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

Announcements/Events

2013 PROJECT HOPE WINNERS ANNOUNCED

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ACT 66: Information That Could Save Your Friend’s Life
Under ACT 66, a person under the age of twenty-one will be protected from prosecution for the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages if law enforcement, including campus police, became aware of the possession or consumption solely because the individual was seeking medical assistance for someone else.

Read the entire policy

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CDC Flu Surveillance

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2013 Flu Season: How to protect yourself
Vaccination in your best protection against getting the flu. It is not too late. The CDC still recommends that individuals get vaccinated. Based on recent reports from the CDC, the flu has started to peak nearly 5 weeks early this year, with significant activity reported in over 47 states so far. Flu season usually begins in November, then begins to peak in late January or early February in a typical year. There is no clear reason for its early apparent peaking this season compared with last year, but this may portend a potentially dangerous season to come.

For more information visit: altoona.psu.edu/pandemic/seasonal.php

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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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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?
4 out of 5 of us ... stick together when we party (we got the facts from you!)
(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