The Critical Junctures Institute, a collaborative venture between Western Washington University and PeaceHealth/St. Joseph Hospital, is putting on a research seminar from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday, March 22, featuring Laura Mae Baldwin from the University of Washington Department of Family Medicine.
The Faculty and Staff Wellness Program at Western Washington University is bringing Dr. Eddie Hansen from Natural Way Chiropractic to Western's campus for a Lunch 'n Learn event from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, in Viking Union Room 552.
A Western Washington University student living on campus is undergoing treatment for active tuberculosis, according to university health officials.
The student, whose name was not released for privacy reasons, is in isolation and will remain so until no longer contagious.
WWU officials, along with the Whatcom County Health Department, are identifying people who may have had significant close contact with the student. Those people will be contacted individually and tested for possible tuberculosis with a skin test.
A Western Washington University student living on campus is undergoing treatment for active tuberculosis, according to university health officials.
The student, whose name was not released for privacy reasons, is in isolation and will remain so until no longer contagious.
WWU officials, along with the Whatcom County Health Department, are identifying people who may have had significant close contact with the student. Those people will be contacted individually and tested for possible tuberculosis with a skin test.
Testing confirms a diagnosis of active tuberculosis for a Western Washington University student seen at the WWU Student Health Center last week. This news was relayed to all faculty, staff, students and parents in e-mail messages sent this morning from Emily Gibson, director of the Student Health Center at WWU, and Greg Stern, a health officer with the Whatcom County Health Department.
The Kinesiology and Physical Education program in the Physical Education, Health and Recreation Department at Western Washington University will have senior kinesiology majors providing health/fitness tests during FIT-STEPS 2010 week Feb. 8 to 12.
Testing will include a blood pressure check, lung tests, a flexibility assessment and a measurement of body fat percentage. These tests are free and open to the public.
For winter quarter, the WWU Wellness Program is expanding its offerings with new classes, new times and new instructors.
A listing of the Wellness Program class offerings for winter quarter is below. To sign up for specific classes, click the appropriate link and include your name, W number and phone number in the e-mail. Classes must have a minimum level of participants.
Two H1N1 vaccination clinics will be offered on campus in early December. Please read below to see if you are eligible to receive free H1N1 vaccine, and if so, how to reserve your appointment.
From 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, and from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, both in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room, WWU nurses will be providing free H1N1 injectable vaccine to the following categories of people:
Two H1N1 vaccination clinics will be offered on campus in early December. Please read below to see if you are eligible to receive free H1N1 vaccine, and if so, how to reserve your appointment.
From 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, and from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, both in the Viking Union Multipurpose room, WWU nurses will be providing free H1N1 injectable vaccine to the following categories of people:
The Faculty & Staff Wellness Program has moved from the Center for Healthy Living and is now being administered by Human Resources. Programs available include lunchtime fitness activities, Weight Watchers on Campus, fitness and nutritional advice, Lunch ‘n Learn sessions, free fitness assessments, confidential one-on-one exercise and nutrition counseling and motivation to get you moving or keep you going.
Seasonal flu shots will be given in the lobby of the Performing Arts Center from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13. Anyone wanting a seasonal flu shot must first reserve a dose and time at https://www.mybookingcalendar.com/wwustudenthealthcenter. Faculty and staff members and dependents of staff and students aged 13 years and over must first purchase an $18 ticket at the Cashier's office on campus.
The deadline is Nov. 30 for sending dependent verification documents to the Public Employees Benefits Board.
For more information about this requirement, read the Dependents Eligibility Verification document on the benefits Web site. PEBB started sending letters to subscribers on Oct. 5 informing them about the status of their dependent verification documents.
The Puget Sound Blood Center will return to Western Washington University to conduct a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday through Thursday, Oct. 20-22.
The donation location will be at the Viking Union 565, and also at the Mini Mobile at Red Square, near the Humanities Building.
Officials at the Western Washington University Student Health Center will be dispensing free H1N1 flu nasal spray vaccines from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (or as long as vaccine availability lasts) on Tuesday, Oct. 20, in the lobby of the Performing Arts Center on campus.
According to regulations from the Whatcom County Health Department, the vaccines are available only for healthy, low-risk students, faculty and staff ages 24 and younger. The H1N1 vaccines are not available for family members of students, faculty or staff.
This year, the Faculty & Staff Wellness Program has a new but familiar face. The Wellness Program has moved from the Center for Healthy Living and is now being administered by Human Resources.
Changes have been made to the program to keep what worked and change what didn’t. The program also has been expanded; programs available include:
For information on flu shot clinics in Bellingham and Whatcom County, visit the Whatcom County Health Department site at http://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/health/ or click here to view the flu clinic schedule in PDF form.
The fall quarter Weight Watchers at Work session is still looking for new members.
The current session costs $186 and goes until Jan. 14. If you are interested in enrolling or have any questions regarding the program, please email Jeff Ritter at jeff.ritter@wwu.edu as soon as possible.
There’s a lot to think about when your child heads off to college. You walk a parental tightrope, balancing between encouraging independence and wanting to tack a list of dos and don’ts on your kid's dorm room wall.
5. Plan for some adjustments—Thanksgiving and Christmas break may seem a long way off now. But it’s not too soon to realize that things will be different when your child comes back home. “Students will be accustomed to a different schedule, a different social life, and more freedom to come and go,” explains an online resource from Western Washington University’s Counseling Center.
