BeWell Blog — "Try This Tuesday: Surviving Breaks"
The BeWell team is offering a series of helpful tips for mental health and wellbeing called "Try This Tuesday." This week, Seth Haxel discusses surviving breaks and offers some strategies for those who may be anticipating a troublesome visit at home.
HSCommunity: ENGAGE / Let's Learn from One Another
Your personal experiences and circumstances matter. Below, we're asking you to share your experiences and attitudes towards a health-related situation. Once we gather your anonymous responses, we will share these experiences with our community in a future message, so we can learn and grow together.
MCHD public health nurses take course in LGBTQ+ Safe Zone training
In an effort to provide updated, inclusive care, Monongalia County Health Department’s public health nurses teamed up with Grimes to undergo LGBTQ+ Safe Zone training.
The Rack II@HSC to Reopen on Nov. 22
WVU Health Sciences will soon reopen “The Rack II@HSC,” WVU Health Sciences’ Campus Food Bank, to assist with campus-wide efforts to address the growing population of homeless and/or hungry employees/students.
WVU School of Nursing - Keyser campus student spotlight: Katrina Roxas
Katrina Roxas, a West Virginia University School of Nursing student on the WVU Potomac State campus in Keyser, says she hopes to make an impact on patients’ lives, especially the most critical patients.
WVU Health Sciences recognizes student veterans
With gratitude for their service on Veterans Day and always, WVU Health Sciences is recognizing its student veterans. Several students across Health Sciences recently shared why they chose to serve.
New West Virginia health survey underway
The Mountain State Assessment of Trends in Community Health, a new biennial West Virginia population-based health survey dubbed M.A.T.C.H., will gather information to help health officials and policy makers better understand the critical health needs of all 55 West Virginia counties, with the goal of directing resource allocation to communities that need them most.
School of Nursing Beckley Campus raises $1,500 for CAMC Cancer Center
The West Virginia University School of Nursing Beckley campus students raised $1,500 for the CAMC Cancer Center during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Veterans can request an appointment for Veteran Oral Health Day
A limited number of appointments will be available at Veteran Oral Health Day on Friday, November 12, 2021. Veterans and active National Guard and Reserve members will receive free dental screenings, x-rays as necessary, cleaning, simple fillings and other urgent care needs based on the determination of the faculty and student dental and dental hygiene providers.
WVU to extend indoor mask requirement on all campuses through Oct. 20
West Virginia University will extend requirements for all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a mask indoors in all WVU System buildings and facilities through Oct. 20, when public health conditions will be reevaluated.