The Health and Wellness Center is located in the Sheetz Family Health Center

Announcements/Events

Students: Like us on Facebook and be entered to win a $50 gift card to the bookstore.

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EASE: Ease Away Stressful Emotions
31% of Penn State Altoona students report stress has impacted their academic success. The Health & Wellness Center offters the E.A.S.E. program through Heartmath which will improve your overall health and wellbeing.

You will learn simple techniques while getting feedback via the computer.

Call us to schedule an appointment today.

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Sexual Consent - Know or it's "NO"

One in five women will be sexually assaulted while at college (According to a study funded by the U.S. Department of Justice)

One in 6 boys and one in 4 girls are sexually abused before the age of 18 (Centers for Disease Control Prevention, 2006)

Learn more about sexual violence and assualt by clicking here.

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Free STI and HIV testing now available.
Schedule your appointment today. It's free while our funding from the Student Activities Fee lasts. (visit fee applies)

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Read & Write Gold now available
Would you like some help composing or proofreading your next assignment? The Read & Write Gold program is an innovative software program that is loaded with tools which can benefit students at every level.

Compose and proof a writing assignment using features such as the Fact Finder, Verb Checker, Online Translator, Dictionary, Phonetic Spell Checker, Word Prediction and more.  Using the Text to Speech feature, the program will read text aloud, including websites and PDF files, or convert text into a sound file with the Speech Maker.

Read & Write Gold is available for use by all students and is installed on select machines at the Learning Resources Center, Computer Center, and the Health and Wellness Center.

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Did you know?
Most of us (78%) stay with the same group of friends the entire time if we are drinking
(Reference: American College Health Association - National College Health Assessment II: Pennsylvania State University Altoona Executive Summary Spring 2011. Linthicum, MD: American College Health Association; 2011.)

For helpful information on identifying and managing depression and information on suicide prevention please visit:

• Ulifeline
• People Prevent Suicide
• half of us

Community Crisis Center
24 Hour Service
814-889-2141 or 800-540-4690