The Health Promotion Office is offering a variety of focus groups over the next couple of months to help inform their efforts as an office. In order to ensure that everything they do is student-centered and addressing what is most needed by students, they greatly value any input they are able to gather from you and your peers. See below for the various offerings and considering attending one or more sessions.
Understanding Well-Being in Learning Environments
The UR Student Health Advisory Committee is working with the UHS Health Promotion Office on the development of a new training program for faculty which will teach them how to center their academic environment around student well-being. Through this series of listening sessions, we hope to better understand the students’ experience in learning environments on campus, and how these experiences either help or hinder student well-being. The following focus groups will help to inform this program and are open to all students. Fill out our registration form.
- Saturday, February 25th, 2:30-3:30pm, Wilson Commons 121
- Sunday, February 26th, 12:00-1:00pm, Douglass 420
- Monday, February 27th, 6:00-7:00pm, Welles-Brown Room (Rush Rhees Library)
- Wednesday, March 15th, 6:00-7:00pm, Wilson Commons 121
- Thursday, March 16th, 7:30-8:30pm, Douglass 404
Participants will receive a $5 Starbucks Card and will be entered into a raffle for Rochester Merch! With questions, please contact Amy McDonald.
LGBTQ+ Student Mental Health
Our Peer Health Advocate team will be collecting information on the experience of LGBTQ+ students on campus, as well as their mental health. Data collected will be shared with Health Promotion Office staff to help inform the development of programs, policy, and environmental level changes to better support our LGBTQ+ student population. Register on CCC.
Join this focus group on Tuesday, March 21st from 6:30-7:30pm in Havens Lounge, Wilson Commons.
Participants will receive a $5 coupon for Starbucks. With questions, contact Zoe Black.
First-Generation Student Well-Being
Our Peer Health Advocate team will be collecting information on the experience of first-generation students on campus. Data collected will be shared with Health Promotion Office staff to help inform the development of programs, policy, and environmental level changes to better support the well-being of our first-generation student population. Register on CCC.
Join this focus group on Thursday, March 23rd from 7:30-8:30pm in Douglass 404.
Participants will receive a $5 coupon for Starbucks. With questions, contact Zoe Black.
International Student Well-Being
Our Peer Health Advocate team will be collecting information on the experience of international students on campus. Data collected will be shared with Health Promotion Office staff to help inform the development of programs, policy, and environmental level changes to better support the well-being of our international student population. Register on CCC.
Join this focus group on Tuesday, March 28th from 7:00-8:00pm in Genesee 321.
Participants will receive a $5 coupon for Starbucks. With questions, contact Zoe Black.
LGBTQ+ Student Health Needs
Our Peer Health Advocate team will be holding a session to learn more about the unique health needs of the LGBTQ+ community on campus. Through this session, we hope to gain a better understanding of the LGBTQ+ experience on campus, unique health needs and challenges, and how we can better support our LGBTQ+ population. Register on CCC.
Join this focus group on Friday, April 7th from 2:00-3:00pm in Douglass 401.
Participants will receive a $5 coupon for Starbucks. With questions, contact Zoe Black.