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A WELLBEING WELCOME TO CAL POLY!
Sponsored by CAMPUS HEALTH AND WELLBEING
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Wellbeing Services within Campus Health & Wellbeing include our Health Education Program, Safer’s gender and power-based prevention education and advocacy support, our Food Pantry and other Basic Needs Resources. We are passionate about cultivating a culture of health on our campus and addressing individual and systemic barriers that may hinder paths to wellness. We’re here to offer you multiple ways to get involved and to be well! Health Education offers training, workshops, events and coaching related to various health topics, and much of this outreach is provided by an incredible team of students called PULSE (Peers Understanding, Listening, Supporting, Educating). Topics include general health safety, violence prevention, alcohol, cannabis and other drugs, mental health, nutrition and exercise, and sexual and relationship health. Our professional staff also offer conversations to work with students experiencing moderate to severe negative consequences due to their alcohol and/or drug use. We also have a collegiate community called “Mustangs for Recovery” that supports students affected by substance misuse and behavioral addictions. We provide a safe, sober-friendly environment for students and offer alternatives, support, community and events geared towards students in recovery. Safer is Cal Poly’s primary resource regarding gender- and power-based violence, including intimate partner violence, sexual assault, stalking, sexual exploitation and harassment. We encourage you to engage with Safer’s prevention education events during awareness months, attend workshops and presentations, and consider getting involved through Safer’s Leadership Training. This last year, 38 students completed this rigorous 21-hour training about gender- and power-based violence prevention and response. Many participants volunteer or work with Safer to bring the knowledge gained to other student leadership roles across campus. Our Food Pantry is a wonderful resource located on the ground level of Campus Health and Wellbeing and was created in 2014 out of a need identified by faculty and staff who saw an increased number of students going hungry and without the means to purchase basic food and supplies. The pantry is a no-questionsasked self-service resource with canned foods, frozen meals, fresh produce and personal hygiene products. We also host monthly food distribution sites with the SLO Food Bank at Mott Lawn and work closely with CalFresh to get students signed up for up to $204 monthly stipends for groceries. The food pantry and our basic needs resources are also really
easy to donate to! We accept non-perishable food and hygiene products, donations through our Amazon wish list, direct financial donations through Cal Poly giving and donated campus meals through the mustang meal share. All of this information can also be found at http://chw.calpoly.edu/food-pantry.
We hope you will get involved with Wellbeing — whether through attending our workshops, talking to us at a booth, getting involved as a peer educator or stopping by our food pantry. We are here for you and look forward to supporting your health!
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CAMPUS HEALTH AND WELLBEING IS HERE FOR YOU
Sponsored by CAMPUS HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Campus Health and Wellbeing (CH&W) is here for Cal Poly students during the COVID-19 pandemic and year-round. We are here to support each student’s health and well-being. CH&W views students’ needs in a holistic way to foster healthy ways to live life to the fullest. Students can access services for mental health, physical health, crisis support and advocacy, as well as our food pantry. In an effort to comply with local and state public health guidelines and mandates, there are updated processes to keep the students safe. Temperature screening, face coverings and de-densifying the building are a must. For each student’s safety and to reduce wait time, students should call ahead to make an appointment.
There’s a dedicated team of board-certified physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses and other healthcare providers available to you in Building 27 (the Health Center). During the COVID-19 pandemic, health services are offered in-person and via telehealth. Many of the services offered are included as part of the quarterly health services fee. Health insurance is not required to receive service.
In addition, there is a pharmacy with prescription and over-the-counter items, a high-complexity laborato-
ry and an X-ray department. Other services offered are immunizations, orthopedic supplies and sexually transmitted infections (STI) testing. Counseling Services offers many services for mental health. During the pandemic, Counseling Services transitioned their full range of services to a virtual, HIPAA-compliant format. Individual therapy, couples therapy, triage and crisis appointments are being provided by phone and HIPAAcompliant Zoom. Group therapy, emotional wellbeing workshops and other drop-in services are offered via HIPAA-compliant Zoom. In addition, our Counseling Services team has developed virtual support spaces for pandemic-specific issues and for our BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) students. In-person services are also available as appropriate and in accordance with Public Health coronavirus guidelines.
Wellbeing Services spans the areas of Health Education, Basic Needs and Food Security, Gender- and Power-Based Violence response and prevention, Collegiate Recovery and the food pantry. Wellbeing Services has professional Health Educators and Peer Wellness Programs, which provide student-to-student outreach and education on a wide range of topics like alcohol and other drugs, nutrition, mental health and healthy relationships. Our Safer team offers holistic services for survivors of gender- and power-based violence in our Cal Poly community. Our Advocacy Staff directly supports survivors by offering confidential crisis support and advocacy services, including crisis intervention, accompaniments, referrals and more.
The team at Campus Health and Wellbeing is working hard to ensure the safety of everyone on campus. The measures that are put in place are done in consultation with state and local health experts, as well as the team of doctors and other medical providers right here at Cal Poly. For more information, go to chw.calpoly.edu.
