What is SHAC?

The Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) is a group of students interested in health-related concerns on Wesleyan’s campus.  The group was revitalized during the 2002 fall semester after soliciting membership from the student body at large.  Members are selected by an application process and represent a diverse cross section of students at Wesleyan.  The committee is instrumental in providing Health Services with information on how to better serve the health needs of students, but has no administrative authority and was not created to assume the authority of University administrative staffs.

SHAC includes staff representatives from the Health Center , WesWELL and the Office of Behavioral Health for Students.  Student and staff co-chairs facilitate SHAC meetings, which are held monthly during the academic year.

SHAC Membership/Contact Information:

Students who would like to participate in SHAC or provide members with thoughts on health services should contact the SHAC co-chairs at SHAC@wesleyan.edu.  Please feel free to call Joyce Walter, Health Center Director if you need additional information at 685-2656.

SHAC Mission Statement:

“ Wesleyan University 's Davison Health Center seeks to provide optimal health care to all students.  The needs and opinions of the students we serve are an integral component of our continuous efforts at improvement.  To this end, the Student Health Advisory Committee will play a central role in collecting and interpreting student feedback and converting it into meaningful change with regard to the form and function of the Health Center and WesWELL”.

SHAC Goals:

•      actively participate in the publicity and marketing of health services to all students at Wesleyan

•      facilitate student feedback

•      act as “consumer representatives” in an advocacy role for quality student health care at Wesleyan

SHAC Sub-Committees:

Two sub-committees are currently active in SHAC:

1.       A survey sub-committee is working to develop a feedback and opinion survey/assessment about health services to determine:

•      length since last visit to the Health Center  

•      usage/history of Health Center services

•      knowledge about Health Center services

•      new services to be offered

•      other health services used off-campus (and reasons why)

•      knowledge of physician-on call service

•      financial and/or insurance issues

2.     A marketing sub-committee is working to develop strategies for marketing health services and determine the type of materials needed to saturate campus with health information.