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Over-the-counter medicines Q&A with Student Health Services
When sick with a bug or navigating daily well-being, Student Health Services (SHS) wants to help UAB students stay healthy by providing information on over-the-counter (OTC) medications. -
Time for a refill? A guide to prescriptions with Student Health Services
Refilling prescriptions with Student Health Services (SHS) requires a few simple steps to streamline the process. By following these guidelines, it will ensure there are no delays in receiving medications. -
QPR Suicide Prevention training returns in spring 2024
UAB Student Counseling Services (SCS) is here to offer Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR) training that aims to teach a person how to recognize and assist someone experiencing a mental health crisis.
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Insurance 101 with UAB Student Health Services
Insurance plans and coverage can be confusing, but it doesn’t have to be. UAB’s Student Health Services (SHS) offers useful how-to’s about insurance and answers some common questions.
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Speak up and dance at the Don’t Stay Silent Disco on Oct. 25
Dance like it’s the 90s at this semester’s Don’t Stay Silent Disco! UAB Student Media, Collegiate Recovery Community, Residence Life, and Wellness Promotion are inviting all UAB students to The Underground at Gold Hall on October 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. Grab a pair of headphones, tune into one of the two DJ music mixes, and party like it’s 1999.
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Student Health & Wellness Center welcomes new students on August 22
Come learn about the many services housed at the UAB Student Health & Wellness Center while enjoying games and exploring the tables of various departments and organizations!
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RECAP: THE 2023 STUDENT AFFAIRS END OF YEAR AWARDS
The UAB Division of Student Affairs hosted its annual End of Year Awards Celebration to recognize the excellence, innovation and impact of Student Affairs programs, staff, and departments. Nine different awards that were recognized.
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Survivors Take Back The Night with UAB Wellness Promotion
She suddenly stands still, raising her head from the small dimly lit screen–looking into the dark audience-filled room. Her hands relax from clutching her phone, and her shaky voice is now clear as she says, “Dear six-year-old me, it was never your fault.”
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Student Affairs to host Crawfish Boil, April 17
Kick off "Stress Less Week" with the inaugural Crawfish Boil! The event will take place on Monday, April 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hill Student Center Amphitheater.
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Blazers de-stress before final exams begin during Stress Less Week
As part of their de-stressing activities before final exams, projects, and papers due Sunday, Dec. 4, UAB students took part in a variety of activities from Monday, Nov. 28 through Sunday, Dec. 4.
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UAB Students promote World AIDS Day and share service-learning projects
On Thursday, Dec. 1, UAB Wellness Promotion, AIDS Alabama, and Peer Health Educators hosted a health education expo to showcase students’ service-learning projects as part of CHHS (Community Health and Human Services) 426: Wellness Promotion Peer Education.
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DIY Day marks the beginning of Stress Less Week
On Monday, Nov. 28, the University of Alabama at Birmingham kicked off Stress Less Week with DIY Day inside the Hill Student Center dining area.
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We’re Committed – Help UAB caption 1,000 videos by January 2023!
UAB Disability Support Services (DSS) has a goal of captioning 1,000 videos by January 2023. We highly encourage all to submit upcoming lectures for this semester and next spring, as well as media content for any upcoming events.
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13 campus resources to help students beat the mid-semester slump
During the first few months of a semester, students can accumulate more questions about life as a Blazer than they had when they started.
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CALLING ALL ARTISTS – Creativity for a Cause returns in February!
UAB Wellness Promotions invites students to share their perspectives, experiences, and feelings on relationship violence and sexual assault at Creativity for a Cause using various art forms.
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Find opportunities for mindfulness and health during Wellness Week Oct. 17-21
Take advantage of UAB’s multitude of health and wellness offerings Oct. 17-21 during a week of special and continuing events from programs such as Employee Wellness, the Employee Assistance and Counseling Center, University Recreation, Student Counseling Services, Student Health and Wellness, and the Heersink School of Medicine Office of Wellness.
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Self-care: What is it? Why is it so important for your health?
Mental health encompasses one’s emotional, psychological and social well-being. It is essential to overall health and quality of life and affects how one thinks, feels, acts and responds.
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Monthly gift of halal chicken donated to UAB’s Blazer Kitchen by Birmingham Islamic Society by Shannon Thomason
Thanks to the Birmingham Islamic Society, shoppers who keep halal now have access to fresh protein that fits their dietary needs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s on-campus food pantry, Blazer Kitchen.
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Dance your stress away at Don’t Stay Silent Disco on Oct. 19 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Channel the moves from your favorite 80s music videos for this semester’s Don’t Stay Silent Disco! UAB Student Media, Wellness Promotion, and Collegiate Recovery Community, invite all current UAB students to Gold Hall’s Steel City Lounge on Wednesday, October 19.
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Mario Kart, free fitness classes, and more at Recstravaganza on Oct. 17
Kick off Wellness Week at UAB Campus Recreation’s annual event, Recstravaganza, on October 17, from 4 to 7 pm.