Author: y688s553@wichita.edu

Get your flu shot with Student Health Services as flu season starts ramping up. Dates for convenient flu shot clinics this week:

• Shocker Hall: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27
• RSC first floor (during SGA Wellness Week): 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29

Cost is $30, plus administration fee (financial assistance for self-pay students may be available for administration fees), but may be free with your health insurance benefits (all plans are different).

Walk-in to the Student Wellness Center in the Steve Clark YMCA from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday for your flu vaccine before cold and flu season, or visit vaccinefinder.org to find a pharmacy near you.

Questions about getting a flu shot on campus? Call Student Health Services at 316-978-4792

Get your flu shot with Student Health Services as flu season starts ramping up. Dates for convenient flu shot clinics this week:

• Shocker Hall: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27
• RSC first floor (during SGA Wellness Week): 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29

Cost is $30, plus administration fee (financial assistance for self-pay students may be available for administration fees), but may be free with your health insurance benefits (all plans are different).

Walk-in to the Student Wellness Center in the Steve Clark YMCA from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday for your flu vaccine before cold and flu season, or visit vaccinefinder.org to find a pharmacy near you.

Questions about getting a flu shot on campus? Call Student Health Services at 316-978-4792

Learn simple and easy ways to practice gratitude and joy in your daily life at a free workshop that will feature hands-on activities for journaling, making bracelets, noticing joy, shifting from negatives, reframing and resilience from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27 in 261 Rhatigan Student Center, Olive Room.

This is a second event in HOPE (Health, Outreach, Prevention, Education) Services’ Cultivating Joy workshop series, which aims to help students feel more connected and notice more joy in their daily lives.

The session will be led by Chukwunenye Nweke, a mental health counselor with Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS).

Check out issue 21 of the myShockerHealth newsletter. Monthly, the Student Health Services newsletter provides relevant health information and wellness tips for WSU students and staff.

For this October issue, learn more about:

• Pneumonic plague
• Breast cancer awareness
• Flu and Covid vaccines
• ADHD Awareness Month
• Employee corner: HealthQuest annual physicals and lab work until Dec. 1

For more information about Student Health Services, visit the SHS website or call 316-978-4792. You can also access information, records, message your care team and request prescription refills (do this before Thanksgiving break) in the myShockerHealth portal.

You can find all previous issues on the Student Health newsletter website.

Get your flu shot with Student Health Services as flu season starts ramping up. Dates for convenient flu shot clinics this week:

• 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21 in 102 Shocker Success Center
• 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 on the second floor of Ahlberg Hall

Cost is $30, plus administration fee (financial assistance for self-pay students may be available for administration fees), but may be free with your health insurance benefits (all plans are different).

Walk-in to the Student Wellness Center in the Steve Clark YMCA from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday for your flu vaccine before cold and flu season, or visit vaccinefinder.org to find a pharmacy near you.

Questions about getting a flu shot on campus? Call Student Health Services at 316-978-4792

Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids. Health, Outreach, Prevention and Education (HOPE) Services is presenting DCCCA’s free, one-hour naloxone administration course throughout the fall semester to the WSU community. This is being offered to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify and respond to an overdose crisis using naloxone and other available resources.

• Students can sign up for trainings on the website.
• Staff/faculty can register via myTraining.

Dates for the fall semester are:

• 2-3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28 in 264 RSC, Spencer Room
• 10-11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20 in 257 RSC, Aston/Bridges Room
• 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7 in 264 RSC, Spencer Room

Looking for a space where you don’t have to explain yourself? Brains Wired Differently is a relaxed peer support community for neurodivergent students. Connect with others, exchange strategies, build friendships and find support in a welcoming environment. Meetings are 11 a.m.-noon on Tuesdays through Dec. 1 and 240 Rhatigan Student Center, Mayfield Room.

Benefits to you include:

• No diagnosis required to attend
• No pressure to mask
• Meet others who understand the struggles of learning, deadlines, juggling responsibilities
• Share experiences and tips (or just listen)
• You get to come as you are and be yourself

This free group is led by counselors from Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). Questions? Contact annette.santiago@wichita.edu.

Health, Outreach, Prevention and Education (HOPE) Services is offering two-hour Suspenders4Hope Mental Wellness and Preventing Suicide courses in order to help individuals better identify, understand and respond to signs and symptoms of suicide. This course aims to help individuals learn how to better recognize, intervene and provide resources for at-risk individuals who may be struggling with suicidal thoughts.

All are invited to learn about life-saving information. The next training is from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 at the Student Wellness Center, Hope Hub, inside the Steve Clark YMCA.

Questions? Contact Cora Olson at cora.olson@wichita.edu.

Health, Outreach, Prevention and Education (HOPE) Services is offering two-hour Suspenders4Hope Mental Wellness and Preventing Suicide courses in order to help individuals better identify, understand and respond to signs and symptoms of suicide. This course aims to help individuals learn how to better recognize, intervene and provide resources for at-risk individuals who may be struggling with suicidal thoughts.

All are invited to learn about life-saving information. The next training is from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 at the Student Wellness Center, Hope Hub, inside the Steve Clark YMCA.

• Students can register on the HOPE Services website.
• Staff/faculty register in myTraining.

Questions? Contact Cora Olson at cora.olson@wichita.edu.

Check out issue 20 of the myShockerHealth newsletter. Monthly, the Student Health Services newsletter provides relevant health information and wellness tips for WSU students and staff.

For this issue, learn more about:

• The 100th anniversary and open house during Shocktoberfest
• Allergies and how to handle them
• Thinning hair
• Types of headaches and their causes
• Heatstroke
• Employee Corner

You can find all previous issues on the Student Health newsletter website.