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Health E-News March 31, 2008
Dear Student,
In this issue:
- Blood Drive Sexual Assault/Testicular Cancer Awareness Weeks Food for Thought - Happiness
- Global Health Initiative
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| CAMPUS-WIDE BLOOD DRIVE TOMORROW |
| Please help replenish the region's blood supply TOMORROW, Tuesday, April 1, at one of ten locations on campus. Appointments are strongly encouraged. Sponsored by the Community Service Office in collaboration with the American Red Cross and the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center. |
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| SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS WEEK (SAAW) |
SAAW is March 31-April 4 on the WU campus.
3/31, 7:00 p.m., SARAH Safe Training on survivor support, Ridgley 219
4/1, 6:30 p.m., Take Back the Night rally, Brookings Quad
4/2, 7:00 p.m., Sexual Violence: On the Margins (a discussion of sexual and intimate partner violence within the LGBT community), Ursa's Fireside
4/3, 8:00 p.m., COPS (Cycles of Poverty and Sexual Assault) panel discussion, Ursa's Fireside
All Week: Clothesline Project and White Ribbon Campaign
Presented by CORE (the Committee Organized for Rape Education) and sponsored by 1in4, SARAH (the Sexual Assault and Rape Anonymous Helpline), Pride Alliance, and Safe Zones. |
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| FOOD FOR THOUGHT: HAPPINESS |
 Join us for the next discussion in our Food for Thought brown bag lunch series. The topic for Wednesday, April 9 is "Come On, Get Happy -- or Happier!" Learn what happy people know at this noontime workshop featuring science-based advice from leading happiness researchers. Presenters: Kathy Brock, Ph.D., of Mental Health Services and Ginny Fendell, MSW, LCSW of Health Promotion Services.
The series is open to all members of the Washington University Community. |
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| WashU Global Health Initiative |
Purpose: to increase students' awareness of world health issues.
Inaugural Meeting: Wednesday, April 9, 6:00 p.m. in Friedman Lounge.
Contact: WashUGHI@gmail.com or Anupam Kumar. |
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| TESTICULAR CANCER AWARENESS WEEK |
| This week is Testicular Cancer Awareness Week. Check out this Web site for more information. |
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| SHS STAFF SPOTLIGHT: LINDA COHN, MSW, LCSW |
 Linda Cohn joined Mental Health Services in 1994 as Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She attended the University of Pittsburgh and received her Master's degree in Social Work from WU's George Warren Brown School of Social Work. She graduated from the Advanced Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program at the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute. Her professional affiliations include the National Association of Social Workers, the Academy of Certified Social Workers, and the St. Louis Eating Disorders Network. Her clinical interests include depression, women's issues, life transitions, relationship and family issues, eating disorders, and grief and loss issues. Ms. Cohn's favorite aspects of her job are the diversity of WU students' backgrounds and the challenges of helping people sort through big transitions in their lives. Outside of work, she loves to be with her family, to travel, and to share interests -- including music, art, reading, spending time outdoors, and knitting -- with friends. For more information on Student Health Services staff members, visit our Web site |
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