Student Affairs and Campus Life

Committees

Health Promotion Committee

Health Promotion Committee Chair

Priscilla Quirk
Coordinator, HPSA Prevention Programming
Counseling Center
Student Affairs and Campus Life

The Health Promotion Committee is responsible for raising awareness and providing health programming with particular focus on preventing substance abuse, sexual assault, and eating disorders; and promoting exercise, balanced nutrition, responsible sexual decisions, and positive mental health. The committee works in collaboration with the Health Promotion and Substance Abuse Prevention Program.

The HPC will meet twice a semester. The following subcommittees will meet more frequently: Programming; Research and Evaluation; Social Norms Marketing; Peer Advocacy.  Short-term, topic-specific, planning meetings will be convened by the Programming Subcommittee to schedule special events for National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (October), Eating Disorders Awareness Week (February), and Sexual Assault Awareness Month (April).