Topic: Health and Wellness

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Campus emergency siren test to be conducted Feb. 1
Jan. 27, 2017
Appalachian State University will conduct a full test of its emergency notification system – including siren, email, voice and text messaging and the Alertus desktop notification system – at 11:55 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb.1.
Appalachian secures funding for community-wide suicide prevention training
Jan. 23, 2017
The North Carolina Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) has awarded $19,150 for training in an innovative suicide prevention program to the Counseling and Psychological Services Center and the Assessment, Support, and Counseling (ASC) Center.
Campus emergency siren test to be conducted Jan. 4
Dec. 20, 2016
Appalachian State University will test its campus siren warning system at 11:55 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 4.
Campus emergency siren test to be conducted Dec. 7
Nov. 21, 2016
Appalachian State University will test its campus siren warning system at 11:55 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7.
Sustainable Food Week kicks off with National Food Day and public lecture Oct. 24
Oct. 14, 2016
Dr. Gary Paul Nabhan is an internationally celebrated nature writer, agrarian activist and ethnobiologist whose work focuses on conserving the links between biodiversity and cultural diversity. His talk is the public keynote of Sustainable Food Week.
Appalachian State University takes pledge as healthy campus partner
Oct. 14, 2016
Appalachian joins a growing list of institutions and organizations working to improve the health of campus communities by taking the American College Health Association’s Healthy Campus Pledge.
Appalachian’s first health care provider, Nurse Mary S. Shook
Generations of Appalachian students received care from this founding member of the Student Health Association of North Carolina. The university's M.S. Shook Health Service is named for her.
Oct. 3, 2016
Generations of students turned to M.S. Shook Health Service’s namesake ‘Nurse Shook’ for care – through flu, sports injuries, homesickness and more.
Recollections of Boone from Nurse Mary S. Shook’s niece
Oct. 3, 2016
Alumna Betty S. Telford shares memories of Boone, Appalachian State University and her aunt, Nurse Mary S. Shook.
Through flu, sports injuries, homesickness and more
Oct. 3, 2016
Nurse Mary S. Shook talks about her 40-year career healing and nurturing Appalachian State University students.
Campus emergency siren test to be conducted Oct. 5
Sep. 29, 2016
Appalachian State University will test its campus siren warning system at 11:55 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5.
Appalachian tests emergency notification system on Sept. 7
Sep. 2, 2016
Appalachian State University will conduct a full test of its emergency notification system – including siren, email, voice and text messaging and the Alertus desktop notification system – Wed., Sept. 7, at 11:55 a.m.
Keeping students safe
Wellness and Prevention Services makes strategic partnership with Jed Foundation Campus Program
Aug. 30, 2016
Appalachian institutes a program to assess and enhance mental health, substance abuse and suicide prevention programming.
Wellness and Prevention Services helps students navigate safely and successfully
Aug. 30, 2016
Appalachian State University’s Wellness and Prevention Services helps students navigate college years safely and successfully.
Appalachian offers Koru Mindfulness classes to build resiliency
Aug. 30, 2016
Learn about the Koru Mindfulness Curriculum classes being offered by Appalachian’s Wellness and Prevention Services, beginning Fall 2016.
Health, Wellness and Safety Week held Aug. 29 – Sept. 1 at Appalachian
Aug. 30, 2016
The primary purpose of Heath, Wellness and Safety Week is to highlight campus resources available to the university’s students.
27th Annual Walk for Awareness slated for Aug. 30 at Appalachian State University
Aug. 26, 2016
The annual Walk for Awareness is a silent walk through the Appalachian State University campus to commemorate lives lost to violence.
Connell sets her eye on Beaver College of Health Sciences master’s program
Aug. 26, 2016
In May, Leah Connell ’16 accepted her diploma, a bachelor’s degree in communications sciences and disorders from the Beaver College of Health Sciences. She said her experience at the university exceeded expectations.
Oncology nurse Sheets ’14 returns to serve Boone
Running her own show
Aug. 25, 2016
ACCESS alumna Hannah Sheets Adams ’14 joins Watauga Medical Center’s radiation oncology department. “Giving my patients my all is a big deal to me.”