Accomplishments

Operations

• Reaccredited for 3 years by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
• Successfully relocated the Health Center operations to a beautiful, state of the art facility with no interruption of services.
• Maintained excellent patient satisfaction survey results including 99% of users would return to the Health Center for services.
• Added learning outcomes to the patient satisfaction surveys beginning the spring 2011 semester.

Health Educational Events

• Provide BASICS classes for freshmen students who have been cited for underage drinking.  This is a grant program throughout the State System.
• Provided health related education programs to the students in Residence Life & Housing.
• Organized the annual “Unmasking the Faces of Domestic Violence March” in October.
• Celebrated World Aids Day by having faculty, staff and students decorate a tree with red ribbons to commemorate a loved one who had died of HIV/AIDS.
• Coordinated with the Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE) to educate the campus on the importance of organ donation during Organ Donor Awareness Day.
• Joined in the GYT Program which encourages students to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).  The Student Health Services continues to partner with the Erie County and PA State Departments of Health to provide free STD testing and treatment to all University students.
• Conducted a Domestic Violence March in October in collaboration with SafeNet, Safe Horizons, Boro Women’s Services, Campus Ministry and the Student Violence Victim Advocates.

Campus Collaboration

• Collected non-perishable food items and toiletries for the campus food pantry housed at Towers Resident Hall.
• Coordinated the inspection and purchasing of AED’s in the Student Affairs division.
• Collected eye glasses for the blind and donated them to the Lions Eye Bank of Northwestern Pennsylvania.
• Coordinated blood drives each month on a rotating schedule with the American Red Cross, Central Blood Bank, and Community Blood Bank.
• Worked with Verizon to complete the Hope line project to receive and distribute used cell phones for victims of domestic violence.
• Administered 219 influenza vaccines to faculty and staff members.
• Provide a “one stop shop” for students by working with the following organizations:  Campus Ministry, Alcoholics Anonymous, Crime Victim Center, Safe Net, Safe Horizons and Gaudenzia, Erie.
• Provided free blood pressure screening and checked Hemoglobin levels for participants of the Health Quest Program for employees.
• Performed orientation of new Residence Life and Housing staff in July.

Grants

• Awarded a grant from the PA Faculty Health and Welfare Fund program for a new program for employees called the Health Awareness Initiative for fall 2011.
• Immunized student with the Gardasil Vaccine (HPV) to fight against cervical cancer.  Doses were received from the PA Department of Health.  A promotional event was held for Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.
• Hosted the 13^th Annual Health Fair at the Frank G. Pogue University Student Center.  The event was attended by 665 faculty, staff and students which makes it the most attended health fair despite the inclement weather.
• Received a grant from Gaudenzia, Erie for drug and alcohol education.

Clinical Rotations

• Partnered with the Health and Physical Education Department to have the first ever Health and Physical Education intern to assist the staff with health promotion activities.
• Provided a clinical site for nursing students to perform tuberculosis testing and influenza vaccines for faculty, staff and students.

Staff Education and Development

• Participated in the certification process for BASICS training which is an alcohol intervention training program presented by a Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education grant.
• Attended the American College Health National Conference in Arizona to maintain employee American Nurses Credentialing Center and National Certification Corporation certifications.