University Health Center
Health Promotion

We provide a continuum of student support services including prevention, early intervention, and advocacy to help students make informed decisions about their health and well-being.

University Health Center, 1st floor
55 Carlton St.
Athens, GA 30602

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Welcome to Health Promotion

The UHC Health Promotion Department is home to many student support services designed to advance the well-being of our students and the UGA Community.

The Fontaine Center

We provide a comprehensive menu of prevention, early intervention, counseling, and recovery support services for alcohol and other substance misuse and any student impacted by interpersonal violence.

UHC Well-Being & Prevention Programs

Including healthy relationships, mental well-being, stress, sleep, wellness coaching, substance misuse prevention, and interpersonal violence prevention.

  • Change Stress into Success

    Wednesday, September 4th 2024
    1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

    Event Location: OnlineJoin Event

    Join us for this four-part rotating series on managing stress & anxiety. You will learn how to identify your own stress and anxiety as it arises, and explore some early warning signs, triggers, and ways of coping. Join for as many lessons as you would like – come to one or all.  This workshop is led by graduate students/interns at CAPS.

     

    Dates and topics:

    • 9/4 Understanding Anxiety: A Self-Assessment
    • 9/11 Calming Your Body
    • 9/18 Calming Your Mind
    • 9/25 Creating a Lifestyle for Managing Stress 
    • 10/2  Understanding Anxiety: A Self-Assessment
    • 10/9    Calming Your Body
    • 10/16    Calming Your Mind
    • 10/23    Creating a Lifestyle for Managing Stress 
    • 10/30 Understanding Anxiety: A Self-Assessment
    • 11/6 Calming Your Body
    • 11/13   Calming Your Mind
    • 11/20 Creating a Lifestyle for Managing Stress
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  • Crafty Coping Club

    Wednesday, September 4th 2024
    6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

    Event Location: University Health Center - Health Promotion Office
    55 Carlton St, Athens, GA

    A safe space designed for students who need community or support!

     

    Crafts, chats and learning new skills - Crafts provided or bring your own - Crafting also not required, just come chat!

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  • Dawgs Dealing with It

    Thursday, September 5th 2024
    1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

    Event Location: OnlineJoin Event

    This workshop is designed to discuss coping skills and how students can use them in everyday life to handle stress. Whether you are struggling with school, adjustment or another area of life, this is a space for you to discover ways to cope and make the most of your time at UGA. This workshop is led by two UGA students/interns at CAPS.

    Dates and topics:

    • 9/5 Distress Tolerance
    • 9/12 Mindfulness
    • 9/19 Emotion regulation
    • 9/26 Interpersonal Effectiveness 
    • 10/3      Distress Tolerance
    • 10/10    Mindfulness
    • 10/17    Emotion Regulation
    • 10/24    Interpersonal Effectiveness 
    • 10/31 Distress Tolerance
    • 11/7 Mindfulness
    • 11/14    Emotion Regulation
    • 11/21 Interpersonal Effectiveness

    URL:     https://caps.uga.edu/well-being-prevention-programs-mental-health/

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  • "Let's Talk"

    Thursday, September 5th 2024
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    Event Location: Science Learning Center, Room 136

    Drop-In Consultations with CAPS Clinicians

     

    Free and Confidential (for UGA students)

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  • Nutrition Kitchen: $5 Cooking Class

    Thursday, September 5th 2024
    4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

    Event Location: University Health Center - Health Promotion/ Fontaine Center
    55 Carlton Street, Athens, GA

    Learn how to cook a healthy meal with one of the dietitians the University Health Center in the Nutrition Kitchen. FYOS approved!

    Call 706-542-8690 to register. $5 per class for students who have paid the health fee or $10 for non-fees paid students. If you sign-up and do not end up attending the cooking class, you will be charged the class fee. If you cannot attend, please call remove yourself from the list so that another student can participate.

    9/5/2024

    4:30-6:00PM

    Street Eats: Baked Chicken Al Pastor Tacos, Elote en Vaso, & Guacamole

    9/10/2024

    4:30-6:00PM

    Wrapped Up: Ginger Lime Garlic Chicken Wraps & Spring Rolls

    9/17/2024

    4:30-6:00PM

    Pasta Pesto Partners: Homemade Whole Wheat Pasta with Pesto, Shrimp Scampi

    10/2/2024

    4:30-6:00PM

    Vegan Take Out: Tempeh Chickpea Peanut Curry + Tabbouleh (Vegan)

    10/22/2024

    4:30-6:30PM

    Queen B Inspired Dinner: SpaghetII & Meatballs, Cheddar Bey Biscuits, and Cowboy Carter Caviar

