense scrutiny from many different stakeholders.  The state of Connecticut is also on the forefront of reform efforts at the state level and the panel will include policy experts and frontline personnel working to make Connecticut a model for the rest of the country to follow.

The panel will be comprised of Damien Sheehan-Connor, Wesleyan faculty in economics,  Jill Zorn, Program Officer at Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut, Dr. Michael Grey, Chief of Medicine at the Hospital of Central Connecticut, and Elizabeth Wiley, National Secretary, American Medical Student Association and Physicians for a National Health Program member and George Washington University School of Medicine student.

The panel will cover a broad range of topics and will debate approaches and outcomes in the development of the legislation currently being considered.  The panel will also take questions and will engage the audience throughout the evening.

There will be a complimentary pizza dinner at the start of the program.

A Helping Hand: Resources for Support

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Do you know of another student who needs a helping hand? 

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 Don’t go it alone!

Reach out to the following staff/offices:  http://www.wesleyan.edu/deans/support.html

Support & Counseling Resources for Students http://www.wesleyan.edu/deans/support.html
The Class Deans: Dean Brown, Class of 2013 lsbrown x2758
  Dean Phillips, Class of 2012 dphillips x2765
  Dean Garrett, Class of 2011 ngarrett x2758
  Dean Melendez, Class of 2010 mmelendez x2765
       
Office of Public Safety Day/EveningEmergency   x2345x3333
       
Office of Behavioral Health Day hours: 9AM to 5PMEvenings (follow directions on phone)   x2910 x2910
       
Health Services Day/EveningEmergency   x2470x3333
       
University Chaplains:Protestant Chaplain  Reverend Joan Burnett  jburnett  x2275
Jewish Chaplain, Director Rabbi David Leipziger dleipziger x2278
Muslim Chaplain Iman Marwa Aly maly x2285
Catholic Chaplain Father Hal Weidener hweidener x2277
Office of Residential Life      
156 High, 200 Church, Butterfields  Sharise Brown  smbrown  x2024
Clark, Westco, Fauver Jonathan Connary jconnary x3168
Nicolson, Hewitt, Alpha Delt, DKE, Psi U, Eclectic, Film, French, Japanese, Science Halls  Alex Cabal  acabal  x2753
All other Program Housing Dawn Brown dabrown x3163
Fauver Apts, High/Low Rise, Senior Housing Brian Nangle  bnangle  x3167

April AIDS Walk-New Haven

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AIDS red ribbonASHA (AIDS and Sexual Health Awareness) student group is organizing a Wesleyan team for AIDS Walk-New Haven. The walk will take place on April 11 at 1 p.m. and we will be running buses from campus to New Haven. We wanted to include the entire Wesleyan community.  Anyone who is interested should e-mail their name, phone number, and wesbox number to wesleyanaidswalk2010@gmail.com or cbecerra@wesleyan.edu.

Carla Becerra, ASHA (AIDS and Sexual Health Awareness), Wesleyan University 2010

Student-run Grief Support Group

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STUDENT-RUN
GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP
(Sponsored by the Office of Behavioral Health for Students)
 
MEETS: WEDNESDAYS
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
LOCATION:  Group Room #212
(2nd floor, 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: Kendall (512/296-3521).

H1N1 Flu Clinic — Mon., Feb. 8

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thumbnailCA1W2X0ZDavison Health Center is offering a free H1N1 flu clinic for all interested students, faculty and staff on Monday, February 8, from 10am-2pm. No appointment necessary.  Please follow signs inside the Health Center for “H1N1 flu clinic waiting room.”

H1N1 Flu Vaccine

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thumbnailCA1W2X0ZDavison Health Center will be offering free H1N1 flu clinics for all interested students, faculty and staff over the next few weeks as vaccine is obtained from the State Health Department.  Clinics will be held Thursday, January 28, from 10am-2pm; Monday, February 1, from 1pm-4pm; and Monday, February 8, from 10am-2pm. No appointment necessary.  Please follow signs inside the Health Center for “H1N1 flu clinic waiting room.”