Your health comes first
Your health and well-being is of utmost importance to us – as a student, yes, but first and foremost as a child of God. It’s good to know you have access to our on-campus Health and Counseling centers for any health needs you may have as a student at CUW.
Get started, schedule an appointment
To schedule an appointment with the Health Center, Counseling Center, or to assist you in identifying a positive path forward email StudentWellness@cuw.edu or call 262-243-2244.
Concordia's health and wellness resources:
If you’re struggling in any way whatsoever, there's someone on campus who can help.
Student Health Center
Visit the Student Health Center for anything from physical exams, immunizations, on-site lab testing, and more – including assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of illness or injury.
Counseling Center
Visit the Counseling Center if you’re struggling with issues of anxiety, depression, abuse, learning difficulties, and more – even difficulties adjusting to college. Concordia’s clinically-trained, empathetic counseling staff are here to help you navigate any struggles you may face while at Concordia University.
A unique aspect of our counseling services is our Comfort Dog Ministry! Spend some time with Zoey or Sage to refocus, relax, or re-energize yourself.
Honor 1 Another (H1A)
Romans 12:10 calls us to be devoted to each other as a loving family by honoring one another above ourselves. Join us in the quest to build a community free from harassment, racism, sexism, and violence. By taking this pledge, you are committing to Learn, Identify, Intervene, and Support those in the Concordia community. Take the H1A pledge here.
We also have an H1A student team to support our community goals. If you would like more information on joining the H1A student team please contact Shane Leach at shane.leach@cuw.edu.
U-Lifeline
U-Lifeline is a mental health resource designed specifically for college students. The site includes fact sheets on mental illness and mental health; articles on wellness habits; emergency resources available on and off campus; and a self-evaluator to screen your own symptoms. Access CUW’s personalized U-Lifeline website here.
Evelyn’s Place
Concordia’s S.M.A.R.T. Lab is for students to optimize their achievement, success, and holistic well-being through the development of stress management skills and resiliency training. Once you have been oriented for use of the Lab, you may access it 24/7 using your CUW ID card. Learn more about getting access to Evelyn’s Place here.
Good Samaritan Team
The Good Samaritan Team (GST) is an interdisciplinary behavioral intervention team that identifies and ministers to students deemed to be at risk to themselves or others socially, mentally, physically, and/or spiritually. We encourage faculty, staff and students to contact the Dean of Students if they have concerns about the well-being of a Concordia student.
Life Coaches
Intentionally serving our diverse student groups through clarifying goals, identifying obstacles and problematic behaviors in order to create action plans to achieve desired results.
A Life Coach works with students on a range of professional and personal issues, but it distinct from counseling. Life coaches help you with improving performance, developing your potential, solution finding, and goal setting. A life coach can help you recognize where you’re stuck and identify what needs to change in order to achieve your goals. At Concordia University, our life coaches are also trained in diversity, gender, and multicultural awareness.
JED Campus
Designed to guide Concordia University through a collaborative process of comprehensive systems, program and policy development with customized support to build upon existing student mental health, substance use, and suicide prevention efforts. The ultimate goal is the creation and maintenance of a safer, healthier, and better-informed campus community. Learn more about JED.
Sensory Room
The Sensory Room is for students who want to optimize their achievement, success, sensory regulation, and holistic wellbeing through the development of stress management skills and sensory regulation.
Love is Louder
Taking care of our mental health and supporting each other helps us cope with stress and anxiety while protecting our immune systems and physical health. Explore Love is Louder's website for simple things you can do to take care of your emotional health, cope with the challenges we are facing, stay safe and healthy, and look out for each other.
Seize the Awkward
Having a conversation about mental health might be uncomfortable, but it can make all the difference. Check out Seize the Awkward's Website for tool and tips –that can help you help those in need.
The Science of Well-Being
Improve your own gratitude, happiness, meditation and positive mindset through this virtual course offered by Yale University. This course is FREE and self-paced, which means you can work through the lessons and skills in a timeframe that suits you. Register for the course here
Start Your Recovery
Start Your Recovery's Website provides helpful information for people who are dealing with substance use issues — and their family members, friends, and co-workers, too. Their goal is to offer people who are dealing with substance use issues a single source of reputable, objective information about signs, symptoms, conditions, treatment options, and resources — presented in a user-friendly format and in language that’s easy to understand.