Partners

Collaborations & Partnerships

BRICC Coalition

• Building Resilience in Campus Community to reduce high risk alcohol and substance use.
• 160+ university and community members

Academic Units

... in which Health Promotion staff provide classes, serve on committees, and/or supervise student interns:

• A&S Gen101 Classes -  37 sections with 1800 students, twice/semester
• College of Business Campus Culture – 2 sections of 150 students
• College of Education & Human Development Academic Orientation
• Psychological & Brain Sciences – Mindfulness Meditation classes
• Anthropology – Politics of Food
• Kent School of Social Work – Health Behavior Change
• Health & Sports Science/HSS
• Exercise Science - U-Fit is approved internship site for undergrad and grad
• Public Health undergrad and Community Health grad - Health Promotion approved internship site for undergrad and grad

Student Affairs Units:

• Counseling Center
• GAMMA/Greek Life
• Housing & Residence Life
• Intramural & Group Fitness (U-Fit Program)
• Resident Student Association (RSA)
• Student Activities Board (SAB)
• Student Government Association (SGA) – Belknap and HSC
• TRiO Student Support Services
• Disability Resource Center

Student Support Units:

• Cultural Center
• International Center
• LGBT Center
• PEACC Program
• Women’s Center
• Admissions and New Student Orientations
• First Year Initiatives

Athletics

Get Healthy Now – Health Improvement for Faculty & Staff

Aramark Dining Services

Community Partners

• Advanced School of Therapeutic Massage
• BRICC Coalition
• Kentucky Cancer Program
• Metro Louisville Department for Health & Wellness
• Planned Parenthood
• Sullivan University – Culinary Arts School
• KentuckyOne Health
• ValuMarket
• Volunteers of America (VOA) STOP Program:

  Health Promotion also:

  • is host site for weekly HIV testing
  • distributes 1000+ condoms and safer sex supplies/week

Committees and Groups

Health Promotion Staff contribute the health promotion key concepts and point of view to:

• Committees & Senate report to Provost:
• Assessment Committee – chaired by Robert Goldstein
• Dining Services Committee – chaired by Dave Martin, Contracts & Purchasing
• AlcoholEdu/Haven Mandatory Online Alcohol & Sexual Assault Prevention Committee – chaired by Dale Billingsly
• Retention Committee & Online Module Workgroup– chaired by Janet Spence
• Ideas to Action Critical Thinking Initiative – directed by Patty Payette
• School of Public Health & Information Sciences Committee to develop new undergraduate Public Health major – chaired by Pete Walton
• Smoke-Free Committee – chaired by Patricia Benson
• Staff Senate – attended by Heather Parrino
• Sustainability& Local Foods Committee – chaired by Mitchell Payne