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Mental Health Resources on Campus are Here to Help

WebEmma Edney |September 23, 2020. Kushagra Kar. The College has a variety of mental health resources available to its students, including the Counseling Center, Peer Support Center, and SHARE. Editor’s note: this article mentions self-harm, eating disorders, depression, and anxiety. As college students in a pandemic, times are tough right now.

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Off-Campus Students Face Challenges in Accessing Mental Health …

WebThe COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the way that colleges address the mental health needs of their students — and at many schools, has left some students behind. Research from the American College Health Association’s COVID-19 Survey found that 60 percent of college students report increased difficulty in accessing mental health …

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Student Health Partners with UWill to Provide Free Teletherapy to

WebOn Feb. 1, Oberlin College officially launched its new partnership with UWill. The confidential teletherapy service is now offered through the Office of Counseling and Psychological Services. The online platform comes as a major structural adjustment to the accessibility and availability of professional, college-funded mental health support for …

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College Moves to Consumer Driven Healthcare Plan Despite …

WebAll non-unionized College employees will shift to a Consumer Driven Healthcare Plan and Health Savings Account starting Jan. 1, 2022, ending the option to continue on a Traditional Preferred Provider Organization plan. Switching faculty and non-unionized staff to CDHP-HSA is expected to save the College $1.2 million per year. …

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Mental Health in Athletics: Overlooked and Underrepresented

WebAthletes exert themselves to their physical limits, quite literally having to disregard physical discomfort or even pain, for the sake of competition. Some are driven by success, but even the most unrelated mental hurt can damper that drive. Depression, anxiety, and trauma all add to the mental obstacle that challenges athletes to be their best.

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Student Health Update – The Oberlin Review

WebIn the last few weeks, many students and faculty have fallen ill. In addition to an upper respiratory sickness, many have been experiencing gastrointestinal issues. Five positive COVID-19 tests were reported to ObieSafe last week. According to Andrew Oni, executive director of Student Health and Wellbeing, this is a steady continuation of the …

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Stigma Surrounding Mental Health in College Athletics

WebThe Oberlin student body has an ongoing mental health crisis. Before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the school’s campus in March 2020, fourth-year College soccer player George Gworek was working to revive a mental health alliance geared toward student-athletes that disbanded years ago. Gworek participated in a similar club …

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Andrew Oni: Director of Student Health and Wellbeing

WebAndrew Oni is the executive director of Student Health and Wellbeing and recently celebrated his second anniversary in this position at Oberlin. Oni provides leadership and guidance to Counseling and Psychological Services, Student Health Services, Student Support and Outreach, and Student Health Promotion and Prevention …

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Progress in JED Mental Health Program Unclear as College …

WebEditor’s note: This article contains mention of suicidal ideation. Three years into the College’s partnership with the JED Campus program, which provided the College with recommendations to improve its mental health programs, it is unclear if Oberlin has met the goals of the project. In 2018, the College embarked on a four-year partnership with the

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College Outsources Student Health Services, Leaving Staff in Limbo

WebThe College will begin outsourcing Student Health Services to University Hospitals Health System starting July 19. Most staff will have the chance to reapply for their jobs through UH, but Medical Director Cristal Tomblin was not invited to reapply and was instead replaced with a UH employee effective June 21. The College attributes COVID …

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Bon Secours Mercy Health Changes Position on Reproductive Care …

WebLast week, Bon Secours, the parent company of the College’s new health care affiliate Harness Health Partners, announced it will not provide students with certain reproductive and gender-affirming health care services. The health care affiliate had previously agreed to do so. After a June announcement of a new partnership, HHP …

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New Building Promises Better Access to Wellness in Academic Year

WebDelta Lodge Director of Athletics and Physical Education Natalie Winkelfoos beamed with pride last Tuesday as students and coaches gathered to celebrate the opening of the Pat ’63 & Merrill ’61 Shanks Health and Wellness Center. Perhaps she could hear the turning of wheels and Men’s Basketball Head Coach Isaiah Cavaco’s music blasting …

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Lorain County Public Health Reports Health Code Violations in

WebA recent Lorain County Public Health inspection found three health code violations in the Rathskeller kitchen. On Oct. 1, an anonymous complaint was submitted to Lorain County Public Health alleging that several individuals had fallen ill with food poisoning as a result of dining in the Rathskeller. On Oct. 6, LCPH moved up its routine …

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Athletes Learning to Balance Body Image and Sport

WebCollege second-year on the field hockey and lacrosse teams, Sara Fields, believes that athletic standards are heavily influenced by societal pressures surrounding body image. Fields, an outspoken advocate for eating disorder awareness, has personal experience with body image issues as a female athlete. “As someone who has dealt with …

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$927,000 Grant Approved For Lorain County Seniors

WebSeparately, Lorain County Public Health granted Welcome Nursing Home with $400,000 to improve its facilities and COVID mitigation measures. Nicolle Bellmore Pierse, executive director of the Lorain County Office on Aging, spoke to the Review about how the funds will primarily be used for seniors to obtain home modifications.

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Naomi Osaka: Prioritizing Mental Health for Athletes

WebThe public tends to forget that the athletes on television are all human beings. Osaka is normalizing conversations surrounding the prioritization of mental health. “She is opening up a space within sports to acknowledge the importance of taking care of yourself, which has been such a taboo subject in the past,” Widran said.

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OTC: Tim Uyeki, OC ’81, Chief Medical Officer, CDC Influenza Division

Webotc. public health. Tim Uyeki. Dr. Tim Uyeki, OC ’81, is the chief medical officer in the Influenza Division of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA. Since 1998, Uyeki’s primary focus at the CDC has been on the clinical aspects, epidemiology, prevention, and

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Mercy Health Will Merge with Bon Secours Health System by End …

WebThe proposed merger would increase Mercy’s scale, as Bon Secours provides health services in Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Florida, South Carolina, and New York. When added to the hospitals and other care sites that Mercy Health currently operates throughout Ohio and Kentucky, the new company will operate over 43 hospitals and …

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Carrie Jankowski Appointed President of Mercy Health – Allen …

WebMercy Health – Allen Hospital welcomed Carrie Jankowski as its new president in January 2022. Jankowski hopes to increase community involvement and outreach in her new position. Jankowski has worked with Mercy Health for 25 years and served as vice president ancillary and support immediately prior to serving as president. …

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Vending Machines Distribute Sexual, Menstrual Health Products

WebThe Office of Student Health and Wellbeing, in collaboration with the Sexual Information Center, is working to roll out “Personal Vending Machines” for students. Via these machines, students will be able to access condoms, lubricant, dental dams, emergency contraception pills, pads, and tampons — all free of charge. Starting today, …

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Potential Pipeline Promises Economic Growth Amid Environmental …

WebCollege and community members face environmental risks as plans of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, continue to move forward. For over a year, talk of a 250-mile natural gas pipeline between Hamilton Road and Route 20 has triggered a variety of responses from the Oberlin town and College community. In Ohio, legislatures passed a

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