Health Center: Mission Statement

University Mission and Health Center Action

Teaching

In addition to treating each service contact as a mutual teaching moment, Health Center clinicians provide outreach workshops, classroom guest lectures, student-athlete life skills class lectures, off-campus community group lectures and professional conference presentations. We also sponsor guest lectures on topics such as date rape prevention, alcohol abuse prevention, and eating disorders awareness.

Faith

The staff members of the University Health Center honor and celebrate the Catholic identity of the University of Portland, and the charism of the Congregation of Holy Cross. We also honor and celebrate the diversity of religious backgrounds among students, faculty and staff. The health center staff members participate in campus liturgies, have integrated a pastoral care service in their service array, and have dedicated themselves to advancing the community’s understanding and appreciation of spirituality and spiritual health as a central aspect of health for the whole person regardless of one’s specific religious affiliation.

Service

Health Center clinicians have taken service beyond their usual job descriptions and have provided volunteer services collectively or individually to programs and agencies as varied as:

• Franciscan Enterprises
• Oregon Food Bank
• Volunteers of America
• De LaSalle North Catholic High School
• Central Catholic High School
• Portland Parks and Recreation
• Catholic Youth Organization
• Campus Tsunami Relief Effort
• Campus Hurricane Relief Effort

Leadership

Health Center clinicians have provided leadership in many organizations through the following positions:

• Pacific Coast College Health Association, President
• Pacific Coast College Health Association, Vice President
• Pacific Coast College Health Association, Secretary
• Oregon Association on Higher Education And Disabilities, President
• Oregon College Health Association, Chair
• Unity: A Behavioral Healthcare Company, Board Chair
• Bacchus and Gamma, Area One Coordinator
• Sustainable Development Commission of Portland, Member
• Advisory Council for Rehabilitation Counselor Education, Member
• Oregon Commission for Women, Commissioner
• Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life and American Culture Advisory Board, Member
• American College Health Association Ethics Committee, Chair

Awards

2004 Golden Gull Award for Best Practices in Health Education for Annual Wellness Fair, awarded by the Pacific Coast College Health Association.

2002 Miguel Garcia-Tunon Award in Promotion of Human Dignity, awarded by the American College Health Association.