    10/29/2024

    4:30-6:30PM

    Dinner of the Wild: Sautéed Wild Greens, Chicken Skewers, Chocolate Monster Cake

    11/5/2024

    2:30-3:30PM

    H-O-T-T-O-G-O: Buffalo Chickpea Wrap (vegetarian)

    11/12/2024

    4:30-6:30PM

    Soup and Salad: Fall Apple & Sweet Potato Kale Salad, Lentil Soup (vegetarian)

    For more information and to see the recipe archive, please visit: https://healthpromotion.uga.edu/nutrition/kitchen/

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  • UMatter

    Thursday, September 5th 2024
    5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

    Event Location: MLC Rm. 213
    48 Baxter St

    Step into our 60-90 minute interactive upstander intervention program, where college students will be given the knowledge and skills to take action when they see someone in need. Change the narrative and become an upstander. All participants will receive a free Fontaine T-Shirt!

    For more information on UMatter and upstander intervention go to: https://healthpromotion.uga.edu/umatter/ 

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  • Fontaine Center Tailgates

    Saturday, September 7th 2024
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

    Event Location: Dawson Hall Lawn

    Join The Fontaine Center for games and food before kickoff! 

     

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  • Nutrition Kitchen: $5 Cooking Class

    Tuesday, September 10th 2024
    4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

    Event Location: University Health Center - Health Promotion/ Fontaine Center
    55 Carlton Street, Athens, GA

    Learn how to cook a healthy meal with one of the dietitians the University Health Center in the Nutrition Kitchen. FYOS approved!

    Call 706-542-8690 to register. $5 per class for students who have paid the health fee or $10 for non-fees paid students. If you sign-up and do not end up attending the cooking class, you will be charged the class fee. If you cannot attend, please call remove yourself from the list so that another student can participate.

    9/5/2024

    4:30-6:00PM

    Street Eats: Baked Chicken Al Pastor Tacos, Elote en Vaso, & Guacamole

    9/10/2024

    4:30-6:00PM

    Wrapped Up: Ginger Lime Garlic Chicken Wraps & Spring Rolls

    9/17/2024

    4:30-6:00PM

    Pasta Pesto Partners: Homemade Whole Wheat Pasta with Pesto, Shrimp Scampi

    10/2/2024

    4:30-6:00PM

    Vegan Take Out: Tempeh Chickpea Peanut Curry + Tabbouleh (Vegan)

    10/22/2024

    4:30-6:30PM

    Queen B Inspired Dinner: SpaghetII & Meatballs, Cheddar Bey Biscuits, and Cowboy Carter Caviar

    10/29/2024

    4:30-6:30PM

    Dinner of the Wild: Sautéed Wild Greens, Chicken Skewers, Chocolate Monster Cake

    11/5/2024

    2:30-3:30PM

    H-O-T-T-O-G-O: Buffalo Chickpea Wrap (vegetarian)

    11/12/2024

    4:30-6:30PM

    Soup and Salad: Fall Apple & Sweet Potato Kale Salad, Lentil Soup (vegetarian)

    For more information and to see the recipe archive, please visit: https://healthpromotion.uga.edu/nutrition/kitchen/

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  • UMatter

    Tuesday, September 10th 2024
    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

    Event Location: MLC Rm. 213

    Step into our 60-90 minute interactive upstander intervention program, where college students will be given the knowledge and skills to take action when they see someone in need. Change the narrative and become an upstander. All participants will receive a free Fontaine T-Shirt!

    For more information on UMatter and upstander intervention go to: https://healthpromotion.uga.edu/umatter/ 

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  • Change Stress into Success

    Wednesday, September 11th 2024
    1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

    Event Location: OnlineJoin Event

    Join us for this four-part rotating series on managing stress & anxiety. You will learn how to identify your own stress and anxiety as it arises, and explore some early warning signs, triggers, and ways of coping. Join for as many lessons as you would like – come to one or all.  This workshop is led by graduate students/interns at CAPS.

     

    Dates and topics:

    • 9/4 Understanding Anxiety: A Self-Assessment
    • 9/11 Calming Your Body
    • 9/18 Calming Your Mind
    • 9/25 Creating a Lifestyle for Managing Stress 
    • 10/2  Understanding Anxiety: A Self-Assessment
    • 10/9    Calming Your Body
    • 10/16    Calming Your Mind
    • 10/23    Creating a Lifestyle for Managing Stress 
    • 10/30 Understanding Anxiety: A Self-Assessment
    • 11/6 Calming Your Body
    • 11/13   Calming Your Mind
    • 11/20 Creating a Lifestyle for Managing Stress
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